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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:90
Prices available:96
Category:
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*** An antique Italian marquetry pen box, together with six assorted vintage retractable pencils and accessories, 19th and early 20th century, the box 23 cm wide ***
*** Seven assorted vintage pocketknives, the largest 26 cm long ***
*** Small collection of books including antique and vintage examples plus art journals (12 items) ***
*** Illustrated books: a group comprising: 'The Wallypug of Why' by Farrow & Furniss (1895), 'The golden Age' by Grahame & Parrish (1900), 'A song of the English' by Kipling & Robinson (1914), 'The book of Wonder' and 'The Gods of Pegana' by Dunsany & Sime… ***
*** 20th century first Editions, etc.: 'Cannery Row' by John Steinbeck (London, 1945), 'The Confidential Clerk' by T.S. Eliot (1954) 'A Sense of Reality' by Graham Greene (1963), 'Bill for the use of a Body' by Dennis Wheatley (1964), 'Dragon in Paradise' by… ***
*** Gerald Hoffnung: six music-themed cartoon books by Hoffman comprising 'Companion to Music' (1st edn), 'Musical Chairs', 'The Maestro', 'The Symphony Orchestra', 'Acoustics' and 'Musical Festival', all with d/js and Hall's book Store (Melbourne) retailer's… ***
*** [English Local Histories] 'The history of Derby from the remote Ages of Antiquity, to the year Mdccxci.' by Hutton, W. [London: J Nichols, 1791] first edition, 8vo, pp XVI, 320, frontispiece (Prospect of Derby), plan of town, 17 plates, contemporary brown… ***
*** Three Massim lime spatulas including figural and tree kangaroo examples, carved wood with remains of piped clay decoration, East Papua New Guinea, the largest 30 cm high ***
*** Collection of assorted shells and vintage carpet bowls ***
*** Three tribal masks, carved and fibre with remains of painted finish, Papua New Guinea origin, the largest 39 cm high ***
*** Posters nine assorted examples including Munich Olympics, various sizes and condition ***
*** Three tribal masks, carved wood, shell and fibre with remains of painted finish, Papua New Guinea origin, the largest 53 cm high ***
*** Movie Theatre advertising - 12 boxes of vintage colour glass slides, 20th century. ***
*** Four tribal headdresses, shell, fibre and cloth, Papua New Guinea origin, the largest 50 cm wide ***
*** Four dilly bags, woven fibre and shell with coloured decoration, Papua New Guinea origin ***
*** Draftsman's antique workbox, mahogany, rosewood and yew, fitted with lift out trays and assorted tools, late 19th century, 9 cm high, 24.5 cm wide,14 cm deep ***
*** Hoard of Collector cards sets: with duplication including 1992 'Sesame Street' (2 sets), 1992 'Mad 2' (10 sets !), 1993 'Jeffrey Jones' fantasy Art cards (12 sets), 1993 Harley Davidson series 3 (factory set), 1994 'Coca Cola series II' (100 cards + 8… ***
*** Canon Eos 620 with assorted lenses and accessories ***
*** Eclectic assortment with 1916 Player's 'Polar Exploration' (2nd series) set [25], two albums of vintage swap cards, Gould League bird Sketching book, Amoco vintage Australian road map, 1938 Victorian Railways monthly ticket, Queensland Railways 6d bottle… ***
*** Box of assorted cylinder phonograph rolls, (quantity) ***
*** A box of assorted antique glass slides including English scenes, religious fables, shipping, etc ***
*** Postcards & photographs. Group of four albums of of travel photographs and associated postcards, many captioned, inspection will reward, early 20th to mid century ***
*** A substantial accumulation 1930s - 1990s; mainly moderns. Includes motor cars, a few Weeties Batman cards, Scanlen's cricket cards, Coca-Cola types, Elvis, Beverley