*** | Daguerreotype c1900, image and gold slip only, no case very attractive image in very good condition. 11 x 8 cm | *** | |
*** | Magic lantern slides, c1900, 'The Conversion of Saul' and 'Christ's Agony in the garden', overall size 17 x 9 cm, glass image size 9 cm diameter. Glass looks as if etched. In beautiful condition. (2 items) | *** | |
*** | 1912-38 collection of sets in album, noted 1915 Wills 'Modern War Weapons' (50); 1912-13 Wills 'Historic Events' English issue (50) & Australian issue (50); 1927 Wills 'Engineering Wonders' (50); 1927 Players 'Gilbert & Sullivan, 2nd Series' (50). Fair/VG… | *** | |
*** | 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.19 Sergio Silvagni (Carlton). G/VG condition | *** | |
*** | 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.32 Ken Frazer (Essendon). G/VG condition | *** | |
*** | Australian school c1880s Collins Street Melbourne looking west albumen paper photograph 18.5 x 12.0 cm titled in pen lower right below image | *** | |
*** | Australian Aboriginal CDVs c1900, pair of pictures (male and female) by Duryea Photographer 253 Fulton Street Brooklyn N.Y | *** | |
*** | 1933 W.D. & H.O. Wills: 'Footballers' standard size (84 + a few duplicates) & (40) medium format cards. Mixed condition. (total: 135). | *** | |
*** | The Cholera Scare: 5 September 1890 mss letter to his son from W.G.Browne in which he expresses the hope that 'the Cholera scare is over and that it will not reach P.M.Burg, it is a fearful scourge.' Pietermaritzburg is the capital (and 2nd largest city)… | *** | |
*** | Australia vs Ireland: 2005 International Rules Series guernsey signed by Australian coach Kevin Sheedy & co-captain Andrew Mcleod, framed & glazed, overall 101 x 106 cm. | *** | |
*** | 1902 McCracken's City Brewery 'Cricketers' card 'L.Braund'. G/VG (small corner bend). Rare. in 1907 McCracken's city Brewery joined with six others to form Carlton United Breweries Ltd | *** | |
*** | Chromotropes: Kaleidoscopic magic lantern slides, cased in wood and brass with manual crank handle: both in good condition. (2) | *** | |
*** | 1934-35 Allens 'Cricketers', part set (31/39); plus 1936-37 cricket postcard and range movie stars cards (107) in old cigarette cards album. Mainly G/VG. (total 139) | *** | |
*** | 1932 Plaistowe 'Prominent WA Footballers', No. 54 F. Batt (Claremont-Cottesloe). G/VG. | *** | |
*** | Books Kelly Gang: 'A Noose For Ned', a Reprint in hardcover of a very rare pamphlet with a forward by Frank Clune, 63 pages; together with 'Ned Kelly Bushranger' by Brian Carroll, 1976, 264 pages with good plates, illustrations and maps. (2) | *** | |
*** | 1981 Ardmona 'Big League series 1 - Richmond', complete set (33) in original box. G/VG | *** | |
*** | C1912 original watercolour artwork for Sniders & Abrahams 'Animals and Birds' No. 12, dingo, signed by artist Pr', size 203 x 117 mm; together with an example of the issued Sniders & Abrahams cigarette card. Ex archive of Osboldsone & Co. Printers,… | *** | |
*** | 2005 Bradman Museum badges 'The Bradman Era series No. 1, the 1948 Invincibles', complete set (17), on original card signed by bill brown. Superb condition. | *** | |
*** | 1908 Wills 'Football Flags Shaped with Pin' [1/27], 'Carlton F.C.'. Good condition (no pin). Rare - we have seen these in Skinner's book, but we have never offered one before | *** | |
*** | 1925 B.Morris & Sons 'Australian Cricketers', complete set, noted Warwick Armstrong, Monty Noble & Victor Trumper. G/VG. (25) | *** | |
*** | 1926 Players 'Cricketers, Caricatures by Rip', complete set, noted Jack Hobbs, Douglas Jardine & Warren Bardsley. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1927-39 Carreras sets & cards with cricket subjects, noted 1935 'Popular Personalities' (72); 1927 'The Nose game' (50); 1939 'Do You Know' (50). G/VG. (total 181) | *** | |
*** | New Zealand : 'New Zealand', map by Tallis (London, 1851) with beautiful engraved vignettes & hand-coloured outlines, size 27 x 37 cm. (Tooley.1229) good/VG condition | *** | |
*** | 1922 young Britain 'Favourite Cricketers series', complete set (15 pairs), noted P.G.H.fender & J.B.Hobbs. G/VG | *** | |
*** | C1896-1902 stereocards of Japan (17), UK (11), Niagara Falls (5) & Yosemite, in an Underwoods stereocard box.