*** | Sydney/Melbourne: c1890 sepia albumen photographs (15 x 21 cm) by John Paine (1834-1915), 'St. Andrews Cathedral, Sydney' & 'Masonic temple, Melbourne', both window mounted, each overall 40 x 50 cm. (2 items) | *** | |
*** | 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume January 1 1845 to June 30 1845, incomplete run with c85 complete newspapers with Australian & Overseas news. Fair/good condition | *** | |
*** | 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume April 2 1881 to June 29 1881, with c76 complete newspapers with Australian & Overseas news. Fair/good condition | *** | |
*** | 1909 Sniders & Abrahams 'Dickens series', almost complete set (31/32) | *** | |
*** | Pitcairn Islands: 'A Chart and Views of Pitcairns Island, Latitude 25.02.S. Long:133.30W.', engraved map by Bayly (London, 1773), overall 47 x 28 cm; plus 'Carte Et Vues de L'Isle Pitcairn, Latitude 25d S. Long.133d.30'.0.', engraved map by Bernard (Paris… | *** | |
*** | J W Lindt (1845-1926) (attrib) Fridays nook. Ferny creek c1890 albumen paper 20 x 15 cm titled in pen below image | *** | |
*** | Steven Spurling (1876-1962) lake Iilla cradle mountain, c1910 silver gelatin photograph 20 x 15 cm titled and signed in negative | *** | |
*** | Collectables: Daguerrotype portrait; 1917 First Aid Certificate; World War I Identity Card; 1951 Orient Line Group with First Class ticket, menus (6) & 'Information for Passengers'; 1952 bull-fghting poster (21 items) | *** | |
*** | 1933 Carreras (Turf Cigarettes) 'Personality Series' (73-96), complete set (24), noted Don Bradman, Walter Lindrum & Jimmy Pike. Fair/VG (3 trimmed) | *** | |
*** | County Of Grenville Victoria by F.E. Hiscocks & Co.'s new Victorian counties atlas, circa 1874 | *** | |
*** | Literature Selection With Player Signatures: comprising hardbound David Campese 'On a Wing and a Prayer' autobiography (1991) signed on piece, plus Official Programme for 1991 Rugby World Cup Final in which Campese played, 'Jonah - My Story' (2004) signed… | *** | |
*** | Mining Companies: 'Directors Report: the Bonnie Doon Extended Gold Mining Company, No Liability. General Business and Mining Report, and Receipts and Disembursements For Half-Year Ending 22 May 1894; Together with Printed Document 'Private, the Great… | *** | |
*** | 'Queensland Commission, Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne 1888: the Mineral Wealth of Queensland' by Robert L. Jack (Brisbane, 1888), original printed wrappers (slightly foxed), 71pp with large folded map | *** | |
*** | 1922, the boy's Realm 'Famous Cricketers', complete set, noted G.Gunn, Percy Holmes and H.Strudwick. G/VG. (15) | *** | |
*** | 1935 Ardath 'Sports Champions', complete set, including cricket (5) with Don Bradman, tennis, football, golf, boxing, Olympics. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1981 Ardmona 'Big League Series 1 - St. Kilda', complete set (33). G/VG | *** | |
*** | 1905 Sniders & Abrahams 'Cricket Terms' (6/12). Fair/VG | *** | |
*** | 1958 Master Vending Machine Co. 'Cricketer Series - New Zealand 1958', complete set. Scarce. G/VG. (16) | *** | |
*** | 1904 Sniders & Abrahams 'Jokes', part set (13/60). Mainly G/VG | *** | |
*** | Framed Cricket Cards, noted Players 'Cricketers 1934' (50) & 'Cricketers 1938' (50) (each overall 58 x 54 cm); plus a third frame with 'Cricketers 1938' (24/50). Fair/VG condition. (3 items) | *** | |
*** | 1982 Beatrice Publishing 'Xii Commonwealth Games Card Series', complete set (205) in original plastic display box, including the card showing Australian Rules Football, listed as a demonstration sport. Mainly G/VG condition | *** | |
*** | 1926 Wills (NZ) 'English Cricketers', complete set including Hobbs, Sutcliffe and tete. (25) | *** | |
*** | 1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set, noted J.B.Hobbs, Don Bradman and bill Woodfull. An attractive set. (50) | *** | |
*** | 'Sports Digest' Magazine: Incomplete run, 1961-71, 67 issues, fair to good condition | *** | |
*** | 1926 Players 'Cricketers, Caricatures by Rip', complete set, noted Bardsley, Percy fender and Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1905 Sniders & Abrahams 'Naval Terms', complete set (12). G/VG | *** | |
*** | 1981 Ardmona 'Big League Series 1 - Collingwood', complete set (33). G/VG | *** | |
*** | 1981 Ardmona 'Big League Series 1 - Essendon', complete set (33). G/VG | *** | |
*** | 1981 Ardmona 'Big League Series 1 - Footscray', complete set (33). G/VG | *** | |
*** | South Africa & Geelong: Group with 1938-41 United Tobacco cigarette card albums - 'Our South Africa - Past and Present' (200), 'Our South African Flora' (100) & 'Our South Africa - National Parks' (100); 1927 'Mcconnell's Universal District Guide -… | *** | |
*** | Fanny Kerr: Hand-coloured photograph of the ship 'Fanny Kerr' burning near Hawaiiin 1902, window mounted, overall 25 x 32 cm | *** | |
*** | B 2006 football stamps: Almost complete set of team stamp booklets (15/16) | *** | |
*** | C1965-74 football cards, noted 1965 'Mobil Footy Photos' (37/40); 1972 Sunicrust 'Wegs Footy Funnies' (6/40); others (10) and 'Mighty Swans' pennant. Fair/G. (total 54) | *** | |
*** | 1979 Brownes Dairy 'WAFL Colour Player Plates' complete set (32), issued as supplements to 'WAFL Football Budget'. Fair/VG condition | *** | |
*** | 'A celestial Atlas. Maps of the Constellations visible in great Britain, with Corresponding Blank Maps of the stars' by J.Middleton (London, 1842), oblong folio, disbound. Not in great condition, though scarce and interesting | *** | |
*** | Book assortment, including 'With Lawrence in Arabia' Lowell Thomas, 'Melba' a biography by Hetherington, official 1956 small Olympic guide and many others. All in good condition. (25) | *** | |
*** | 'Chart of the New Discoveries East of New Holland and New Guinea 1797', engraved by Callender, for 'Morse's American Gazetteer' [Philadelphia, 1797], size 26 x 21 cm. Very good condition | *** | |
*** | Cartes De Visite, three taken by Maryborough Qld photographers, noted tintype carte De visite endorsed on reverse 'Mr.King, Bundaberg'; carte De visite endorsed on front 'Maud Hay, Gayndah'; carte De visite of girl; plus another carte De visite endorsed… | *** | |
*** | 'Bradman 1927-1941' by E.L.Roberts (Birmingham, 1944); also cigarette cards with 1902 Wills 'Royalty, Notabilities & Events 1900-02' (26) & 2 others | *** | |
*** | 1906 Dungey Ralph (Sweet Nell) 'South Australian Footballers' - J.Beales (West Torrens). Fair/Good condition (lower corners clipped). Extremely rare | *** | |
*** | 1958 Master Vending Machine Co. 'Cricketer Series - New Zealand 1958', complete set. Scarce. G/VG. (16) | *** | |
*** | 1925-49 Sydney & Melbourne theatre programmes, noted Pavlova at Her Majesty's Sydney; YehudiMenuhin at Sydney Town Hall 1935; Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh in the 1948 Old Vic tour to Australia (2 diff)+ 'Big Star Personalities in Rko Radio's Coming… | *** | |
*** | 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.20 John Nicholls (Carlton). Good condition (minor bend) | *** | |
*** | 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.27 Des Tuddenham (Collingwood). Good condition (minor bend) | *** | |
*** | Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925, born in England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels including 'King Solomon's Mines'), superb c1880s half-length portrait photograph (18 x 25 cm) by Barrano of London, on mount 27 x 37 cm. | *** | |
*** | Surfing: Collector cards: accumulation of 1994 Futera 'World Tour' or 'Hot Surf', duplication throughout, generally very fine. (300+). | *** | |
*** | Circa 1970s comic collection, Batman, Superman, Supergirl, Superboy, Spiderman and others, mixed condition (100+ items) | *** | |
*** | Postcards: England to Australia 1903-04 'Bosanquet, Warner and Foster', Kent 1904 'Seymour, Huish and Fairservice', and circa 1904 England 'Strudwick, Hayward, Braund and Lilley'. (3) | *** | |
*** | EDITIONS ROLLAND: Four different sets of tenĀ 13 x 6 cm stereo glass slides, each in maker's box, featuring views of Fontainebleau chateau. (4 items) | *** | |
*** | Players cigarette cards complete sets: comprising 1926 'Cricketers, caricatures by Rip' [50] & 1934 'Cricketers 1934' [50]. Mainly G/VG. (100) | *** | |
*** | W.D. & H.O. Wills: 1926 Cricketers, part series [35/63], very mixed condition. | *** | |
*** | 1996 Futera 'Vca Cricket Card set' of 100 of Victoria's greatest cricketers, 1895 - 1995; set '759 form a limited edition of 1000 sets, in special album with Certificate of Limitation. [100 cards]. | *** | |
