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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Photographs
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Foelsche, Paul Heinrich Matthias [1831-1914]. An album containing 48 photographs, each approx. 16.5 x 12 cm. The title page of the album with a stuck-down label dated July 1898 'To My Friend J. Scott Black With Kind Regards from Paul Foelsche' (the name… ***
*** Frank Hurley (1885 - 1962), 'A spectre ship looming stark and white against the darkness of the polar night', (the Endurance in the Antarctic winter darkness, trapped in the Weddell sea, Shackleton Expedition, 27 August 1915), silver gelatin photograph,… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '10' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'The start of the 750 mile voyage across the Sub-Antarctic Ocean in our 22 ft boat ballasted with a large… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '12' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image:, 'At Last', 'Do you recall the sweep of savage splendor', 'That land that measures each man at his… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '11' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'The day of rescue, the fog rolls back, the ship appears, the many months of weary waiting are almost… ***
*** The British Scientific Expedition On The Great Barrier Reef 1928-29: Official original photographs by Charles Leslie Barrett (1879 - 1959: A collection of twenty-five original photographs, most with Barrett's notes affixed verso and several with the… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '7' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'Our home on the drifting ice for five and a half months.'. Our research suggests that the hand-writing is… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '3' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'White Warfare'. Our research suggests that the hand-writing is Hurley's. ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 20 x 15 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '4' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'The morning after the ship was abandoned 346 miles from land'. Our research suggests that the… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '9' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'Twenty two men of the Expedition lived under these boats on elephant Island for four and a half months,… ***
*** Edward (Ned) Kelly Cartes-De-Visite, a pair of cartes-de-visite produced by Clifford, Morris & Co., Royal arcade, Dunedin, the first depicting the sixteen year-old 'Edward Kelly, When Received into Gaol. 2nd August, 1871' and the second titled 'Edward… ***
*** A rare collection of original Frank Hurley photographs from the 'Endurance' Expedition Led by Ernest Shackleton, 1914 - 1917:, vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '1' in the top right corner and titled in… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '8' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'The three boats drawn up under the inaccessible cliffs of elephant Island.'. Our research suggests that… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 20 x 15 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '2' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'The low sun after winter'. Our research suggests that the hand-writing is Hurley's. ***
*** Original photographs, re Hill End Gold Mines, c1873. Group of albumen photographs taken by Charles Bayliss (1858-97) & Henry Beaufoy Merlin (1830-73) of various gold mining images taken in the Hill End district in NSW: the Holtermann discovery of gold… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '6' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'The final phase of the crushing of the Endurance after three months battling with the pressure.'. Our… ***
*** Charles Bayliss (1850 - 1897) Six albumen paper panels from Bayliss' 11-panel panorama taken from the tower of the Sydney International Exhibition Building (Garden Palace) while it was still under construction in either 1878 or 1879 (the building burnt… ***
*** Cecil W Bostock (Australian, 1884 - 1939) (Dockside, Penzance) c1919 Vintage silver gelatin photograph, laid down in acid free tissue 68 x 51 cm. Provenance: Bostock Studio sale, 1930s. One of Bostock's rarest and largest format photographs. Bostock had… ***
*** 'A spectre ship looming stark and white against the darkness of the polar night' (the Endurance in the Antarctic winter darkness, trapped in the Weddell sea, Shackleton Expedition, 27 August 1915), silver gelatin photograp Frank Hurley (1885 - 1962), 'We… ***
*** Nicholas John Caire (1837-1918) Anglo-Australasian photo. Co.  - views of Victoria - General series, complete folio of sixty albumen paper prints affixed to individual printed and numbered cards with printed text verso, 13.5 x 19 cm each approx. (60). ***
*** Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992). Sightseers in a Bus, 1956/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil 'Max Dupain' on image lower right, 39.5 x 49.5 cm, laid down on original backing. Illustrated in Jill Whites, Dupain's Australians,… ***
*** Edward Henty & his Wife, Frances Elizabeth Hopkins:, hand coloured silver gelatin photographs housed in two examples of, Mascher's improved stereoscope, Philadelphia, patent, March 9th 1853., each 24.5 x 15 cm when open. (2)., Edward Henty (1810 - 1878)… ***
*** Tasmanian Aboriginal Carte de Visits 'The Last Tasmanians' four photographs comprising, Truganinni (2), William Lanney or 'King Billy', Truganinni King Billy and other female. Three by photographer Charles Wolley, Hobart Town, other by H.H.Baily, Hobart… ***
*** Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 x 20 cm, laid down on grey card, numbered '5' in the top right corner and titled in manuscript below the image 'The result of ten seconds pressure : the Endurance driven up on to the ice.'. Our research suggests that… ***
*** Chester Melvin Vaniman, (American, 1866-1912). [Hobart From Salamanca Place, Tasmania], 1904 vintage platinum photograph, panorama, annotated and dated 'registered 1904', and signed in negative lower right, 37.6 x 118 cm. Laid down on acid-free backing.… ***
*** Photographer unknown Panorama of Sydney Looking East from tower of General post office five panel panorama, albumen paper prints laid down on linen 33.1 x 130 cm titled in the centre panel from the left, the first landmark is the Lands Department, looking… ***
*** Harold Cazneaux (Australian, 1878-1953). Punch And Judy, c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, annotated in pencil on backing verso, 32.5 x 25 cm. Annotation reads 'Barmera (Sth Australia). Class 9.… ***
*** Last of the Tasmanian Aborigines photographs, a most remarkable collection of photographs from the great Grandson of Charles Woolley, principal photographer of the Tasmanian Aboriginals. Taken from life in 1866. They have been only in the possession of… ***
*** Alfred Bock pair of early senotype portraits in original Tasmanian musk frames, 19th century, both bearing original green paper labels verso. One sitter identified as Dr. William Henwood of Huntingfield, Tasmania. 41 x 36 cm each overall ***
*** Herbert Ponting, (1870-1935): 'Weddell Seal (Diving Off the Ice. Cape Evans, March 15, 1911)', silver gelatin photograph (44 x 60 cm), the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G. Ponting' at lower right, titled and numbered '35' on the fine Art Society labels on… ***
*** An album with gilt title: 'Views of Warrnambool', containing 29 photographs that are clear and show a good cross-section of Warrnambool in the early 1890s. Subjects include: a panoramic view of the town from Liebig Street hill; Kepler Street; proud ***
*** Photographer unknown, Albert ground, Boxing day December 26 1877, Athletic sports and balloon Ascent two panel panorama, albumen paper prints laid down on linen 18.2 x 70.4 cm titled on label below repaired tears; creases; light foxing, extremely rare to… ***
*** A bearded footballer in full playing outfit with inflated oval ball at his side, circa 1880, Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 64 mm, verso imprinted 'From Burman's Photographic Rooms, 209 Bourke St. East, near Parliament Houses and… ***
*** H.M.S. Cossack: Album of 19th century silver gelatin photographs tracing the voyage of the Cossack from Sydney to Melbourne, Hobart, Fiji & on to England. Many photos captioned & pages adorned with superb cartoon caricatures & dated 1873. The Cossack was… ***
*** Richard Walter Hillsdon, photographer, Lyttelton, New Zealand, sepia photographic print dated 26/11/10, laid down on card, titled 'Officers and crew Capt. Scott's Antarctic Exped.1910' depicting the men in full uniform on board the 'Terra Nova' prior to… ***
*** New Zealand : 'Panorama of Christchurch N.Z. From Cathedral Tower 1881' by E.Wheeler & Son (Christchurch, 1881), accordian-fold album with 10-part panorama, with additional tipped in albumen photograph of Christchurch Cathedral, and Carte-de-Visite… ***
*** Alphonse Chargois (1860-1936), Cumjam Murdered Ferguson at Mentana, March, 1894, albumen paper print, 15 x 10 cm, laid down on the photographer's cabinet card from which the name has been excised. Printed text on image and margin lower left and right… ***
*** The Nimrod Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 09: Four real photo postcards depicting Shackleton, Edgeworth David, 'Queenie' Famous Dog of the Expedition, and The Nimrod prior to departure; all published by J.F.H. (Frank Hurley's company). (4). ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B30 - title: Portal in an Iceberg, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 19, 1931' verso, together with the… ***
*** Herbert Ponting (1870-1935): 'Weddell seal (Diving off the ice. Cape Evans, March 15, 1911)', silver gelatin photograph (44 x 60 cm), the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G.Ponting' at lower right, titled and numbered '35' on the fine Art Society labels on… ***
*** Freeman Brothers: the first Responsible Government of New South Wales, 1856 photo (18 x 13 cm) in original frame, overall 31 x 27 cm. (William Glover Webb Freeman (1809-1895) and James Freeman (1814-1870), started business in 1854 and soon became the… ***
*** Tasmania: an attractive leather & buckram bound album containing an extensive collection of unattributed albumen paper photographs of Tasmania, circa 1880s-90s. Various sizes, up to 23 x 29 cm; all laid down on thick album pages. (total: 59 images). ***
*** Thomas Carrington (1843-1918): 'Melbourne' (view of the city from the south side of the Yarra looking north-East, with four vignettes of buildings), engraved by Rudolph Jenny, printed as a Supplement to 'The Australasian', 1871, window mounted, framed &… ***
*** Herbert Ponting (1870-1935): 'Weddell seal (Diving off the ice. Cape Evans, March 15, 1911)', c1911, silver gelatin photograph (44 x 60 cm), the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G.Ponting' at lower right, titled and numbered '35' on the fine Art Society… ***
*** Alphonse Chargois (1860-1936), Cumjam chained to the back of a horse-drawn cart, 1894, albumen paper print, 15 x 10 cm, laid down on the photographer's cabinet card. Printed text in margin 'A. Chargois. Croydon and Normanton'. This image does not appear… ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B13 - title: distinguished movie star Visits south polar Regions,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 27, 1931'… ***
*** Nicholas Caire (and possibly others), group of ten albumen paper photographs, depicting Australian Aborigines and Indigenous life, all titled in the plate, including 'Family Mia Mia', 'Native Encampment river Murray', 'Camp of young Lubras', 'Kangaroo… ***
*** A collection of early photographs, various formats, with images including a Victorian Railways porter in full uniform, a Melbourne street scene by Nettleton, a Melbourne Cup jockey, a group of sportsmen (by W.D. Thrower, Chapel St., Windsor), 3 gentlemen… ***
*** Aviation photographs, wonderful archive of 'Roplane photographs (998),-80s, Many Ex Aviation Researcher Chris O'Neill, a Comprehensive History of Australian & New Zealand Aviation, with civil, military and naval Aircraft, Airshows, Crashes, 'Southern… ***
*** Alphonse Chargois (1860-1936), daisy Belle, Jack Kinmont Moir and Rose-Marie, Delta Downs, 1890s, albumen paper photograph laid down on the photographer's cabinet card, inscribed verso: 'Daisy bell, Jack Kinmont Moir and Rose-Marie, Delta', inscribed on… ***
*** Important collection of glass plate lantern slides with accompanying hand written book of various slide programs. Collection features rare photographs of Tasmanian Aborigines at Bruny Island including portraits of Truganini and William Lanne, Tasmanian… ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: Image A75 - Title: Maker of History, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 27, 1930' verso, together with official… ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B8 - title: Telling it to the Penguins,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 28, 1931' verso, together with the… ***
*** Hong Kong: a fine group of hand coloured albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, most annotated verso, approx. 20 x 27 cm, scenes include harbour views, street scenes, the cricket ground & city hall, Queens Road, etc, (12 items; individually mounted for… ***
*** Tasmanian convict photograph: a carte-de-visite, annotated verso: '108. Thomas Wilson alias Murphy. Per 'Dd Clark'. Taken at Port Arthur 1874.' Thomas Wilson was convicted at Carnarvonshire on 1 Aug 1840 for breaking into a dwelling and stealing. Gaol… ***
*** Herbert Ponting (1870-1935): 'Weddell Seal (Diving Off the Ice. Cape Evans, March 15, 1911)', c1911, silver gelatin photograph (44 x 60 cm), the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G.Ponting' at lower right, titled and numbered '35' on the fine Art Society… ***
*** Views of Ceylon Old-time album with embossed date and initials to front cover 'A.M.B. 20. 