hills 90210, Mad magazine types, TV Week cards, star wars, Scanlen's Neighbours, young… ***
*** (40 items) Robert Ingpen: autographs on a variety of first day covers, where the stamps were designed by Ingpen, including nine 1970 Captain cook FDCs additionally signed by consulting designer Arthur Leydin; all signatures are clearly legible. (49… ***
*** Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey (1884-1951, Commander-in-Chief of Australian army during World War I, the only Australian to attain the rank of Field Marshall), signature on piece; together with attractive colour picture ***
*** Paintings & Poster: Harold Vincent Lane - 'Justice', oil on board; Barry Ward - droving scene, oil on board; Louise Tidy - urban scene, watercolour; Fields - landscape, oil on board; Howlet - stockman boiling billy, guache; plus c1980s travel poster,… ***
*** Natural History: Books including ‘The Great Barrier Reef of Australia - Its Products and Potentialities’ by Saville-Kent [London, 1893]; ‘Birds of Australia’ by Macdonald [Sydney, 1973]; ‘An Australian Bird Book’ by Leach [Melbourne, 1918]; ‘Guide to the… ***
*** Calendar blanks, one showing gorgeous girl seated on Australian fl ag; the other two showing Olympic rings, torch and Mcg; each 31 x 50 cm. (3 items) ***
*** Collingwood: '25 Year Member' badge with ribbon and bar (engraved to G.Bruce) dated on reverse 1947 - 1971 in box of presentation, together with several other membership badges 1979 - 83. (10 items). ***
*** Premiership Players' Club: 2001 display ‘Second Personalised Stamp Issue’ comprising sheet of 20 personalised stamps, with 20 signatures in margin including Allan Ruthven, Norm McDonald, Bob Rose, Charlie Sutton, Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Graham Arthur,… ***
*** Royal Doulton Character Jugs, small size, of W.G.Grace & Jack Hobbs; plus miniature bat (46 cm long) signed by 1972 England & Australian teams. (3 items) ***
*** Trains: Maurlyn range with Spirit of Progress 'S' Class Locomotive only, Blue Coach & Bogie Passenger Brake Van. Lionel: 2-4-6 Diecast Electric Locomotive '2026' + Tender, 6032 Open Bogie Wagon, 6037 Bogie Guards Van & Bogie Tender. Electric Railway… *** N/A
*** Fire Brigade Assortment, including small loose toys, models, lead toy Firemen, assortment of mint boxed toys, cuff links and badges. Interesting lot. All in fi ne condition. (60+) ***
*** Ivory tusk carved with flowers and bird, 22 cm tall ***
*** Vintage Wind-Up Toys: Nice lot of vintage wind-up and other toys mainly from Chinese and Japanese makers. Featuring; Girl playing xylophone; wind-up butterfl y; Duck on a bike and others. (21 items) ***
*** Gold plated 15 jewel open faced pocket watches c1900. American Waltham and English made. Running in lovely condition. White enamel dials both Roman and Arabic numerals, with subsidiary second hand dials. (2 items) ***
*** Elgin pocket watches, hunters case, gold plated, 15 jewel movements, all with white enamel faces, roman numerals, stem wind. None working, for repair or parts. (4 items) ***
*** Royalty - King Edward VII & Queen Alexandra: Royal Doulton Coronation beaker and mug together with Hammersley cup and saucer. (4 items) ***
*** Mary Grant Bruce: vintage childrens books (22) including titles such as 'Billabong Gold', 'Told by Peter', 'Circus Ring', 'A Little Bush Maid', 'Peter and co.' plus many more; assorted childrens books (11) with decorative covers 'What Katy Did Next', 'A… ***
*** Robot Star camera c1954; Saraber Goslar 35 mm camera serial 09544, some wear, G/VG condition. (2 items) ***
*** Collection of photographic equipment: Tripods (5) including good vintage Linhof; Studio lamp Masking boards (5); Nikon enlarger parts; large quantity