(34) | *** | |
*** | 1987 West Coast Eagles 'Inaugural Year Players Badges', complete set (10). G/VG. | *** | |
*** | 1950s autograph book, with c37 signatures laid down, noted Lew Hoad; 1956 Olympians including Jon Henricks & Lorraine Crapp; Johnny O'Keefe; Don Cornell | *** | |
*** | 1926 Ogdens 'Cricketers 1926', complete set, noted Bardsley, Mailey & Hobbs. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1970 gangster movie poster, 'Borsalino', starring Alain Delon & Jean-Paul Belmondo, UK one-sheet poster, lithographed in colours, printed by Lonsdale & Bartholomew, Nottingham, linen-backed, framed & glazed, overall 121 x 90 cm. Condition A | *** | |
*** | 1925 Anonymous (plain back and no series title) 'Sportsmen', complete set (10), including the 3 cricketers, boxers, footballers & jockeys. G/VG. (Listed on p.210 of Deadman catalogue) | *** | |
*** | 1977 world series cricket/Amadomus 'Cricket Caricatures by Bedford Flanagan', complete set, large size (204 x 252 mm). Comprises Ian Chappell, Tony Greig, David Hookes, Dennis Lillee, Clive Lloyd & Max Walker. Scarce. Ex Ross Edwards collection. (6) | *** | |
*** | Postcards, Australia: range of real photo cards including 'Werribee river', 'The Bosc pear' and 'Breaking up new ground for a Vineyard' all issued under the Closer Settlement Acts; 'Junction Ovens and King Rivers'; 'Brown's river beach' with 1d Pict. Tied… | *** | |
*** | Melbourne: c1880 albumen photographs (28 x 21 cm), by Charles Nettleton (1826-1902), titled 'National Museum' & 'Technological Museum' (2 different interior scenes). (3 items) | *** | |
*** | 1910 Sniders & Abrahams 'Victorian League Footballers', series E (6/60 + 1 spare); plus 1948 Kornies 'Victorian Footballers' (7/108). Fair/G. (total 14) | *** | |
*** | American Indians: collection of mostly modern American Indian postcards, stamps, covers, American fi rst day covers & collectible cards by Keepsake collectables. All in good condition. Excellent value. (150+ items) | *** | |
*** | Melbourne: c1880-1915 photographs from 'Cooper's Australian Views', comprising four showing the Public Library including a nice interior view; and two showing Princess Theatre; each 20 x 16 cm, mounted on printed studio leaves (27 x 21 cm) of various… | *** | |
*** | 1995 Ansett/Select 'Ansett Australia Cup - Sydney Swans V Hawthorn', complete set (28). VG condition | *** | |
*** | 1955 Coles 'Victorian Footballers' part set (26/56). Poor/G condition (24 with staple holes) | *** | |
*** | 1967 Twisties/Sun Valley 'Club Pennants Redemption Cards' part set (3/24) - Prize card 1 for Collingwood, North Melbourne & Richmond. Fair/G. Good condition for these. Very scarce | *** | |
*** | Gold Mining: 'Excavation of Quartz Reef, Near Ironbark Hill', c1874 albumen photograph (18 x 13 cm), by Nicholas Caire (1837-1918), No. 7 in 'Views of Bendigo' series, caption on mount, overall 31 x 25 cm. Few tones on mount | *** | |
*** | Gold Mining: 'Garden Gully Amalgamated Claims', c1874 albumen photograph (18 x 13 cm), by Nicholas Caire (1837-1918), No. 12 in 'Views of Bendigo' series, caption on mount, overall 31 x 25 cm. Good condition | *** | |
*** | 1934 Amalgamated Press: Sportsmen of the World, complete set of trade cards (32), including Charles Kingsford Smith, Jim Mollison, Alan Cobham, Max Baer, Bill Woodfull, Don Bradman and Jack Crawford. | *** | |
*** | Cigarette Cards: 1923 R. & J. Hill Ltd 'Famous Cricketers' complete set [40], G/Ef. Cat.£200. | *** | |
*** | Trade Cards: Chums 1923 'Cricketers' series, complete set [23], together with 'The Boys' Realm' 1922 'Famous Cricketers complete set [15]. Vf/Ef. | *** | |
*** | Trade Cards: D.C. Thomson 'Cricketers' complete series of large size cards [24], Vf/Ef. Cat.£192. | *** | |
*** | Cigarette Cards: 1925 B. Morris & Sons Ltd. 'Australian Cricketers' complete set [25], Ef. | *** | |
*** | Lindfield Cricket Club, Sussex: Great Britain Half-Penny postal card printed on the reverse for the 'L.C.C.: 1871' with a list of the registered players, the number of runs they had made, their batting averages, times not out and the largest number of… | *** | |
*** | Literature: Library of mostly 1950s hardbound titles incl. 'Brightly Fades 'The Don' by Jack Fingleton, 'End of an Innings' by Denis Compton, 'Second Innnings' by Neville Cardus, 'Cricket Crossfire' by Keith Miller, 'Close of Play' by Leslie Ames, 'Test… | *** | |
*** | Cigarette Cards: 1930 Player & Sons 'Cricketers 1930' complete set of 50 attractively framed; also, 1934 Carreras Cricketers complete set of 50, framed to match. (2 sets in 2 frames). | *** | |
*** | Postcard: 'Hobart from Knocklofty, Tasmania' Panoramic view, circa 1914. 