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 901-1000 of 1671. Previous|1...8910111213...17|Next Lot #887 MASONIC REGALIA housed in a brown case, including medal, chains, apron and cuffs, 20th century, the case 46cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #887a "AUSSIE, The Australian Soldiers' Magazine" issues No.7 and No.8, dated September and October 1918; together with assorted WW2 period propaganda leaflets, occupation money, "Starvation Debenture, One Lang" a 1931-32 New South Wales Depression era piece, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$100 - $200Orig. Starting Price$80 Lot #888 NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAY antique brass luggage rack with George V cypher, early 20th century, 79cm wide. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #889 MELBOURNE TRAMWAYS conductor's bag and bell, early to mid 20th century, (2 items), the bell 31cm high. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #890 "TRESPASSERS PROSECUTED" vintage cast iron railways sign, early 20th century, 30 x 60cm. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #891 New South Wales Railway First Aid Corps Life Member badge in 9ct gold engraved "J.F. BONE 1958", 10 grams total including brass screw back. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $800Orig. Starting Price$550 Lot #892 [PIONEER AVIATION] THE FIRST AIRMAIL IN AUSTRALIA - June 1914 16 June 1914 (AAMC.1) Melbourne - Bendigo - Ballarat, real photo postcard flown by French aviator, Maurice Guillaux, signed and endorsed by him (in French) with a greeting to the mayor of Ballarat. Superb condition. Provenance: Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski Auction, March 2008, Lot 1. SymbolPC Login to bid Estimate$20,000 - $25,000Orig. Starting Price$16,000 Lot #893 [AUSTRALIAN AVIATION] HAROLD CAZNEAUX, original bromide photograph titled "M. Guillaux Aloft" attractively mounted with the original pen signature of the famous French aviator at lower right in the margin, below Cazneaux's signature in pencil, dated 1914. Attractively framed, overall 27.5 x 35cm. "M. Guillaux aloft" is a famous 1914 photograph by Harold Cazneaux that captures the French aviator Maurice Guillaux piloting his Blériot XI monoplane. Login to bid Estimate$500 - $750Orig. Starting Price$400 Lot #894 [AUSTRALIAN AVIATION] HAROLD CAZNEAUX, original bromide photograph titled "The Vickers' Vimy at Mascot, 1920" attractively mounted with the original pen signatures of all four crew members on the mount: Login to bid Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Orig. Starting Price$1,200 Lot #895 SIR MACPHERSON ROBERTSON (1859 - 1945): a dated ink signature (with proverb) dated 10/1/31 on a large autograph page. Sir Macpherson Robertson KBE was an Australian philanthropist, entrepreneur and founder of chocolate and confectionery company MacRobertson's. He was also known for funding Douglas Mawson's 1929-31 Antarctic Expedition, the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race, and for bringing the United States inventions of chewing gum and cotton candy to Australia. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $250Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #896 [AUSTRALIAN AVIATION} Two flown envelopes signed in pen by the pilot, CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH: 4 April 1931 (AAMC.187) England - Australia flight envelope with Melbourne 29 APR arrival backstamp carried on the first service operated by Imperial and KLM; also, 7 Jan. 1932 (AAMC.245) England - Australia flown envelope, carried and signed by Kingsford Smith; with Sydney 21 JAN 1932 arrival backstamp; carried on the delayed Christmas delivery flight. (2). Login to bid Estimate$250 - $300Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #897 [AUSTRALIAN AVIATION] The Last Flight of the "Southern Cross" 18 July 1935 flown special envelope (#47) carried from Mascot to Richmond aboard the famous aeroplane, with special vignette showing the route the Smithy had flown around the world in "the Old Bus"; signed by Charles Kingsford Smith, Mary Kingsford Smith, P.G. Taylor, John Stannage and all other personnel on board. Login to bid Estimate$800 - $1,200Orig. Starting Price$650 Lot #898 SIR REGINALD ANSETT'S PERSONAL MODEL OF THE ELECTRA PROP-JET: A LOCKHEED L188 ELECTRA, metal