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) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-26 of 26. Previous|1|Next Lot #1072 SIR HENRY PARKES: Circa 1880s cabinet card portrait by Henry King of 316 George Street, Sydney. Overall 16.7 x 10.9cm. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1073 SIR HENRY PARKES: Signed 1890s cabinet card portrait by Freeman & Co. Ltd of 318 George St, Sydney., 11 x 17cm overall. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #1074 Signed presentation portrait of Lord Hallam Tennyson (1852-1928), taken during his term as Governor of South Australia; Hammer & Co., Adelaide, c. 1890, 30 x 24cm overall. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1075 Queen Victoria royal presentation sterling silver inkstand, rectangular tray with gadrooned border, central stamp box with royal inscription "From VRI 1899", flanked by two inkpots in cut crystal with silver lids; gifted to The Rt Hon Lord Hallam Tennyson (1852 – 1928) in 1899 on his appointment as Governor of South Australia; manufactured by John Grinsell & Sons (silversmith), London; dimensions approx. 20.5 x 29.5 x 10cm, weight approx. 1.5kg. View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500Price Realized$8,000StatusSold Lot #1076 Signed photograph of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) and their royal suite on the garden steps of Government House, Melbourne, 9 May 1901, by Vandyck Studios, Melbourne; attractively framed in ebonized timber with gilt trim, with 'H.M.S. Ophir, 1901' to the edge in black lettering; modern strut to reverse, 39.5 x 29.5cm overall. View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Lot #1077 1901 Royal presentation inkwell in sterling silver, featuring a medallion inset into the lid depicting the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to the obverse and the anchor emblem of the Royal Tour of the Colonies to the reverse; approx. 470g overall, including the glass inkwell insert. Issued to commemorate the 1901 Royal Tour of the Colonies, whose main purpose was to open the first Federal Parliament of Australia in May of that year. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1078 Presentation sterling silver pocket knife, issued to commemorate the Royal Tour of the Empire aboard H.M.S. Ophir in 1901, gifted by Baron Wenlock (then recently appointed Governor of Western Australia), with engraving "From W. - H.M.S. Ophir - March 16-Nov.2 1901". View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1079 A fine pair of large 1901 signed royal presentation portraits of The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary), the Duke's portrait by Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co. of Collins Street, Melbourne; the Duchess's portrait by W.& D. Downey, London; both framed in Morocco leather embossed with gilt coronet to the crest, both 46.5 x 32.5cm overall. View details Quantity2Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #1080 1901 COMMONWEALTH INAUGURATION CEREMONIES IN SYDNEY: Group of four chromo-lithographic unaddressed (possibly PROOF) invitations issued by the Government of New South Wales, the events comprising the Inauguration itself, the Earl of Hopetoun's swearing in at Centennial Park as first Governor-General, the "Pyrotechnical Illumination of Sydney Harbour on the 4th January", and a Municipal & Civil Luncheon at Town Hall on January 7th to commemorate the swearing in of Governor General Hopetoun... View details Quantity4Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #1081 "H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall and York Opening the First Commonwealth Parliament of Australia - May 9th 1901" photogravure after the original painting by Charles Nuttall (1872-1934), window-mounted, 70.5 x 113cm overall; other examples known to be held by the National Library of Australia, The State Library Victoria, and Museums Victoria Collections. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1082 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, "In celebration of the Opening - Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia - To meet Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall & York - His Majesty's Ministers of State for Australia have the honor to invite Mr & Mrs W. Ramsay to an Evening reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne, on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 o'clock"; designed by Julian & Howard Ashton, vibrantly coloured, overall 31 x 37cm. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1083 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, "Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth - By his Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York - The Government of Victoria requests the honour of the presence of Mr & Mrs S.W. Ramsay (inserted in ink) - At the Celebrations in Melbourne in connection with the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia"; 29 x 36cm. This invitation was designed by John Longstaff and Norman Lindsay. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #1084 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, "United 1901 One Flag One Destiny - The Government of Victoria requests the honor of the presence of Mr & Mrs W. Ramsay at the Conversazione in the Exhibition Building on the Evening of Tuesday 7th May 1901, at 8pm"; designed by G.B.H. Austin, 30 x 36.5cm overall. