Australian & Historical (#536) 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 1-100 of 133. Previous|12|Next Lot #264 COCO DE MER rare antique work basket with incised decoration, 19th century. The Coco de Mer is the largest seed pod in the world and is native to a couple of small islands in the Seychelles off the east coast of Africa. In the 18th and 19th century these seeds were highly prized and traded by sailors who where attracted to the feminine and somewhat risque form. This spelt disaster for the species which was pushed to the brink of extinction. Fortunately they are highly protected today. an impress Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000 Lot #265 DOLLAND of London, fine quality antique English universal equinoctial sun dial, handsomely crafted with silvered compass dial and dual spirit level, circa 1820, 13cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #266 NORIE & Co., antique English brass sextant with ebony handle in original mahogany fitted case, 19th century, the case 29cm high. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #267 An antique three draw pocket telescope with woven binding, 19th century, 23cm long (extends to 51cm). Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #268 "MELBOURNE" impressive antique ship's wheel from the square rigged Blackwall Line clipper passenger ship, mid 19th century, 185cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000 Lot #269 KELVIN, BOTTOMLEY & BAIRD LTD, GLASGOW, impressive ship's binnacle with wet compass and fittings, accompanied by securing bolts, 127cm high. Login to bid Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Orig. Starting Price$1,600 Lot #270 BEGG & GREIG PTY LTD, SYDNEY, vintage brass ship's telegraph with cover, early to mid 20th century, 92cm high. Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000 Lot #271 An antique oak and brass ship's binnacle from the MATIPO which was stranded on a reef in New Caledonia in 1968. Gifted to the Harbour Master Jean Louis Boglio after the ship was wrecked during a cyclone. 129cm high. Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000 Lot #272 An antique copper and brass ships lantern, 19th/20th century, 60cm high with handle up. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$220 Lot #273 B.G.E. "LIFE-LIGHT", vintage man overboard safety beacon, bearing original plaque, 19th/20th century, 50cm high overall. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #274 A pair of STARBOARD and PORT copper ships lanterns, 20th century, 40cm high each overall. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #275 THE SUFFOLK antique copper and brass shipboard chamber pot bearing presentation plaque "Winner, Commander JOHN B. MARTIN. 'SUFFOLK' 1860, The Melbourne Run, 70 Days". The piece dates to the golden age of clipper ship travel where a typical passage from Plymouth and Melbourne would take around 80 to 90 days. 36cm high, 33cm wide, 30cm deep. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$360 Lot #276 An antique cast bronze whale oil "Betty" lamp, mid 19th century, 10cm high, 10cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #277 WILLIAMS of Sheffield antique English iron whale boning axe, 19th century, stamped "WILLIAMS SHEFFIELD" with serial No. 166703, 83cm long. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$360 Lot #278 An antique American iron baleen axe, used for removing baleen, 19th century, purchased in New Bedford Massachusetts, 60cm long. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #279 LORD HORATIO NELSON antique hand-painted cast iron plaque, 19th century, 68cm high. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #280 An antique ebonised beech peg leg, fitted with leather strapping and padding with decorative heart shaped ventilation hole, 19th century, 102cm high. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #281 PARKER & HALL good quality antique English three draw brass telescope with leather binding, early 20th century, 83cm long when open. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #282 An early brass gunner's quadrant, engraved "WATKINS, CHARING CROSS, LONDON", 18th/19th century, 45.5cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$500 - $800Orig. Starting Price$400 Lot #283 An antique English brass marine single draw hand telescope with 3" optic lens, mid 19th century, 62cm long when closed. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240Current starting$240 (1 bid) Lot #284 An antique French leather bound three draw brass telescope, 19th century, 61cm long when open. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200Current starting$200 (1 bid) Lot #285 An antique maritime ship's speaking tube mouthpiece with bosun's whistle stopper, 19th/20th century, 11cm high, 9cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #286 T.J. MILLER & SON (Dorset Wharf, Westminster, Huddersfield) sperm oil receipt dated March 24th, 1877, London, "One Cask Finest Sperm Oil......