model painted in Ansett-ANA livery (with "Electra Prop-Jet" on tail), and registration letters VH-RMA, made by W. Osgaard & Co., Charlottenbund, Denmark; on metal display stand labelled "Ansett-ANA Golden Jet Electra Built by Lockheed." Length 47cm, wingspan 46cm. Ansett-ANA's first Electra, VH-RMA, landed in Melbourne on March 10th, 1959. Login to bid Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Orig. Starting Price$2,400Current starting$2,400 (1 bid) Lot #899 DAME NELLIE MELBA strong pencil signature on Presbyterian Ladies College (East Melbourne) framed letterhead sheet, dated 1903, accompanied by an associated PLC Goss Ware miniature teacup, (2 items), the frame 25 x 20cm overall. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #900 DAME NELLIE MELBA: An autographed letter sheet, with "GOVERMENT HOUSE, ADELAIDE" letter head, undated and contained in a matching envelope, both written by Melba and addressed to "The little children at the Adelaide Children's Hospital". The note appears to have been written by Melba during her visit in September 1918; it reads "Darling Children, Your thoughtful gift has touched me so much, these little pennies collected by the little sick children will be such a welcome gift to the brave soldie Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #901 QUEEN ELIZABETH II and PRINCE PHILLIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH attractive pair of framed black and white photographs, with signatures on the mounts dated 1954, from their Coronation tour, 26 x 20cm each overall. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000 Lot #902 "HEIDELBERG DISTRICT ROAD BOARD" hand-painted illuminated certificate, circa 1868, attractively framed and mounted, 62 x 48cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #903 "FOR QUEEN & EMPIRE, FEDERATED AUSTRALIA" framed antique Federation flag with royal portrait flanked by a kangaroo and emu surrounded by state vignettes, early 20th century, 57 x 70cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #904 "AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION, 1901" antique English porcelain patriotic beaker, manufactured by Doulton Burslem, 10cm high; together with a 9ct rose gold mounted patriotic fob with royal portraits and flags on the reverse, (2 items). Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #905 SIR WILLIAM IRVINE (Victorian Premier 1902-1904) fine quality antique 18ct gold cased full hunter chronograph pocket watch with engraved monogram to the front and inscription to the cuvette "Presented To The Hon. W.H. IRVINE M.P. Premier Of Victoria By His Colleagues In The Ministry As A Token Of Esteem And Affection FEB.y 1904. DAVIES, SHIELS, BENT, TAVERNER, MURRAY, CAMERON, SACHES, PITT, McLEOD". Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Orig. Starting Price$7,000 Lot #906 SIR JOHN BOWSER - 1901 FEDERATION: An album containing ten different invitations to various 1901 official events commemorating the inauguration of the Commonwealth, all addressed to Bowser, who would later become the 26th Premier of Victoria; red cloth boards with gilt title and Southern Cross motif; each invitation laid down on board, the largest 28.5 x 36cm. Login to bid Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Orig. Starting Price$800 Lot #907 1901 FEDERATION: An album containing five different invitations to various 1901 official events commemorating the inauguration of the Commonwealth, addressed to "The Acting Clerk of the Executive Council, Mr. and Mrs. Brisbane"; black leatherbound boards with embossed gilt title "Souvenir Cards issued in connection with the Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, on 9th May, 1901"; each invitation laid down on board, the largest 28.5 x 36cm. Login to bid Estimate$500 - $750Orig. Starting Price$400 Lot #908 "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; together with an invitation to the opening of the first Australian Parliament to "The Paymaster Naval & Military Forces, Mr & Mrs J. A. Thompson" and housed in an original bi-fold leather cover with gilt embossed British Coat of Arms emblazoned "ROUTE of the ROYAL PROCESSION, 6th May, 1901", (3 items). Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$500 - $800Orig. Starting Price$400 Lot #909 Framed invitation to the opening of parliament, 9th May, 1901, colour lithograph by Sands & MacDougall Ltd. of Melbourne, requesting the honour of the presence of JAMES ARTHUR THOMPSON, 33 x 39cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #910 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, FIRST MILITARY BOARD, 1905: Oval albumen photograph, framed and mounted with hand-written captions. Note: Direct family descent from JAMES ARTHUR THOMPSON, Finance Member, pictured lower right. 32 x 40cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #911 JAMES ARTHUR THOMPSON antique framed albumen portrait photograph; together with a framed royal certificate signed by King Edward VII addressed to James Arthur Thompson Esq, (2 items), the larger 51 x 39cm overall. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #912 AMERICAN WHITE FLEET, 1908: "Banquet Given By The Common Wealth of Australia To The Admiral And Officers Of The American Fleet, Parliament House, Melbourne, 31st August 1908. Plan Of Tables" fold-out lithograph publication; together with an albumen photograph of a ship and antique leather satchel, (3 items). Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #913 ALFRED JAMES VINCENT (1874-1915), "Having It Out With Them", original black and white cartoon artwork, 29 x 24cm, 42 x 29cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100Current starting$100 (1 bid) Lot #914 LIONEL LINDSAY (1874-1961), A Fair Exchange With Johnny Turk, original cartoon artwork, black ink, watercolour and graphite pencil, signed lower left "Lionel Lindsay", 44 x 33cm, 60 x 47cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000 Lot #915 E. HAYWOOD, "1919", original cartoon artwork in watercolour and ink, signed lower right "E. Haywood", 21 x 21cm, 32 x 32cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #916 HARRY JULIUS (1885-1935), Henry Lawson "Sorrow", original cartoon artwork, signed lower centre "Harry Julius", 36 x 22cm, 52 x 37cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160Current starting$160 (1 bid) Lot #917 FRANK HOLLAND (1871-1945), "Little Tich", original cartoon artwork, watercolour and ink, signed lower left "Frank Holland, 1925", 26 x 19cm, 38 x 30cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #918 A collection remainder comprising of a 1927 Buckingham Palace certificate of conferral of the Royal Victorian Medal to Sidney Orchard (chief messenger at Admiralty House), an 16 August 1928 copy of the Australian Daily Guardian newspaper, a photograph by Talma of Melbourne said to depict Orchard and his wife, and a framed photograph titled "The Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth - Swearing in the Governor-General". (4 items) Login to bid Quantity4Estimate$60 - $100Orig. Starting Price$40 Lot #919 VISCOUNT STONEHAVEN (1874 - 1941, Eighth Governor-General of Australia), original signature on a November 1927 document appointing George Harcourt EVANS to the position of Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve; signed and sealed; overall 22.5 x 37.5cm. George Evans was the son of Sir John William Evans, Premier of Tasmania 1904 - 09. Login to bid Estimate$100 - $200Orig. Starting Price$80 Lot #920 BENJAMIN EDWIN MINNS (1863-1937), original cartoon artwork, signed lower left "B. E. Minns", with several inscriptions and pasted details verso including editorial suggestions, tipped in on card and framed, sheet size, 26 x 22.5cm, 39 x 27cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #921 GEOFF LITCHFIELD (1902-1960), "Australian Progress, New Guinea Scandal, Oil Scandal...", original cartoon artwork for The Bulletin, signed lower left "Geoff Litchfield, '24", 35 x 29cm, 52 x 37cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #922 STAN CROSS (1888-1977), "I Don't Know You From A Bar Of Soap - No I Suppose We're Both Strangers To You", original cartoon artwork, signed lower right "Stan Cross", 37 x 39cm, 47 x 51cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #923 DOUGLAS TAINISH, Cedric - Handout?..., original cartoon artwork, signed upper left "Cedric", 27 x 34cm, 34 x 42cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #924 HAROLD GYE (1887-1967), "Saturday In Melbourne... Football Match Sir", original cartoon artwork, signed lower right "Hal Guy", 18 x 26cm, 30 x 39cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #925 SAMUEL GARNET WELLS (1885-1972), Facts About Malaya, original cartoon artwork, signed lower left "Wells", 33 x 36cm, 48 x 55cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #926 SAMUEL GARNET WELLS (1885-1972), Learning By Experience (Transport Hold-Ups), original cartoon artwork, signed lower right "Wells", 31 x 55cm, 51 x 75cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #927 SAMUEL GARNET WELLS (1885-1972), Bottled (Government's Banking Act), original cartoon artwork for 14/8/1944, circa 1944, 37 x 54cm, 57 x 74cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #928 SAMUEL GARNET WELLS (1885-1972), An Inter-Union Row..., original cartoon artwork, signed lower left "Wells", 29 x 37cm, 43 x 51cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #929 SAMUEL GARNET WELLS (1885-1972), Royal Radiant, Little King's Crowning Success, original cartoon artwork, signed lower centre "Wells", circa 1953, 41 x 28cm, 57 x 42cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #930 BOB MIRAMS, "Slum Problems...", original cartoon artwork with photograph collage, signed lower right "Mirams", 25 x 19cm, 38 x 30cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #931 LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR EDMUND FRANCIS HERRING (1892-1982), WW2 NEW GUINEA/KOKODA COMMANDER: A collection of documents and original photographs regarding Herring, who served in the British Army (1913-19), Australian Army (1922-51), became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and Lieutenant Governor of Victoria. Included are the 1950 Warrant for the Investiture of Herring as a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael & St. George; the Sept.1972 leather-bound "Appr Login to bid Quantity14Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #932 WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY - FINAL YEARS: Unique August 1963 "Minister's Handbook on Immigration", marked "RESTRICTED - For Official Use Only", issued to Sir Alick Downer (Menzies Government Minister for Immigration), with his notes and underlining in pencil; 157 typewritten pages in three-ring binder; many pages of detailed statistics and policy statements; offered together with Sir Alick Downer's July 26th 1977 ticket to the Commonwealth Gallery of the House of Lords. (2 items) Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$500 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$400 Lot #933 BENDIGO POTTERY group of three Australian Prime Minister limited edition decanters, including SIR EDMUND BARTON, ALFRED DEAKIN and JOHN WATSON, the largest 18cm high. Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #934 BENDIGO POTTERY "Robert Menzies", pair of limited edition character jugs in two colourways, 17.5cm and 18cm high. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #935 NILS JOSEF JONSSON (1890-1963), "Cripes! This Is a Dry Party Tompkins...", original cartoon artwork strip, signed lower right "J. Jonsson", laid down on card, 39 x 31cm, 56 x 46cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #936 GOUGH WHITLAM AND THE 1972 "IT'S TIME" CAMPAIGN: An original 45rpm stereo record by RCA; side one being the "It's Time" campaign song featuring vocals by Alison McCallum (written by Paul Jones and Mike Shirley) with a backing chorus including Barry Crocker, Brian Henderson, Col Joye, Little Pattie, Bert Newton, Maggie Tabberer and Jack Thompson. Signed in pen to the label by Gough Whitlam; and attractively mounted and box-framed; overall 39.5 x 33cm. Extremely scarce. Login to bid Estimate$2,000 - $2,500Orig. Starting Price$1,600 Lot #937 LABOR PARTY ELECTION POSTERS: A group related to the Federal elections that took place between 1975 and 1980, comprising "Life wasn't meant to be easy/Get Australia working/Vote ALP", "Put Women First! Use your vote/Vote ALP", "Keep alive the flower of Democracy/Vote ALP", an untitled Gough Whitlam portrait, and "Raise the standard" (Bill Hayden portrait); mixed condition, the largest 71 x 47.5cm. (5 items) Login to bid Estimate$200 - $250Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #938 GOUGH WHITLAM TESTIMONIAL DINNER: A menu from the event, dated July 4th 1978, bearing to the cover the signatures of Whitlam, his wife Margaret, later prime minister Bob Hawke, and Joan Child (later to become the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives); a