*** | 1930 Player's 'Cricketers 1930', complete set [50] including Bradman (#4), mostly G/VG. | *** | |
*** | Essendon: 'Champions of Essendon - ranking the 60 Greatest Bombers of all Time' poster (repair), boldly signed by Terry Daniher and Kevin Sheedy; also VFL reserve passes (9, 1982-86 & 1988-92) for Essendon club Matches; also Melbourne: Ron Barassi… | *** | |
*** | 1921-25 Victorian Suburban Premium: South Melbourne: Fred Fleiter (misspelled 'Flieter') unnumbered card on blue stock, half-length image of player with 'Smfc' logo on jersey, advertising on reverse for J.Ryan's (newsagency, Port Melbourne), Rarity Rating… | *** | |
*** | 1986 Five Nations XV v Overseas Unions XV: picture postcard showing Cardiff Arms Park signed on reverse by members of the Overseas Union Team including Australians Nick Farr-Jones, Simon Poideven and Michael Lynagh, All Blacks John Kirwan, Andy Dalton and… | *** | |
*** | Coles 1954-55 - Hawthorn: group of cards comprising 1954 series 1 (4) including John Kennedy portrait, 1954 series 2 (1) and 1955 series 3 (1); corner mount impressions, to VG. (6). | *** | |
*** | Coles 1954-55 - St Kilda: group of cards comprising 1954 series 1 (4) and 1954 series 2 (2) ; corner mount impressions, overall G/VG. (6). | *** | |
*** | Kornies 1959 'Scoreboard' series: Essendon: Jeff Gamble & John Birt, cards #7 and 9 [2/36], G/VG. (2). | *** | |
*** | 1957 (July 7-21) Ampol 'Round Australia' Car Trials: original 16 mm film reel in technicolor, run time 34 minutes, with commentary in Italian, in good condition. This 9660km Trial was won by Jack Witter and Doug Stewart driving a Volkswagen 1200. The… | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #5 Tony Paskins, Manly sea Eagles [1/33]; corner crease, light soiling; Fair/Good condition overall. | *** | |
*** | Providence Daily Journal - United States - 1842: (Nov.6) edition with hoax story gleaned from French newspaper 'L'Etoile' of an Englishman Rodger Dodsworth who had fallen into a coma during an avalanche in the Alps in the late 17th century, was… | *** | |
*** | 'Plan of Boneo Swamp Lands', by Johnstone & Tait, Melbourne, showing landowners, proposed roads, and drains; marked-up in crayon. Framed, overall 74 x 53 cm. | *** | |
*** | Bp/C.O.R. Road Maps, mid-1950s, for Queensland (1st ed.), South Australia (2nd ed.), & Victoria (2nd ed.); all in superb condition. Printed by Premier Printing, Melbourne. (3). All 24.5 x 18 cm. | *** | |
*** | c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Ned Kelly Shoots Fitzpatrick'. (Some superficial dirt spots on front). | *** | |
*** | 1950s-80s array of Australian, British and European cards; also 1937 HMSO (London) Royal Botanic Gardens booklet with 12 coloured views, and ship menus including 1937 for S.S. Nieuw Holland (3) and 1956 P&O 'The Retired Pirate' set of 12 children's menus.… | *** | |
*** | Craigie's Graphic map of Tasmania, by Craigie map Company, Sydney, circa 1960, framed & glazed, overall 107 x 90 cm. | *** | |
*** | Two framed World War I related front pages from the Sydney mail, together with a framed supplement 'The Defence of Villers-Breonnoux', (3 items), the largest 64 x 50 cm overall | *** | |
*** | Craigie's Graphic map of South Australia, by Craigie map Company, Sydney, circa 1960, framed & glazed, overall 107 x 90 cm. | *** | |
*** | Punch magazine (July - December 1925) complete in attractive binding with gilt decorations to maroon boards; 1938 'Test Match Records of All Games Australia v England 1877 - 1938' softcover; 'The Restless Years' by O'Shaughnessy, Inson and Ward, 1970. (3… | *** | |
*** | New Zealand Interest including two albumen port scene photographs by W. Ferrier titled 'Port Lyttelton' and 'The Harbour, Timaru, New Zealand, From the North Road', real photo postcard titled 'A Merry Old Rangatira, Wanganui.' and 'City of Wellington, N.