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Auction Name: Photography from the Collection of Joyce Evans OAM
Auction Date: 12/12/2025 - 12/12/2025
Sale Number: #121225
Total Lots: 101
Sold Lots: 41.0
Lots Sold: 40.59%
Unsold Lots: 60

Total Sales (AUD): 58,562.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD): 39,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD): 65,150.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD): 87,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (AUD): 140,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 41.68%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
11		Camera Work. Numbers 1 and 2. Signed by Alfred Stieglitz		AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	AUD 20,000.00
42	Andre Kertesz	Andre Kertesz: Melancholic Tulip, 1939 (signed)	1939	AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 8,125.00
39	Andre Kertesz	Andre Kertesz: January 1, 1972, Martinique (signed)	1972	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 2,500.00
93	Minor White	Minor White: Birdlime and Surf, 1951, Point Lobos, California (signed)	1951	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,750.00
98	Minor White	Minor White: Two Barns, 1955, Dansville, New York (signed)	1955	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,500.00
91	Roman Vishniac	Roman Vishniac: Synagogue Court, Vilna, 1938 (signed)	1938	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,500.00
44	Andre Kertesz	Andre Kertesz: Swimming, September 14, 1919, Duna Haraszti (signed)	1919	AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,500.00
88	Roman Vishniac	Roman Vishniac: Jewish Peasant, Carpatho-Ukraine, 1937 (signed)	1937	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,500.00
36	Andre Kertesz	Andre Kertesz: Broken plate, 1929, Paris (signed)	1929	AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,500.00
37	Andre Kertesz	Andre Kertesz: Elizabeth, 1931, Paris (signed)	1931	AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,500.00
38	Andre Kertesz	Andre Kertesz: Homing ship, October 13, 1944 (signed)	1944	AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,500.00
94	Minor White	Minor White: Ivy, 1964, Portland, Oregon (signed)	1964	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,375.00
2		Australian Federation Celebrations, Melbourne, 1901. Suite of 47 photographs		AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,250.00
48	D. McDonald	D. McDonald: 67 photographs of Melbourne (circa 1870s)	circa 1870s	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,000.00
17	Augusta Crofton Dillon	Augusta Crofton Dillon: Album with over 225 photographs (1880-1898)	1880-1898	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,000.00
96	Minor White	Minor White: Ritual Stones, 1963, Notom, Utah (signed)	1963	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,000.00
72	Alfred Stieglitz	Alfred Stieglitz: In the New York Central Yards (photogravure, 1911)	1911	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,000.00
19	Gael Newton	Gael Newton: Max Dupain (1980, signed)	1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 875.00
87		Travel album with 73 photographs of Scotland, Switzerland (mountaineering) etc., (circa 1870s)	circa 1870s	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 625.00
60		New South Wales: Presentation album with 86 photographs (1888) for J.H. Watkin, Mayor of Ashfield	1888	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 525.00

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Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
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