Sydney Rare Book Auctions: History, Art, Photography, Music and More, 80825, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 08, 2025 - August 08, 2025

Page Size: 325 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Two books on Aboriginal Art in the Kimberleys - both signed		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
27	Three books on the Art of Vanuatu		AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 152.40
28	Two books on Art in the Papua Gulf		AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 203.20
29	A little bindle of books on Aboriginal art and collecting.		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
30	Seven books on Oceanic Art		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
31	Three books Asmat - Wood Carving in Papua New Guinea		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
32	A small collection of books on Sepik Art.		AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
33	A little bundle of books on Shells.		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
34	Four books about the Aboriginal Art in many forms mostly from the Desert		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
35	Two shelves of Australiana. Art, History and a little fiction.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
36	Two shelves of Good Fiction and Philosophy.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 241.30
37	Four Art books		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
38	A little bundle of books on Gems Rocks and Silver		AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
39	Three books on Oceanic Art.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
40	A collection of The World of Tribal Arts/ Le Monde de l'Art Tribal Magazine	1994-2002.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
41	6 issues of the Five Bells Poetry Magazine.	2007, 2008	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
42	Two books on the Gods, Mythology in the Pacific.		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
43	Two books on Primitive Art.		AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
44	Three books showing Pacific Art Collections.		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
45	A little bundle of books on Natural History in Papua New Guinea.		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
46	Aboriginal Culture		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47	A collection of Papua New Guinea Experiences		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
48	A collection of photography in Papua.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
49	Two books on western Art in New Guinea		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
50	A wonderful collection of Songs, Sounds and Language in Papuan New Guinea and Surrounds.		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90

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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.