Decorative Arts & Collectables | Including The Hellwege Photographica Collection (#533) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized 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 1-34 of 34. Previous|1|Next Lot #1065 A 1679 document in German, detailing a proclamation regarding financial matters, printed in fraktur typeface with red wax seal, 33 x 40cm. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1066 An antique indenture dated August 1672 on vellum, attractively framed and mounted, 54 x 43cm overall. Condition ReportCrease marks as issued, some staining and discolouration to the extremities which is often the case. Attractively framed and displayed, a handsome example. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #1067 The SUCCESS Wedged On A Rock, Being At The Same Time Between The Fire Of The Spanish Fort At Umata, And A Ship In The Harbour", rare 18th century coloured engraving of Guam, circa 1730. Research notes attached verso. 22 x 31cm, 43 x 52cm overall. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1068 GROTIUS' DE JURE BELLI AC PACIS: 1712 leatherbound Amsterdam edition, gilt title to spine, 946pp. + index, front board detached. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1069 "Dissertations on Government, the Affairs of the Bank, and Paper Money" by United States Founding Father Thomas Paine (1736-1809); 54-page 1817 pamphlet reprint of the 1786 original; W.T. Sherwin, London. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1070 "THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA; OR MODERN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES" Volumes 1 and 2, [London, 1797], full brown morocco with embossed gilt spines. Condition ReportText is legible. Only very slight amounts of foxing consistent with age. Binding to spine on both shows early signs of detaching. View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1071 "Dr. Karl von SPRUNER'S Historico-Geographical Hand Atlas." [London : Trubner & Co.], 1869, 2nd Edition; with twenty-six coloured maps engraved on copper; original light brown cloth covered boards with gilt title. The London edition (in English) is quite scarce. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1072 Group of books comprising an 1892 leather-bound Oxford University Press edition of the Holy Bible, "Utilitarianism, Liberty & Representative Government" by J.S. Mill (J.M. Dent & Sons, London, 1926), "Of Civil Government" by John Locke (J.M. Dent & Sons, London), and "Karl Marx - His Life and Work" by Otto Rühle (George Allen & Unwin, London, 1929; with bookplate of Australian politician Sir Alick Downer). (4 items) View details Quantity4Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #1073 ROYALTY: A colour printed souvenir paper napkin produced to commemorate the "Royal Visit to Birmingham" for the "Opening of New University at Bournbrook on Wednesday, July 7, 1909"; depicting the King Edward VII and Princess Victoria, with details of their route, the procession, etc. Printed and published by Mrs. S. Burgess of Bishopsgate. Superb condition; 38 x 38cm. Condition ReportSome creases visible as issued. Slight stain, discolouration mark to the lower left margin. Otherwise an excellent example of an ephemeral item. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusCLOSED! Lot #1074 A vintage framed photographic risqué print, purported to be of Josephine Earp (Wyatt Earp's wife), housed in a period frame, 89 x 53cm overall. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #1075 Vintage sheet music, magazines, journals, postcards, Australia Post magazines, photos and ephemera (Of note: Vintage Neil Young Zuma song book), (qty). Inspection will reward! View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot #1076 "Two Years Before The Mast" by R.H. Dana, first edition hardcover [The Heritage Press, New York, 1947], together with "The Gift" by Vladimir Nabokov [Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1963], "Life and the Poet" by Stephen Spender [Searchlight Books, London, 1942], and "Tate Adams" by Frances Thomson [Macmillan Art Publishing, South Yarra, 2010]. (4 items) View details Quantity4Estimate$120 - $180Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #1077 WINSTON CHURCHILL: "The Second World War" 6-volume hardcover set, first edition with publication dates spanning 1948-54, Cassell & Co. Ltd (London); ex. Australian politician Sir Alick Downer (his bookplate to the inside cover of volume III). Condition ReportSpines are in good condition; no cracking. All pages in good condition; some foxing throughout. Overall in good condition despite their age. View details Quantity6Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1078 A diverse shelf of books, several of which with dedications to members of the South Australian Downer political dynasty; titles include "Desmond Young - Rommel", "Harold Nicolson - Diaries and Letters 1930-39", and "The Spencers of Althorp". (13 items) View details Quantity13Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #1079 BRITISH POLITICS & ROYALTY: Group of books including "No. 10 Downing Street - A House in History" by R.J. Minney (Cassel, London, 1963), "Harold Macmillan - The Past Masters" by Michael Hamilton (Macmillan, London, 1975), "The Governance of Britain" by Harold Wilson (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1976), "Majesty" by Robert Lacey (Hutchinson, London, 1977), and four others. (8 items) View details Quantity8Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #1080 The Jerusalem Bible, Illustrations by Salvador Dali, [New York : Doubleday & Co., 1970]; 32 full page colour illustrations from the Old and New Testaments. Hardback, with gold-edged pages, leatherette binding, marbled endpapers. In original black case of issue. In "as new" condition. View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1081 QSL CARDS: A fascinating collection of two-way radio confirmation cards, many with interesting graphics from all points of the globe, including the Soviet Union, United States, Japan, Germany etc., circa 1970s, (qty). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1082 STAR WARS group of four Australian issue promotional Coca-Cola and Pizza Hut posters, the original artwork by Dell Nichols, circa 1977, 61 x 44cm each overall Condition ReportIt is evident that the posters were previously rolled-up; otherwise condition is excellent. View details Quantity4Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1083 POLITICS & GLOBAL ISSUES: A shelf of 1990s-2000s books, all signed by their authors with accompanying dedication to Australian politician Alexander Downer; titles include "Heartbeat - George Bush in His Own Words", "Tomorrow's Islam - Uniting Age-Old Beliefs and a Modern World", "Tigers Tamed - The End of the Asian Miracle", "Deliverance - The Inside Story of East Timor's Fight for Freedom", and others. (13 items) View details Quantity13Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #1084 DIPLOMACY: A shelf of books presented to Alexander Downer during his time as Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, all with signature and/or dedication by the foreign dignitary, including "Abode of Peace" (Sultan of Brunei), "Africa - The Time Has Come" (Thabo Mbeki, South African Prime Minister), and "Singapore - A Pictorial History 1819-2000" (Singapore High Commissioner). (10 items) View details Quantity10Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1085 MIKHAIL GORBACHEV: 1997 softcover Bantam edition of Gorbachev's memoirs, signed in pen to the title page with dedication in Russian to then Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer; 999pp. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #1086 HONG KONG HANDOVER: "Hong Kong - Return to the Heart of the Dragon - The Official Commemorative Book for Hong Kong's Handover to China on 30 June 1997" by Jan Morros & Robert Cottrell, published by Elsworth Books (Hong Kong), 288pp., with JW Marriott Hotel commemorative note, and red clothbound slipcase. View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #1087 NELSON MANDELA: 1994 hardcover Little, Brown & Co. edition of "Long Walk to Freedom", signed to the title page with dedication to then Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer, "To the Hon. Alexander Downer, Best wishes to an accomplished diplomat - Mandela 27-7-99"; 630pp., with dust jacket. View details Estimate$500 - $1,000Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1088 "The Diary of a Dead Officer - being the posthumous papers of Arthur Graeme West", first published 1919 by George Allen & Unwin, this edition published 2014 by The Old Stile Press, in original cloth slipcase, signed by artist John Abell, whose linocuts feature throughout. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot #1089 Assorted swap cards and albums, including Tuckfields Birds and Animals of Australia, (qty). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #1090 COMIC BOOKS: Diverse group mostly published in the 1950s/60s, including Superman, Superboy, "Walt Disney's Donald Duck in Trick or Treat", Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Gunsmoke, Felix the Cat, and many others. (33 items) View details Quantity33Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #1091 THE PHANTOM: Group of mostly 1950s comic books, including 17 Feature Production New Zealand issues spanning #17-473 (of which 3 atypical landscape types), as well as others by Charlton and Gold Key, together with three other related items including one signed by Glenn Ford; condition variable, generally very good. (24 items) View details Quantity24Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1092 THE PHANTOM: Group of Frew Publications issued from the 1950s-70s, comprising issue numbers #90/98/112/117/132/134/156/187/190/197/260/279/287/293/326/375/514/516/519/523/528 x 2/529/530/534/535/551 and 570; condition variable, generally very good. (28 items) Condition ReportGenerally the condition of the various issues included in this lot is consistent. This is true of issues #112 and #117; issue #90 however has some writing in pen to the cover. View details Quantity28Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1093 X-MEN - SILVER AGE: Group comprising original 1964 issues #6-7 and 1965 issues #10-14; noted Juggernaut and Sentinels key issues; condition variable, generally very good. (7 items) View details Quantity7Estimate$1,000 - $1,250Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #1094 THE AVENGERS - SILVER AGE: Group comprising original 1964 issues #5-9/11, 1965 issues #12-19/21-23, 1966 issues #24/26-29/32-35, 1967 #36, plus 1989 West Coast Avengers #45; noted Masters of Evil, Kang the Conqueror, Wonder Man, and Collector key issues; condition variable, generally very good. (28 items) View details Quantity28Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #1095 TALES OF SUSPENSE - SILVER AGE: Group comprising original 1964 issues #59-60, 1965 issues #61-67, 1966 issues #80-84, and 1967 issues #86-92; condition variable, generally very good. (21 items) View details Quantity21Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1096 X-MEN - SILVER AGE: Group comprising original 1966 issues #16-26 and 1967 issues #28/29/31; noted Banshee key issue; condition variable, generally very good. (14 items) View details Quantity14Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #1097 MARVEL: Mostly 1960s group comprising "Tales to Astonish" (14), with others including "Iron Man", "Strange Tales", "Guardians of the Galaxy", and "The Eternals"; condition variable, generally very good. (25 items) View details Quantity25Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #1098 IRON MAN: Group of late 1970s/early 1980s issues, mostly newsstand editions; condition variable, generally very good. (24 items) View details Quantity24Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
