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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | Proceedings of the Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress |
1926 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | ||
| 55 | Guy Francis Laking | Sevres Porcelain of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle |
1907 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 56 | G C Wittstein | The Organic Constituents of Plants and Vegetable Substances and Their Chemical Analysis |
Melbourne | 1878 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 57 | Hermann Muller | The Fertilisation of Flowers |
1883 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 58 | Spectrum Analysis In Its Application To Terrestrial Substances, And The Physical Constitution Of The Heavenly Bodies. Familiarly Explained. |
London | 1872 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 59 | George Brackenbury | The Campaign in The Crimea: An Historical Sketch |
1855 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 698.50 | |
| 60 | C G Hippolyte de Chavannes de la Giraudiere; Cesarie Farrenc | Histoires instructives pour les enfants; Recits et anecdotes de chasse; Lazare ou le petit Matelot |
Tours | 1851;1852;1853 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 61 | The Juvenile Scrap-Book |
1838;1847;1850 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 203.20 | ||
| 62 | Byron | The Illustrated Byron |
c1860 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 63 | F O Morris | The Ancestral Homes of Britain; Containing Examples of Its Noblest Castles, Halls, and mansions. |
1868 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 64 | J G Lockhart | Ancient Spanish Ballads; Historical and Romantic |
1856 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 65 | Andrew Wilson | The Royal Natural History. Being A Systematic Arrangement of Descriptive Zoology, From Man To The Lowest Forms. |
c1890 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 76 | Rietveld; Boom; Melville van Carnbee; F Junghuhn; J Richards | Chart of Java and Sumatra Strait of Sundra |
1862 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 77 | Freycinet | Plan du Port Jackson (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud d'apres le Capitaine John Hunter); Plan du Comte de Cumberland (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud) |
c1811 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 571.50 | |
| 78 | Mathew Nolloth | Gulf of Bengal River Salween |
1845 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 79 | W Fell | Indian Ocean Tanasserim Coast Maulmain River |
1849 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 80 | Laws; Ross; EP Halsted | Gulf of Bengal Chittagong, Kyouk Phou, Ramee |
1841 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 81 | Brucks; Cogan | Persian Gulf Port of Bushire and the Island of Karak |
1838 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 83 | John Richards | China Sea. Gulf of Siam |
1858 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 84 | Late Medieval Manuscript Leaf |
France | about 1490 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 85 | Late Medieval Manuscript Leaf |
Europe | mid-15th century | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 86 | MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS 13TH - 15TH CENTURY. |
Europe | 13th to 15th century | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 87 | MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS 13TH - 14TH CENTURY |
Europe | about 1250-1350 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 88 | Byron; Wallis; Carteret | Carte Du Detroit de Magellan |
Paris | 1774 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 89 | James Cook | Carte de la Nle Galles Meridle ou de la Cote Orientale de la Nle Hollande |
Paris | 1774 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 228.60 |
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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.