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Michael Treloar: Auction of Maps, Autographs, and Space Memorabilia

Auction Reports

Auction Name Auction of Maps, Autographs, and Space Memorabilia Total Sales (AUD) 80,612.50
Auction Date August 31, 2025 - August 31, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 52,150.00
Sale Number #83125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 76,350.00
Total Lots 156
Sold Lots 109 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 93,500.00
% of Lots Sold 69.87% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 131,400.00
Unsold Lots 47 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
143

Apollo 11 cover signed by crew Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins

AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 6,875.00
142

Apollo 11 cover signed by crew Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins

AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 3,500.00
13 FORD, Henry

Henry Ford signed portrait

AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 3,250.00
135 TROMPF, Percy

Western Australia. Travel poster by Percy Trompf (1930s)

1930s. AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 3,250.00
8 CHURCHILL, Sir Winston

Signed photograph of Sir Winston Churchill

AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 3,000.00
76 SDAWES, William

Dawes: Sketch of Sydney Cove (1789)

1789 AUD 900.00 - 1,100.00 AUD 2,125.00
42 ZATTA, Antonio

Zatta: Nuove Scoperte (1776)

1776 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 2,000.00
138 MacGILLIVRAY, John

MacGillivray: Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake (1852)

1852 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,000.00
10 DICKENS, Charles

Signature of Charles Dickens on the final portion of an autograph letter to actor Drinkwater Meadows

AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 1,500.00
43 [ANDREWS, John]

New Holland & the Adjacent Islands (1799)

1799 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 1,500.00
6 British Royalty CHARLES, Prince of Wales and DIANA, Princess of Wales

Card signed by King Charles III (as Prince of Wales) and Princess Diana

1981 AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 1,375.00
124 STOKES, Commander John Lort

Admiralty Chart of Western Australia (1845)

1845 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,250.00
132 John Power Studios

Wonder Map of Melbourne (1934)

1934 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 1,250.00
1

Cover signed by Muhammad Ali, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Alan Shepard and others

2017 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 1,187.50
109

Hondius: Terra Australis Incognita [Polus Antarcticus] (circa 1650s)

1641 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 1,187.50
46 GILL, MacDonald

MacDonald Gill: Australia (1942)

1942 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,125.00
64 LODGE, John Jr.

[Cook] A New and Accurate Chart of the Discoveries of Capn. Cook (1797)

circa 1797. AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 1,125.00
104

Duval: Amerique Meridionale (1684)

1679 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,062.50
136 TROMPF, Percy

Australia in the Sun. Travel poster by Percy Trompf (1930s)

1930s. AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,062.50
2 BELL, Alexander Graham

Typed letter signed by Alexander Graham Bell

1917 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,000.00
15 GATES, Bill (William Henry GATES III, )

Bill Gates signed photograph

AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,000.00
35 ORTELIUS, Abraham

Ortelius: Asiae Nova Descriptio (circa 1574)

circa 1574. AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,000.00
116 [SPEED, John]

Speed: Britain as it was Devided in the Tyme of the Englishe-Saxons (1676)

1676 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,000.00
51 SWOBODA, Franz and Martin HARTL

Swoboda: Generalcharte von Australien (1805)

1805 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 937.50
125 [MAGELLAN, Ferdinand] SCHERER, Heinrich

Scherer: Repraesentatio Geographica (1702) showing Magellan's circumnavigation

circa 1702. AUD 700.00 - 900.00 AUD 937.50
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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
  • 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.
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    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.