of vintage photography paper etc. (40+ items) *** N/A
*** 'Happy Days', photograph signed by the 5 main stars-Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Anson Williams, Erin Moran & Donny Most; plus special guest Suzi Quatro ***
*** Vintage Toy Cars: Nice group of (8) tinplate toy cars with lithographed advertising. Noted Italian 'Coca Cola' delivery van; Police cars (2); Yellow Cab; Haji Toys ice cream truck. (8 items) ***
*** 1908 US Fleet Visit, group of attractive postcards. G/VG condition. (10 items) ***
*** Cricket Books, noted Abc Cricket Books (9) from 1952-53 to 1982-83; tour guides (4); 1994-2009 programmes (14); VCA handbooks (14); menus/ephemera (12); books/journals (7); 1977 Centenary Test coasters (16); also football books (2), Henry Lawson (2) &… ***
*** Two walking sticks, one snakewood with silver collar inscribed 'Presented To A. Hesford On His Promotion To Sub Inspector By His Comrades At Castlemaine', the other fiddleback blackwood, early 20th century, 83 cm and 92 cm high ***
*** Olympic Pins, quantity of c1950s-60s Australian Olympic Pins, with Kangaroo over Olympic Rings. (25) *** N/A
*** 1913 Stawell Gift: Original photograph window mounted with hand-painted caption 'E.A.George, Winner - Stawell Easter Gift 24.3.1913', in contemporary frame & glazed, overall 63 x 75 cm. Good condition ***
*** Japanese antique carved wooden statue (Meiji) 'The Snake Handler', gesso finish with human hair & hand made kimono costume, carved wood & gesso base with remnants of a signature on base (In need of restoration), 46 cm. Japanese 'Bunraku' antique puppet… ***
*** 'Australian Olympic Team at Helsinki 1952' by Uren (Melbourne, 1952); 1956 Olympics group including scarce team badges from Iceland & Japan; 1956 tickets (4), programmes (2), small ceramic wall plaque, 'Carols by Candlelight' programme, map, bottle opener… ***
*** 1901 Federation: collection of Invitations: 'Opening of Parliament', 'Evening Reception', '...7th of May Reception'. Two G/VG, One Fair. (3 Items) ***
*** World War II Japanese Items etc: original Japanese o' cers mess kit; soldier issued rising sun Japanese flag; Japanese Captain's patch; Field cap; brown leather strap with bronze hook; Japanese Occupation banknotes (3); small photo of Japanese soldier;… ***
*** British Sporting Art: c1890s attractive black and white artwork regarding horse racing (9), equestrian, fishing & America's Cup - Sir Thomas Lipton with his yacht Shamrock, each about 27 x 21 cm. Professional looking magazine artwork by unkown artist… ***
*** Interesting assortment with Cricket: 1951-52 and 1952-53 Prahran CC member's tickets, 1979-80 MCC membership badge, MCC voting member cards (2), 1983-84 'Butter Swap Card' album with [52/56] cards, assotment of Weet-Bix/Kanga cricket cards (75), Aussie… ***
*** circa 1961 scrap book, with mostly newspaper and magazine cuttings also signed by the players involved. Many English County cricketers' signatures as well as Test players. Noted David Larter, Keith Andrew, Bob Taylor, Ken Barrington, Doug Padgett, Bill… ***
*** The Illustrated London News, July to December 1858 Volume 33 in a bound volume. Complete with colour plates. ***
*** The Illustrated London News, January to June 1861 Volume 38 in a bound volume. ***
*** Flinders, Matthew A voyage to Terra Australis [Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1966] Two vols. large quarto, with plates, and uniform folding box of charts; original canvas. A fine set. Facsimile of the original edition of 1814. ***
*** Cook & His Companions: A shelf of books by or about Joseph Banks, Johann Reinhold Forster, John Hunter & Sydney Parkinson plus a few books about navigation, map making, etc. (20 vols.) ***
*** The Golden Penny - An Illustrated Home Weekly of Stories, Adventures, Yarns, Sport, Humour, Travels, Inventions, &c., &c., [Published by 'The Graphic', London, 1900] July to December 1900 editions attractively bound together in a single volume; red cloth,… ***
*** A shelf of books by or about Professor Griffith Taylor. Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880, 1963) was an English-born geographer, anthropologist and world explorer. He was a survivor of Captain Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica (1910-1913). (27… ***
*** Wait, Benjamin Letters From Van Dieman's Land, Written During Four Years Imprisonment For Political Offences Committed in Upper Canada. [Buffalo, A.W. Wilgis, 1843] 356 pp. frontispiece and fold-out map. Dampstains and mild foxing. In December 1837,… ***
*** Two modern freshwater pearl necklaces, 21st century, the larger 70 cm long ***
*** Rocque, John: 'An Exact Survey of the City's of London Westminster Ye Borough of Southwark and the Country Near 10 Miles Round London . Together with an Alphabetical Index of the Streets Squares Lanes Alleys Contained in the Plan of the Cities of London'… ***
*** Riding crop, swagger stick & Bendigo Pottery bed warmer c1900, leather braided riding crop plus a hand carved wooden swagger stick with coiled snake around shaft. Also Hoffman Bendigo pottery bed warmer, with Hoffman stopper. (3) ***
*** Gum leaf paintings c1900, scenes of Australia, each approx. 17 cm long. Signed Hsm, artist unknown. In good condition. (10) ***
*** Antiques & Art: Books including ‘Carter's Price Guide to Antiques in Australia’ for 1988, 1989 & 1990 [Sydney, 1988-90]; ‘The Antique Buyer's Handbook for Australia’ by Cook [Sydney, 1988]; ‘Lloyd Rees - The Last Twenty Years’ by Free [Sydney, 1990].… ***
*** Books 'Mining Engineers Handbook' by Robert Peele, 3rd Edition 1956, Volumes I and II. Legendary publication. (2) ***
*** Canon: Group including, cameras; Canon T 90, Ae-1 black body, 8 mm autofocus movie camera. Lenses; zoom lens Fd 35-70 mm 1:35-4.5, Fd 28 mm 1:2.8, zoom lens Fd 70-210 mm 1:4, zoom lens Fd 35-105 mm 1:3.5. Tripod, flash unit, light meter, power winder,… ***
*** Armstrong of the Argus cartoons c1944, ‘Blitzy’, Stag at Bay, Mein Kranks, Havoc, Civvy. Armstrong was a very strong political cartoonist in the Aussie Tradition. Great reading ***
*** Victoria. Edmondson Tickets. Large box of unsorted, unused tickets. A number of Serviceton (Vic./SA border station) tickets noted. Excellent condition. (1000s) ***
*** Some classic Australian railway books. Leon Oberg, ‘Locomotives of Australia’ (Reed Books, 1975, the sought-after 1st edition); R.M. Carlisle & E.J.B. Payne, ‘Victorian Steam’ (Arhs [Vic], 1975); Peter Bermingham, ‘The ML2 Story’ (Railway Traction… ***
*** Australia: Nice group of Rp cards including ‘A Country School Garden, W.A.’, Australia House, London (several diff.); the Australian Pavilion at the Franco-British Exhibition 1908; the Wool Exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition 1924; several N.S.W.… ***
*** A group of Vr/Sar aluminium signs as found in sleeping berths of 'The Overland', C1960s. 'Meals and Refreshments' / 'Conductor', 184 x 190 mm; 'Roomette Cars - Service to Passengers', 140 x 215 mm; 'Twinette Cars - Service to Passengers', 140 x 215 mm.