The John Lancaster Collection of Australian Trade Exhibitions (#121MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-200 of 574. Previous|123456|Next Lot #101 MEDALLIONS: Bronze (47mm) 'AUSTRALIAN JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION' surrounding 'BALLAARAT / 1878', by E.A Altmann Melbourne, edge (6mm) inscribed 'A. Horton', some scratches, EF. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #102 MEDALLIONS: Bronze (47mm) 'AUSTRALIAN JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION' surrounding 'BALLAARAT / 1878', by E.A Altmann Melbourne, edge (6mm) inscribed 'M.C.SMITH', EF. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #103 Engraving "The Geelong Exhibition" from 'The Australasian Sketcher' of 27 November 1879.The Exhibition Building depicted in the engraving was designed by Robert Balding, the City Surveyor. It later became the Exhibition Theatre, then His Majesty's Theatre which closed in 1936. It then became Cowley's Motor Garage. It was demolished in the 1960's becoming Geelong's first high-rise carpark, eventually itsled making way for the Market Square chopping comples which stands on the site today. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #104 MEDALLIONS: Silver (35mm) by Altmann, 'GEELONG INDUSTRIAL & JUVENILE EXHIBITION 1879-80' awarded to 'MISS Mc NEAN / NEWTOWN' for 'WOOL / PICTURE', reverse Geelong Coat of Arms above scroll 'BY THE RIGHT USE OF GODS GIFTS', gEF.The Geelong Industrial & Juvenile Exhibition ran from 18 December 1879 to 30 April 1880 View details Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #105 MEDALLIONS: Silver (35mm) 'GEELONG INDUSTRIAL & JUVENILE EXHIBITION 1879-80' awarded to 'R.B. MOCKRIDGE / GEELONG' for 'CLOTH RUG', reverse Geelong Coat of Arms above scroll 'BY THE RIGHT USE OF GODS GIFTS', minted by Altmann, EF. View details Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #106 Undated printed proposal for the 1879 Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, following the successful 1878 Ballarat Juvenile Exhibition with one of the stated aims being to "...check the habits of idleness and carelessness, and to replace them by industry and self-improvement". View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #107 PRINTED NOTICE advertising the Intercolonial Juvenile Exhibition to be opened in Melbourne in October 1879. Details the Committee and lists potential Exhibitors (both sexes under the age of 21). Fine condition.The Exhibition attracted many entries with 5832 prizes being awarded and announced in March 1880. The Intercolonial Juvenile Exhibition ran from 23 December 1879 to 3 April 1880. It was located in a building in the Eastern Markets complex. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$75StatusSold SymbolD Lot #108 OFFICIAL CATALOGUE for the "JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION Melbourne-1879-80" with front cover intact; 152pp, plus 28 pages of advertising. Lists all entries in every class. Rare. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #109 PRINTED ADVICE to accompany Donations and Special Prizes being provided by contributors, for the 1879 Juvenile Industrial Exhibition. Fine condition. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$50StatusSold SymbolD Lot #110 A full page of 3 engravings from 'The Illustrated Australian News' for 18 January 1880, "The Melbourne Juvenile Industrial Exhibition", hand-coloured, window mounted, overall 33x50cm. View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #111 AWARD CERTIFICATE, "Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition Melbourne, 1879-80", awarded to Jessie L. Evans of Brighton for Collection of pressed Seaweed, (minor faults), signed by Sir Redmond Barry (later, the judge who presided over final trial of Ned Kelly), window mounted, overall 54x70cm. The ornate certificate was lithographed by A. Izett Watson and printed by De Grucy & Co. The president of the Exhibition was Redmond Barry, who strongly supported public education, and the inten... View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #112 1879 SANDHURST [BENDIGO] INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION: October 1878 printed invitation to participate sent to the Mayor of Richmond; also, an unused "Exhibitor's Form of Application. Juvenile Department". (2 items).[The Exhibition ran from March to July 1879]. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot #113 AWARD CERTIFICATE: 1879 SANDHURST INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, First Class Certificate, colour lithograph by W.Holmes of Sandhurst; decorated with a view of the Exhibition building and Australian wildflowers, printed by W.Holmes, Sandhurst, awarded to Mary Shepherd of Sandhurst for a "Girls Pinafore", framed & glazed, overall 45x57cm. No other examples are recorded. Provenance: Charles Leski Auctions, Auction 276, November 2005, Lot 442. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #114 January 1879 Letters Patent under the Seal of New South Wales appointing 2 new Commissioners to the 1879-80 Sydney International Exhibition - William Brodribb & John Davies, signed by Govenor of NSW Sir Hercules Robinson and witnessed by Henry Parkes, then Premier of New South Wales. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #115 "Sydney International Exhibition 1879", 24-page promotional booklet distributed in the United States by the agent, R.W.Cameron & Co. of New York. Printed by Gibbs, Shallard & Co., Sydney. The contents include a List of Commissioners, a list of the Committees, the Regulations and details of the System of Classification. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #116 SYDNEY EXHIBITION BUILDING: Group of six albumen photographs, titled "Sydney International Exhibition, 1879. Weekly Progress of the Works at the Exhibition Buildings", for 17th March 1879, 7th April 1879, 15th April 1879, 22nd April 1879, 28th April 1879 & 19th May 1879, each photograph 29x23cm with date in image, four on card mounts 61x47cm (the other two trimmed to edge of photo).Mounts with some toning and peripheral faults, one photograph toned, others generally in very good condition.... View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #117 March 1879 mss copy of letter from ex-NSW Governor Hercules Robinson, in which he discusses his pleasure in hearing about the decision to hold the SIE and expressing his regret that he was "....unable to continue in New South Wales until after the opening of the Exhibition....."On 24 February 1879, Robinson was transferred to New Zealand, and on 21 August 1880, in the wake of the Anglo-Zulu War, he succeeded Sir Henry Bartle Frere as High Commissioner for Southern Africa. Robinson had been... View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #118 THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS: Manuscript file copies of (3) letters regarding attempts to find appropriate Commissioners to represent the United States at the Exhibition. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #119 APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS: Accreditation letter of American Commissioner Dr Christopher Cox, and Certified copy of 5 appointments on behalf of the United States, including Cox; plus a translation of the appointment letter for Japanese Commissioner, Masayoshi Matsukata. (3 items). View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #120 VICTORIAN COURT: Jan.1879 printed invitation to participate and regulations for exhibitors sent from Treasury, Melbourne to the Mayor of Richmond; a printed Exhibitor's Form of Application for the Victorian Court; April 1879 printed invitation from Custom House, Melbourne. (3 items). View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #121 LETTERHEADS, DRAWINGS AND PAPERS: diverse range of papers relatings to aspects of preparations for the Sydney International Exhibition specifically seven tenders for the construction of Livestock sheds, 1879 letter from Agricultural Society complaining about the quality of construction of the sheds, Printed Arrangements for Animal Products Exhibits, range of related correspondence on letterhead, etc. (19 items). View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #122 LETTERHEADS & CORRESPONDENCE: Important and extensive range of correspondence on Exhibition letterhead including a pass for "eight aboriginals & children to Garden Palace"; a request from the Colonial Secretary's Office for "an order for the admission of 150 orphan children...", together with the reply advising that "Sir Henry Parkes has issued cards for the admission of the children of the Randwick Asylum".correspondence regarding "the free admission of the Teachers and Scholars of the Py... View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #123 TELEGRAMS: a group of telegram forms used to the Executive Court at the Garden Palace incl. Colonial and Intercolonial Line (Issued form and Transmitted form) and International Line types. Most bear the Sydney datestamp. The communications relate to the transfer of British Artworks from the Sydney Exhibition to the Melbourne Exhibition in 1880. (11 items). View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #124 DOCUMENTS comprising "A BILL To provide for the disposal of Entrance Fees and other moneys received by the International Exhibition Commissioners...."; a printed "List of the Commissions of Foreign Countries and Colonies" participating in the Exhibition; 1879 Queensland Act "Notifying the appointment of a Royal Commission..." & 1879 Tasmanian House of Assembly "Sydney International Exhibition: Progress Report...." (4 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #125 TICKETING, PASSES & FINANCIAL REPORTS: An archive of hand-written documents, mainly on Exhibition letterhead, concerning such matters as the disappearance of a number of Press Tickets, reports from the Finance Committee regarding income received from the Refreshment Concession and from the sale of tickets.a hand-written report from the Ticket Office regarding unauthorized admissions, correspondence regarding the use of "ticket nippers";a note permitting "25 Maoris to be admitted free o... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$250StatusSold SymbolD Lot #126 "NOTES on the SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of 1879. with photo-type illustrations." Compiled at the Government Printing Office. [Thomas Richards, Government Printer, Sydney, 1880]. 327pp in full leather binding with gilt decorations. Ferguson 10803a View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$500StatusSold SymbolB Lot #127 EXHIBITION ENVELOPES: 1879 two envelopes with 'Sydney International Exhibition 1879' imprint at the top, both to Augustus Morris in Victoria with DLR 2d or 2d pair tied by different Sydney dplexes, flap faults but of fine appearance. (2 items). View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold SymbolC D Lot #128 EXHIBITION ENVELOPES: 1879 envelope with 'Sydney International Exhibitoon 1879' imprint at the top, to Augustus Morris at Colac (Victoria) with DLR 2d tied by Sydney duplex of JY1/79; with the similarly headed 8vo enclosure providing a reference for a the timber contractors for the "Live Stock Shed" at the Exhibition.Augustus Morris, as well as being SIE Secretary, also acted as Commissioner for the Victoria and the United States of America Courts. (2 items). View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$160StatusSold SymbolC/L Lot #129 1879 8vo notelet headed '[Arms]/General Post Office/Sydney' in red dated "13th September 1879" - four days before the post office opened - being a request for passes to be issued to the postmaster & his staff at the Garden Palace post office, with note in red on the reverse "Give three passes...must permit the holder to go in and out at pleasure. The post boy being in Uniform can pass without ticket but all must go through free turnstiles" & signed "Augustus Morris". View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold SymbolL Lot #130 BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATION: BN '991' of Garden Palace very fine strike on Diadems 8d yellow. Rated RRRR. Stated that only four examples have been recorded. [The Exhibition Post Office, named after the venue, opened 17.9.1879; and closed 20.4.1880] View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbolo Lot #130a BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATION: BN '991' of Garden Palace; 2 fine strikes on 2 different 1d shades. Rated RRRR. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #131 COVER FROM THE EXHIBITION: 1879 cover to "Augustus Morris/Secy Commission/ Sydney" with DLR 1d tied by indecipherable Barred Numeral '991' & obvious strike of the 'GARDEN PALACE/NO25/1879/NSW' b/s, Sydney arrival b/s of the same date; also Dec 1879 stampless cover with 'NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT/ LONDON' cachet' to Morris "via San Francisco" with Sydney arrival b/s. [The numeral is rated RRRR - irrelevant in this instance - but the datestamp is of even greater rarity] View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$250StatusSold SymbolC Lot #132 TELEGRAM: New South Wales International Line telegraph form on mauve stock with unusual 'SYDNEY/MAY/4/1880', message from London states "...promise Melbourne 2000 pounds on condition take fine arts from Sydney Exhibition with all liabilities..." View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold SymbolL Lot #133 SELF-PROMOTION: 1881 illustrated 'James F McKenzie & Co/Price List' on vivid pink stock with, on the reverse, 'AWARDED FIRST PRIZE/SYDNEY EXHIBITION, 1879/McKENZIE'S/EXTRACT OF COCOA', to Tasmania with Victorian Bell 1d green tied by Melbourne duplex of JA6/81, Launceston arrival b/s. A marvellous example of self-promotion & a very scarce inter-Colonial printed matter item. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$150StatusSold Symbolc Lot #134 Chequebook for period 4 February - 29 April 1879 (cheques #51-75) operated on behalf of Australian International Exhibitions Ltd by NSW Agent-General Sir Daniel Cooper. The cheques have been restored to their original positions in the book, after being perforated "PAID". View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #135 Advertising card for S.Thomas and Sons, British Needle Mills, Redditch, England, extolling their First Prize/Highest Award achieved in Sydney, and with at centre an illustration photograph of their display at the Exhibition. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #136 LADIES COTTON SCARF, "Sydney International Exhibition 1879", showing Exhibition building, echidna, emu, kangaroo & Tasmanian Tiger, size 59x56cm. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #137 PIANO RECITAL: The printed "Programme of Miss Emilie E. North's Seventeenth Pianoforte Recital....To Be Held in the North Gallery...On Monday Nov.10, 1879" [De Courey, Hyde & Blakeney, Sydney, 1879]; 4pp and including advertising for Pohlmann & Son's pianos. No other examples recorded. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #138 "Catalogue of the QUEENSLAND COURT, INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Sydney, 1879. With short essay descriptive of the Colony of Queensland"; with map. 100 pp. Mauve decorative wrapper (loose). [Ferg.10805]. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolB Lot #139 "TASMANIA! A description of the ISLAND OF TASMANIA and its RESOURCES. Compiled and Published by Thomas C. Just, M.H.A. especially for the SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1879." [T.C. Just, Launceston, 1879] 88 pp + green wrappers (rebound preserving wrappers). Includes a list of the Commissioners for Tasmania. [Ferguson 11045]. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold SymbolB Lot #140 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS, noted "View of Garden Palace from Macquarie St"; "View of the Garden Palace from the Botanic Gardens in the Domain"; "The Garden Palace, Botanical Gardens and Farm Cove, Sydney". Various sizes. (3 items) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250StatusUnsold Lot #141 1879 Sydney International Exhibition: "Garden Palace, 1879" (view of Sydney Exhibition Building from the water at Farm Cove), albumen paper photograph, 20x15cm, window mounted, overall 41x51cm. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #142 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS, depicting the "Austrian & American Courts"; "The South Australia Court"; "Interior of the German Emperor's Tent" & "Austro-Hungarian Court" (2 views). Various sizes. (5 items) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250StatusUnsold Lot #143 Group with albumen photograph of an engraving of the Garden Palace laid down on card; engraving "Sydney International Exhibition - The Japan Court"; plus modern postcard. (3 items). View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #144 "PROGRAMME OF THE CEREMONIAL to be observed at the OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS on TUESDAY, 20th APRIL, 1880" 12 pages in ornate green leather and gilt boards; an albumen photograph of the Exhibition building affixed on the inside front cover; another, of a Certificate of Award on the inside back cover. [Ferguson16563 - only 3 other examples recorded];also, "ROYAL SYDNEY SOUVENIR" [Edward R. Cole, Sydney, n.d. but 1879] 24 sepia prints (on 12 folding pages) with caption titles including... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$250StatusSold SymbolB Lot #145 AWARD CERTIFICATE, "Sydney International Exhibition, 1879", awarded to "The Honourable Saul Samuel, C.M.G., M.L.C., Postmaster General, for Services", window mounted, overall 53x62cm.The ornate certificate shows a border of Australian floral motifs and produce across the top and down the sides with vignettes of mining, pastoralism, industry and the arts. The bottom centre of the certificate bears a personification of New South Wales represented by a young woman holding a laurel wreath risi... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #146 AWARD CERTIFICATE, "Sydney International Exhibition, 1879", awarded to Lloyd Tayler, F.R.I.B.A., "for Services in exhibiting design for Melbourne International Exhibition", window mounted, overall 51x60cm.The ornate certificate shows a border of Australian floral motifs and produce across the top and down the sides with vignettes of mining, pastoralism, industry and the arts. The bottom centre of the certificate bears a personification of New South Wales represented by a young woman holdin... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #147 MEDALLIONS: Silver (76mm) Woman on harbourside holding wreath and shield with NSW coat of arms surrounding symbols of art and industry, Garden Palace in background, obverse native fauna wreath surrounding 'SIR JOHN HAY, K.C.M.G./ VICE-PRESIDENT/ -of- / COMMISSION.', small relief 'J.B. & A.S. WYON' at base, in origonal casing, aFDC. View details Estimate$1,250 - $1,500Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #148 MEDAL FACSIMILES: a group of printed facsimiles of the Sydney International Exhibition Medal in black on various colours of paper stock, believed sold at the Exhibition, some cut to shape. (12 items). View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #149 MEDALLIONS: Uninscribed Bronze (76mm) Woman on harbourside holding wreath and shield with NSW coat of arms surrounding symbols of art and industry, Garden Palace in background, obverse native fauna wreath, small relief 'J.B. & A.S. WYON' at base, aFDC. