*** | An art glass vase, late 20th early 21st century, 24 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two Australian cedar boxes fitted with compartments, one with brass fittings, 19th century, the larger 29 cm across | *** | |
*** | Waterford Irish crystal set of eight wine glasses, 20th century, 19 cm high | *** | |
*** | An antique French oval glass dome on ebonized base, 19th century, 64 cm high overall, the dome 33 cm wide, 18 cm deep | *** | |
*** | An impressive Japanese carved ivory netsuke figural group, Meiji period, two character seal mark to base, 5 cm high, 6.2 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Artist Unknown hand-built blue glazed pottery jug with applied rose and wheat decoration incised signature to base (illegible) 18 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection | *** | |
*** | Friend, Donald, An Alphabet of Owls et cetera. With a text suitable for all children grown-ups, non-readers, ornamental hermits, et alia., [Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1981], Folio. Orig. full buckram with illust. morocco title-label on front cover. Printed… | *** | |
*** | Leitz: Thirty-six Leica-branded metal pins, twenty-one in red and fifteen in gold, presented on a black Leica-branded pinboard. (37 items) | *** | |
*** | Six assorted vintage wristwatches comprising of an Omega "De Ville" automatic, Seiko, Junghans, gold cased Cyma, Roberta and Dugena. | *** | |
*** | Six assorted antique cameo brooches, including several gold mounted examples and one pinchbeck example with hand-painted portrait verso, 19th/20th century | *** | |
*** | A vintage Indo-Persian novelty oversized teapot, brass with enamel decoration, 166 cm high | *** | |
*** | Belleek antique Irish porcelain teapot, black factory stamp to base, 17 cm high, 25 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Marine chronometer group including Mercer "John Arnold & Son", Mercer "Mercer Chronometers", von Bertele "Chronometers - marine & Pocket", etc. All hard cover. (6). | *** | |
*** | A selection of antique Tibetan bronze vessels and statue (5 items), 15th century, the largest 14.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Seven assorted antique and vintage blue and white porcelain vases, 19th and 20th century, the largest 26.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Lalique 'Lenticulaire Fleurs' French frosted glass perfume bottle, circa 1912, 5 cm high, 8 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Longines 'Conquest' quartz stainless steel wristwatch, near mint condition in original box with papers | *** | N/A |
*** | Group of eight Chinese carved ivory horse statuettes on carved wooden bases, early to mid 20th century, each approximately 8 cm high | *** | |
*** | Four Indian silver belts, 19th/20th century, 380 grams total | *** | |
*** | Lalique 'Coquilles' French opalescent glass bowl, stamped 'R. Lalique, France', 8 cm high, 21 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Newmarket sale yards (Melbourne), sheep drafting gate, painted hardwood and iron, 19th century, 111 cm high, 101 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Lalique French floral Art glass plate with embossed monogram, circa 1930, acid etched mark 'R. Lalique', 27 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Three fine 9ct gold necklaces, curb link 9ct gold bracelet, and 8 gold earrings, 35.5 grams total | *** | |
*** | Six assorted French Art Deco glass perfume atomisers, circa 1920s to 1930s, the largest 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | An antique Japanese rosewood square form tray with faux bamboo gallery, Meiji period, 19th/20th century, 7 cm high, 38 cm wide, 38 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Rolleiflex: two twin lens reflex cameras, one example with compur-rapid shutter and Tessar lenses and the other with synchro-compur shutter and Zeiss-Optum lenses. Both cameras in maker's ERCs. | *** | |
*** | A tribal musical horn, carved ivory with remains of incised and pecked decoration. Very attractive antique patination, Nigerian origin, 61 cm long | *** | |
*** | Chieftain or King's ceremonial stool, carved wood, Ashanti tribe, Ghana, 31 cm high, 53 cm wide, 27 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Three Wucai Chinese ceramic vases, Ming Dynasty, one with Chang Ming Fu Kuei mark, one with Zhengde period mark (1522-1566), the other with Xuande mark (1426-1435), the largest 16.