Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Moments in History: Maps, Photographs, Art, Costumes and Books, A184, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | 8 Books, including: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Inaugural Benevolent Fund Concert |
1947; 1946; 1955; 1960 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 303 | The Old VIC Theatre Company - A Tour of Australia and New Zealand; Tivoli Theatre; Photographic Souvenir Ballet Rambert - Tour of Australia and New |
1948; 1947-1948 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 304 | Douglas Stewart | Ned Kelly |
1946 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 305 | P.D. James | The Black Tower |
1975 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 306 | P.G. Wodehouse | Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves |
1963 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 307 | John Fowles; John le Carre | The Collector; Smiley's People |
1963; 1979 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 308 | T. Archer; Murdoch Wales | Recollections of a Rambling Life |
1988 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 309 | William Golding; Bernard S. Oldsey | 4 Books, including: Close Quarters |
1987; 1980; 1989; 1965 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 310 | Swebach; Bovinet | Battle of Waterloo; Entry of the French forces in Berlin; English landing in Holland |
circa 1820 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 311 | George Edwards (1694-1773); Johann Michael Seligmann | 4 Books, including: A Natural History of Uncommon Birds |
circa 1790 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 312 | John Thomson | Map of the Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
1817 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 313 | Philip-Stephan Photo-Litho and Typographic Process Co | 7 Books, including: Scene on the Erskine River Victoria |
Sydney | c1880s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 314 | Map of South America |
c1842 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 50.80 | ||
| 315 | John Bartholomew | Map of New Zealand |
c1950 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 316 | World Map on Mercator's Projection |
c1890 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 317 | A. Brue | Carte particuliere de la Polynesie, (partie de l'Oceanie) |
Paris | 1826; 1827; 1828 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 318 | AK Johnston | Van Dieman's Land or Tasmania |
circa 1849 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 319 | Emmanuel Bowen | A New and Accurate Map of France and its Acquisitions |
circa 1740 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 320 | John Speed (c. 1551-1629) | France revised and augmented, the attires of the French and situations of their chiefest cityes; Holy Island |
c. 1626; c. 1610 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 321 | George Frederick Cruchley | Western Hemisphere |
1841 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 322 | World Map on Mercator's Projection |
c1890 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 323 | 15 Maps, including: Pernambuco To Maceio |
London | 1836; 1843; 1850; 1857-59; 1861; 1862; 1864; 1867; 1870; 1872; 1873; 1881; 1882; 1885; 1888 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 324 | Robert H. Schomburgk | 5 Maps, including: Manga Reva Islands |
London | 1837; 1884 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 325 | W. Kaye Lamb | The Voyage of George Vancouver 1791-1795 |
1984 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 326 | W. Osborne Lilley | Bound For Australia On Board The Orient: A Passenger's Log |
1885 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.