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 1-37 of 37. Previous|1|Next Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 733 1899 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL REFERENDUM CERTIFICATE: lithographed coloured certificate, decorated with Parliament House and State Premiers, framed & glazed, overall 45 x 60cm. Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 734 AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION antique red flag, circa 1901, stamped "AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION", 46 x 90cm Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 735 A vintage Victorian state flag, early to mid 20th century, 90 x 198cm Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 736 GEORGE REID novelty pottery head bottle, circa 1904. Unknown maker, possibly a workman's piece from one of the brickworks. Reid was a very popular target for caricaturists due to his portly and rotund profile. This piece is only the second example known to our rooms. Rare. 11cm high Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 737 POSTCARDS. Two early Australian political examples: I.) Reid and Deakin on the football field. This card refers to the transfer of office from Reid to Deakin in 1904. Reid did not have a majority, so when Labor and the Protectionists patched up their differences, they voted him out. Artwork by George Austine Taylor (1872-1928). II.) Reid "In Borrowed Plumes, George H. Reid In George Lauri's Orchard". Artwork by George (Zif) Dunstan (born 1876). 2 Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 738 GEORGE REID pair of painted cast iron paper weights by the Wunderlich Factory, circa 1910. This souvenir came onto the market shortly before Reid departed Australia to become the country's first High Commissioner to London. Sydney Evening News carried an advertisement for the pieces on the 12th of January, 1910. 12.5cm high 2 Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 739 BILLY HUGHES pottery bust by EUNICE REBIE REID, early 20th century, incised "E.R. Reid", 9cm high Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 740 BILLY HUGHES novelty pottery bottle stopper by MASHMAN BROS. Ltd, Sydney origin, early 20th century. 7cm high, 10cm high including the cork. Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 741 BILLY HUGHES pair of antique cast metal door stops, early 20th century, 15cm high 2 Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 742 "The Exhibition Trustees" 18ct gold fob depicting the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings, and verso, engraved for "Alderman S.J. Morell, J.P. Appointed Trustee 9th Nov. 1926"; 17.8gms. Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 743 STANLEY MELBOURNE BRUCE, (8th Prime Minister, 1925-28) porcelain character jug designed by Percy Metcalfe for Ashtead Pottery, limited edition 53/500, factory mark, signature an inscription on the base. 18.5cm high. Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 744 JAMES ROBBIE MATHERS J.P. (councillors) archive including a very attractive gilt leather-bound hand-painted certificate signed by the councillors of the City of Kew, Victoria with accompanying letters, documentation and assorted certificates 5 Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 745 AUSTRALIA IN ART June 1931. The entire issue is devoted to the political caricatures of George Edmond Finey (1895-1987). Finey was an early to mid-20th century Auckland and Sydney left-wing caricaturist, cartoonist, painter, sculptor and collage artist. Infamous for his bohemian lifestyle, Finey worked for the Labor Daily for three months in 1932, before being dropped for his antagonism towards Jack Lang - one of Finey’s major targets. Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 746 Large sepia photographic print titled "Opening of the Parliament of Victoria by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 25th February 1954", framed & glazed, overall 94 x 119cm. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 747 ROBERT MENZIES Bendigo Pottery character jug in original box, limited edition, designed by Melbourne Herald cartoonist John Frith in 1973, oval factory stamp with title to base, 17.5cm high Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 748 ROBERT MENZIES: bold signature on 8th February 1960 Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T. letterhead, printed 'Prime Minister' seal, with original envelope. Estimate$100 - $140Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 749 JOHN McEWAN pottery charcter jug by EWAN McDonald, circa 1967. McEwan was Prime Minister for only 22 days being appointed after the disappearance of Harold Holt. Incised "Ewan McDonlald", 15cm high Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 750 BILLY McMAHON (20th Prime Minister of Australia) novelty candle depicted in boxing gloves, designed by Terry Sedgwick, 15cm high Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 751 BENDIGO POTTERY "Reform Flasks", group of five Prime Minister limited edition character bottles, circa 1975, including Sir Edmund Barton (2), John Watson (2), and Alfred Deakin, 18cm high 5 Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 752 HENRY BOLTE pottery face mug by GUS & BETTY McLAREN of Warrandyte, Victoria, circa 1970s. Modeled after a work by the noted political cartoonist LES TANNER. Incised "Designed By Tanner", 11cm high, 17cm wide Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 753 GOUGH WHITLAM "IT'S TIME" campaign T-shirt, size: small, circa 1972. Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 754 MALCOLM FRASER "MAL'S MOB" novelty apron with naked caricatures of Malcolm Fraser (wearing a "Life Wasn't Meant To Be Greasy" apron), John Howard (holding a plate), Joh Bjelke-Petersen (running with a pineapple and a banana), Andrew Peacock (sharpening a knife), Al Grassby (holding a steak on his fork), Billy McMahon (holding a star), Bob Santamaria, and Margaret Whitlam (carrying a bucket). A rare survivor. Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 755 POLITICAL DART BOARD “Score a Politician” made for Ron d’Albora during elections in the 1980’s and sold in his Greville’s Homewares shop in Prahran, Melbourne. 46 x 41.5cm Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 756 BOB HAWKE cream ceramic character jug by Richmond Potteries, circa 1980, circular factory mark to base, 11cm high Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 757 BOB HAWKE ceramic bottle stopper, circa 1980. A people's favourite, Bob Hawke gained much popular support and admiration for his famous world record beer drinking feats. 9.5cm high, 13cm high including the cork Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 758 JEFF HOOK. Two original cartoon artworks depicting Australian Prime Minister BOB HAWKE, circa 1980s, framed together 52 x 41cm overall Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 759 BOB HAWKE, PAUL KEATING & JOHN HOWARD, Australian pottery jug and two mugs by ANNE BERENS from Laburnum Gallery, Mitcham, Victoria, potter's monogram to sides, 10cm, 19cm and 12.5cm high 3 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 760 POLITICAL KEY RINGS, group of four engraved metal examples including Bob Hawke, Norm Gallagher (controversial trade unionist), Neville Wran, and unidentified politician; together with a "TWO BOB" coin depicting BOB HAWKE, 1980s, (5 items), 5 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 761 LARRY PICKERING "Dismissal" novelty chess set. Limited edition 139/1000. Hand-cast pewter with 22ct yellow and white gold plating. Signed by Pickering, circa 1980. Rare. The board 46 x 46cm Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 762 MALCOLM FRASER "Life Was'nt Meant To Be Easy" cast resin statue by Chudleigh Arts, Tasmania; together with a JOHN HEWSON vintage fridge magnet in original blister packaging, (2 items), the statue 20.5cm high 2 Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 763 PAUL KEATING toilet roll holder with MALCOLM FRASER toilet paper. carved and painted wood. An irreverent Australian political novelty item poking fun at Treasurer/Prime Minister Paul Keating. 77cm high Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 764 POLITICAL PUNCHING PUPPETS. Group of four, probably made in the late 1980's. The puppets are caricatures of John Howard, Bob Hawke and Paul Keating (2 examples, one still in original packaging). The label on the Keating puppet shows that they were made in Taiwan ROC. The puppets were originally based on Punch & Judy but later became a popular kid’s toy with caricatures of boxers (Muhammad Ali, Rocky, Mr T, Ninja etc) and inevitably, politicians. 26cm high Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 765 HOWARD, HANSON & BEAZLEY. Three Super Latex Ruff 'n' Tuff rubber squeaky toys for dogs, made by Masterpet, circa 1997. The toys feature caricatures of Liberal Prime Minister John Howard, One Nation Party leader Pauline Hanson and Labor leader Kim Beazley. the largest 12.5cm high Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 766 "PRIME MINISTERS OF AUSTRALIA": 'Australian Geographic' print featuring portraits of 26 Prime Ministers from Edmund Barton through to John Howard, six of the portraits with signatures beneath, comprising John Gorton, Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and John Howard; framed & glazed, overall 78 x 113cm. Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 767 KEVIN RUDD "KEVIN '07" campaign T-shirt, size 18/L, made in Australia by Bonds. Estimate$40 - $60Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 768 Six soft textile figures of Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd, Wayne Swan, Julia Gillard, Clive Palmer and Bob Katter. Sold as "dog chew toys" circa 2013. This dog toy was created out of frustration. The designer at Aussie Dogs, a pet store supplier, had been listening to talkback radio one night and heard Julia Gillard discussing small business manufacturing and how she planned to reinvigorate it. He drew the design that night and sent it to China for development. A test sample came back and he ordered 1 6 Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 769 SCOTT MORRISON "MAHALO SCOMO" Hawaiian shirt designed by Mr. Koyo, featuring the Prime Minister's face as a repeating motif, referencing the Prime Minister's now infamous decision to go to Hawaii for a holiday during Australia's worst ever bushfire crisis in 2019. The shirt was released as part of fundraising efforts to support the N.S.W. Rural Fire Service. More than 1000 shirts were sold raising $35,891 for the R.F.S. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next
