Sydney Rare Book Auctions: An Eclectic Collection: Books, Prints, Maps, Ephemera, History Art Science
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | An Eclectic Collection: Books, Prints, Maps, Ephemera, History Art Science | Total Sales (AUD) | 34,436.05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 09, 2026 - August 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 37,605.00 |
| Sale Number | #A194 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 56,330.00 |
| Total Lots | 336 | ||
| Sold Lots | 169.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 95,335.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 136,020.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 167 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 25.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Hunter John | An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson And Norfolk Island |
1792 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 2,032.00 |
| 14 | Hobart Town Gazette; Colonial Times |
1825 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 2,032.00 | |
| 98 | Cocks S; Scobie James W | Kiama and Shoalhaven |
circa 1890s | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 124 | Latham John | 64 Hand Coloured Birds Plates |
1781 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 20 | Macquarrie Hector | Little Wheels : The Record Of A Trip Across Australia In A Baby Austin |
1935 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 212 | Sturt Charles | Two Expeditions into Southern Australia |
1833 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 297 | Sydney Mail |
1914-1919 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 889.00 | |
| 19 | Burns Robert | The Poetical Works of Robert Burns |
1832 | AUD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 301 | North Alfred J. | Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania |
1904-1914 | AUD 700.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 7 | Views of New South Wales |
1885 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 762.00 | |
| 228 | Tinsdale Norman B | Aboriginal Tribes of Australia |
1974 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 18 | Layard Austen Henry | Nineveh and Its Remains |
1849 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 28 | Proposed Expedition In Search of Dr Leichhardt |
1857 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 25 | Idriess Ion | Across the Nullarbor |
1951 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 159 | Joyce James | Finnegans Wake |
2014 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 92 | Select views of London and its environs |
1804-1805 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 444.50 | |
| 186 | Broken Bay |
1952; 1960 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 9 | Gurner Henry Field | Chronicle of Port Phillip now the Colony of Victoria |
1876 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 12 | Knopwood Robert | The Diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood 1803-1838 |
N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 2 | Kinghorn James Roy | The Snakes of Australia |
1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 3 | Mitford Eustace Reverley | Pasquin Pastoral, Mineral and Agricultural Advocate |
1882 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 15 | Welsby Thomas | The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby |
1967 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 79 | Report of the Minister of State For Defence on the Military Occupation of the German New Guinea Possessions |
1922 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 196 | Whitcombe George Hawkes; McLaren Ian F | The Whitcombe's Story Books |
1888 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 308 | Hardy Thomas; Kafka Franz; Chekhov Anton; Trollope Anthony; Greene Graham; Kalidasa; Turgenev Ivan; Ishiguro Kazuo; Meyrink Gustav | N Books, including: The Woodlanders; The Castle; The Shooting Party; John Caldigate; Travels with My Aunt; Sakuntala; First Love; The Remains of the Day |
1997; 2011; 2006; 1995; 2004; 1992; 2011; 2007; 2010 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 317.50 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
