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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Moments in History: Maps, Photographs, Art, Costumes and Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Moments in History: Maps, Photographs, Art, Costumes and Books | Total Sales (AUD) | 42,164.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 43,670.00 |
| Sale Number | #A184 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 62,040.00 |
| Total Lots | 316 | ||
| Sold Lots | 149.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 101,330.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 47.15% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 141,020.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 167 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.90% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | Ian Fleming | Casino Royale |
1957 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 2,286.00 |
| 11 | Frederick McCoy | Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of all Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals |
1885-1890 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | AUD 1,905.00 |
| 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 |
| 125 | Ellis Rowan | A Flower-Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand |
1898 | AUD 150.00 - 180.00 | AUD 1,778.00 |
| 38 | Turnbull Lieutenant M. J. | The Cornet’s Assistant |
1848 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,651.00 |
| 126 | Mrs Aeneas Gunn | We of the Never Never |
1908 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,651.00 |
| 137 | Ian Fleming | Goldfinger |
1959 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,079.50 |
| 328 | E.M. Suzyumov | A Life Given to the Antarctic - Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer |
1968 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 32 | EARLY INDIAN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS |
circa 1910-1920; circa 1930 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 952.50 | |
| 135 | Ian Fleming | On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
1963 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 140 | Ian Fleming | Dr No |
1958 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 59 | George Brackenbury | The Campaign in The Crimea: An Historical Sketch |
1855 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 138 | Ian Fleming | Thunderball |
1961 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 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 |
| 92 | W. Dawes; Hunter | Sketch of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, in the County of Cumberland, New South Wales |
1789 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 77 | Freycinet | Plan du Port Jackson (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud d'apres le Capitaine John Hunter); Plan du Comte de Cumberland (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud) |
c1811 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 16 | J. O Westwood | Illuminated illustrations of the Bible |
1846 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 91 | Jan Jansson | Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Cogniti Typus Geographicus |
1650 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 139 | Ian Fleming | The Spy Who Loved Me |
1962 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 336 | Henry Y.L. Brown | A record of The Mines of South Australia |
1890 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 46 | Audubon John James | The Birds of America. A selection of plates facsimile |
1972 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 99 | Nicholas Vallard | The First Map of Australia from Nicholas Vallard’s Atlas 1547 |
1856 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 144 | Chas G Gibson | Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 31: Part 1: Bonnievale and Kunanaling Districts; Part 11: The Black Range District, East Murchison Goldfield |
1908 | AUD 750.00 - 1,250.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 166 | Thibaut Wolvesperges | Le Meuble Francais en Laque au XVIII Siecle |
2000 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 14 | Frederick Ross | The Ruined Abbeys of Britain |
1882 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 |
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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 83 – Westall & Owen. Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, 1st edition, 1828. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 88 – Blume. Rumphia, Botanicae de plantis Indiae Orientalis, 1835-1848. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 101 – Michaux. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1810-1812. £700-1,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 102 – Miller & Shaw. Cimelia Physica, 1796 [but c. 1816]. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 104 – Parkinson. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 159 – Plancius. Orbis Terrarum..., double hemisphere map, 1594-99. £5,000-8,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 217 – Illuminated Medieval Manuscript. From a Breviary, 14th/15th c. £3,000-4,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 224 – The newe Testament … By Wylliam Tyndall…, 1549. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 238 – Douay-Rheims Bible. 3 volumes, 1582/1609/1610. £7,000-10,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 336 – Ashendene Press. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 1903. £1,000-1,500.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 393 – Sassoon. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, signed limited edition, 1931. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 402 – Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems, 1st edition in d.j., 1936. £400-600. -
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Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: Timberlake, Henry: A DRAUGHT OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY on the West Side of the Twenty Four Mountains, Commonly Called "Over the Hills". $18,000 to $22,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Manuscript orderly book detailing day to day activities of multiple Virginia regiments in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary,1776-1777. $7,000 to $8,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper, Random House, New York, 1965. Signed 1st Edition. $3,800 to $4,200.Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed. $1,800 to $2,200.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book. $1,400 to $1,800.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA. $800 to $1,200.Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio. $800 to $1,200.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare 1931 TN Grasslands Steeplechase Book, Gallatin. $800 to $1,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers. $700 to $800.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: 2 World War I Posters, “Our Colored Fighters” and “No Slacker”. $800 to $1,000.