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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Ion Idriess Archive

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Ion Idriess Archive	Total Sales (AUD)	17,335.50
Auction Date	November 17, 2024 - November 17, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	12,250.00
Sale Number	#A134	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	14,960.00
Total Lots	164
Sold Lots	44	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	75,670.00
% of Lots Sold	26.83%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	92,185.00
Unsold Lots	120	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	18.81%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
14	TYPED MANUSCRIPT OF LIGHTNING RIDGE (1940).		AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00	AUD 3,810.00
93	RESEARCH MATERIALS FOR LIGHTNING RIDGE (1940).	1940	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 2,540.00
117	NEW SOUTH WALES MINER'S RIGHT, ISSUED TO IDRIESS IN FEBRUARY 1919.	1919	AUD 425.00 - 500.00	AUD 1,270.00
165	LETTER FROM IDRIESS TO JIM MOODY, A.I.F. RE HORRIE THE WOG DOG (1945). LETTER IS FROM 1943.	1945, 1943	AUD 750.00 - 900.00	AUD 762.00
72	MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS ON PROSPECTING, CIRCA 1960.	CIRCA 1960	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 571.50
34	COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS RELATING TO LASSETER'S GOLD REEF, MOSTLY 1933-1934.	1933-1934.	AUD 450.00 - 550.00	AUD 444.50
53	UNRECORDED POEM TITLED 'RHYMES OF RACING ROGUES BY ION L. IDRIESS', CIRCA 1941.	1941	AUD 90.00 - 110.00	AUD 444.50
13	NINE LETTERS RELATING TO IDRIESS' BOOK ON NEW GUINEA, TITLED GOLD DUST AND ASHES (1933).		AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
22	ORIGINAL DESIGN BY IDRIESS FOR FRONT COVER OF OPALS & SAPPHIRES 1967.	1967	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	AUD 381.00
71	FOUR CONTRACTS BETWEEN ANGUS & ROBERTSON AND ION IDRIESS, 1932-1964.	1932-1964.	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
73	CHINESE PEARLER AT BROOME, STORY DATED 1935.	1935	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 381.00
106	LETTER TO IDRIESS FROM JAMES SCULLIN, 1937.	1937	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
114	CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING MENTAL TELEPATHY IN THE TORRES STRAIT, 1943.	1943	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
157	SHARK STORY FOR PUBLICATION IN A SOUTH AFRICAN NEWSPAPER, 1936.	1936	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
153	STORY TITLED IN PREHISTORIC AUSTRALIA, CIRCA 1935.	1935	AUD 300.00 - 350.00	AUD 349.25
138	ARTICLE WRITTEN FOR THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 1964.	1964	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 285.75
168	LETTER FROM QUEENSLAND PROSPECTOR HERB PETERSEN, 1939.	1939	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
57	EARLY POPULAR ARTICLES BY IDRIESS, MOSTLY BRISBANE MAIL AND DATED 1926-1929.	1926-1929.	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	AUD 241.30
129	THURSDAY ISLAND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1945.	1945	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 241.30
94	SHORT STORY ABOUT MINERAL DISCOVERY IN NEW GUINEA, 1932.	1932	AUD 225.00 - 275.00	AUD 228.60
84	LETTER FROM A FIRST WORLD WAR VETERAN, 1938.	1938	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 203.20
145	LETTER CONCERNING LASSETER AND THE ABORIGINES, 1950.	1950	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 190.50
32	NOTES AND CLIPPINGS ON SHEARING AND PIONEERING, CIRCA 1960.	1960	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	AUD 177.80
41	DRAFT AMERICAN NEWSPAPER REVIEW OF LASSETER'S LAST RIDE (1931).		AUD 180.00 - 225.00	AUD 177.80
121	PROSPECTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A COPPER RESERVE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1949.	1949	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	AUD 177.80

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD