Australian & Historical (#473) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 1337. Previous|12345678...14|Next Lot #1 A pair of antique scrimshaw whale's teeth with engraved portraits, Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 10cm and 10.5cm high PROVENANCE: The Berry Collection, Young's Auctions, Melbourne, 2008 View details Quantity2Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold Lot #2 "THE ENDEAVOUR ENTERING THE PIER, A TRIFLE FROM MARGATE" antique Battersea enamel patch box, 18th century, 5cm wide View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #3 A sailor's seam rubber, carved wood, 19th century or earlier, 16cm long View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #4 A whaler's antique knife. Well worn steel blade with timber handgrip bound in string, housed in a timber scabbard bound in copper wire, 19th century, a rare survivor. 22cm long View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #5 Two antique whalebone clamps, 19th century, 6cm and 6.5cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #6 An antique pie crimper, whalebone with turned wooden handle, 19th century, 12cm high View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #7 A whale ornament made from carved whalebone mounted on a hoop pine base, 19th/20th century, 20cm high, 29cm wide View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #8 "H.M.S. HERO" Australian wool work tapestry, 19th century, 59 x 72cm overall View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #9 An antique maritime diorama, sail steamship model housed in timber cabinet with rope twist wooden edge, 19th century, 42cm high, 70cm wide, 15cm deep View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #10 A sperm whale tooth, late 19th century, an impressive 20.5cm high View details Estimate$500 - $800Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #11 A sperm whale tooth, 20th century, 6.5cm high View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #12 Two sperm whale teeth, 19th and early 20th century, 15cm and 16cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #13 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with female portrait and Masonic iconography, 12cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #14 A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled "SPERM WHALE", 9cm high View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #15 An antique whale's tooth, 19h century, 16.5cm high View details Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #16 An antique sperm whale tooth, 19th/20th century, 17cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #17 A rare whale oil slush lamp, wrought iron, 19th century, View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #18 A China trade ship model in glass case with crown of thorns mount and contemporaneous photograph, 19th century, 32cm high, 46cm wide, 24cm deep View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #19 A folk art model ship in cabinet, 19th century, 28cm high, 40cm wide, 19cm deep View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #20 An antique clipper ship in a bottle set in fine diorama harbour scene, 19th century, 30cm long View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #21 An antique ship in a bottle with coastal scene diorama, 19th century, 20cm long View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #22 An antique ship in a bottle, 19th century, 31cm long View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #23 A Japanese ship's lantern in galvanized metal case, early 20th century, 59cm high View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusCLOSED! Lot #24 A Japanese ship's lantern in copper case, early 20th century, 63cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #25 A green glass fishing buoy, early to mid 20th century, 31cm diameter View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #26 A vintage brass and glass marine lamp, (converted to electric), early 20th century, 29cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot #27 A vintage ship's binnacle with compass,19th century, 57cm high, 71cm wide, 40cm deep View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #28 A vintage green painted metal ship's binnacle with compass,19th/20th century, 40cm high, 62cm wide, 40cm deep View details Estimate$500 - $700StatusCLOSED! Lot #29 An antique sea turtle shell, late 19th, early 20th century, 49 x 44cm View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #30 An impressive swordfish rostrum (bill), 19th century, 138cm long View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #31 A swordfish rostrum (bill), 19th/20th century, 98cm long View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #32 Mako shark jaw, 20th century, 23cm wide View details Estimate$40 - $60Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot #33 S.S. COOGEE Huddart Parker & Co. Melbourne, souvenir life buoy picture frame, hand-painted on pine, late 19th early 20th century, 30cm diameter. