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Auction Name	History, Art, Photography, Music and More	Total Sales (AUD)	40,671.75
Auction Date	August 08, 2025 - August 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	50,320.00
Sale Number	#80825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	68,930.00
Total Lots	325
Sold Lots	167	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	113,890.00
% of Lots Sold	51.38%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	157,520.00
Unsold Lots	158	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	25.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
99	George Harrison with illustrations by Keith West.	Songs by George Harrison with illustrations by Keith West.	1987	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,905.00
74	CHANDLER, J.	Forty Years in the Wilderness. A narrative of the experiences of the Lords dealings with an early Colonist, together with some accounts of the first particular Baptist Church in Victoria, Australia	1893	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,651.00
67	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Mr. Churchill in Norway.	1948	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,524.00
89		Four signed pochoir prints by the celebrated Franco-Russian designer Romain de Tirtoff, who used the pseudonym Erte.	1916-1921.	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,397.00
68	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	My African Journey.	1908	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,079.50
217		Cl. v. Henrici Zoesii Amersfortii, in Academia Lovaniensi ... Commentarius in Codicem Justinianeum.	no date c1650s.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,016.00
57	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	My African Journey.	1908	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
100	H.G. Wells	The Time Machine. The Wonderful Visit and Other Stories by H.G. Wells	1924	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 952.50
168	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Great Contemporaries.	1937	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 889.00
58	CHURCHILL, Randolph S. (editor).	Europe Unite. Speeches 1947 and 1948 by Winston S. Churchill.	1950	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
60	EADE, Charles (editor).	Victory. War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill O.M, C.H., M.P. 1945.	1946	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
62	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill, M.P.	Into Battle. War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P.	1941	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
63	EADE, Charles (editor).	Onwards to Victory. War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill C.H., M.P. 1943.	1944	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
169	EADE, Charles (editor).	The End of the Beginning. War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H., M.P. 1942.	1943	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
170	EADE, Charles (editor).	The Dawn of Liberation. War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H., M.P. 1944.	1945	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
212	edited by Michael Cannon..	Historical Records of Victoria Foundation Series	1981-88	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 635.00
75	LYNCH, John M.	Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection: British Responses 1859-1871.	2001	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 539.75
282		Four and Half Shelves of about 80 books. All First Edition Fiction.		AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 539.75
95	Johnstone	Johnstone's Australian Pictures. Comprising reproductions of fifteen of the famous Australian paintings by this eminent artist.	1906	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 508.00
128	by James Bonwick, & William Westgarth	Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip Being a History of the Country Now Called Victoria, Up to the Arrival of Mr Superintendent Latrobe, in October, 1839	1856	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
277		Signed Fiction Four shelves about 70 books.		AUD 700.00 - 900.00	AUD 476.25
81	edited by Del Hoyo, Elliott, Sargatal, Christie.	Handbook of the Birds of the World	1992	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
161	by Vina Delmar	Loose Ladies	1929	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
228	by Thomas Shapcott.	The Art of Charles Blackman	1989	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 381.00
323		A big lot of Comics by DC. Very fine condition. More than 260 issues.		AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 381.00

Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

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

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000