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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Finely bound books, Maps, Posters, and Ephemera
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Finely bound books, Maps, Posters, and Ephemera | Total Sales (AUD) | 40,944.80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 14, 2026 - June 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 48,355.00 |
| Sale Number | #61426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 67,480.00 |
| Total Lots | 324 | ||
| Sold Lots | 197.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 95,095.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 60.80% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 132,120.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 127 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 30.99% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Victoria Racing Club Spring Meeting 1902 Cup Day Official Programme |
1902 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 3,302.00 | |
| 73 | The Art Journal |
1862-1879 | AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 2,540.00 | |
| 103 | Owen William Fitzwilliam | Africa. Sheet V From Cape Correntes to Juba Islands |
1828 | AUD 300.00 - 450.00 | AUD 2,032.00 |
| 174 | Encyclopaedia Britannica |
1875 | AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,524.00 | |
| 33 | Illuminated Presentation |
1885 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 762.00 | |
| 3 | Angas George French | South Australia Illustrated |
1967 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 22 | Brownrigg | The Cruise of the Freak |
1872 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 26 | Carter John | Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting Now Remaining in England |
1838 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 51 | Pugin Avgvstvs Welby | Ornaments of the XVth & XVIth centuries |
1836 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 253 | Blair David | The History of Australasia |
1878 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 266 | Black J. M. | Flora of South Australia |
1943-1957 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 74 | Audubon John James | The Birds of America |
1972 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 9 | Renne John | The Theory, Formation and Construction of British and Foreign Harbours |
1854 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 34 | Jones Owen | One Thousand and One Initial Letters |
1864 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 50 | Foxe John | The Book of Martyrs |
1873 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 72 | Conditional Pardon |
1835 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 444.50 | |
| 56 | Misti-Mifliez Ferdinand | La critique |
1900 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 130 | Ross Malcolm | A Climber in New Zealand |
1914 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 175 | Willingham Allan | Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study |
1986 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 39 | Berndt Ronald M; Edwards Robert | 3 Books, including: Kunapipi |
1951; 1979; 1934 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 19 | Brodsky Isadore; Parker K Langloh; Gardner; McConvell; Kenyon Justine; Kerin Rani; Egloff; Dewar Mickey; Bauma; Glick | 11 Books, including: Bennelong Profile |
1973; 1898; 2015; 1951; 1992; 2011; 2005; 1992; 1908-1940; 2912; 1996 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 31 | Drigon de Magny Claude | Nouveau traite historique et archeologique de la vraie et parfaite science des armoiries |
1856 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 153 | Morgan John | The Sydney Harbour Bridge Souvenir Cookery Book |
[1932] | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 166 | Guide to the City of Sydney and Pleasure Resorts of New South Wales |
circa 1939 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 285 | Conrad Joseph | Nostromo: A tale of the seaboard |
1904 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000