3. 93' containing fourteen fine albumen prints, each 20 x 26 cm and laid down ***
*** Tasmanian convict photograph: a carte-de-visite, annotated verso: '36. Henry Williams per Gov'r Phillip. Taken at Port Arthur 1874'. Henry Williams (transported as William Williams), was convicted of Housebreaking at the Supreme court in Hobart town and… ***
*** Charles Alfred Woolley (1834-1922), William Lanne (King Billy), and Patty Clark (Cooneana), circa 1880 albumen paper photographs, 16.5 x 15 cm and 14.5 x 13.4 cm respectively; individually laid down on cardboard mounts, the Lanne portrait with some pen… ***
*** John Watt Beattie (1859-1930). A large leather-bound album containing a collection of thirty-seven albumen paper photographs (each approx. 14 x 20 cm or 19 x 23.5 cm), one per page and all annotated in pencil below the image. In several cases, Beattie's… ***
*** Alphonse Chargois (1860-1936), Aboriginal men and boys, 1890s, albumen paper photograph laid down on the photographer's cabinet card, inscribed on margin in text 'A. Chargois. Croydon [and Normanton]', image 10 x 14.5 cm. Although not titled nor annotated… ***
*** Baldwin Spencer & F.J. Gillen,Across Australia, [London : Macmillan & Co., 1912 1st ed.] 2 vols., pp. 515 (total), red cloth with gilt titles and decorations, with plates, maps and black and white photographs. ***
*** C. E. Bevan, Edward St, Brisbane: 'Native Gin (Australia)' carte de visite ***
*** An original glass magic lantern slide of Ned Kelly; Charles Nettleton's portrait of Kelly taken the day before his execution on 11th November 1880. The slide maker is unknown, but probably J. Searle of Melbourne; 1890s, 85 x 82 mm. ***
*** Frederick Cornell (c.1833 - 1890), the P.S. Avon at Bairnsdale, circa 1880, albumen paper print with some hand-colouring, laid down on card; the image approx. 23 x 29 cm; the card 30.5 x 38 cm.; signed below the mount 'F. Cornell' and titled 'Bairnsdale'. ***
*** Frederick Cornell (c.1833 - 1890), the P.S. Avon at Bairnsdale, circa 1880, albumen paper print with some hand-colouring, laid down on card; the image approx. 22.5 x 28.5 cm; the card 30.5 x 38.5 cm. Unlike lot 401, this photograph is not signed or… ***
*** Alphonse Chargois (1860-1936), Delta Gins, 1890s, albumen paper photograph laid down on the photographer's cabinet card, inscribed on margin in text 'A. Chargois. Croydon and Normanton', image 10 x 14.5 cm. Provenance: The Denis Joachim collection, part… ***
*** Tasmanian photographs by Samuel Clifford, an old-time album, circa 1875, titled 'Tasmanian Scences' on the front cover and with 'S. Clifford, Photographer, Hobart Town' in manuscript on the blank front endpaper. The album contains 24 albumen paper prints,… ***
*** The 12th light of foot rare ambrotype portrait with hand-coloured finish, circa 1860. The 12th light of foot gained notoriety for their brutal suppression of the Eureka rebellion in Ballarat on the 3rd December 1854. Housed in original plush bi-folding… ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: Image A29 - Title: Sir Douglas Mawson...in his study aboard The Discovery. with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 15,… ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B15 - title: Promenading along the 'White Way',with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 27, 1931' verso, together with… ***
*** Captain Thomas Watson (1795-1879): Pair of photographs, one of Captain Thomas Watson, Harbour Master of Sydney, other of his wife Hannah (taken from an oil painting), both with highlights hand-painted in gold, framed & glazed, each overall 30 x 35 cm.… ***
*** Kerry & Co., attrib. View from rose Bay Convent looking West up the harbour c1900/1920s two panel panorama, silver gelatin prints laid down on linen 35.6 x 125.8 cm Shows rose Bay, double Bay, Clark & shark Islands, Fort Denison and the North Shore ***
*** Kerry & Co. Harbour from north Sydney (from Holtermann's Tower)/1920s two panel panorama, silver gelatin prints laid down on linen 37.5 x 114.5 cm titled, numbered '22' and signed 'Kerry Sydney' in the plate lower right Places are noted as follows, left… ***
*** Francis Edwin Birtles [1881-1941] Birtles made an overland speed record-breaking trip in an Oldsmobile 30 in November 1924. It became the subject of a book entitled 'Darwin to Adelaide, 9 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes: Francis Birtles' history making journey,… ***
*** Victoria: 'Gippsland Scenery' Series by Nicholas Caire, (1837-1918), albumen photographs, each 20 x 16 cm, mounted on card, comprising 'Toorloo Bay, Lake