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

Page Size: 316 items in 13 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
90	James Cook	Carte d'une partie de la Mer du Sud	Paris	1774	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 203.20
91	Jan Jansson	Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Cogniti Typus Geographicus	Amsterdam	1650	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 508.00
92	W. Dawes; Hunter	Sketch of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, in the County of Cumberland, New South Wales	London	1789	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 635.00
93	John Marshall	A Chart of the Track of the Scarborough	London	1789	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
94	Thomas George Shortland	A Chart of the Track of the Alexander	London	1789	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
95	John Hunter	Plan of Port Jackson New South Wales	London	1789	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 285.75
96	James Cook	Carte du Detroit de Cook dans la Nle Zelande; Riviere Tamise et Baye Mercure a la Nle Zelande	Paris	1774	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
97	James Cook	Carte d'une Partie de la Cote de la Nle Galles Meridle	Paris	1774	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
98		Pro Licentiatu Medico	France	1760-1774	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
99	Nicholas Vallard	The First Map of Australia from Nicholas Vallard’s Atlas 1547	Middle Hill	1856	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 476.25
100	JW Mackail; William Morris	The Life of William Morris; Collected Works of William Morris		1916; 1920	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
101		Japanese: Complete Series of World Fine Art of the World		1928	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
102	Arthur Rackham	Aesop's Fables	London	1912	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
103	Edward Lear; Leslie Brooke	Nonsense Songs	London	circa 1910	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
104	Urquhart Frederick; Nicolson Harold	W.S.C. A Cartoon Biography	London	1955	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 127.00
105	Boutet de Monvel	Jeanne d'Arc	Paris	circa 1896	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 177.80
106	Jonathan Swift	Travels Into Several Remote Nations of The World	London	1886	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
107	Ernest Seton-Thompson	The Trail of the Sandhill Stag	New York	1900	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
108		12 Books, including: Alice in Wonderland		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
109	Steinberg	Australia: The Promised Land; Jewish Settlement in the Kimberleys		1948; circa 1940	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
110	David Horton; Charles Mountford	The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History, Society and Culture; The Aborigines and their Country		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
111		7 Books, including: Arthur Boyd		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
112	Greg Barrett	Tutu; Gundagai Album: Early Photographs of Australia Country Town		1999; 1976	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
113	De Boer; Mortimer Dunn	8 Books, including: 100 Years of Fashion Illustration		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
114	Mark Blackburn	Hawaiiana: The Best of Hawaiian Design		2001	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’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. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’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. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’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. $10,000/15,000

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000

Freeman’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. $40,000/60,000

Freeman’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. $60,000/80,000

Freeman’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. $100,000/200,000

Freeman’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 June

Sotheby’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.