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Assorted vintage powder compacts, mostly metal and some decorated in the Art Deco style, (quantity), the largest 9 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Eight antique bar brooches, comprising a key brooch by Joseph Lawrence of Melbourne, a South Australian bow brooch, a golf stick, a white opal, a wishbone and swallow plus three others, 9ct and 15ct gold as well as platinum topped example, circa 19 | *** | |
*** | Dow, Alexander: 'The History of Hindostan. Translated from the Persian, The second Edition, Revised, Altered, Corrected, and Greatly Enlarged...' [London; T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1770-1772] Three volumes, quarto, folding map and eight plates… | *** | |
*** | A Continental Art Deco mirror, most likely Austrian, circa 1920s, 122 x 193 cm | *** | |
*** | Six assorted torpedo bottles by 'Tho's Trood & Sons Melbourne', 'L.C. Gunsser, mineral Springs, Ballarat', 'P.G. Dixon & Co. Rosslyn St. Melbourne', and three 'Rowlands late Rowlands and Lewis Ballarat & Melbourne', 24 cm high | *** | |
*** | A statue of Liberty lamp, painted white fibreglass, circa 1930s 120 cm high | *** | |
*** | A vintage orange art glass lamp with shade, circa 1960, 75 cm high overall | *** | |
*** | Three antique Indo-Persian zardozi gold thread floral embroideries on silk, 19th century, the largest 120 x 113 cm | *** | |
*** | An Australasian accumulation in a small box; mostly Rp types but also some silks, family portrait types, New Zealand, etc. South Aust., Victoria looks well represented. Mixed condition. (300+). | *** | |
*** | An antique, flint-lock pistol in relic condition, 18th/19th century, 45 cm long | *** | |
*** | 'The Chronicles of early Melbourne 1835 to 1852, historical, Anecdotal and Personal' Centennial edition by Garryowen (Melb. 1888), 2 vol. Hardcover full red morocco with gilt titled boards | *** | |
*** | Coronet: three c. 1935 midget subminiature Bakelite cameras - one in red, one in dark green, and one in black. (3 cameras) | *** | |
*** | Kilpatrick & Co, Melbourne, early 20th century dial clock, along with a Regency dial clock, early 19th century, (2 items). The Kilpatrick dial clock of English make with white painted mahogany case, 12 inch painted dial with blued steel spade hands and… | *** | |
*** | Trade catalogues: small collection including Millers Falls Co, Marlin (firearms), Thompson Submachine gun handbook, Stanley tools, Goodall's small tool catalogue, Bradley Bros. Motoring car & accessories, Mackintosh Hemphill & Co. Fort Pitt foundry… | *** | |
*** | Four assorted antique tortoise shell calling card cases, two with mother of pearl floral decoration, 19th century, the largest 10.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Five assorted clocks comprising a Kaiser German birdcage time and alarm clock, a Dickory, Dickory, dock German novelty mouse wall clock, with three other clocks, 20th century. The Kaiser clock with card alarm dial to the base of the brass cage and annular… | *** | |
*** | A pair of French Art Nouveau spelter wall plaques mounted on oak panels, circa 1895, 29 x 39 cm each overall | *** | |
*** | An Italian vintage bronze statue of Pan, 20th century, based on a design unearthed during the excavation of Pompeii. Together with an antique silver plated bon bon basket, 19th century. The statue 40.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Charles C. Evans, Commercial Artist: A Landseer Drawing Book, circa 1930s, filled with original artwork; 'Artistic Signs by, Chas. C. Evans' to the inside front cover;, with full page adverts for 'Silvarite Signs', 'B.A.L.M. Speed Enamel', 'Caldwell's… | *** | |
*** | Artist unknown (British, 19th century), Lane scene near Dorking, Surrey, oil on canvas, titled on the stretcher verso, 45 x 60 cm | *** | |
*** | Commemorative brass bugle with Australian rising sun logo and engraved 'Anzac's great war 1914 - 1918' (31 cm length); a replica rising sun steel plate with mount holes for