Tyers'; 'Scenes in the South Gippsland Mountains'; 'Scene on the Broadribb River'; 'Iron Bark Cove';… ***
*** Victoria: 'Gippsland Scenery' binder with 19 photographs from the series by Nicholas Caire, (1837-1918), albumen photographs, each 20 x 15 cm, mounted on card, including three showing Aboriginals - 'Native Camp in Gippsland', 'Native bark Canoes' and… ***
*** Magic Lantern group of seven coloured slides by Newton & Co. Fleet Street of London, 10 x 16.5 cm each ***
*** [Geelong Interest]. Two very early stereoview cards depicting Fyan's Ford bridge over the Barwon river; one bears a printed label verso 'Fyan's Ford, Geelong' on a yellow-front card with images approximately 83 x 68 mm and has been dated to 1852; the… ***
*** Tasmanian convict photograph: a carte-de-visite, annotated verso: '312 + 313 Charles Ward or Hayes per Moffatt 2 . Taken at Port Arthur 1874.' Ward (who called himself John) arrived aboard the Moffatt in May 1834, following his conviction at York. His… ***
*** [Kelly Gang] a glass plate negative (16.3 x 10 cm) for a carte-de-visite or cabinet card portrait of Steve Hart, a member of the Kelly Gang; by Barnes of Wangaratta; taken in 1878, is the only verified image of Hart, who was only 21 when he died. The… ***
*** [Victorian gold Mining], stereoview card, Clunes on the goldfields, circa 1865, unknown photographer; with two albumen paper prints, each 70 x 72 mm mounted on the original cream-coloured card with manuscript endorsement below 'Australian Scenery. Clunes… ***
*** Photographic panorama of Sydney Harbour from North Sydney, circa 1880, Robinson, Francis Whitfoeld (attrib.), Five albumen print photographs laid down on contemporary board with surrounding border, the panorama 250 x 1550 mm (individual panels being 250 x… ***
*** [Aboriginal Women]: a group of six albumen paper photographs or varying sizes and unknown photographers; 2 appear to be studio studies, 3 are individual portraits and one depicts two women in front of their hut made of leaves and branches; the largest 20… ***
*** Victorian Railways Flinders Street New Station Buildings' elevated architectural views to Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Railway Department Melbourne March 1908, No. 203. Scale 20 feet to an inch., 37 x 130 cm ***
*** William Parmeter Dollman (1846 - 1908), a remarkable, and probably unique collection of scientific stereoscopic views, circa 1890s, many with labels providing details of the image, some also with Dollman's label ('W.P. Dollman, John St., N. Adelaide, S.… ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image A42 - title: Cheering the Flag,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 28, 1930' verso, together with the official… ***
*** Frederick Kruger (1831-1888) Aboriginal men with weapons, Geelong, albumen paper photograph 20 x 13 cm ***
*** Carte De Visite: 1861-1888 an extraordinary collection including an image from the Queen's photographer, Caldesi Blanford & Co, (1860-62) of Japanese Samurai Dr.Kawasaki, believed to be a member of the First Japanese Embassy to Europe, (1862) (Note: A… ***
*** Vietnam War: Group from Private Bruce Clifton who served as tracker dog handler. Includes medal group of five - Vietnam Medal, Vietnam Star, Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 with Vietnam clasp, National Medal & Australian Defence Medal. Also… ***
*** Horse racing photographs and Negatives, noted Phar Lap (negative and 5 photos) ; Carbine (2 negatives and photo) ; Kingston Town (colour negative and 4 photos) ; triple Dead Heat (3 negatives and 2 photos) ; plus range other negatives (8) and photos (21).… ***
*** Australian goldfields group of six cartes de visite of a theatrical troupe taken in Castlemaine Victoria, together with an 1852 edition of the London illustrated news with Victorian gold rush motif on the cover. (7 items) ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image A5 - title: the Belle of Crozet,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Thursday Feb.13, 1930' verso, together with the official… ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image A57 - title: There's wind in the sky,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 6, 1930' verso, together with official… ***
*** Campaspie', 'Campaspie Fall Collection of assorted stereo cards, including Australian, British and novelty cards, 19th century. 60+ cards. Of note: Gold diggings Australia, Mt Macedon, 'Traveller Sleeping in Mia Mia', Hanging Rock Melbourne, 'On the… ***
*** The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B25 - title: first Antarctic Aeroplane,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2, 1931' verso, together with the… ***