£44.2.7", later frame, 26 x 29cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #287 An impressive tabua whale's tooth Fijian Chieftain's amulet, engraved with Roman lettering, 18th/19th century. The largest example seen in our rooms. 20cm long, 953 grams. Login to bid Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Orig. Starting Price$1,600 Lot #288 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with group portrait of a woman and two children, bearing inscription (illegible), 14cm high. Login to bid Estimate$500 - $800Orig. Starting Price$400 Lot #289 A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled "SLUSHING DOWN", signed lower left "Naumia", 11.5cm high. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #290 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallship portrait titled "RAPIDO" by JAMES CUMBERLAND BROWN, signed lower right "J.F.C.", 12.5cm high. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #291 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with ship portrait and sailing vignette, 13.5cm long. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #292 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with whaling scene and ship portrait verso, 16cm long. Login to bid Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Orig. Starting Price$800 Lot #293 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with engraved portraits of young ladies front and back, 14cm high. Login to bid Estimate$800 - $1,200Orig. Starting Price$700 Lot #294 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallship scenes front and back, 12cm long. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #295 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallship vignette front and back, 11cm high. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #296 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with engraved portrait of a young lady, 16cm high. Login to bid Estimate$800 - $1,200Orig. Starting Price$700 Lot #297 A scrimshaw whale pan bone decorated with whaling scene, 20th century, 21 x 37.5cm. Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000 Lot #298 A whale's tooth and pan bone seam rubber, 15cm high, 12cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #299 A whalebone sailor's single serving mallet, Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 15cm long. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #300 An antique stock whip with turned whalebone handle, the handle 39cm long. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$360 Lot #301 An antique boot hook with turned whalebone handle, early 19th century, 17cm high overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #302 An antique corkscrew with whalebone handle, 19th century, 11.5cm high, 9cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #303 An antique corkscrew with silver mounted whale's tooth handle, 19th century, 11cm high, 11cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #304 An antique turned and carved whalebone walking stick with later whalebone handle, 19th century, 83cm high. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$360 Lot #305 A whalebone walking stick with baleen ferrule, whale's tooth top inset with paua shell, 79cm high. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$360 Lot #306 An antique whalebone walking stick shaft with baleen and whale tooth spacers, (missing top), 19th century, 77.5cm high overall. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #307 A vintage Australian walking stick with laminated native timber handle, inlaid with mother of pearl and marine ivory on a blackwood and stingray vertebrae shaft with baleen ferrule, 19th/20th century, 87cm high. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #308 An antique tortoiseshell dandy walking stick with engraved gold cap and fittings, 19th century, 91.5cm high. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #309 A vintage sea turtle carapace, 19th/20th century, 43 x 40cm. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #310 A sawfish rostrum display mounted on wooden stand, 62cm high SymbolNot Suitable for international shipping Login to bid Estimate$500 - $800Orig. Starting Price$400 Lot #311 A scrimshaw shell napkin ring with fisherman decoration; together with a coral specimen and sperm whale eardrum with incised collection number, 19th/20th century, (3 items), the largest 13cm wide. Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #312 An antique whalebone puzzle box with scrimshaw decoration and hand-painted finish, 19th century, 9.5cm high. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #313 A New Zealand Maori carved whalebone Tiki with paua shell eyes, 19th/20th century, 12.5cm high. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #314 An antique iron hatchet with later Maori carved whalebone handle inlaid with paua shell, 19th century and later, 37cm high. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #315 A vintage Japanese carved whale vertebrae sailor's head ornament, mounted on later stand, circa 1930s, 29cm high overall. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #316 An antique whalebone jagging wheel pie crimper with fork end and whale shaped handle, 19th century, 16cm high. Login to bid Estimate$500 - $800Orig. Starting Price$460 Lot #317 Antique whale bone brushes, crochet needles, folding pocket spoon and implements, mostly 19th century, (9 items), the largest 15cm long. Login to bid Quantity9Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #318 Assorted antique whalebone crochet hooks, bodkins, implements and thread holder, 18th/19th century, (13 items), the largest 14cm long. Login to bid Quantity13Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #319 Antique carved whalebone glove stretcher with rope decoration, together with an assortment of whalebone implements and a sperm whale tooth with polished finish, mostly 19th century, (7 items), the largest 18cm long. Login to bid Quantity7Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200Current starting$200 (1 bid) Lot #320 A whaler's basket, whalebone and timber and pine, 20th century, 11cm high, 17cm diameter. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #321 Three antique whalebone pegs, 19th century, 11.5cm long. Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #322 A carved whale's tooth penguin ornament, 12.5cm high. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #323 A vintage giant clam shell, 36cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120Current starting$120 (1 bid) Lot #324 HUDDART PARKER LTD. antique crystal decanter with stopper, acid etched with the steamship company logo, 19th/20th century, 28cm high. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #325 An antique Australian cedar and pine boatbuilder's half hull model, 19th century, 90cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #326 An antique half-hull model boat, crafted from red pine, cedar and celery top pine, 19th century, 52cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #327 An antique Australian blackwood sailor's double serving mallet, 19th century, 23cm long. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #328 WWII period copper and brass diving helmet on timber stand, bearing brass plaque "U.S. NAVY DIVING HELMET, MARK V. MORSE DIVING EQUIPMENT Co. INC., MAS. DATE 8-29-41", 52cm high overall. (Heavy!) Login to bid Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Orig. Starting Price$2,000 Lot #329 SMITHS vintage English bulkhead clock mounted on timber board, 20th century, the clock 17cm diameter, the plaque 32cm high. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #330 THOMAS MERCER 56 hour marine chronometer in two sectional mahogany case with outer travelling case. Manufactured in St Albans, England (serial. 22921), 20th century, inner case 17cm high, 18.5cm wide, 19cm deep. Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000 Lot #331 HUSUN vintage sextant in original mahogany case, 20th century, the case 26cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$360 Lot #332 A vintage lighthouse table lamp with mulga wood base, bakelite fittings and milk glass shade, circa 1920s, 62cm high. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #333 A vintage Australian novelty lighthouse table lamp on mulga wood base, 20th century, 57cm high. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160Current starting$160 (1 bid) Lot #334 A vintage carved pearl shell and timber table lamp, mid 20th century, 25cm high. Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #335 AUSTRALIND SHIPPING COMPANY sea captain's hat with gold braid visor and foul weather cover, circa 1920. Featuring the company's signature black swan on blue and yellow enamel flag. Size 6⅞. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #336 S.S. MONOWAI bronze and enamel ship's wheel desk clock with enamel decoration, circa 1930. The Monowai was a trans-Tasman and Pacific passenger and mail steamship operated by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand that later served with distinction as an armed merchant cruiser and troopship during World War 2. 23cm high. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #337 S.S. ORION vintage brass and silver plated table bell with enamel decoration, circa 1930s, 14.5cm high. Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #338 Kongsberg-Jarmann vintage Norwegian model 28 harpoon, fired from a bolt action ex military rifle bored out to 11mm. Used for small whales such as minke, early 20th century, 59cm high overall. Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120Current starting$120 (1 bid) Lot #339 A cast brass ship's porthole with hinge opening and single spindle lock, retaining original glass, early 20th century, the glass 22cm diameter, 35cm diameter overall. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #340 An impressive cast brass porthole with hinge opening, dual spindle locks and original armour plate glass, circa 1940, the glass 30cm diameter, 49cm diameter overall. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160Current starting$160 (1 bid) Lot #341 DAVIDSON FAMILY, EDEN N.S.W., Temple iron toggle whale harpoon on timber shaft with rope bindings, blacksmith made, possibly by Samuel Sinclair, who was known to make harpoons for George Davidson in the 1920s, 238cm long overall. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #342 Whale killing lance, 19th century, purchased from a private collection, Merimbula, N.S.W. 152cm long. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #343 Elephant seal lance, rare antique English example with broad arrow stamp, later blackwood handle, mid 19th century, 113cm high. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$360 Lot #344 A whale blubber spade on later timber shaft, U.S.A. origin, 19th century, 192cm long. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #345 An antique American "Improved" whale harpoon with folding toggle flue, later timber shaft and rope binding, 19th century, 247cm long overall. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #346 A blacksmith made antique double flue whaling harpoon on later timber shaft with affixed rope, New Bedford U.S.A. origin, 19th century, 275cm long overall. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #347 Whale blubber hook on timber shaft, Cheynes Beach Whaling station, Western Australian, 20th century, 194cm long overall. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #348 A vintage Australian novelty lighthouse table lamp on mulga wood base, 20th century, 61cm high. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160Current starting$160 (1 bid) Lot #349 A vintage iron boat anchor, 20th century, 37cm high, 40cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$100 - $200Orig. Starting Price$80 Lot #350 Flensing blade mounted on jarrah shaft, Cheynes Beach whaling station, Western Australian origin, 20th century, 190cm long overall. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #351 A whaling bone spade on later timber shaft, U.S.A. origin, 19th century, 162cm long overall. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #352 A vintage map plotting rolling rule in mahogany case, a cased brass sextant frame by HENRY HUGHES & SONS of London, a pair of antique binoculars and a vintage navigational azimuth circle in box, 19th/20th century, (4 items). Login to bid Quantity4Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #353 Single flue whale harpoon on jarrah shaft with rope binding, Western Australian origin, 20th century, 275cm long overall. Login to bid Estimate$500 - $800Orig. Starting Price$460 Lot #354 Whaler's flensing blade on jarrah shaft, Cheynes Beach Whaling Company, Western Australia, 20th century, the blade stamped "A. A. F." (Anders Abrahamsen Fevang, Norwegian flense maker), 185cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #355 An antique trypot baler, iron and tin on wooden shaft, most likely from the Eden whaling station, New South Wales, early 20th century, 230cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #356 SOUVENIR PENNANTS: "H.M.A.S. SYDNEY" incorporating 805 SQD "Sea Fury" and 816 SQD "Fire Fly" large red felt pennant (65cm), circa 1950 for the Australian aircraft carrier; also, an "S.S. Himalaya" pennant, a New Zealand pennant depicting a "Maori Poin Dancer" and an Australia pennant depicting an aboriginal male with spear, shield and boomerang. (4 items). Login to bid Estimate$100 - $150Orig. Starting Price$80 Lot #357 An antique trypot skimmer, copper and iron with wooden handle, purported to have come from Castle Rock Whaling Station near Busselton, Western Australian, 19th century. Note: Handle replaced. 206cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #358 An antique trypot skimmer, iron with natural timber branch handle, 19th/20th century, 222cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #359 An antique trypot dipping ladle, copper and brass construction with jarrah handle, Albany, Western Australian origin, 19th century, 186cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #360 S.S. HYGEIA souvenir letter holder bearing brass plaque "MADE FROM THE WOOD OF S.S. HYGEIA", together with and Australian and New Zealand SUNWATCH pocket sundial compass made by the Ansonia Clock Co., (2 items),m the letter holder 15cm wide. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #361 JESPER RASMUSSEN (Albany Whaling Station, W.A.) group of three vintage carved baleen wall hanging whale ornaments, circa 1970s, the largest 62cm wide. PROVENANCE: Purchased from Tor Rasmussen the son of Jesper Rasmussen. Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #362 An antique Australian pond yacht with huon pine hull, red pine keel and brass fittings on timber stand, early 20th century, 130cm high, 108cm long. Login to bid Estimate$500 - $800Orig. Starting Price$460 Lot #363 MORTIMER of London whale killing lance, 19th century, modified at a later date for use on walrus or elephant seals hence the forged ring. Usually these lances are around 6 foot long with a socket end for a timber shaft. Mounted on a later timber board for display, 83cm long overall. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next