affixing to a building or gate. (30 cm wide) and a rising sun Acmf copper photo… | *** | |
*** | Three tribal headdresses and a kina shell necklace, Papua New Guinea origin, (4 items) | *** | |
*** | European school, Venetian Canal scene, oil on canvas, circa 1890s, signed (indistinctly) lower right, 35.5 x 25.5 cm. Also, boats in Venice Lagoon, watercolour, 28 x 48 cm. | *** | |
*** | Artist unknown, (female nude), oil on cedar board, 20 x 12 cm, 25 x 17 cm overall | *** | |
*** | A porcelain parrot statue, 19th century, 34 cm high 19th century | *** | |
*** | Saddler's tools, a fine collection of antique saddler's tools in original trunk bearing the initials and date 'L.H. 1889', a fascinating assortment obviously a craftsman's working kit. The trunk 42 cm high, 62 cm wide, 40 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Royal Worcester group of four assorted hand-painted English porcelain vases, factory marks to the bases, the largest 19.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Group of eight assorted stone axe heads and tools, Papua New Guinea, the largest 26 cm long | *** | |
*** | The Australian Irrigation Colonies illustrated on the river Murray in Victoria and South Australia, [Chaffey Bros., London: 1888], hard cover folio edition, half red morocco with embossed gilt lettering and coat of arms to the front boards, with numerous… | *** | |
*** | A 9ct gold necklace, and a bracelet (damaged), (2 items), 19 grams total | *** | |
*** | Set of four antique Chinese lacquer and mother of pearl panels, late Ming Dynasty, 29 x 47 cm each | *** | |
*** | Fifteen assorted walking and hiking sticks housed in two brass stick stands, 19th and 20th century, (17 items), the largest 115 cm high | *** | |
*** | A vintage black leather three seat settee with chrome skid base, circa 1965, 96 cm across the arms | *** | |
*** | Leather bindings: English & European books attractively rebound including 'The Posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club' by Dickens [1887]; 'The complete Concordance to Shakspeare...' by Cowden Clarke [1875]; plus 4 others. (6). | *** | |
*** | Children's books: hardbound group with 'All Birdie-Bird Blue' by John Hargrave (1910) scarce and in good condition; 'The Animals' Alpine Club' by Clifton Bingham, illustrated by G.H. Thompson (1913); also 'Three Bad Ducklings' by Ernest a. Arris (1918),… | *** | |
*** | Group of nine rare Persian antique hand painted playing cards, 18th century, framed as a group, 27 x 22 cm overall | *** | |
*** | MacDONALD Fraser, George, (1925 - 2008), seven volumes from the Flashman papers series; all hardcover, first editions with d/js: 'Royal Flash' (1970); 'Flash for Freedom' (1971); 'Flashman at the Charge' (1973): 'Flashman in the great Game' (1975):… | *** | |
*** | Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe (Gen. Editor), a history of England, 12 volume Folio Society set in slipcases; books as new. Blue cloth with gold gilt design on front cover, gilt lettering and light blue title block on spine. Navy top edge. (12 volumes). | *** | |
*** | Issued 1948 on behalf of the French Railways, 100 x 62 cm. Artist unknown, France, Mont Blanc, for wonderful scenery, thrilling climbs, fine hotels & Europe's highest peak, Offset lithograph, published by Yves Alexandre, Paris for the French National… | *** | |
*** | Deceased Estate Jewellery: A large quantity of mainly 1950s-70s dress & costume jewellery comprising brooches, necklaces, earrings, bangles, rings, etc., many in their original boxes; some gold & silver. Also, fine leather gloves & a few other items. (qty) | *** | |
*** | Oriental Decorative Mixed Items, cows (3), vase, duck, blanc de chine Quan Yin statues (2) 18th century. (7) | *** | |
*** | Japanese Carved Bamboo Cane (1868-1912 Meiji Period), beautifully carved entire length of shaft depicting what appears to be circus performers. In lovely condition with ancient brass ferrul. 