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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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.