Australian & International | Affordable Art, Objects and Cameras (#521) 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 1-32 of 32. Previous|1|Next Lot #254 FRENCH HISTORICAL INTEREST: A financial contract written on vellum dated October 24th 1648, detailing an annuity of 17 French pounds to be paid to royal accountant Jean Jurain in the city of Dijon, with official stamp of the government of Dijon and later 1692 additional note indicating the cessation of the arrangement. (39 x 26.5cm) View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #255 FRENCH HISTORICAL INTEREST: A military missive addressed to Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons and Prince of Savoy, dated June 25th 1682, sent from a cousin residing in Landes, southern France. Forced to pursue a military career due to his family’s poor fortunes, Louis Thomas was later dismissed from the French army when his wife refused the romantic attentions of King Louis XIV. (25 x 37cm) View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #256 ALEXANDER MCLEAY, COLONIAL SECRETARY, April 1829 A printed document, titled "SMALL GRANT" signed by "Alex Mcleay" and headed Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney 22nd April, 1831 and addressed to John Francis Evan, confirms that Evan's request of the Governor for "Sixty Acres of Land" has been agreed to "in the County of Cook, Parish unnamed, at Kurrajong: bounded on the West by Smith's and Nash's Farms." The details of the Crown's retained rights over water, creeks, mines of gold, silver & coal. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #257 ELIZABETH DAVIS, LEFT A PAUPER FOLLOWING HER HUSBAND'S CONVICTION March 18th, 1844 printed form from The Guardians of the Poor of the Atherstone Union, about the cost of keeping Elizabeth Davis, a pauper from Tamworth. View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #258 Charles KNIGHT (ed.), "Old England : A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities", complete in 2 vols., [London : Charles Knight and Co., 1845], folio; 1st ed., contemporary half-leather. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #259 VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS: An October 1885 "GOLD-FIELDS RESIDENCE AND CULTIVATION LICENCE" for 20 acres in the Parish of Koorch in the County of Gladstone, to be leased to DONALD STEWART of Avoca for £2 per annum. View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #260 The Last Will & Testament of Thomas Falkinder of Ashley Swamp in the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, who died in September 1889. An impressive vellum document with multiple duty stamps affixed, a hand-drawn map of Falkinder's property and duly signed. Falkinder states that his wife, Charlotte, is to have "the use of the...estate for the benefit of [his] children so long as she shall remain my widow and live a respectable life...". View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #261 HORATIO GORDON ROBLEY (England, New Zealand, 1840 - 1930), A carving Auckland Museum, Maoris raising fire by friction, monochrome, watercolour and wash on a blank postcard, signed "G. Robley" at lower right, 9 x14cm. View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #262 HORATIO GORDON ROBLEY (England, New Zealand, 1840 - 1930), A group of three illustrated but unsigned cards, one depicting a kiwi carving and two depicting a Maori couple with facial tattoos, one card amusingly titled "Darby & Joan"; monochrome, watercolour and wash on a blank postcards, each 8.5 x14cm. (3). View details Quantity3Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #263 ANTIQUES: Various reference books in mixed condition. Noted subjects including old pewter, the "sad-iron", American antiques, etc. (5 vols.). View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #264 A shelf of books by or about Professor Griffith Taylor. Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880 – 1963) was an English-born geographer, anthropologist and world explorer. He was a survivor of Captain Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica (1910–1913). Condition ReportItems are in mixed, but overall good condition. View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot #265 "MANUSCRIPTS : A Miscellany of Art and Letters No.7" [November 1933, The Hassell Press, Adelaide]; 88pp, featuring several bookplates by Adrian Feint and two woodcuts by MARGARET PRESTON ("Australian Rock Lily" at p.15; and "Chorozema" at p.22), neither of which are known elsewhere. With original black wrappers (defects). Condition ReportDamage to the cover, as evident in the images, with tears and loss to the front cover. The covers are partially separated from the spine. The pages however are in very good condition with no signs of foxing or tears. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #266 Robert Henderson CROLL (1869 - 1947), Wide Horizons - Wanderings in Central Australia, [Sydney, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1937, 1st ed.], original green cloth; dedicated "To C.C. [Charles Croll] with the regards of his brother, who wrote the book, R.H. Croll. Camberwell, 25.9.37"; together with a bible and a book on the Ten Commandments, both with Croll family associations. (3 vols.) View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #267 NOEL JACK COUNIHAN (1913-1986) Table Talk, ink on card, signed and dated lower centre: Noel Counihan / 38, inscribed verso: Noel Counihan / C/o "Table Talk" - Herald Bldg / Flinders St C.1, 38 x 25 cm View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #268 1940's to 1980's group of Australian destination brochures and souvenirs. Noted Mt Buffalo national park, Tasmania holiday by Frank Hurley, under southern sky's (Victoria) etc. (12 items). View details Estimate$80 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #269 AVIATION: A complete album of 200 photographic cards published for Paicos Cigarettes & the Berlin Tobacco Factory [1953]; the aeroplanes featured are military and civil aircraft of the world. Condition ReportIn very good condition, tape residue evident to the inside covers which has transferred to the title page as well. All images in remarkably good condition. View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot #270 ENGLAND: "Collectors' Items from the Saturday Book" 1955; "Heraldic Design" by Child, 1966; "The Architecture of Southern England" by Norwich, 1985, plus others, all h/cover. (8 vols.). View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$10StatusSold Lot #271 ION IDRIESS: typed and manuscript notes for radio interviews, circa 1956 (he refers to his forthcoming book "The Silver City" which was published in 1956). View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #272 Hallström, Gustaf (1880 - 1962), Monumental Art of Northern Sweden from the Stone Age, [Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell] 1960, the text and illustrations volume only. View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #273 "MOTOR SPORT IN AUSTRALIA 1960" five shilling publication, Victorian Railways "COUNTRY LINES SERVICES Passenger Time Table" circa 1935, and two vintage "BROADBENT'S" road guides, (4 items) View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #274 20th CENTURY FICTION; all with dust-jackets: "The Island of Sheep" by John Buchan [1936]; "The House of Crystal" by Hans Kades [1957]; "The Young Lions" by Irwin Shaw [1958]; "Move over Mountain" by John Ehle [1958]; "The Best of Gerald Kersh" [1960]; "The Harm is Done" by Jean Forton [1961]; "Ulysses" by James Joyce [1967, with double jacket]; "Burr - A Novel" by Gore Vidal [1974]; "A Fringe of Leaves" by Patrick White [1976] and "First Light" by Peter Ackroyd [1989]. (10 vols.). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$10StatusSold Lot #275 VICTORIAN RAILWAYS - Ticket Checkers' Manual, 1961 edition; a thick volume illustrating in colour every type of VR ticket, permit, metal pass, etc. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #276 SIGNED BOOKS: "The Eric Thake Picture Book" by Elizabeth Summons [1978], 82/1000 signed by the artist; "Historic Sydney - The Founding of Australia" by Susanna de Vries [1983], cased & signed limited edition 5/60; "Queensland Wildflowers - A selection by Kathleen McArthur", signed by the artist. (3 volumes; all with dustjackets). Condition ReportNo signs of damage or foxing or tears to the books. The dust covers with minor tears or damage to the extremities all present well. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #277 AUSTRALIA: Environment & Conservation: A range including "The Astonished Earth" by Kempe [1958], "Australia: World of Difference - The Australian Transition" by Bechervaise [signed, 1967], "Off-Road Vehicles Impact on the Australian Environment" [1977], "Let the Earth Live" by McLaren [1982, signed], "Ancient Australian Landscapes" by Twidale [signed, 2007], plus several other books, reports and pamphlets. View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #278 INSTITUTE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF NAZI WAR CRIMES: six volumes of documents, published between 1991 and 1996, compiled by the Institute's director Tuviah Freedman. (6) View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$10StatusSold Lot #279 HARRY PLUNKETT GREENE, Where the Bright Waters Meet, [Devon : The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 1999], #427 of 950, blue leather binding in blue slipcase. View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$5StatusSold Lot #280 Assorted antique and vintage Australian posters; together with an 1899 "Australasian Federal Referendum" certificate, decorated with Parliament House and State Premiers, colour lithograph (poor condition), (4 items). View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #281 THE AUSTRALIAN OPERA Government issue commemorative record and accompanying booklet in original slip case of issue with facsimile signature of Gough Whitlam, circa 1970s View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #282 Four assorted books comprising "Dutch Masters", "The Making of a Sentimental Bloke", "Colección Sonnabend" and "David Copperfiled" (4 items) View details Estimate$40 - $80Price Realized$10StatusSold Lot #283 Nine assorted books, mostly Australian themes, including "The History of Prahran", "Seven Colonies of Australasia", "The Merino", "The Old Bus", "The Story of the Anzacs", "Australia in the Great War", "Hand Book of Destructive Insects of Victoria", "High Latitude" and "The Father of Protection in Australia". View details Quantity9Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #284 RICHARD NIXON pen signature on name card (with Chaucer Covers CofA); GEORGE BUSH felt-tip signature on piece; DESMOND TUTU signed and dated (faded) below a photograph, "God bless you, Desmond Tutu, Dec. 2006". (3 items). View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #285 BRUNO WALTER (1876-1962), German composer, strong signature on single page note written in Amsterdam and dated 17/10/1936, attractively framed and mounted for display, 31 x 37cm overall View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