9 x 55 cm | *** | |
*** | The News Letter of Australasia or Narrative of Events, A Letter to send to Friends. No. VIII - February 1857' front sheet, printed by W.H.Williams & published by George Slater, Melbourne && Sandhurst, depicts 'A View on the Yarra - The Willows', engraved… | *** | |
*** | The West Indies team in Australia 1960-61': large team photograph (37 x 25 cm) including star players Frank Worrell (Capt.), Gary Sobers, Conrad Hunte, Rohan Kanhai, Seymour nurse, Wes hall and Lance Gibbs, framed & glazed, overall 57 x 47 cm. Ex 'The… | *** | |
*** | ROSE STEREOGRAPH COMPANY: Twenty-seven stereo cards featuring comedic, sentimental, and domestic scenes, in maker's box marked 'The Rose Stereographs'. (27 cards) | *** | |
*** | Australian cricketers: Biographies/Autobiographies: selection of titles, a few signed, majority hardbound including 'My world of Cricket' by Ian Chappell (1973), 'The Archie Jackson Story' by David Frith (1974) signed by the author, 'Lillee: My life in… | *** | |
*** | UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD: Complete set of eighteen 'Niagara through the Stereoscope' stereo cards in maker's cloth-covered box with accompanying booklet, c. 1905. (18 cards) | *** | |
*** | VARIOUS PUBLISHERS: Group of one hundred stereo cards issued by publishers such as B. W. Kilburn, J. F. Jarvis, Universal Photo Art Co., and many, many others. (100 cards) | *** | |
*** | John Player: '1926 Cricketers Caricatures by Rip' two complete sets of 50 plus spares and W. D. & H. O. Wills '1928 Cricketers Second Series of 50' lacking only No. 47. Presented in home-made albums. (3 items) | *** | |
*** | 1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett & Bill Ponsford. Vf/Ef. (50). | *** | |
*** | 1933-34 Carreras 'Turf': Sports 'Personality Series' of caricatures by Bob Mirams, complete set (24), including cricketers Don Bradman, 'Vic' Richardson and Bill Woodfull, footballer Haydn Bunton, plus billiardist Walter Lindrum and flying ace Charles… | *** | |
*** | 1988 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'Cricketers', complete set [144] in very fine to excellent condition. | *** | |
*** | Group of forty-three glass slides for magic lantern, ranging in size from 145 x 32 mm to 98 x 24 mm, featuring illustrations for children of ships, soldiers, etc. (43 items) | *** | |
*** | 1974 Sunicrust (Australia) 'Cricketers', complete set [40], incl. Ian Chappell, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, some staining and discolouration (as is usual for this set). Very scarce. | *** | |
*** | Group of thirty-nine glass slides for magic lantern, ranging in size from 170 x 45 mm to 98 x 24 mm, featuring illustrations for children of ships, soldiers, etc. (39 items) | *** | |
*** | Antique and vintage Australian fruit labels, postcard and ephemera, 19th and early 20th century, (10 items) | *** | |
*** | 1928 Will's 'Cricketer's 1928' [50] and the '2nd Series' [50], G/Vf. | *** | |
*** | Isaac Albert Newton four panelled picture frame with carte de visite portraits of the Newton family, 19th/20th century, 18 x 41 cm overall. Provenance: Direct family descent | *** | |
*** | W.D. & H.O.Wills: 1905 'Past & Present Champions', the complete set of six Carlton 'Capstan' Cigarette or Tobacco cards, (6). | *** | |
*** | James Haynes of Launceston six months conviction for unlawfully obtaining a pair of boots, Police Office document, 20th July, 1869, signed by Justice of the Peace Thomas Mason and Charles James Weedon. Single page blue paper document. sheet size 21.5 x 33… | *** | |
*** | A group of five stereoview cards published by B.W. Kilburn of Littleton, new Hampshire featuring the New South Wales Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition of 1893, scenes at the Royal Easter show in Sydney and the Russell Falls, Tasmania; also nine 'L & H… | *** | |
*** | Stereoview Cards by 'L. & H. Stereographs, 1912', all depicting New South Wales scenes in the blue mountains, Kuring-Gai chase, etc. (14). | *** | |
*** | Wills Capstone die cut cigarette card featuring E Huxtable of Carlton | *** | |
*** | 1980s-90s Scanlens and Stimorol