91 cm long | *** | |
*** | 'When the Kellys Rode' (1934): Lobby Cards from 'When the Kellys Rode', some duplication, two hand coloured tinted. Condition varies. (16) | *** | |
*** | Cartoonists & Voice Actors: Collection of signed photographs in album, noted Matt Groenig, Joe Barbera, Ken Kelly, Philip Moy, Scott Beaderstadt (12); voice actors from 'The Simpsons', 'Shrek' (Eddie Murphy & Mike Myers), 'Toy Story' (Tom Hanks & Tim… | *** | |
*** | D 4th Earl Of Sandwich (John Montagu, 1718-92, most well-known for being claimed to have originated the sandwich; first Lord of the Admiralty during the American War of Independence, he assisted Captain Cook in fitting out his fleet in 1778), Admiralty… | *** | |
*** | Tanks And Other Militaria, 9 volumes of the R.L.Hunnicutt series of Tanks including, Stuart, a History of the American Light Tank, Patton, A History of the American Battle Tank, Sheridan, A History of the American Light Tank [Novato, 1995] plus others.… | *** | |
*** | Queensland: British Parliamentary Report ‘Papers Relative To The Affairs Of Queensland’ [London, 1861], blue paper wrappers, 94pp with two fold-out maps, 'Sketch to illustrate Sir George Bowen's Official Tour in March, 1860' & 'Australia Showing the… | *** | |
*** | Porcelain Pot Over Copper On Stand And Porcelain Two Tiered Ceramic Pot. Rare (2) | *** | |
*** | Herbert Hoover (1874-1964): 'The Challenge to Liberty' (U.S.A 1935) endorsed & signed by the former U.S. President 1929-33; John Edger Hoover (First Director of F.B.I.) autographed copy of his book 'Masters of Deceit'. G/VG condition (2 items) | *** | |
*** | Assorted uncut garnets and sapphires, plus assorted paste and rhinestones | *** | |
*** | Ivory Coast Tusk Carving, C1900, from the Loango Coast of Africa, the highly figured story tusk. This piece depicts the slave trade. Familiar spiral carving in spectacular condition. Beautiful patina. 52 cm long | *** | |
*** | A French alarm clock in ornate brass case, a German timber cased clock, and two metal cased American clocks, 19th and 20th century, (4 items), the largest 22 cm high | *** | |
*** | Weg Artwork: Original artwork for Weg poster 'Boxing Day ‘98', signed in image by Weg, endorsed at top 'Rough 1', overall 50 x 75 cm. Together with issued Weg posters 'Boxing Day ‘97' & 'Boxing Day ‘98' (former signed by Weg). (3 items) | *** | |
*** | Two sporting caps of unknown origin, both with embroidered club details, early 20th century. Note: Sydney Hat Manufacturer label to the inside of one example | *** | |
*** | Six assorted Georgian sterling silver tablespoons, 18th/19th century, 22 cm long, 340 grams total | *** | |
*** | Nautical light, solid brass and ruby glass, converted to electric, early 20th century, 82 cm high | *** | |
*** | Six assorted mercury bottles and jars with coloured glazes, Fowler and others, the largest 8 cm high | *** | |
*** | Three antique Russian silver beakers with engraved decoration, 19th century, the largest 8.5 cm high, 133 grams total | *** | |
*** | An antique Chinese carved ivory dragon box, on carved timber stand, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, two character mark under lid, 16 cm high overall | *** | |
*** | Silver crystal specimens, a handsome collection in varying forms and sizes, 600+ grams | *** | |
*** | An antique silver picture frame with engraved crest, early 20th century, 25.5 x 18.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A rare Australian Colonial gun case with domed top, full cedar construction with lift out tray and lockable bullet compartment, mid 19th century, 63 cm across | *** | |
*** | William John Baker (c. 1857-1930) point of sale oak cutlery stand, emblazoned with Baker's patriotic emu and kangaroo silver finished plaque, together with a handsome assortment of Baker's products including a boxed two day razor set, implement holster,… | *** | |
*** | John Olsen & Ken Mcgrecor Teeming with Life. John Olsen: His Complete Graphics 1957 – 2005 Volume 1 with original etching 'Floating' (29/70) signed by the artist. Brown cloth binding and matching slipcase. | *** | |
*** | Artist Unknown (18th/19th century Dutch School), Floral Still Life, oil on canvas, 55 cm x 45 cm | *** | |
*** | A Japanese carved ivory netsuke figural group of the climbing boys, Meiji period, red seal mark to base, 7.5 cm high, 5.5 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Japanese carved ivory netsuke figural group with tree, serpent, dragon, figures and lion, Meiji period, two character mark to base, 6.5 cm high | *** | |