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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 | John B Hattendorf | The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History |
2007 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 198 | John Tebbutt | Results of Meteorological Observations at John Tebbutt's Observatory, 1891-1897; Results of Meteorological Observations at Mr Tebbutt's Observatory, 1898-1915 |
Sydney; Windsor | 1898; 1916 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 199 | Ian Fleming | Octopussy and The Living Daylights |
London | 1966 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 200 | George Mackay | Annals of Bendigo, 1868-1891; Annals of Bendigo, 1851-1867; Annals of Bendigo, 1910-1920 |
1912; 1914; 1926 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | AUD 698.50 | |
| 201 | Francis Dowling | Fistiana; or, The oracle of the ring |
London | 1858 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 202 | Letts's Australasian Diary And Almanac for 1882 |
1882 | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 38.10 | ||
| 203 | Raymond John Howgego | Encyclopedia of Exploration |
Sydney | N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 204 | M H Ellis | Francis Greenway: His Life and Times |
Sydney | 1949 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 205 | A. Alvarez; Charles Blackman | Apparition Poems |
Brisbane | 1971 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 206 | Patrick McCaughey; Lou Klepac; Trevor Andersen; Peter Ross; Cliff Green; Robert Gray; Graeme Sturgeon; Christopher Gentle; Michael Hedger; Eileen Vhnin; Shar Jones; Murray Cree; Neville Drury | 12 Books, including: Tom Bass |
2006; 1984; 1987; 1983; 1999; 1981; 1988; 1995; 1990; 1990s; 2000 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 207 | Edward Dyson | The Escapades of Ann |
1919 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 208 | Nicholas Carter | Death In Life; Or, A Weird Crime |
1916 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 209 | K.J. Kenafick | Maurice Blackburn and The No-Conscription Campaign in The Second World War |
Melbourne | 1949 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 210 | Joyce Purtscher | Apprentices and Absconders - From Queen's Orphanage Hobart Town 1860-1883; The Sick & Poor In Tasmania 1870 - Persons in Receipt of Public Aid |
1994 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 211 | Evelyn Conyers; W.M. Fleming | Babes in the Bush and other verses; Bunyip Says So - A Tale of the Australian Bush |
1927 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 212 | George F. Ward | Victorian Land Forces 1853-1883 |
1989 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 50.80 | |
| 213 | Mrs Arthur Streeton; L.L. Politzer | AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA |
1943 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 214 | Charles Fener | 5 Items, including: The Craters and Lakes of Mount Gambier South Australia |
1921; 1956; 1938-9; 1954 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 215 | Havana Pilot Plan General Guidelines |
1959 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 101.60 | ||
| 216 | John William Lewin; Allen McEvey | A Natural History of The Birds of New South Wales |
1978 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 217 | S. S. Jacob | Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details |
1890 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 218 | Viola Tait; David Wilmore; Michael Tallis; Joan Tallis; Phil Wright; Franco Zeffirelli | 7 Books, including: A Family of Brothers |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 219 | Anja Grebe; Barbara Furlotti | 4 Books, including: The Vatican - All The Paintings |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 220 | Charissa Bremer-David; Shelley M. Bennett; Carolyn Sargentson | Paris - Life & Luxury in the Eighteenth Century; French Art of the Eighteenth Century at the Huntington |
2011; 2008 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 221 | Paris Style - The Private Apartments of Paris; The Camondo Legacy - The Passions of a Paris Collector; Le Mobilier Du Musee Missim De Camondo |
1988; 2008; 2012 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | 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.