Australian & Historical (#531) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalogue 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 1-36 of 36. Previous|1|Next Lot #1036 A hand-written letter on ROYAL COMMISSION for the ADELAIDE JUBILEE EXHIBITION of 1887, signed by "George, President" [H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge] thanking John Kidd for his services as a juror "for the British Section at the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition"; a November 1899 letter to Kidd advising him that he had been appointed a Trustee of the Savings Bank of New South Wales; a leather-bound folio with gilt embossed "POSTAL & TELEGRAPHIC CONFERENCE, HOBART, MARCH, 1892.", etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #1037 The HON. JOHN KIDD (1838-1919) official invitations to The State Banquet, Sydney, 26th January 1888; The Australian Commonwealth Celebrations Royal Review, Flemington 10th May 1901; Parliamentary Reunion at Parliament House, Sydney, 22nd May 1906; and a commemorative programme on "The Arrival of The Australian Fleet" at Sydney, 4th October, 1913. (4 original colour lithographic documents). View details Estimate$500 - $600Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1038 Two original vellum documents, completed in manuscript, appointing JOHN KIDD to membership of the Executive Council of New South Wales in October 1891 and the other one appointing him to the position of Postmaster General of the Colony of New South Wales, also in October 1891; both documents signed by the Governor, Victor Child Villiers, who has signed as the 7th Earl of Jersey. Accompanied by a superb red leather folio presented to the Hon. John Kidd. M.L.A. on his attending a conference. View details Estimate$500 - $700Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #1039 A leather folio made for Sands & McDougall, Melbourne, embossed in gilt lettering "POSTAL & TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE : MELBOURNE, AUGUST 1892 - HON. JOHN KIDD, POSTMASTER GENERAL NEW SOUTH WALES", 31 x 46cm closed. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #1040 Three original vellum documents, completed in manuscript, appointing JOHN KIDD to membership of the Executive Council of New South Wales in April 1901, one appointing him to the position of Secretary for Agriculture, and the third appointing to be Secretary for Mines, also in April 1901; all documents signed by the Lieutenant Governor, Darley. (3 items). View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1041 A silver and ebonized timber presentation trowel by Mappin & Webb, engraved from the "Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales to the Hon. John Kidd M.L.A. Minister of Mines & Agriculture. On the occasion of his placing the corner stone of the Wine Kiosk at the Royal Agricultural Society's ground. MOORE PARK. October 16th 1901. Condition ReportProvenance: a descedant of John Kidd Condition: overall good, with the aging and discolouration of the silver as visible in photographs, but no visible damage to either the handle or the blade. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1042 AUSTRALASIAN FEDERAL REFERENDUM, July 1899, certificate, decorated with Parliament House and State Premiers, lithograph in colours, framed & glazed, 50 x 65cm overall. Condition ReportSome foxing and discolouration visible throughout but still presents very attractively. A good example. Later frame in good condition. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1043 CIGARETTE CARDS - 1901 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT: Complete set of 44 American Tobacco Co. cards, plus 3 duplicates, featuring MPs (Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, George Reid, William Lyne) as well as senators from all states; VG. The first complete set that we have ever encountered. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1044 "PROGRAMME OF CELEBRATIONS - FOR THE OPENING OF THE FIRST PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA" for the 6th to the 16th of May 1901, 48 page publication illustrated by NORMAN LINDSAY Condition ReportPrivate Collection, Western Australia View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1045 ADVANCE AUSTRALIA framed folk art crocheted lace Australian coat of arms, late 19th century, 64 x 64cm overall. Condition ReportPrivate Collection, Melbourne View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1046 SIR JOHN FORREST (1847-1918) original pen signature in the margin below a photograph by Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co., Melbourne, circa 1901. Overall 33 x 25cm. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Lot #1047 THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF VICTORIA framed black and white albumen print, captioned in the lower margin and dated 11th November, 1913, 44 x 54cm overall. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot #1048 BILLY HUGHES (7th Australian Prime Minister) framed display featuring an original albumen black and white photograph captioned W.M.H. aged 5yrs in 1867, a 1941 personal diary, his wristwatch and a black and white photograph dated 1952 on the occasion of his 88th birthday. 50 x 60cm overall. View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold Lot #1049 BILLY HUGHES (7th Prime Minister of Australia), cast metal door stop, circa 1918, 14cm high. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #1050 A collection of assorted souvenir porcelain, including "Federal Parliament Opening by H.R.H. The Duke of York at Canberra, 1927", and "Advance Australia", (20 items). View details Quantity20Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1051 A large collection of assorted Australiana souvenir porcelain, early to mid 20th century, (qty). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1052 NEW ZEALAND INTEREST: Assorted souvenir porcelain, early to mid 20th century, (27 items). View details Quantity27Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #1053 SIR ROBERT MENZIES: Portrait by Dickinson-Montreath Studio (Melbourne), mounted on card, with signature and dedication "With kind regards from Robert G. Menzies - October 1940", being early in his first Prime Ministerial term; 35 x 25cm overall. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1054 BILLY HUGHES (1862-1952, Australian Prime Minister 1915-1923): Signed letter on Commonwealth of Australia Department of the Navy letterhead, dated 15th August 1941 (mere months prior to Pearl Harbour), in which Hughes offers his thoughts on the prospect of war with the Japanese - "Whether there will be war in the Pacific or not is still on the knees of the gods. If it comes, we shall have to deal with it..." Condition ReportPrivate Collection, Melbourne View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1055 FRANK FORDE (1890-1983, Australian Prime Minister): Signed letter on Commonwealth of Australia Minister For The Army letterhead, dated 10th October 1944, addressed to J.B. Chifley (later Prime Minister) regarding an impending official visit to New Zealand. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1056 PRIME MINISTER BEN CHIFLEY (1885-1951): Original c. 1940s signature on paper bearing the Commonwealth Coat of Arms beneath photograph of Chifley in front of Old Parliament House; framed and glazed, 49 x 34cm overall. Condition ReportWire on rear of frame is absent. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #1057 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNORS-GENERAL: Group of seven autographs on letterhead, photograph, or piece, comprising Dame Quentin Bryce (2), Baron Casey (2), Zelman Cowen, Peter Hollingworth, and Sir John Kerr. View details Quantity7Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1058 ROBERT MENZIES: Bold signature on 2nd April 1964 Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory letterhead, with printed "PRIME MINISTER" seal. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1059 HAROLD HOLT: Signature on 22nd September 1966 Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory letterhead, with printed "PRIME MINISTER" seal and matching envelope featuring Commonwealth Coat of Arms. Holt's term as Prime Minister was brought to a premature and dramatic end in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #1060 AUTOGRAPHS - AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTERS & OTHERS: Eighteen signatures on photograph, letterhead, or piece, including Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke (2), John McEwen, and Malcolm Fraser, as well as Baron Casey, Jack Lang, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Gordon Chater, Jim Cairns and Junie Morosi, and others. View details Quantity18Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #1061 Ovular timber plaque from the Melbourne consulate of Francoist Spain, c. 1970, with text "Consulado De España En Melbourne", height 48cm, together with two Melbourne Consular Corps plaques, both approx. 12 x 16cm. (3 items) View details Quantity3Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #1062 GOUGH WHITLAM: 1972 "We Want Gough!" campaign badge, manufactured by Patrick Brothers Melbourne, diameter 8.5cm, together with 1984 Bob Hawke "Put Australia First - Vote A.L.P." campaign badge. (2 items) View details Quantity2Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1063 GOUGH WHITLAM 1972 CAMPAIGN: 1972 "It's Time" poster, 49 x 35cm, signed by Whitlam; in exceptionally good condition, having been won at a 1999 Labor Party fundraiser in Canberra and kept in its cardboard tube ever since. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold Lot #1064 SPOONER original cartoon artwork depicting SIR JOHN KERR and The Dismissal, signed lower left "Spooner", 34 x 26cm, 42 x 33cm overall. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1065 THE 1975 DISMISSAL: Group of six autographs comprising Gough Whitlam, Sir John Kerr, Malcolm Fraser, Sir Garfield Barwick, Robert Askin, and Billy Snedden; Fraser's autograph on 1994 letterhead, the others on piece. View details Quantity6Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1066 TANDBERG two original cartoon artworks from the Malcolm Fraser era, both signed "Tanberg", the larger 19 x 44cm, 30 x 54cm overall. View details Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #1067 MARK LYNCH "Tenders For Second Harbour Crossing" original cartoon artwork for The Bulletin Jan. 26, 1982, page 133. Signed lower left with hand-written note from the artist affixed verso, 21 x 31cm, 34 x 44cm overall. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #1068 SPOONER "History" original cartoon artwork depicting BOB HAWKE and PAUL KEATING on the gallows, signed lower right "Spooner", 33 x 20cm, 46 x 31cm overall. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #1069 BOB HAWKE: 14th January 1988 HOBART TALL SHIPS RACE cancellations on four different First Fleet pre-stamped envelopes, all four signed by the Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, who was in Hobart to participate in the opening of the race, a major event marking the start of Australia's Bicentenary. Hawke was Prime Minister from 1983 to 1991. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1070 SPOONER original cartoon artwork, ink and coloured watercolour, depicting thirteen Australian prime ministers, signed lower right "Spooner", 23 x 54cm, 34 x 63cm overall. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #1071 AUTOGRAPHS - PROMINENT AUSTRALIANS: Group comprising two signed photographs (Malcolm Fraser, Tony Abbott), signatures on letterhead or loose paper (Bob Hawke, Sir David Smith, Weary Dunlop) plus "Hawke - the definitive biography" by John Hurst [1979, Angus & Robertson], and two others. (8 items) View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
