Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books and Ephemera
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Ephemera | Total Sales (AUD) | 30,327.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 16, 2026 - August 16, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 38,340.00 |
| Sale Number | #A197 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 55,680.00 |
| Total Lots | 349 | ||
| Sold Lots | 175.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 97,720.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.14% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 141,170.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 174 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 21.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Stoliczka Ferdinand 1838-1874 | Scientific results of the Second Yarkand Mission |
1878-1891 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,778.00 |
| 4 | Chisholm Caroline | Emigration And Transportation Relatively Considered |
1847 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,300.00 | AUD 1,397.00 |
| 3 | New South Wales Emigration - Colonization |
1848 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 952.50 | |
| 241 | Lovecraft Howard Phillips | The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath |
1955 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 1 | Handasyde Stewart | Album of Melbourne Cup Winners 1861 - 98 |
1861-98 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 99 | The Emigrant In His New Home; The Emigrants Voyage; The Emigrant's Call |
c. 1882 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 236 | Famous Fantastic Mysteries |
1939-1953 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 8 | Wilcocks James B | Emigration Its Necessity and Advantages |
1840 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 9 | Emigration Map of Auckland Wellington Etc. |
N/A | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 37 | Hannaford S | Wild flowers of Tasmania |
1866 | AUD 180.00 - 260.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 95 | Hume Fergus | The Man With A Secret |
1890 | AUD 750.00 - 900.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 265 | Rankin Ian | N Books, including: The Hanging Garden |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 227 | Clarke Arthur C | Prelude to Space |
1954; 1953 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 187 | Back to Goldfields month |
1938 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 264 | Rankin Ian | N Books, including: The Hanging Garden |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 71 | Euripides; Murray Gilbert; Maynard Robert Ashwin; Bray Horace Walter | The Plays of Euripides |
1931 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 92 | Victorian Naturalist |
1884-1932 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 13 | Mueller Ferdinand | Plants indigenous to the colony of Victoria |
1860-1865 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 48 | Brough Robert B | The Life of John Flagstaff |
1858 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 85 | Herman H; Howitt A. M.; Whitelaw H. S.; Mahony D.J.; Tattam C. M. | N Books, including: Records of The Geological Survey of Victoria |
1921-1937 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 44 | Parkes Henry | Speech of the Honorable Sir Henry Parkes on Immigration |
1881 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 87 | Knight | Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia, Melbourne 1866-67 |
1867 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 143 | Bass George | Journal of Whaleboat Voyage |
c1980s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 148 | Settlement at Port Phillip 1835 |
1983 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 86 | Dunn E.J.; Mahony D.J.; Kitson A. E.; Whitelaw H.S. | N Books, including: Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Victoria |
1910-1918 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
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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. -