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1085 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, "His Majesty's Ministers of State for the Commonwealth of Australia request the honour of the presence of Mr & Mrs W. Ramsay (inserted in ink) in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday, 9th May, 1901, to witness the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth - Edmund Barton, Prime Minister"; designed by Sands & McDougall Limited (Melbourne), 31 x 36.5cm. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1086 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, "The Government of Victoria requests the honour of the presence of Mr & Mrs W. Ramsay (inserted in ink) at the Royal Review at Flemington on Friday the 10th of May 1901"; designed by Sands & McDougall Limited (Melbourne), 30 x 37cm overall. Superb condition. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1087 The souvenir programme from the "CITIZENS' STATE CONCERT in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York", Town Hall, Sydney, May 31st, 1901, with colour lithographic cover by William Brooks & Co., Sydney. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #1088 Vice-Regal silver presentation cigarette case, gifted by Lord and Lady Tennyson to Colonel Lewis Madley, Honorary Aide-De-Camp to the Governor of South Australia, with inscriptions "From Their Excellencies Lord & Lady Tennyson - August 1902" and "Southwell Jones from Col L.G. Madley - August 1906" (on reverse); manufactured by Arthur Cook (silversmith), Birmingham; weight approx. 58g. Enjoying a long and respected career as a militiaman and serving as Commissioner of Police from 1896.... View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #1089 VANITY FAIR colour lithographs by "Spy": "His Majesty The King." (June 19th, 1902) and "Australia" [Sir Edmund Barton, Australia's first Prime Minister] (October 16th, 1902), both in very good condition, (2) each 39 x 25cm overall. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1090 A 1910 parchment certificate of Knight Bachelor granted to SIR CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BOWEN, Speaker of the Legislative Council in the Dominion of New Zealand; in King George V red morocco leather Investiture box by Wickwar & Co. (London), also containing ceramic seal depicting Edward VII seated on throne on one side, and on horseback on reverse; key present, dimensions approx. 22 x 24 x 7.5cm. View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #1091 A 1916 parchment certificate of Knight Bachelor granted to SIR LAUCHLAN CHARLES MACKINNON, in George V red morocco leather Investiture box by John Peck & Son (London), also containing the large ceramic seal depicting George V seated on throne on one side, and standing in military regalia on reverse; key present, dimensions approx. 22 x 24 x 7.5cm. Mackinnon was a prominent figure in early Australian journalism, serving as general manager of the Argus for thirty-nine years. View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #1092 Signed portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales and senior members of the royal and vice-regal households, Melbourne, 1920, by Kricheldorff, Melbourne; 35 x 45cm overall. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #1093 1920 ROYAL VISIT: Group comprising an invitation to the June 11th Prince of Wales Welcome Banquet at Sydney Town Hall, an invitation to a June 18th Public Reception in honour of the Prince of Wales, also at Sydney Town Hall, and a June 23rd letter of thanks on Government House, Sydney letterhead (25 x 20cm) to Miss M. O’Brien of Queen Street, Woollahra, from the Prince of Wales' private secretary, expressing the Prince’s thanks for the box of chocolates she had sent to him... View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1094 A vice-regal presentation silver tobacco box from Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia (later 1st Viscount Novar), with facsimile engraving in his own hand that reads "R.J.P. - from Forster - Governor General - 12-11-24", manufacturer William Drummond & Co., Melbourne; diameter 7cm, weight approx. 70g. View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1095 1927 ROYAL VISIT: Group comprising programmes for the May 9th Official Opening of Parliament House, the May Visit to Western Australia, and the April 28th Official Reception of the Government of Victoria, tickets to the March 26th Official Reception at Sydney Town Hall (2) and the March 26th view of Royal Progress at Parliament House, as well as a souvenir booklet. (7 items) View details Quantity7Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1096 ROYAL VISIT, 1934: Group of items gathered by Australian politician George Cann, comprising an invitation to the November 22nd Official Landing of the Duke of Gloucester, an invitation and programme for the November 23rd Welcome Dinner at Sydney Town Hall, an invitation to the November 24th Venetian Carnival, and a menu from the NSW Women Justices' Association dinner, plus 1949 Duke and Duchess of Gloucester signatures ("Harry" and "Alice") on their Christmas card. (6 items) View details Quantity6Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1097 AUSTRALIAN STATE GOVERNORS: Group of mostly signed ephemera (cards, photographs); governors include Sir Dallas Brooks (Vic), Sir James Rowland (NSW), Sir Robert Allingham George (SA), and Willoughby Norrie (SA). (7 items; 6 signed) View details Quantity7Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$140StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