… | *** | |
*** | Two antique albumen photographs of commercial horse and carts including Menz Biscuits (Adelaide) by T. McGann, and Pommel, late 19th century. Both laid down on original card mounts. Sheet size 15 x 22.5 cm and 16.5 x 22 cm | *** | |
*** | Antique photographs, an accumulation of mainly cabinet portraits, housed in a vintage leather case. | *** | |
*** | Sydney & New South Wales photographers: portraits, cartes-de-visite, etc., by Besse && Edwards (Bega), William Bradley (Pitt St.), F.A. Breen (Nowra), Burton Bros (Albury), R. Caspers (Goulburn), Clarke Bros. (Windsor), W.H. Crago (Sydney), Elite studio… | *** | |
*** | 'Australie' and 'Australasie', two double-page maps from the Librairie Hachette Atlas (Maps 52 and 53), colour lithographs, circa 1890, both 36 x 46 cm overall. (2). | *** | |
*** | Framed Commercial Documents comprising 1922 Commercial Bank of Australia cheque for William Lawrence (Dye Works), South Yarra, and early 1900s The National Bank of Australia for R&J Linay (timber merchant), South Yarra, mounted together in a single frame;… | *** | |
*** | 1920-1930s era including 1928 Justices Act 'Information for an Offence and Warrant to Apprehend' form, Hawkers and Peddlars Act 1928 - Sixth Schedule, 'Hawkers and Pedlar's Recognisance' Ephemera - Unused Official/Legal Documents (Victoria): mostly… | *** | |
*** | [The 1938 Sesquicentenary] The March 1938 'Art in Australia' edition devoted to an 'Exhibition of 150 Years of Australian Art'; the 'Catalogue of the Australian Historical Exhibition' Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place; 'An Historic Retrospect on the… | *** | |
*** | An Australian Nurse At Heliopolis: 14 Feb.1916 real photo postcard ('No.27, General View of Heliopolis Camp. Cairo') with hand-written message (posted under cover) to her sister, Flo. 'We are told that our unit may move off anytime now to France...'.… | *** | |
*** | Greetings Postcards: mostly 1900s-1930s selection with World War I silks addressed from France to Australia (5), range of New Year, Easter, Christmas greeting types mostly American or British and few cards used in Australia; also a range of Dutch New Year… | *** | |
*** | Shoalhaven District (N.S.W.). Two black and white albumen photographs, each captioned lower left: I.) Road Scene Kangaroo Valley II.) Road Scene On The Camberwarra Mountain. sheet size 27 x 35 cm each | *** | |
*** | West & Son (Southsea & Gosport), (yacht race; Daphne leading Nave), albumen paper print, circa 1885, blind stamp to lower right corner, 18.5 x 23.5 cm. | *** | |
*** | Aircraft of the Mid-1930s: a collection of original photographs, mixed sizes (the largest being 20 x 25 cm), including Vought Pursuit, Scout bomber, a Polish Single-seat fighter, a Miles Mohawk, a hawk Trainer, a Beechcraft airlines, North American NA16,… | *** | |
*** | Transport: mostly part-sets, majority Automobiles with Craven/Black cat 1976 'Vintage Cars' [50/50], also incomplete 1930s John player 'Motor Cars', others by Doncella, Grandee & Mobil; aircraft with Senior service 'Flying' real-photo types (incomplete),… | *** | |
*** | Miscellaneous: sets, part-sets & odd cards covering various themes including Carreras 'Film & stage Beauties' (real photos), also caricatures, garden hints, Household Hints, military uniforms, Royal Navy, space, etc; condition variable, 1930s-70s era. | *** | |
*** | 1930 Players 'Cricketers 1930', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson and bill Ponsford. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1971 Kelloggs 'Australian Footballers in Action - VFL', part set (7/48). Scarce. Fair/VG | *** | |
*** | 1905 Sniders & Abrahams 'Naval Terms', complete set (12). Mixed condition. (Often sold together with 'Cricket Terms' as a set.) | *** | |
*** | 1929 Wills 'Cricketers' (2nd Series), complete set, noted Ames, Tyldesley and Woolley. G/Vg. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1922, the boy's Realm 'Famous Cricketers', complete set, noted G.Gunn, Percy Holmes & H.Strudwick. G/VG. (15) | *** | |
*** | 1930 Players 'Cricketers 1930', complete set, including the 15 Australian tourists. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set, including the 16 Australian tourists. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938', complete set, including the 16 Australian tourists. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1928 Players 'Footballers, 1928', complete set. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1934 Players Cricketers 1934, complete set, noted Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett and bill Ponsford. G/VG. (50) | *** | |
*** | 1930 Players 'Cricketers 1930', complete set, including the 15 Australian tourists. G/VG. (50) | *** | |