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| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| *** | 1972 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (66). G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | Ballet: Wonderful collection in 6 albums, with photographs (113), postcards (260), press and magazine pictures and programmes, with over 100 autographs, noted Dame Margot Fonteyn (17), Sir Robert Helpmann (19), Margaret Dale (5), Pamela May (6), John Hart… | *** |  |
| *** | The Matchbox Labels of the Palestine Mandate. A fascinating collection on exhibit pages and stock sheets. Little study has been undertaken about the match industry in Palestine and the present offering is little more than a record of the known (or… | *** |  |
| *** | 1938 Hoadleys 'League Footballers', almost complete set (69/72). G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1953 Kornies 'Footballers in Action' (Flag), complete set (64). Mainly | *** |  |
| *** | 1963 Scanlens 'Footballers' No. 12 Graham 'Polly' Farmer (Geelong). G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1965 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set (29/36). Two damaged, one creased, others mainly G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1981 Ardmona 'Big League Series 1', complete set [396] with original box for each club in an album. G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1921 Sporting Life and The Bayonet 'Prominent Players' pictorial supplement No. 18 'S. Mclatchie, Carlton', 25 x 38 cm, extremely rare, the AFHG 'Australian Rules football cards' website lists nine known | *** |  |
| *** | C. E. Bevan, Edward St, Brisbane: 'Native Gin (Australia)' carte de visite | *** |  |
| *** | 1954 Coles 'Victorian Footballers' (series 1), complete set (56). G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | Voyages Around the world, Captain Cook's first, second Third and Last Voyages. In very poor condition, but internally intact. The great abundance of etchings and maps seem to be complete, however many are foxed | *** |  |
| *** | 1879 (July 17) an important Bushranger document. A letter headed 'Confidential' from the Sergeant of Police to the Manager, Union Bank, Daylesford, Victoria, the letter gives the description of four men including Andrew G. Scott, alias 'Captain Moonlight'… | *** |  |
| *** | A Document Signed By Reverend Samuel Marsden [1765 - 1838] - Norfolk Island, Parramatta & New Zealand, A conveyance for the sale of '136 Rods of Ground' [approx. 700 sqr mtrs] being 'all that allotment of Land situate in Macquarie Street, Windsor,… | *** |  |
| *** | Garden license (Victoria), issued in 1881 in Sandhurst (Bendigo), written in both English and Chinese | *** |  |
| *** | A New South Wales Ticket-of-Leave William Petts, who had been found guilty of housebreaking and was sentenced to seven years transportation, arrived in New South Wales in August 1838 aboard 'Lord Lyndoch' is granted a Ticket-of-Leave in December 1842. He… | *** |  |
| *** | A Pension For the Chief Clerk at Norfolk Island: In May 1857 Thomas Jewel Oliver applied 'for a Superannuation Allowance' following his enforced retirement from the Penal & Convict Department after ten years service. Transportation to Tasmania had ended… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | The tropical Cyclone - Fiji, February to March 1931 plus a fine collection of real photo postcards and photographs of Fiji, mainly 1910s-30s, from the estate of a long-term resident who witnessed the tropical cyclone of February 16 to March 3, 1931,… | *** |  |
| *** | 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,… | *** |  |
| *** | 1967 Scanlens 'Footballers' complete set [72] including Bob Skilton, John Newman, Ted Whitten, Ron Barassi, Darrel Baldock and 'Polly Farmer, generally G/VG. (72). | *** |  |
| *** | 1969 Scanlens 'Footballers' complete set [40], G/VG. (40). | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A seven-page typed letter from Monash to his Daughter, Bertha: dated 6th July 1906. Bertha, thirteen years old, is to embark on a train journey and her father has written an extensive letter with much detail where she will be, when and with whom: '6.45am… | *** |  |
| *** | A two-page typed letter from John Monash to his daughter, Bertha, dated July 23rd 1906. 'Dear Bert', he writes, 'I am just sending you a few lines so that you May have a definite guide as to what to do on your return journey.....About 9.30 or 10 it will… | *** |  |
| *** | 1966 Aspen Magazine Vol.1 No. 3 Fab Issue featuring Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, J.J.Cale. The Fab issue of Apsen, designed by Andy Warhol and David Dalton. [Roaring Fork Press, Inc., N.Y. 1966] | *** |  |
| *** | Norman Lindsay (1879 - 1969), 'Pen Drawings', [Sydney : Arthur McQuitty & Co., 1924], folio, quarter vellum, limited edition of 500, this being No.54, signed in pen by Norman Lindsay, and dated 'Nov / 1924' in Monash's characteristic style. with an… | *** |  |
| *** | 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,… | *** |  |
| *** | 1969 Scanlen's 'Footballers' almost complete set [47/48 lacks #24 Alan Davis] in very fine condition. | *** |  |
| *** | 1982 Scanlens WAFL 'League Football' complete set [76] plus [8] Checklists; very fine condition. (Total: 84 cards). | *** |  |
| *** | James Bonwick (1817 - 1906), the last of the Tasmanians; or, the black war of van Diemen's land, [London : Sampson low, Son, & Marston : J. Walch & Sons, Tasmania, 1870 1st ed.] folding engraved map, 3 chromolithographed plates, engraved plates and… | *** |  |