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #34 S.S. MOORABOOL Huddart Parker & Co. Melbourne, souvenir life buoy picture frame, hand-painted on pine, late 19th early 20th century, 25cm diameter. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #35 A Japanese vintage ship's lantern, brass and glass, early to mid 20th century, 60cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot #36 A Japanese vintage ship's lantern, copper and glass, early to mid 20th century, 60cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot #37 Two half model boat hulls, one titled "27" Whaler, Scale 1 IN. = 1 FT. TEC 1956", both mounted on boards, the larger 15 x 92cm overall View details Quantity2Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #38 A maritime picture frame, nickel plated, 19th century View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #39 EARLY SETTLERS & EX-CONVICTS AT WINDSOR, NEW SOUTH WALES: A letter, dated 27th November 1835, written at the request of SAMUEL TERRY (convicted of the theft of 400 pairs of stockings and sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1800) from his office in Pitt Street, to EDWARD WILLIAM ALEXANDER ROBINSON, son of EDWARD ROBINSON (charged with 14 counts of stealing; sentenced to hang, but reprieved to transportation for life in 1789). Terry, who had prospered in the colony..... View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #40 A convict ball and chain with riveted leg shackles, early 19th century, 108cm long, ball diameter 12cm View details Estimate$1,600 - $2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #41 Four man ganging chain with handcuffs, 19th century, 100cm wide View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #42 H.M. PRISON PENTRIDGE original main gate key, circa 1853, housed in a framed display with accompanying handcuffs and documentation, signed by the last governor of the prison in 1997, the key 13cm long, the frame 68 x 87cm overall View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #43 TOP IRONS used as extra punishment over conventional leg irons hence the term "double ironed, 19th century, 62cm wide View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #44 Antique leg irons, blacksmith made non-standard, early 19th century, 62cm wide View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #45 An antique blunderbuss with percussion cap lock, early 19th century, remains of possible Government stamps on the stock (illegible), 83cm long View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #46 An antique powder horn with scrimshaw decoration, early 19th century, 30cm long View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #47 BUGBEAR carved coconut powder flask with whalebone spout and adornments, 18th/19th century, 15cm long View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #48 PRISON WARDER'S cap with Queen Victoria crown badge, 19th century, size: small View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #49 Three convict era tokens, early 19th century View details Quantity3Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #50 PLUG 8 convict handcuffs with key, late 18th, early 19th century, 13cm wide View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #51 BOBBY DAZZLER watchman's dark lantern oil lamp with "HIATT & Co. BIRMINGHAM" brass manufacturer's label, 19th century, 19cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$250StatusSold Lot #52 HIATT antique handcuffs with broad arrow mark, stamped "Hiatt, Warranted, Wrought, Hard", No.6, with original key stamped "HIATT No.22", 23cm wide View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #53 Convict alarm bell, cast brass with broad arrow mark and turned handle, 19th century, 27cm high View details Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #54 BEAN antique leg irons with key. 1882 American patent stamp. Rare. 56cm wide View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 HIATT antique wooden alarm rattle, 19th century, stamped "HIATT" on the handle, 24cm long View details Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #56 Two Australian police coshes, one with steel bar and weighted interior covered with animal tail leather hide, the second with a spiral whale baleen shaft with lead filled and woven bulb ends, with leather wrist strap, late 19th century, the largest 34cm long View details Quantity2Estimate$260 - $300Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #57 Two Australian truncheons, one South Australian maroon leather covered with steel shaft and leather wrist strap, the other compressed leather disc construction with steel shaft interior and leather wrist strap, 20th century, the larger 42cm long, View details Quantity2Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #58 A TRUNCHEON, lignum vitae transfer printed special constable's, dated 1917-1919, 40cm long, View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #59 GOLD AT YACKANDANDAH: c.1853, Small pencil drawing titled "Gold Commission Camp Yackandandah" 8 x 13cm. Alluvial gold was discovered in the area in 1852. The miners and the commissioners were accommodated in canvas tents for the first years. The "official" tents depicted in the sketch, fly the flag showing their status. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #60 1857 GRANT BY PURCHASE OF LAND IN DUNOLLY John Carter of Melbourne purchases a town lot in Dunolly on 5th October 1857. The vellum document bears the seal of the Colony of Victoria and is signed by Sir Henry Barkly, 2nd Governor of Victoria. 34 x 45cm. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #61 A folio containing numerous documents, letters and receipts associated with mining activities in and around the Victorian Goldfields, 1850s to 1890s. MAinly to do with the COLIBAN MINING CO., but some of the companies noted include EUREKA MINING COMPANY, CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT HOPE QUARTZ MINING CO., EMU REEF COMPANY, WINDLASS HILL GOLD WASHING CO., THE CHEWTON SLUICING CO., THE THIRD WHITE HILL MINING CO., THE WATTLE GULLY GOLD WASHING CO., etc. (qty). View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #62 An antique tobacco jar, painted cast iron, 19th century, 11cm high, 9cm wide, 9.5cm deep View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot #63 Antique gold scales, brass and cedar, engraved "CLASS B. to weigh 2lb", 19th century, 48cm high, 51cm wide, 25cm deep View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot #64 Set of gold scales mounted on timber box with set of 6 Dram weights, 4 shim weights and 2 lozenge weights, mid-19th Century. 33cm high, 23cm wide, 12cm deep. Provenance: Private collection Ballarat View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #65 "Map of the Mines of Ballaarat" by J.E. Harper, 1866; linen backed, with wooden rollers top and bottom. 105 x 66cm. View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #66 AVERY bankers gold scales with set of 8 bell weights, 19th century, 68cm high View details Quantity9Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #67 An antique Australian pack saddle, used on the goldfields of central Victoria, 19th century, PROVENANCE: Private collection Ballarat View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #68 An antique oil lamp with figural silver plated base, Duplex black button double burner, original glass font and shade, inscribed on the base "Presented To W. Letcher Esq. By His Colleagues Of The Literary Staff And By The Commercial Staff Of The Ballarat Courier, Dec. 1901". 74cm high View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Lot #69 An antique pocket barometer in case, pocket sovereign scales and "The Laurel, Ladies Boudoir Safety Razor", 19th century View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #70 GOLD MINING:1881 10/- Share Certificate (#849) for United Ajax Gold Mining Co operating out of Campbell's Creek; also 1926 consecutive run of four share certificates (#5783-86) for the South Lucknow Gold Mining Company, each certificate for 100 shares at 3/6d per share. (5 items) View details Quantity5Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #71 INTERNATIONAL MINING & INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, COOLGARDIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1899. Silk commemorative Opening Ceremony program with an image of the Exhibition building and the opening date (March 21, 1899) on the front, the internal pages providing details for the arrival of the Governor, members of the W.A. Government, Invited Guests, Season Ticket Holders, etc., as well as details of the Ceremony. 26 x 44cm (opened out). Some water staining, but extremely scarce; we have located only one other View details Estimate$500 - $1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #72 Five opal bivalve mussel fossils, Australian opal fields, Coober Pedy, the largest 4cm long View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #73 An 18ct gold miner's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with entwined rope and nugget specimen, 19th century, stamped "18ct", 5.5cm wide, 5 grams View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 A 15ct gold miner's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with gold nugget specimens and entwined rope, 19th century, stamped "S.S. & Co. 15k", 4.5cm wide, 4.8 grams View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #75 BARCLAY BROS. of Melbourne gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel, and entwined rope, 19th century, stamped "B. BROS. 9ct", 4.8cm wide, 2.8 grams View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #76 A gold miner's brooch, shovel form with large gold specimen entwined in rope, 19th century, 5cm wide, 4.9 grams View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 A rare "MALCOLM" Western Australian goldfields brooch, late 19th century, housed in a period plush box with a Ballarat newspaper clipping, 5.5cm wide, 5.6 grams. Illustrated in "GOLD & SILVERSMITHING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA" by Dorothy Erickson [U.W.A. Press, Perth, 2010], page 75-76. View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Price Realized$16,000StatusSold Lot #78 Gold miner's bar brooch with horseshoes and gold nugget specimen, 19th century, 6.5cm wide, 11 grams View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #79 A gold miner's brooch in the form of a shovel with quartz ore specimen, 19th century, 4.2cm wide, 3.2 grams View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #80 A goldminer's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with gold nugget specimens, entwined rope and bucket, stamped "South Africa, 9ct", 4.5cm wide, 4.5 grams View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusCLOSED! Lot #81 "FORGET ME NOT" fine Colonial oval brooch with flying bird amongst vine leaves and tendril, tests as high carat gold, most likely Melbourne origin, circa 1860s, 4.5cm wide, 8.4 grams View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #82 A Colonial brooch with flying bird, vine leaves and green stone, tests high carat gold, most likely Victorian goldfields origin, circa 1865, 4cm high, 9.1 grams View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #83 A heart shaped gold ore specimen ring set in yellow gold, late 19th century, View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #84 WILLIS & SONS of Melbourne, early 9ct gold ring set with opal and seed pearls, 19th century, stamped "9" flanked by pictorial marks, View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #85 Australian 15ct gold bar brooch and matching 9ct gold earrings set with handsome gold nugget specimens, 19th century, 4.5cm wide, 11.75 grams total View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #86 A Colonial 15ct gold oval brooch with foliate design adorned with a flying bird, most likely Melbourne origin, 19th century, 5cm high, 10.7 grams View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot #87 A gold miner's pendant with pure gold findings encased in glass and mounted in gold, 19th century, 2cm high View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #88 WENDT Colonial pair of emu earrings, silver gilt, circa 1870, 2cm high View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #89 A stunning Australian yellow gold memorial locket brooch adorned with kangaroo and emu in fern foliage, 19th century, 3.7cm high, 12.3 grams total View details Estimate$2,500 - $4,500Price Realized$3,600StatusSold Lot #90 An antique 15ct gold bar brooch with glass cylinder of opal chips, 19th century, stamped "15ct", 5.3cm wide View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #91 WENDT yellow gold ring set with rubies and diamonds, Adelaide, South Australian origin, 19th century, stamped "WENDT.9", View details Estimate$500 - $700Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #92 WENDT 9ct yellow gold bangle set with red stones and seed pearls, housed in original plush box marked "J.M. WENDT, ADELAIDE", clasp stamped "9" with circular crown mark, 6.5cm wide, 12.2 grams total View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #93 An antique 9ct gold fob chain, late 19th century, stamped "H.H.S.", 40cm long, 20 grams View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #94 A Colonial cameo brooch set in high carat yellow gold mount adorned with leaves, most likely Melbourne, mid to late 19th century, 2.7cm high View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #95 HARDY BROS. (SYDNEY), 18ct yellow gold stickpin set with a diamond head and retaining its screw fitting to enable it to be worn as a dress stud, fully marked for Hardy Brothers and in original retailer's plush fitted box, 19th century, 6.5cm long, 4.3 grams total View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #96 An antique bar brooch, 18ct yellow gold set with a shark's took, 19th century, 4.5cm wide View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #97 A Colonial 15ct gold necklace crescent and star necklace set with seed pearls, most likely Melbourne origin, 19th century, 42cm long, 14 grams total View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #98 WILLIS & SONS fine antique bangle, 15ct yellow gold with crescent and star design set with red stones and seed pearls, 19th century, stamped "15,W." with unicorn mark, 6.5cm wide, 10.6 grams total View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #99 WILLIAM DRUMMOND & Co. Melbourne, antique 15ct yellow gold ring set with three red stones and diamonds, 19th century, stamped "W. 15. D.", 3.8 grams total View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #100 FIRE BRIGADE: 15ct gold fob (6.7gms) depicting a two-wheeled hose cart on the front; verso engraved "CLUNES FETE 1887 * Hose Practice 8 Men : FIRST PRIZE Won by W.J. Hawkes". View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$300StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...14|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next