… ***
*** Us Ho Freight rolling stock. Various cars, various manufacturers, various company liveries. Also: quantity of track and a few other oddments. Unboxed. (Dozens) *** N/A
*** Franklin Mint Model Cars, c1980s, including, 1/75 scale cars Bugatti Royal 41, Mercedes Benz 300 Sl; plus a quantity of 1/24 loose Franklin Mint Toys. All in reasonable condition, few missing parts. (21) *** N/A
*** Australia v Greece, group of Greek press photographs from Australia's 3-1 victory over Greece (1969 or 1970), includes a wonderful team photograph with John Warren as captain. (10 items) ***
*** Australiana: Books including ‘New Homes: The Rise, Progress, Present Position, and Future Prospects of each of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand’ by Braim [London, 1870]; ‘Wanderings South and East’ by Coote [London, 1882]; ‘The History of… ***
*** Chinese And Thai Ceramics, Ching and Ming. (12) ***
*** Australiana and related material c1900-1950: a wonderful selection of books including, Pottery in Australia, Marvels of the Barrier Reef North Australia and New Guinea, Saga of Sydney, Myths and Legends of Maoriland, Bush Ways, The First Walkabout, Yandy… ***
*** Large quantity of diecast model cars, consisting of Matchbox cars, Models of Yesteryear, ten Signature models 1/32 scale, fi ve Dinky toys, Mettoy Jack - all unboxed. Condition varies from fair to excellent. (120 items) *** N/A
*** Maritime: 'Van de Velde Drawings', Volumes 1 & 2, published by National Maritime Museum [Cambridge, 1958 & 1974]; plus Trafalgar/Nelson books including 'H.M.S.Victory - Building, restoration & repair' by Bugler in two volumes [London, 1966]; 'The Anatomy… ***
*** Sailing Books including, The Tea Clippers, David R. MacGregor [Kent, 1972], The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1865 Chapelle, [U.S.A., 1967], Running her Easting Down, William F. Baker [U.S.A., 1924]. (41books) ***
*** Plasschaert Pigeon racing time clock, serial 43332, housed in an oak case with original patina. Comes with keys (2) and is still loaded with old paper and a collection of Victorian Homing Association related ephemera (24). G/VG condition ***
*** Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), Childrens books endorsed and signed by Robert Menzies, Attorney Generalat the time, circa 1932. 'Kidnapped', by Robert Louis Stevenson. 'John Trusty', by S.C.Hulme Beaman. Good condition.… ***
*** Collection of assorted bone and ivory ornaments and jewellery, 19th and early 20th century, the largest 12 cm high ***
*** Railway books, noted 'Locomotive Engine Driving' by Reynolds [London, 1878]; 'Wannan’s Engine-Driver’s Guide' - 13 different editions, from 1st edition 1899 to 30th edition 1918; 'James Watt and the Steam Engine' by Dickinson & Jenkins [UK, 1981];… ***
*** Trout Fishhing, group of five engravings, 19th century, 12 x 16 cm each ***
*** Three assorted travel alarm clocks, early to mid 20th century, the largest 11 cm high ***
*** 'Oceanie, Ou Cinquiem`E Partie Du Monde' by Domeny de Rienzi (Paris, 1836); first edition, 3 volumes, original hardboards, French text; complete with all plates and maps (though some loose and toned). a general and historical survey of Australia and the… ***
*** Artist unknown (19th century, European), battle scene, coloured lithograph, 43 x 50 cm ***
*** A boxed set of six English sterling silver coffee bean spoons together with a boxed set of six Australian silver teaspoons and a pair of sterling silver sugar tongs ***
*** Asahi Kogaku: Two circa 1980 35 mm SLR cameras - one Pentax Me-F [#3592021] with Smc Pentax-M 50 mm f1.7 lens [#7280202], and one Pentax Me [#1407336], also with Smc Pentax-M 50 mm f1.7 lens [#7244776]. (2 cameras) ***
*** Group of 4 unfinished rolling stock items comprising 13C passenger/guard van, plus a flat wagon, covered wagon & coal wagon, plus a railway crossing signpost. (5 items). ***
*** Nine assorted napkin rings including Australian sterling silver example by Hammerton of Geelong. ***
*** A silver plated policeman baby rattle together with an antique sterling silver miniature mirror, (2 items), the larger 8 cm high ***