Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Book Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Book Auction | Total Sales (AUD) | 57,277.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | September 06, 2026 - September 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 65,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #199A | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 92,140.00 |
| Total Lots | 330 | ||
| Sold Lots | 201.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 149,820.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 60.91% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 205,015.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 129 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 27.94% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Darwin Charles; Fitzroy Robert; King Philip Parker | Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle; Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History |
1839 | AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | AUD 10,795.00 |
| 6 | Curtis William | Curtis Botanical Magazine |
1787-1811 | AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | AUD 8,890.00 |
| 98 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 3,810.00 | |
| 13 | Rowling JK | 3 Books, including: The Philosopher's Stone |
1997; 1998; 1999 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,778.00 |
| 33 | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London |
1857-1878 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,778.00 | |
| 2 | Freud Sigmund | The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud |
1953-1974 | AUD 1,600.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 223 | The Western Australian Goldfields- Mining Record for 1898 |
1898 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 952.50 | |
| 251 | Flora Brasiliensis sive enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum |
1858 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 889.00 | |
| 21 | Whiteley Brett | Zoo |
1979 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 24 | Waller Christian (1894-1954) | The Great Breath: A Book of Seven Designs |
1978 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 20 | Driscoll Michael; Whiteley Brett | Native Rose |
1986 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 101 | Gill Samuel Thomas | Lithographic Sketches Around Sydney |
1985 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 34 | Smyth C Piazzi | Madeira spectroscopic |
1882 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 135 | Lawry Walter | Friendly and Feejee Islands |
1850 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 12 | Boswell James | The Life of Samuel Johnson |
1793 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 49 | Hume Fergus | Madame Midas; A Rose In Thorns |
1888 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 14 | Bibliography of Captain James Cook |
1928 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 29 | Smart Jeffrey | Jeffrey Smart |
1983 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 71 | O'Dowd Bernard | The Australasian Secular Association Lyceum Tutor |
1888 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 248 | Lewin John William | A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales |
1978 | AUD 160.00 - 200.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 72 | Campbell John; Wilkes William | The Early Settlement of Queensland; The Raid of the Aborigines |
1936 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 94 | Cooke; Lockyer; Henslow; Bernstein; Lubbock; Rood; Poulton; Hartmann | 10 Books, including: Introduction to Fresh-Water Algae |
1890; 1878; 1888; 1876; 1882; 1889; 1883; 1890; 1885 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 162 | Johns W E | 5 Books, including: The Rescue Flight |
1938-1951 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 250 | Cook | Voyages of the Pacific - Plates and Charts |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 219 | Schilder;Hardy;Frost;Marchant;Hilder | 9 Books, including: Australia Unveiled |
N/A | AUD 220.00 - 280.00 | AUD 285.75 |
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Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.