caricature of Whitlam by Arthur Horner features to the menu interior; 21 x 29.5cm (when opened). Login to bid Estimate$300 - $400Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #939 MALCOLM FRASER: A group of c. 1980 anti-Fraser protest posters, comprising "Put People First - October Mobilisation - March Against Fraser's Policies" (2), "Secret message: Fraser is scum..." (2), "Ba Ba Russians..." by Pol Posters, "The 80's will be a vital and exciting decade for you!" by Pol Posters, and others; mixed condition, the largest 77 x 51cm. (9 items) Login to bid Quantity9Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$320 Lot #940 PAUL KEATING (24th Australian Prime Minister) novelty rubber hand puppet, circa 1980s, 32cm high overall. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #941 STEWART McCRAE (1919-2008), "Age? -92!", original cartoon artwork strip, signed lower centre "McCrae", 16 x 53cm, 28 x 66cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #942 Original black and white cartoon artwork of a man and a woman in a canoe, signed lower right "Edie Sweet", early 20th century, 26 x 39cm, 44 x 57cm overall. Login to bid Estimate$100 - $200Orig. Starting Price$60 Lot #943 SLOANE FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, June - August 1840: attractive group of fifteen manuscript letters, all with 1840 One Penny black stamps affixed and tied by Maltese cross cancellations; mainly sent from GLASGOW. The correspondence is between DUNCAN TURNER SLOANE and his father JAMES SLOANE (shipping merchant in Glasgow). James was the older bother of ALEXANDER SLOANE (who ventured to Australia in 1849 and established the MULWALA STATION in New South Wales). Sadly, young Duncan Sloane was thrown fr Login to bid Quantity15Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Orig. Starting Price$2,000 Lot #944 [PLAN OF MELBOURNE] Unique hand-drawn map of the city of Melbourne, drawn by Thomas Gibson, circa 1852, with notations for important civic buildings, churches, Customs House etc., including the first Synagogue, Queens Wharf, Wyld Street (present day A'Beckett Street), The Eastern Market, Cattle Yards, Cemetery and the first Princes Bridge, signed and dated lower left "T. Gibson, 1852", sheet size 20 x 25cm. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #945 PRINCES BRIDGE (Melbourne), pencil sketch with hand-coloured embellishment, dated lower right "Nov. 30th, 1854", with additional pencil inscription "From nature" and titled lower centre (has been partially removed) "Princes Bridge", sheet size 10 x 20.5cm. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #946 HUGH MITCHELL CAMPBELL GEMMELL, personal hand-written shipboard journal from Greenock (Scotland) to Melbourne, commencing 21st August and ending on the 21st of November, 1856. A fascinating and detailed document listing the passengers and daily events on board The Briseis, commanded by Captain James Adams; together with a hand-written theatrical play titled "Cleonice, A Tragedy" by a Jamaican planter, which was purportedly performed on board the ship as well as a hand-written order for 100 boxes Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000Current starting$1,000 (1 bid) Lot #947 SLOANE FAMILY ALBUM, 19th century leather bound album of cartes-de-visite photographs, bearing hand-written notations and captions including many with dates, documenting various members and branches of the Sloane, Gemmell, Turner, McCaul, McFarlane families and others. Login to bid Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Orig. Starting Price$2,600 Lot #948 [LOCAL ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE USE] Hand-written five page double-sided manuscript letter from JAMES GIBSON to his sister ANNABELLA SLOANE, circa 1860s, with direct translations of Aboriginal language, headed "Words and phrases in use among two tribes in the Barnett & Port Curtis Districts, Queensland". The letter goes into some detail about Aboriginal counting, playing cards etc. A unique and fascinating document. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #949 1863 (April 24th) envelope posted from Melbourne to Corowa, bearing 2d plus 4d Victorian stamps, addressed to MRS SLOANE; with Wahgunyah transit and Corowa arrival backstamps. Login to bid Estimate$100 - $200Orig. Starting Price$60 Lot #950 THE WRECK OF THE LOCH ARD (Port Campbell, Victoria), important sketch book album with eleven pencil sketches and one watercolour by FREDERICK HORATIO BRUFORD (1846-1920), offering a fascinating insight into the events just after the wreck. The title page is inscribed "Mr Hugh H. Gibson, 1873". The album depicts a series of preparatory sketches for Bruford's major work which is now housed in the National Gallery of Victoria. Also contained within is a handsome selection of albumen paper photos.. Login to bid Estimate$6,000 - $10,000Orig. Starting Price$5,000 Lot #951 [GLENAMPLE HOMESTEAD, VICTORIA] Assorted correspondence and ephemera pertaining to the significant Western Districts property belonging to HUGH HAMILTON GIBSON, circa 1867-1870, (qty). Including correspondence with the Surveyor-General Clement Hodgkinson, with hand-drawn map of the Glenample run and associated allotments. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #952 [LOCH ARD, GLENAMPLE - POLICE DOCUMENTS] Comprising of three manuscript letters on Police Department Superintendent's Office letterhead, all dated 1878 and addressed to Hugh Hamilton Gibson Esquire of Glenample.... Login to bid Quantity5Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #953 [LOCH ARD INTEREST] Carte-de-visite and cabinet photographs of the two survivors of the shipwreck EVA CARMICHAEL and THOMAS PEARCE; together with an interesting group of antique cabinet photo size landscapes of the Loch Ard Gorge, Glenample Station, Port Campbell and environs. Also includes portraits of HUGH HAMILTON GIBSON and his wife LAVINIA, (17 items). Login to bid Quantity14Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #954 [WRECK OF THE LOCH ARD] "CAUSERIES DES FAMILLES" antique French hardcover publication salvaged from the wreck by HUGH HAMILTON GIBSON, who purchased the rights to the wreck and cargo in late 1879. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #955 [LOCH ARD SCRAPBOOK] Containing clippings, hand-written notes and letters, many pertaining to the shipwreck, assembled by LAVINIA GIBSON (née Featherstone, wife of Hugh Hamilton Gibson of Glenample, Port Campbell), the earliest entries dating back to the 1860s. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #956 [NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIA & VICTORIAN INTEREST] A fascinating album of pencil sketches and watercolours, 1840's to early 20th century, predominantly from the 1870s, many signed "J.D.R." and many examples dated and annotated with locations. Of note: Early street scene views of Dunedin, Hobart, Geelong, Hamilton etc. Inspection will reward. Condition ReportAlbum in dilapidated condition. Contents good. Login to bid Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Orig. Starting Price$2,600 Lot #957 [SHEARING INTEREST] "MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, MULWALA STATION, 10th SEPTEMBER, 1885" Fascinating single page foolscap contract bearing the signatures of twenty-four shearers, stating the terms and conditions to be followed in nine points including "Payment rate of 17 shillings per 100 sheep", "Any shearer damaging or destroying any sheep to pay the same", "No bad language shall be made use of in the shed" and "Shearers to find themselves and pay the cook 2 shillings and sixpence each per week".. Login to bid Quantity8Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Orig. Starting Price$2,400 Lot #958 JAMES GIBSON (brother of HUGH GIBSON and ANNABELLA SLOANE), hand-written manuscript letter to WILLIAM SLOANE SENIOR of Mulwala, dated December, 1887 and written from Parramatta. James Gibson was a prominent Queensland pastoralist and the letter from him details local politics, elections and disputes. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #959 [SHEARER'S STRIKE] Two page manuscript letter from ALEXANDER SLOANE titled "The Argus", signed and dated "Alexander Sloane, Mulwala Station, 17th August, 1888". Detailing the outbreak of violence and specific politics, fears and tactical movements of the squatters in the immediate aftermath of the Brookong Riots (which had happened four weeks prior to the writing of this letter). Sloane writes about Mulwala Station being picketed by shearers and union representatives who were involved in the afo Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #960 EDWARD GALE (journalist, formerly of Corowa), detailed hand-written manuscript letter written on Sydney Morning Herald "The Sydney Mail" letterhead, dated 15th September, 1890, addressed to ALEXANDER SLOANE ESQ. of Mulwala. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #961 CHICAGO WORLD FAIR (World's Columbian Exposition), 1893 bronze medal awarded to ALEXANDER SLOANE, in original presentation case. 75mm diameter. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #962 WALTER EDMUND ROTH "Ethnological Studies Among the North-West-Central Queensland Aboriginies" [Brisbane, London, 1897], hardcover with gilt embossed cover and spine, signed with ownership details on the title page and end paper "ALEXANDER J. SLOANE". Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #963 THOMAS CLEARY, group of three original albumen paper prints laid down on cards, each depicting Aboriginal groups and identified with the letters "G", "H" and "J" in the plates, image size 10.2 x 14.3cm, overall 10.3 x 17cm. Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #964 [FEDERATION] Group of assorted certificates, state banquet menu, seating plan, invitations and ephemera, all addressed to MR & MRS ALEXANDER SLOANE of Mulwala Station, New South Wales via Yarrawonga, with original hand-written envelopes of issue, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #965 [FEDERATION] Collection of nine assorted invitations, programmes, booklets, souvenirs and brochures, addressed to MR JAMES SLOANE and Lady, Delegate to the Corowa Federal Conference. Of note: Programme of Celebrations with artwork by Norman Lindsay and Inaugural Celebration at Sydney, The Commonwealth of Australia. Login to bid Quantity9Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #966 [FEDERATION] Framed lapel badge "One Flag, One People, One Destiny", printed by Turner & Henderson, Sydney, circa 1899. A rare surviving piece of ephemera in remarkably good condition, 7cm high, 17 x 22cm overall Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #967 AUNT LEVINA SLOANE, old-time album of antique postcards of the world, with a handsome selection of Australian examples including three IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE cards, Queenscliffe, Cooktown (North Queensland), Camperdown, Broadford and others, many addressed from Miss Sloane of Mulwala. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #968 An unusual group of albumen photographs of satirical sketches and country scenes, (7 items). Of note: "Mulwala, River Versus Railway" and "Old Corowa Court Scene, Sketched by Captain Gus Pearce". Login to bid Quantity7Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #969 [PURNANGA STATION, NEW SOUTH WALES] Group of five cabinet size albumen photographs, each laid down on card, with rural views including camel train and farmstead with lengthy inscription verso "Purnanga Station, Back Station of Momba Station..."... Login to bid Quantity8Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #970 "THE MERCHANT SHIPPING & UNDERWRITER'S ASSOCIATION LIMITED, MELBOURNE", two publications dated 1878 and 1881; together with two hand-written notebooks belonging to ALEXANDER SLOANE dated 1846, a "LETT'S One Shilling Diary, 1859" (empty) and a pocket notebook, (6 items). Login to bid Quantity6Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #971 [MULWALA STATION] Collection of antique albumen and silver gelatin photographs, many with pencil inscriptions verso, mixed vintages and sizes, (10 items). Of note: Portraits of WILLIAM and ALEXANDER SLOANE, as well as photographs of William and Alexander with a buggy, an attractive group photo taken at Mulwala Station of the Sloane family with HUGH H. GIBSON and three local Yarrawonga cricket team photographs taken at the Criterion Hotel with notations verso identifying John (Jack) A. Sloane. Login to bid Quantity10Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #972 SISTER MORA LAMB-SMITH (Nurse, active 1914-1919), WWI period photo album containing small format images of the Gallipoli campaign, possibly Egypt and India. Inspection will reward. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #973 ALEXANDER JAMES SLOANE (1886-1971), WWI service medals, badges, bars etc; together with a selection of photographs, ephemera and real photo postcards with correspondence from Alexander to his father, James Sloane of Mulwala. Also includes pictures of the H.M.A.T. Wiltshire and a real photograph postcard portrait of William O'Brien, killed in France, 10 September, 1917, aged 19 years, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #974 WWI period German artillery shell, dated 1915; together with a vintage Victorian four digit number plate "8399", (2 items), 11.5cm high, 17cm diameter. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #975 WWI period military buttons, badges etc., including enameled "All For Australia League" lapel badge and silvered "Rising Sun" badge, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #976 [MULWALA STATION] Group of three albumen photographs; together with an assortment of real photograph postcards pertaining to livestock and farming on the pastoral property in Southern New South Wales, inscriptions include "Merino rams, Woodpark, Jerilderie", "Stud Merino lambs bred by ALEXANDER SLOANE & Sons", "Shorthorn steer, Mulwala Station", "Harvest time, Mulwala", "Stud Merino rams, Mulwala Station" and many others, (19 items). Login to bid Quantity19Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #977 [SLOANE FAMILY HISTORY] Assorted cartes-de-visite, cabinet portraits and albumen photograph portraits, many notated verso with sitters' details, including Dr Sloane, Hugh Gibson, James Sloane, Mrs D. Sloane, Janet Gibson (née Turner), Alexander Sloane, Mrs H. H. Gibson, other names include Kirkpatrick, Ritchie, Hamilton and MacLellan. (20 items). Login to bid Quantity20Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #978 [SLOANE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS] Group of antique and vintage cartes-de-visite, cabinet portraits, albumen prints, silver gelatin photographs and real photo postcards pertaining to various members of the Sloane family and associated properties, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #979 [DAME NELLIE MELBA] "Australia Day, Melba Concert For Sick & Wounded Australian Soldiers" programme for performance held at the Melbourne Town Hall, Thursday 29 July, 1915; together with a "Melba Concert, Royal Albert Hall" programme dated June 24th, 1923 and a single page flyer for a concert held at the Melbourne Town Hall, (3 items). Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #980 [SLOANE FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE] Group of letters, envelopes with stamps and cancellations, pertaining to the SLOANE and GIBSON families, dating from 1854 through to the 20th century, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120Current starting$180 (2 bids) Lot #981 [SLOANE FAMILY] Vintage and antique postcards and photographs showing Australian and international scenes, many with correspondence pertaining to the Lamb-Smith, Gibson and Sloane families. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #982 NEIL SLOANE (Bombardier), WWII period P.O.W. letters, cards and correspondence, each passed by the censor, with additional research documentation, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #983 [MULWALA STATION] Collection of local maps used at the Mulwala Station by Alexander Sloane and family, many examples with hand-embellished notations for ownership and additional details, fair to poor condition throughout as they appear to have been well used, (qty). Of note: A hand-drawn example titled "Moorilla Estate". Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #984 MISS LUCY SLOANE (1865-1961), collection of her Grand Tour mementos and souvenirs, including French enamel and cut steel buttons, hatpins, silk wallet, needle case, commemorative poppy, castanet, crocheted bag etc., (qty). Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #985 "THE SQUATTING RUNS OF THE LACHLAN DISTRICT, 1865" and "STATIONS - MURRUMBIDGEE DISTRICT" Two large format hand-drawn maps showing the boundary lines and squatting runs of the local districts, unknown cartographer, mounted in Australian cedar, cloth backed and in fragile condition. Possibly unique. The larger 164 x 140cm overall. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500Current starting$500 (1 bid) Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...8910111213...17|Next1234567891011121314151617 Previous 1234567891011121314151617 Next Previous 1234567891011121314151617 Next