| *** | Sedon Galleries: 1925 - 1927 stock and payments journal, which is a hand-written record divided into the following sections: part one: lists payments received with names and amounts. Names include Wertheim, Monash, Baillieu, A.M. Nicholas, lady Robinson,… | *** |  |
| *** | Bowles's new One-Sheet map of Asia, divided into its Empires, Kingdoms, States, &c., [Bowles and carver, St. Paul's church Yard], circa 1801, Dissected map, 54 pieces with three blank replacement pieces (the lost pieces in the regions of Java, Sumatra and… | *** |  |
| *** | Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888 - 1935) seven pillars of Wisdom, a triumph. [London; Jonathan cape, 1935. First trade edition.] Deluxe edition, limited to 750 numbered copies; this being #459. Quarto, quarter pigskin over brown buckram with crossed swords… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Books 'Cyaniding For Gold' by Ion Idriess, a very rare first edition 1939. a complete, simple but detailed account of the process written especially for the working miner and the small syndicate, the Quintessential Australian gold Mining book | *** |  |
| *** | 1909 Sniders & Abrahams æAustralian Footballers - Victorian League PlayersÆ, series D, complete set [60]. G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | Silk Postcards: c1905-20 Wonderful collection of silk postcards, many with handkerchief inserts. The silk card was once an ornate greeting, hitting a peak of popularity in the early 20th century, especially during World War I. Collectors seek cards that… | *** |  |
| *** | Don Bradman, display comprising complete set of 1997 'Sir Donald Bradman AC Greatest Hits' cards (16) - with each card signed by Bradman, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 42 x 52 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 1972 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set (59/66) + 2 spares. G/Vg. (Total 61) | *** |  |
| *** | 1967 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set (64/72). Mainly G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | Don Bradman: 1995 Sanitarium (Weet-Bix) 'The Bradman Collection', complete set (20), with all cards signed by Don Bradman | *** |  |
| *** | 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.… | *** |  |
| *** | Austen, Jane 'Pride and Prejudice', (Richard Bentley, London, 1839). Hard cover. Engraved 1833 frontis. In good condition and complete with all 340 pages. 'E. Kimpton, Bookseller & Stationer, 68 Gt. Russell Street, Bloomsbury' label affixed to inside… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Bulkeley, John; Cummins, John. A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1. Containing, a Faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Wager on a Desolate Island in the Latitude 47 South, Longitude 81:40 West. With the Proceedings and… | *** |  |
| *** | Cook, James (Captain) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Conditional Pardon signed by Queen Victoria: Andrew Munro, 'now under Sentence of Transportation in Millbank Prison, he having been convicted of felony at Perth in April 1846?' is the beneficiary of this Conditional Pardon, granted and signed by Queen… | *** |  |
| *** | 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,… | *** |  |
| *** | British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Edward Kebel Chatterton (1878-1944) 'Sailing Ships and their Story' [London, 1909] 362pp, 64 plates, 3 folding plans. Original blue decorative cloth. A book from the 'Terra Nova' library. Provenance: Author's… | *** |  |
| *** | 1908 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers - Victorian League Players' (D series), complete set (56) with two different backs (56) | *** |  |
| *** | Books 'The Victoria Gold Ready Reckoner', by William Clarke, Gold Broker and Assayer, 86 Elizabeth Street Melbourne, published by Sands and Kenny (Melbourne & Sydney)1857. A fine and early example, hard to find, in original leather case | *** |  |
| *** | 1968 Scanlens 'VFL Club Mascots Inserts', complete set (12). Fair/VG (each card with small puncture at top). Rare. | *** |  |
| *** | Captain Cook: 'An Account of the Voyages, Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty, for Making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the dolphin,… | *** |  |
| *** | 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';… | *** |  |
| *** | 1965 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (36). | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | The Kelly Gang: c1907 Regal Post Card Co. 'The Kelly Gang - From An Original Photograph. Steve Hart, Dan Kelly, Ned Kelly'. Taken from an original c1870 photograph. Rare, only a few examples known. (One example, in poor condition, is in the National… | *** |  |
| *** | 1995 Futera 'The Heritage Collection - a Collection of Great Australian Cricketers', complete set (60) in album, with 58 of the cards signed, including Don Bradman, ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey and Graham McKenzie. VG. Numbered 'Player/500'. Ex Ron Hamence… | *** |  |
| *** | Australian Aborigines: album of c1900-70s postcards (87) and photographs (2). Mainly G/VG. (89 items) | *** |  |
| *** | J. A. Turner Artists Postcards: Complete set of postcards (46) in album, Turner's paintings recorded in painstaking detail the life and daily pursuits of the small rural settler in the mountain ranges of Victoria, noted scarce scenes including… | *** |  |