cards, haphazardly laid out by club and affixed with cellotape into photo album, comprising Brisbane (6), Carlton (27), Collingwood (25), Essendon (26) Fitzroy (25), Footscray (16), Geelong (27), Hawthorn (29), Melbourne… | *** | |
*** | W.D. & H.O. Wills: 1933 Footballers, part set [150/200], mixed condition. | *** | |
*** | Hotham, Lieutenant-Governor Sir Charles, and James Tarleton. Copies of correspondence respecting American Citizens who were supposed to have participated in the late riots at Ballaarat. [Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne: Government Printer, 7 March 1855]… | *** | |
*** | 1965 Scanlen's 'Man from U.N.C.L.E.' large part set, (63/72); plus 1966 Scanlen's 'The Monkees' complete set of (44 + spares) & 1967 Scanlen's 'The Monkees' complete set of (44 + spares). Mixed condition. | *** | |
*** | 1933 Wills 'Footballers 1933' almost complete set [199/200, ex card no.4), somewhat aged, generally poor/fair condition, a few better. | *** | |
*** | Fitzroy: 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.12 Russell Crow, VG. | *** | |
*** | 1964 Mobil 'VFL' photo cards: 'Stars from all the Teams' complete [40] including. Ron Barassi (no 4), Ted Whitten (no 12) & Polly farmer (31), all are glued down into Mobil album, comments by Lou Richards. Fair/G. | *** | |
*** | Kornies 1959 'Scoreboard' series: Footscray: John Schultz & Lyle Anderson, cards #14 and 15 [2/36], G/VG. (2). | *** | |
*** | Kornies 1959 'Scoreboard' series: Melbourne: John Beckwith & Laurie Mithen cards 22 and 24 [2/36], G/VG. (2). | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #5 Tony Paskins, Manly sea Eagles [1/33]; some creasing/wrinkling, aging on reverse; good condition overall. | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #12 Dick Thornett, Parramatta Eels [1/33]; some creasing/wrinkling; Fair/Good condition. | *** | |
*** | A daguerreotype portrait of mother and child and an ambrotype portrait of a girl, mid 19th century | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #13 Fred Griffiths, north Sydney bears [1/33]; good condition. | *** | |
*** | India, A collection of fifteen photographs circa 1920s-50s, mainly approx. 13.5 x 9 cm; one 13 x 18 cm and one 18.5 x 23.5 cm. (15). | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #13 Fred Griffiths, north Sydney bears [1/33]; few wrinkles, light aging on reverse. Good condition overall. | *** | |
*** | A collection of matted black & white photographs; several annotated verso as being from the collection of the U.S. Library of Congress, others Australian scenes including one titled 'Fern Tree Bower (in snow). Photographers unknown. Various sizes. ( | *** | |
*** | Port Arthur convict settlement albumen photographic print by Beattie of Hobart, circa 1900, note with roof of the penitentiary is still intact and the remains of the old wharf can still be seen. 14.5 x 20 cm | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #33 Noel Kelly, Western Suburbs Magpies [1/33]; creasing, aging on reverse; Fair/Good condition. | *** | |
*** | Postcards: including Rose Series real photo images of Fern Tree Gully, Healesville & Frankston, other RPs of Fremantle Post Office and Adelaide 'Floral Carpet', plus humorous and foreign cards; 1924 use of Australian 1d violet Postal Card; also… | *** | |
*** | c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Sticking Up the Euroa Bank'. | *** | |
*** | Coles Swap cards: 1956 Olympics 'Flags & Flora' complete set [28], corner mount impressions, G/VG. | *** | |
*** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: Image A16 - Title: Two scenes which illustrate the life of the Giant Petrel. with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Feb. 24,… | *** | |
*** | Postcard album containing a diverse range, noted California, film stars of the 1930s (some signed), New York, other U.S.A. Including Honolulu, English Royalty, 1936 Olympics, etc. (80+). | *** | |
*** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: Image A61 - Title: An Island looming above the icepacks. with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday May 12, 1930' verso, together… | *** | |
*** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: Image A64 - Title: The Unexplored heart of Kerguelen, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday May 12, 1930' verso, together… | *** | |