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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | Christian Baulez | Versailles, deux siecles d'histoire de l'art; Visiteurs de Versailles - Voyageurs, Princes, Ambassadeurs 1682-1789 |
2007; 2017 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 223 | Alexandre Pradere | Charles Cressent - Sculpteur, ebeniste de Regent |
2003 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 224 | Daniel Alcouffe | Le mobilier francais du Musee Jacquemart-Andre (Paris) |
2006 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 225 | Alexandre Pradere | French Furniture Makers - The Art of The Ebenist from Louis XIV to the Revolution |
1989 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 226 | Susanna Evans; Alan Sharpe; Helen Rutledge; Balwant Saini | 5 Books, including: Historic Sydney as seen by its Early Artists |
1983 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 227 | 7 Books, including: Ridge to Ridge - Recollections form Woodridge to Park Ridge |
2015; 2016 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 228 | Tom McCluskie | 4 Books, including: Anatomy of the Titanic |
N/A | AUD 60.00 - 80.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 229 | Agatha Christie | A Caribbean Mystery |
London | 1964 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 230 | Agatha Christie | At Bertram's Hotel |
London | 1965 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 231 | Agatha Christie | After the Funeral |
Sydney | 1953 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 232 | Agatha Christie | Endless Night |
London | 1967 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 233 | William H Rands; Water Cameron; Robert Logan Jack; Benjamin Dunstan | 10 Items, including: Eidsvold Gold Fields |
circa 1900 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 1,905.00 | |
| 235 | Peter Carey | 4 Books, including: True History of the Kelly Gang |
1981; 2000; 2003; 2006 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 236 | Rosalind Hollinrake; Jock Marshall; Russell Drysdale; Eileen Chanin; Steven Miller; Renee Free | 6 Books, including: Clarice Beckett The Artist and Her Circle |
1962; 1979; 1995; 1996; 1997; 2021 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 237 | Elizabeth Butel; Ashleigh Wilson; Ashley Crawford; Janine Burke; Dr Joseph Brown | 12 Books, including: Fred Williams Infinite Horizons |
1983; 2000; 2002; 2008; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2016 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 238 | Tim Fischer | Drawings of Ian Fairweather; The Drawings of Ian Fairweather |
1997 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 239 | Frank Hinder | Frank Hinder Lithographs |
1978 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 114.30 | |
| 240 | Leon Deshairs | Klein-Trianon: Baustil, Ausschmuckung, Einrichtung |
Stuttgart | N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 241 | La Natura Morta in Italia |
1989 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 243 | Edouard Garnier | 13 Books, including: The soft porcelain of Sevres |
1889; 1984 | AUD 100.00 - 130.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 244 | Sarah Medlam | The Bettine Lady Abingdon Collection; European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum; Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collections |
London; New York | 1992; 1996 | AUD 80.00 - 100.00 | AUD 50.80 |
| 245 | F. J. B. Watson; Ivor Gurney; Norman Carr | Waddesdon Through the ages; Waddesdon The Manor The Collections |
1959; 2004 | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 246 | 4 Books, including: la villa Ephrussi de Rothschild |
1999; 2007 | AUD 130.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 247 | 17 PHOTO ALBUMS WITH CONTENTS |
c.2003 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 249 | Three Photos of Rockhampton |
1900s; c. 1930s; 1950s | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | 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.