Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Moments in History: Maps, Photographs, Art, Costumes and Books, A184, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
172

The Brenthurst Archives 1994 & 1995 Footnotes to History

Johannesburg 1994; 1995 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
173 Rebecca Shaw; Guilleme-Brulon; Charles Nicholas

4 Books, including: Presence. Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain from a Private Collection

N/A AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
174

Motor Vehicles

N/A AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
175 Roald Dahl; Hal Porter; Andre Gide

Paperbacks

N/A AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
176 James Gleeson

Robert Klippel

Sydney 1983 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
177 Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston's Monotypes

Sydney N/A AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
178 Cressida Campbell

Cressida Campbell

Brisbane 2022 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
179 John Hunt

Ascent of Everest

1953 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
180 Barry Humphries; Paul Keating; Monash

Australiana

N/A AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
181

Books on Asia

N/A AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
182 Agatha Christie

Dead Man's Folly

London 1956 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
183 Agatha Christie

They Do It With Mirrors

London 1952 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
184 Agatha Christie

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

London 1962 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
185 Agatha Christie

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

London 1968 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
186 Agatha Christie

Ordeal by Innocence

London 1958 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
187 Agatha Christie

Passenger to Frankfurt

London 1979 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
188 Agatha Christie

The Moving Finger

Sydney 1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
189 Agatha Christie

A Pocket Full of Rye

London 1953 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
190 Agatha Christie

Elephants Can Remember

1972 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
191 David Marr

Patrick White: A Life

1991 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
192

AVIATION

N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
193

AUSTRALIAN MARITIME HISTORY

N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
194

S.Y. ENA HARTOGEN ENERGY MARITIME PROJECT.

1988 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
195 Ludwig Beck; Sidney Nolan

AUSTRALIAN ART

N/A AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
196 Obama; Robert Hughes; Toffler; Ishiguro; Janet Frame

QUALITY PAPERBACKS

N/A AUD 300.00 - 400.00 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.