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #150 MEDALLIONS: Bronze (76mm) Dot after 'CCC' in Date, Woman on harbourside holding wreath and shield with NSW coat of arms surrounding symbols of art and industry, Garden Palace in background, obverse native fauna wreath surrounding 'W. MILNER & SONS / THIRD AWARD', 'J.B. & A.S. WYON' at base, aFDC. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$125StatusSold Lot #151 "OFFICIAL RECORD of the SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1879." [Sydney; Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1881] 1154pp, folding maps and charts at back; gold-edged pages; leather binding with extensive gilt decorations including the Exhibition Medal design on the front. [Ferguson 10803]The Sydney International Exhibition opened its doors on 17 September 1879 and closed them seven months later. During this time over a million visitors passed through, making the exhibition a determining ... View details Estimate$1,300 - $1,500Price Realized$1,500StatusSold SymbolB Lot #152 BRITAIN AT THE EXHIBITION: "Sydney International Exhibition, 1879. Official Catalogue of the British Section - Fine Art and Industrial" [J.M. Johnson & Sons, London, c1879] a "Presentation Copy" to H.C.Russell [the Government Astronomer] 316 pp + adverts. (defective covers) [Ferguson 1086b]; also, "Alphabetical List of Industrial Exhibitors." 22 pp (lacks cover). (2 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #153 "The International Exhibition 1879-80. Illustrated by Original Photographs", edited by John Plummer, published by Messrs Richards & Co. [Sydney, 1880]. Presentation copy to the publisher's son on his 21st Birthday. Fair/Good condition (front cover detached). Contains 36 albumen photographs tipped-in on stiff card pages with printed borders, each with a printed title and details on the facing page. Includes 2 group photographs (Australian Governors Present at the Inaugural Ceremony" & "The ... View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500StatusUnsold SymbolB Lot #154 ENGRAVINGS, noted "The International Exhibition Building, Sydney" (hand-coloured); "The New South Wales Court" & "New Zealand Court"; "The Victorian Court"; and "The Promoters of the Sydney International Exhibition". All window mounted, various sizes. (4 items) View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #155 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS, taken after the Exhibition by the official phptographer Charles Bayliss - "The Garden Palace, Sydney", "Interior of the Garden Palace, Sydney" & "Dome of the Garden Palace, Sydney", each laid down on mount, about 35x26cm. (3 items). View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #156 1882 "The Last of the (Garden) Palace Exhibitions, Sydney" (ruins of the Sydney Exhibition Building), 1882 albumen paper photograph, 19x13cm, window mounted, overall 41x51cm. View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold Lot #157 1882 "Sydney Exhibition Building - after the fire", group of six 1882 albumen paper photographs, by Charles Bayliss; laid down on cards, showing different scenes after the fire. (6 items). View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250StatusUnsold Lot #158 "Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880-1881. Official Record containing Introduction, History of Exhibition, Description of Exhibition and Exhibits, Official Awards of Commissioners and Catalogue of Exhibits." " [Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, Melbourne, 1882], 681 pp + folding plates & plans; decorative red cloth with gilt medallion to cover. With many pages of advertisements. [Ferguson 10,800].The International Exhibition ran from 1 October 1880 to 30 April 1881. The Exhibition Building t... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #159 PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS & CORRESPONDENCE: 1879 Victorian Parliamentary Reports incl. "First Report of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880"; 1879 "Further Despatches...."; 1879 Printed letter from the Fine Arts Committee regarding the employment of photographers; a printed "List of Offers received from Photographers"; a range of correspondence between the Mayor and Town Clerk of Richmond and the Manufacturers Committee View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #160 PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS & CORRESPONDENCE: group of printed reports & correspondence incl. 1880 Victoria - Second Report of the proceedings of the Commissioners; 1880-81 Rules of the Melbourne International Exhibition; 1881 Final Report and 1882 Supplementary Final Report; 1882 Report of the Trustees.....future utilization of the Buildings.mss. list of Belgian paintings selected by the fine Arts Commission together with their values & extensive mss List of British Paintings etc for the Melbou... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #161 "OFFICIAL HANDBOOK and GUIDE TO VICTORIA - Illustrated EXHIBITION EDITION 1880" by Whitworth; original binding with maps and adverts. Folding map in rear pocket. [Ferguson 18509]. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolB Lot #162 "ACTS OF PARLIAMENT of VICTORIA" 1879-80; bound volume of Acts concerning revenue, duties and applications of revenue. 20 Acts; 171pp. Noted an appropriation of £100,000 for "Works in connection with the Erection, &c, of Industrial Exhibition Building and the grounds surrounding it..." at p.146. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #163 ENGRAVINGS, from 'The Australasian Sketcher', comprisng - 8 June 1878 "Prize Design for the Melbourne International Exhibition Building"; 30 Aug.1879 "The Works at the Melbourne International Exhibition" showing the building under construction. Both window mounted, various sizes; the first, hand-coloured. View details Estimate$300 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #164 "OFFICIAL HANDBOOK and GUIDE TO VICTORIA - Illustrated EXHIBITION EDITION 1880" by Whitworth; rebound preserving top gilt-lettered cover; map (defects) in sleeve at back. Maps and adverts. [Ferguson 18509] View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSold SymbolB Lot #165 SOLICITING EXHIBITS: 1879 OHMS cover with 'Commissioners for the Melbourne International Exhibition 1880' imprint at lower-left & 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' at upper-left, to the Netherlands with Chief Secretary Frank h/s in blue & superb strike of Melbourne duplex of JA14/79 (with rare timecode 'B'), 'AMSTERDAM/1/MRT/79/11-12V' arrival b/s, opened at both ends strongly suggesting use as a wrapper, a couple of minor repaired tears. A very scarce destination from Australia.The franking privilege... View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolCL Lot #166 SOLICITING EXHIBITS: 1879 OHMS wrapper with large 'MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1880' imprint at the top, to Massachusetts with Chief Secretary Frank h/s in blue & Melbourne duplex of FE24/79, 'PAID/ALL' handstamp in red, faults but quite presentable. View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold SymbolC/L Lot #167 a very similar item of the same date to New York, repaired opening tears behind, otherwise quite fine. View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Symbolc Lot #168 SOLICITING EXHIBITS: 1879 unsealed envelope with large sans serif 'MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1880' imprint View details Estimate$500 - $600Price Realized$250StatusSold SymbolCL Lot #169 SEASONS TICKETS : Lady's Seasons ticket for the Melbourne International Exhibition printed in blue on white card for Miss Lily Warburton; together with Gentleman's Season Ticket printed in black on grey for Mr E.M. Jackson. (2 items). View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$900StatusSold SymbolC Lot #170 MENU CARD, "Dinner to Their Excellencies the Governors of the Australian Colonies, Visiting Victoria for the Opening of the Melbourne International Exhibition". The dinner was at the Melbourne Club. View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #171 OHMS MAIL FROM THE EXHIBITION: 1881 envelope with Exhibition embossing in rosine on the flap, to "2nd Officer HIMSS Hertha/Hobsons Bay" with part BN '[MC]/97' & superb 'EXHIBITION/MR14/81/VICTORIA' cds, repaired at upper-left. [The German ship "Hertha" visited Melbourne during a round-the-world voyage from Germany to Tsingtao in China] View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold Symbolc Lot #172 COMMERCIAL MAIL FROM THE EXHIBITION: 1880 Argus (newspaper) wrapper to Ohio with Bell 1d tied by superb part-strike of the Exhibition cds & 'PAID/ALL' h/s in murky purple. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$280StatusSold SymbolC Lot #173 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH, possibly by Charles Nettleton, mounted on cardboard, showing exterior view of the Exhibition Building before the large ornamental lake was developed. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #174 GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE, with photographic print taken from it, attributed to John William Lindt (1845-1926), showing view of part of the British Court. (Glass plate cracked). View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #175 ENGRAVINGS, group showing various Courts and aspects of the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, taken from 'The Australasian Sketcher' and similar illustrated newspapers. (7 items). View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #176 QUEENSLAND: 1880 (Nov.2) with 'MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION/Queensland Commission' imprint at the top in rosine, to the United States "pr City of New York/via 'Frisco" with Bell 2d strip of 3 tied by three very fine to superb strikes of Barred Numeral 'MC/97' and very fine 'EXHIBITION/NO2/80/VICTORIA' cds below. Gorgeous! View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$600StatusSold SymbolC Lot #177 UNITED STATES: 1880 cover with '.../UNITED STATES COMMISSION' at upper-left to Augustus Morris in Sydney with Bell 1d pair tied by BN 'MC/97' & superb 'EXHIBITION/OC5/80/VICTORIA' cds below, flap faults. [Augustus Morris, a NSW Commissioner to the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition, was a "local" Commissioner for the USA at Melbourne] View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolC Lot #178 UNITED STATES: 1880 cover with '.../UNITED STATES COMMISSION' imprint at upper-left, to New York with Laureates 4d rosine & Bell 2d violet tied by two superb strikes of the BN 'MC/97' & magnificent strike of the Exhibition cds below, San Francisco transit & Syracuse arrival b/s. Delightful! View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$480StatusSold SymbolC Lot #179 UNITED STATES: 1881 cover with '.../UNITED STATES COMMISSION' imprint at upper-left, to New York with Laureates 6d pair tied by two very fine strikes of the BN 'MC/97' incomplete strike of the Exhibition cds alongside, San Francisco transit & Syracuse arrival b/s. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #180 OFFICIAL MAIL FROM THE EXHIBITION: 1882 usage of OHMS envelope with Exhibition embossing in blue on the flap & 'BRITISH COURT/...' imprint at lower-left, to Italy (!) "per Orient Steamer via Naples" with Melbourne duplex of MR21/82, 'BRINDISI' transit b/s (not Naples), taxed "120" with Italian Postage Due 10c pair & 1L affixed & tied by 'VENEZIA/5 1 82' cds, repaired flap tear clear of the embossing.Provenance: Trevor Davis, 2006.The Exhibition closed 31.3.1881 but usage of of Exhibiti... View details Estimate$1,250 - $1,500StatusUnsold SymbolC Lot #181 PRIVATE MAIL FROM THE EXHIBITION: 1881 illustrated cover for the Melbourne branch of the American firm Tuttle & Co Portraitists, to America with Laureates 6d single & pair tied by three fine to very fine strikes of the BN 'MC/97', largely very fine 'EXHIBITION' cds of FE22/81 below, San Francisco transit b/s in red, overall light soiling & a couple of minor peripheral tears. Tuttle & Co exhibited "portraits" in the photographic proofs and apparatus section, achieving a Bronze Award. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolC Lot #182 BRITISH COURT: 1880 usage of 1d Postal Card with Melbourne duplex of DC22/80, to "GH Jennings/British Court/International Exhibition", superb Exhibition arrival b/s, stained on the reverse. [The brief message is from the American Commission requesting a meeting] View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSold SymbolPS Lot #183 UNITED KINGDOM: 1881 cover from England to "RW Cameron/British Commission/Melbourne" with 6d only, taxed on arrival at Melbourne with superb '("2d")/MORE TO PAY' h/s, redirected to the Australian Club with two very fine to superb strikes of the Exhibitoon cds of FE22/81 on the reverse, flap faults clear of the datestamps. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSold SymbolC Lot #184 ITALIAN COURT: 1881 OHMS cover with Exhibition embossing in rosine on the flap to "M Stoltze/Member of Boot Section Jury.../Italian Court/Exhibition" with Chief Secretary Frank h/s in blue & superb Melbourne duplex of MR14/81. View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$280StatusSold SymbolC Lot #185 ITALIAN COURT: 1881 OHMS cover with '.../Commissioners for the Melbourne International Exhibition 1880' imprint at lower-left & Exhibition embossing in rosine on the flap, to "Max Stoltze/Italian Court/MIE" with Chief Secretary Frank h/s in blue, superb strikes of BN 'MC/97' & 'EXHIBITION/MR25/81/VICTORIA', minor soiling & ink notations on the reverse. Local mail indeed! Ex Guy Linfield. View details Estimate$500 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolC Lot #186 Albumen photograph "Italian Court - Main Avenue in Annexes" annotated below image. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #187 POSTED NEWSPAPER : 1880 (Dec 23) "Melbourne International Exhibition/1880/The Argus Supplement" complete double-sided 'GRATIS' broadsheet, postally used to France bearing Bell 1d pair tied by Melbourne duplex of JA6/81, superb French Post Offices in Egypt 'ALEXANDRIE/10/FEVR/81/EGYPTE' transit cds, rated "10" (decimes) & superb 'T'-in-triangle h/s, 'CAEN/CALVADOS' arrival cds, folded for display.An exceptional item for the Exhibition or Postage Due collector. France #214 in Ben Palmer's Ce... View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold SymbolCX Lot #188 SELF-PROMOTION: 1883 usage of NSW 2d Envelope with all-over advertisement on the reverse for Burrows & Gleeson's Waverley Brewery trumpeting exhibiting successes including two First Prizes at the Melbourne Exhibition, minor soiling mostly on the address side. Rare; the only example we have seen. [Also an unused envelope with similar advertising for Thomson & Co (New Zealand) on the flap]. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolPS Lot #189 SELF-PROMOTION: 1883 British cover with R Hornsby & Sons (Grantham) embossing on the flap and lengthy listing of Exhibition awards including "Twelve Highest Awards" at Melbourne, to Western Australia "via Brindisi" with 6d grey with perfin 'RH/&S' "tied" commercial perfin tied by Grantham duplex of MR9/83, 'FREMANTLE/AP15/1883/=WESTERN-AUSTRALIA=' arrival b/s, minor defects & a bit soiled. View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusUnsold SymbolC Lot #190 SOUVENIR FOLDER: German produced souvenir folder (11cm x 7cm.) in pink cover with ten views of Melbourne. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSold SymbolD Lot #191 SOUVENIR FOLDER: German produced souvenir folder (11cm x 8cm.) in green cover with series of panoramic views of Melbourne and map of Victoria on back; made for Hutchinson's Glasgow Book Warehouse, Collins Street West; also a carte-de-visite for Peter Emil Riisfeldt, Photographic Artist and Exhibitor at the MIE.Riisveldt had exhibited at both the Sydney Exhibition of 1879 and the Melbourne Exhibition of 1880 being awarded an Honourable Mention in the former and a First Order of Merit and a ... View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #192 "South Australia. SKETCH PREPARED for issue at MELBOURNE EXHIBITION, 1880" published by direction of the Royal Commissioners for South Australia, by E.Spiller. [Ferguson 10,802]. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #193 DOCUMENTS: group of printed and hand-written papers relating to the Melbourne International Exhibition incl. ornate billhead for Victoria Iron Rolling Co. who were Exhibitors at the MIE, The Age leaflets requesting details of their displays from exhibitors, correspondnce on letterhead with the Exhibiton crest, correspondence connected with the New Caledonian participation, an 1878 printed promotional letter, several letters on ornate MIE letterheads of various types., etc. including on... View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #194 AWARD CERTIFICATE, "1880-1881 Melbourne International Exhibition", awarded to J. Henley of Oxley, Victoria, for Hops, window mounted, overall 63x56cm. Engraved by A.Rampant-Walter; printed by Hamel & Ferguson.James Henley, who had arrived from England in 1852, was an important early resident of Milawa, where he built and operated the Emu Hotel, as well as cultivating hops nearby. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #195 ENGRAVINGS, a collection including double-page "Victoria International Exhibition Building and Grounds, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne"; "The Scene at the Main Entrance"; "The British Court"; "The Victorian Court"; "The Main Avenue - Looking North"; "The Great Organ at the Melbourne Exhibition", "The Horticultural Show at the Exhibition". Most window mounted, various sizes. An impressive group. (10 items). View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #196 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS, laid down on mounts with Royal Coat-of-Arms, "Melbourne International Exhibition/ C.Nettleton Photo, Melbourne", showing three different views of the Victorian Court, each overall 40x38cm (one with mount slightly trimmed). (3 items). View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #197 Album "Melbourne International Exhibition 1880" with complete set of 61 mounted albumen photographs of the exhibition taken by official photographer Ludovico Wolfgang Hart, and published by the Victorian Government Printing Office [Melbourne, 1880].Presentation album to the Superintendent of Juries and Awards, James Cosmo Newbery CMG, with his name in gilt on front cover. Album in poor condition, mounts poor, though photographs mostly fine and clean. An important and comprehensive record, an... View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #198 MEDALLIONS: Gold (22mm) Commemoration Medal, Carlisle #1880/12, awarded to 'J.L. Dow Esq / M.P. / COMMISSIONER / 19/2/79' plain edge with ring for ribbon suspension. View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #199 "VICTORIA" A Cantata by Leon Caron, words by J.W. Meaden. "Performed for the First time at the INAUGURATION of the MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. 1st October, 1880." 192pp plus adverts. Lacks back cover. View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold SymbolB Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next
