Auction Reports
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Book Auction
- Auction Date
- 09/06/2026 - 09/06/2026
- Sale Number
- #199A
- Total Lots
- 330
- Sold Lots
- 201.0
- Lots Sold
- 60.91%
- Unsold Lots
- 129
- Total Sales (AUD)
- 57,277.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 65,100.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 92,140.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 149,820.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 205,015.00
- 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 | |
| 24 | Waller Christian (1894-1954) | The Great Breath: A Book of Seven Designs |
1978 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 21 | Whiteley Brett | Zoo |
1979 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | 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 |
| 135 | Lawry Walter | Friendly and Feejee Islands |
1850 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 34 | Smyth C Piazzi | Madeira spectroscopic |
1882 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 49 | Hume Fergus | Madame Midas; A Rose In Thorns |
1888 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 12 | Boswell James | The Life of Samuel Johnson |
1793 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 29 | Smart Jeffrey | Jeffrey Smart |
1983 | 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 |
| 14 | Bibliography of Captain James Cook |
1928 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 71 | O'Dowd Bernard | The Australasian Secular Association Lyceum Tutor |
1888 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.