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 1001-1100 of 1546. Previous|1...910111213141516|Next Lot #995 AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHERS: A shelf of books including "Gold Diggers and Diggings" by Stone, "Tasmanian Photographers 1840-1940" by Long, "Alec Murray's Album" (with Bonython bookplate), "The Story of the Camera in Australia" by Cato, "Australia" by Rinaldi, "The Art of Photography 1839 - 1989," "Where No Road Goes" by Mossel (signed by the author), "Australia - Image of a Nation 1850 - 1950" by Moore and Hall, and others. (15) View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #996 AUSTRALIAN SILVER, JEWELLERY & STRAITS CHINESE SILVER group of reference books, including Kurt Albrecht, Anne Schofield & Kevin Fahy and John Hawkins, six books in seven volumes. View details Quantity6Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #997 [BALLAARAT INTEREST] "Charles A Doudiet - Australian Sketches 1852 - 1855" [Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1997] L/E 127/200 in slipcase; "Panoramas of Ballaarat" by Harris & Burrell [Harris House, 1998] L/E 37/150, signed by the authors. (2 items). Condition ReportAll in very good, as new condition. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #998 Two facsimile prints of early Melbourne, both framed, the larger 58 x 84cm overall. View details Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #999 Assorted antique prints, vintage artworks, etc, (qty), mostly mounted images. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #1000 WALSH, Graham L. "Bradshaw Art of the Kimberley" [Takarakka Nowa Kas Publications, Australia, 2000. Hardcover. Limited First Ed. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. As new. Binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. Large Oblong 8vo. 464pp. The diversity of maps, photographs, rock art silhouettes and drawings show a remarkable degree of coherence in being displayed within the text. Creative use of backgrounds allows the images to stand alone, where appropriate, as works of art. The quality of the View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #1001 AUSTRALIAN THEMES AND COLLECTING: Assorted reference books, including Merric Boyd, Clifford Last, Hans Knorr, David & Hermia Boyd etc., (17 items). View details Quantity17Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #1002 "AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE PICTORIAL HISTORY AND DICTIONARY, 1788 - 1938" by Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson [Casuarina Press], in slip case. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #1003 "THE JOURNAL OF H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, 1768- 1771", Captain James Cook, [Genesis Publications, 1977] Folio, original half calf with buckram boards, spine gilt with raised bands and morocco title-label. In slipcase. (528pp.). With portraits, numerous plates some of which are coloured, map facsimiles and illust. end-papers. Preface by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is #202. Condition ReportExcellent condition throughout. No faults to note. View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$3,400StatusSold Lot #1004 "THE LOG OF H.M.S. BOUNTY" by William Blight, [Genesis Publications, 1975], facsimile, limited edition 490/500, hardcover in half morocco in original slip case. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1005 VICTORIA ILLUSTRATED framed S. T. Gill frontispiece from the publication; together with the "Illustrated Australian News, November 28, 1883" framed front page, (2 items), the larger 58 x 42cm overall. View details Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #1006 JOHN WHITE, Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, [Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2002], 226 pages, frontispiece, 65 coloured plates from the hand-coloured originals. Full dark green goatskin leather, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Edition of 212 numbered copies, 200 only for sale, this being #83, one of 150 numbered copies of the Standard Edition. View details Estimate$600 - $1,000Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #1007 ARTHUR PHILLIP, THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY [Published by Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2008] View details Estimate$600 - $1,000Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1008 Assorted ephemera, photographs, publications and prints, mixed vintages, (qty). View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1009 POSTCARDS: An old time album of antique and vintage cards with a fascinating series of WW1 sepia tone real photo types (unknown to our rooms) stamped verso "NOT FOR SALE", plus a group of German WW1 and WW2 real photo examples, ANZACS WW1, an others, inspection will reward. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1010 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS - PORTRAITS: Group of postcards, including several RPs, comprising "Trucaninni - The last of her race", "King Billy", "Jonomy King", "Jacky from Oodnadatta", "King Jimmy" (wearing a King Plate), and two others. (7 items) View details Quantity7Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #1011 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS: Group of postcards, the majority RPs, depicting corroborees and traditional hunting, fishing, and weaving practices; captions include "Spear Throwing - Palm Island Qld", "Australian Aboriginal in Full War Paint", and "Australian aboriginal lubra with mat and basket made by her from rushes". (26 items) View details Quantity26Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1012 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS: Group of thirty-one early postcards, including many RPs, generally depicting aboriginal family groupings; captions include "Annual distribution of blankets to blacks, Maloga, Vic.", "Fun in the Camp, Lake Tyers", "Australian Aboriginal King and Elders of Tribe", and "A Family Group - Corranderrk, Healesville". (31 items) View details Quantity31Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1013 AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL GATHERINGS: A fascinating collection composed entirely of c. 1910s and 1920s real photo postcards, featuring Australian Rules football, tennis, rowing, and social club group portraits, equestrian events, families on picnic, horses and buggies, early motorcars, etc.; many Kodak Austral and Empire cards, locations indicated on reverse include South Melbourne, Sorrento, Canterbury, and Launceston. (80+ items) View details Quantity80Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1014 VICTORIA: A collection of early 20th century postcards, including many early RP examples, featuring views from all around Victoria, such as the Mornington Peninsula, Phillip Island, Torquay, Bendigo, Ballarat, the Dandenongs, Warrnambool, Geelong, and many others. (170+ items) View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1015 MELBOURNE: A collection of early postcards (many RPs), mainly featuring the CBD, but also some suburbs (St Kilda, Sandringham, Fitzroy); noted a series on Melbourne University (13) and a 1920s view of Flinders Street Station emblazoned with clearly legible banner that reads "Cross Crossings Cautiously - Do Your Thinking On The Road And Not In The Hospital"; publishers include Rose, Valentine's, E.W. Cole, Australian Enamellers, R.E.M., Marlborough, Robbins, Lindt, Troedel, etc. (100+ items) View details Quantity100Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #1016 NEW SOUTH WALES: A collection of postcards (some RPs among them), mainly featuring views of Sydney and surrounds, from publishers such as Ward Lock & Co., Samuel Wood, Valentine & Sons, J. Beagles & Co., and many others. (100 items) Condition ReportMost locations are Sydney CBD streets and prominent buildings, a selection of the Sydney-centric captions are Bridge Street, Farm Cove, Royal Exchange, Government House from the Domain, Centennial Park, Darlinghurst Police Court, Manly Wharf, Fig Tree Lane Cove, The Spit Middle Harbour, South Head, Rushcutters Bay, Watson's Bay, Rose Bay; cards from outside Sydney (very few) include Beaconsfield, Como Bridge, and Hawkesbury River Bridge. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1017 Assorted antique and vintage postcards in a large blue album, themes include Melbourne, St.Kilda, Mordialloc, Williamstown and many others, (qty). Condition ReportThere is approximately 400 postcards in this album. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #1018 An old time red oblong album of antique and vintage postcards, mostly Western Australian themes including some interesting flood scenes. Condition ReportThere are 88 postcards in this album. They have not been pasted in, they are simply here in place via the album's plastic corner elements. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1019 QUEENSLAND: A collection of early 1900s regional postcards (including many RPs); noted fourteen different 1910s Intelligence and Tourist Bureau cards. Publishers include McKnight, Bolton, Vandyke, Whittick, Edco, Wm. Munro, Arthur Cox, F.W. Thomas, R. Fleming, D.W. Hastings, T. Willmett, G.C. Wood, B. Francis, W.J. McLeod, (140+ items). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1020 BRISBANE: A collection of early 1900s postcards, including many RPs, with views of streets, bridges, and parks, from publishers including Edco, White, Valentine, Robinson, Sidues, and others. (90+ items) View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #1021 Assorted antique and vintage postcards in a burgundy album, themes include Kangaroo Island, Mannum, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Toowoomba, Townsville, Queensland, Colac, Apollo Bay, Warrnambool, and many others, (qty). Condition ReportThe album contains approximately 150 postcards, in addition to 18 smaller "Murray Views" blank-backed cards. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1022 POSTCARDS, an unsorted accumulation of mostly Australian and New Zealand themes including Aboriginal, Maori, real photo, advertising, etc, (qty). View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1023 POSTCARDS, mostly Australian themes including Melbourne views and "Souvenir Of Melbourne" sets, (with duplication), early 20th century, (qty View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1024 Assorted antique and vintage postcards in a brown album, themes include Murray River paddle steamers, real photos, Sorrento Victoria, and many others, (qty). Condition Report153 postcards plus a number of non-postcard images. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #1025 [TASMANIA INTEREST] album of antique postcards attractively displayed in a modern oblong album, featuring some rare mining scenes, Hobart, Launceston and smaller towns, inspection will reward. Condition ReportThere are approximately 160 postcards in this album. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #1026 [SHIPPING INTEREST] a handsome collection of antique and vintage postcards including American Fleet, naval, merchant and passenger liners, (qty) View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1027 SOUTH AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA: A collection of early 1900s postcards (including many RPs), from publishers such as Donald Taylor Collotype Company, Moonta, B. Stein & Co., P. Falk & Co., and J.B. & Co., as well as some semi-official South Australian cards. (130+ items) View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #1028 BALLARAT album of antique and vintage postcards, (qty) Condition Report58 postcards present. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1029 Assorted antique and vintage postcards with a focus on Central Victoria and the goldfields, other highlights include the wreck of The Emden, Wentworth gaol, Maldon (Victoria), housed in a green album, 20th century. Condition ReportThere is approximately 210 postcards in this album. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #1030 TASMANIA: A group of early 1900s postcards (mostly RPs), from publishers such as P.P.C. Co., Spurling & Son, Clarke & Co., Ash Bester, and Walch & Sons, featuring views of Launceston, Burnie, Devonport, Port Arthur, Penguin, Queenstown, Deloraine, Ross, Stanley, Mt. Lyall Railway, and many others. (95+ items) Condition ReportThere are approximately 98 postcards in this lot. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1031 HOBART: A group of postcards (several early RPs), from publishers such as Spurling, E.J.H., J.W. & S., Ash Bester, Breaden, and Valentines (also noted two original J. W. Beattie), featuring views of Mount Wellington, Sandy Bay, Hobart wharves, Murray Street streetcar traffic, and many others. (60+ items) Condition ReportThere are approximately 63 postcards in this lot. View details Quantity60Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1032 ARTIST POSTCARDS: A collection which includes early cards by J.A. Turner (11), A.H. Fullwood (20), J. Hutchings (3), L.H. Davey (2), J.M. Cantle (2) and others; together with a quantity of later Australian & International art cards. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1033 JOHN PLAYER & SONS: Complete sets of cigarette cards in their special albums: "R.A.F. Badges", "Aircraft of the Royal Air Force", "Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas", "Modern Naval Craft", "Cricketers 1938", "Uniforms of the Territorial Army", "Birds and their Young", "Animals of the Countryside", and "Film Stars - Third Series". (9 sets). View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #1034 POSTCARDS - INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS: Group of twenty-two photographic 1900s-1910s postcards, captions include "Fire By Friction", "Companions of the Bath", "Woomera Spearsman", "Saltwater Aboriginal Fisherman", "Anula woman with scars on the body", "West Australian Blacks' Camp", "A Modern Aboriginal Camp", and others; publishers include P. Falk & Co., Rose, Commonwealth Railways, Seikaido Tokyo, and Queensland Views; most unused, in excellent condition. (22 items) View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #1035 CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS: A very diverse accumulation of Australian and foreign-issued cards, some in albums or pages. Mixed condition. (100s). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold 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 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. 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