| *** | Magic Lantern group of seven coloured slides by Newton & Co. Fleet Street of London, 10 x 16.5 cm each | *** |  |
| *** | The Weekly Times Newspaper 1863, The Weekly Times' No.1 Vol.1 (March 1863) to No.42 Vol.1 (December 1863), complete in a bound volume., A combination of commercial, legal, sporting and social news, prices, shipping information, advertisements and stories,… | *** |  |
| *** | 1974 Scanlen's 'Footballers' almost complete set [130/132] + many duplicates. [Total: 549]. Mixed condition. | *** |  |
| *** | W. D. & H. O. Wills: 1910-11 Australian and South African Cricketers large part set (43/60) with red or blue borders and with 'Capstan' or 'Vice-Regal' advertising backs. | *** |  |
| *** | [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… | *** |  |
| *** | [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… | *** |  |
| *** | Abraham Elias Appointed to Administer the Estate of Joseph Solomon - 1824, 14th May 1824 vellum document with intact seal, titled 'Administration of the Goods Chattels..of Solomon Josephs late of Windsor, dec'ed - to - Abraham Elias adm'or' and signed by… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 1979 Scanlens: incomplete set with some heavy duplication of some players, comprising Carlton [57] incl. Alex Jesaulenko (5), Collingwood [42], Essendon [37], Fitzroy [54], Footscray [28], Geelong [54], Hawthorn [35] including Leigh Matthews (4),… | *** |  |
| *** | 1968 Scanlens 'Footballers' series B (featuring a team logo puzzle on reverse), complete set [40], generally G/VG. (40). | *** |  |
| *** | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772). 'Carte Reduite Des Mers Comprises Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique Apelees par les Navigateurs Mer Du Sud ouMer Pacifique...', [Paris: Depot de la Marine, 1776.], attractively hand-coloured, 55 x 82 cm (image), 83 x 112 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | 'John Monash July / 29' dated signature on blank front page of 'Callinicus - a Defence of Chemical Warfare' by J.B.S. Haldane, [London : Kegan Paul, trench, Trubner & Co., 1925]. With an additional notation in Monash's hand 'See pages 24/5' '....If one… | *** |  |
| *** | 'John Monash June 27 / 29' dated signature to blank front endpaper of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' by Erich Maria Remarque (translated by A,W. Wheen) [London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929] 320pp., with contemporary newspaper cuttings tipped-in front and… | *** |  |
| *** | James S. MacDONALD, the Art of Charles Wheeler, O.B.E., D.C.M., (Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Co., 1952), large 4to; 37pp; tipped-in colour frontispiece plate, 34 plates (of which 14 are colour, tipped-in), bottom of pages uncut; excellent dustjacket.… | *** |  |
| *** | Queensland At The 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Illuminated presentation certificate, hand-illustrated and with calligraphy by H.W. Fox, the recipient being Angus Mackay, who was the Commissioner for Queensland at the exhibition, which took… | *** |  |
| *** | 'The Tasmanian Royal Kalendar, Colonial register, and Almanck, 1849' compiled by James wood, [Launceston : Henry Dowling, Jun., and J.W.H. Walch, Hobart, 1849], 209pp + 26pp of advertisements; plus a bound-in advert from Henry Dowling, Launceston, the… | *** |  |
| *** | 'The Emu, A Quarterly Magazine To Popularise The Study And Protection Of Native Birds', bound 11 full morocco volumes with embossed gilt lettering and pictorial boards. Volumes 110, 13,14,15,16,17,19,20,21 and an index volume. (1901-1922) | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 1905-10 Wills 'Past and Present Champions', complete set (50). Fair/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1968 Scanlens 'VFL club Mascots inserts', complete set (12). Fair/VG (each card with small puncture at top). | *** |  |
| *** | 1927 Royal Visit to Australia: Autograph letter written by the future Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) as Duchess of York, from her residence at 145 Piccadilly, to Madame Handley Seymour, regarding the cost of her wardrobe for the Royal visit to… | *** |  |
| *** | War movie posters collection: Huge collection including 6-sheet poster ('Tora! Tora! Tora!); 3-sheet posters (6); UK 2-sheet poster; US one-sheet posters (36); UK one-sheet posters (29); Belgian poster (1); German poster (1); Australian Onesheet posters… | *** |  |
| *** | Frederick Kruger (1831-1888) Aboriginal men with weapons, Geelong, albumen paper photograph 20 x 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Don Bradman, complete set of 1995, the Bradman collection cards (20) - with the 18 cards depicting Bradman signed by him on front | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | c1912 original watercolours (complete set of 60) for Sniders & Abrahams 'Animals', each signed by artist Prae, size 20 x 12 cm. Ex archive of Osboldstone & Co. Printers, Melb. (60 items) | *** |  |
| *** | 1955 Coles 'Victorian Footballers', part set (41/56). Fair/VG | *** |  |
| *** | C1910 O.T. Beverage 'Red Chillie Flags' - Port Adelaide. Fair/Good condition. Extremely rare. The 'Australian Rules Football Cards' website states 'These cards show club colour fl ags with a red chillie in the background. It is believed that one was… | *** |  |