Auction Reports
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Views, Maps, Firsts and Limited editions
- Auction Date
- 07/12/2026 - 07/12/2026
- Sale Number
- #191
- Total Lots
- 306
- Sold Lots
- 171.0
- Lots Sold
- 55.88%
- Unsold Lots
- 135
- Total Sales (AUD)
- 36,023.60
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 36,555.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 52,660.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 97,705.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 137,980.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 26.11%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | Stevenson Robert Louis | Treasure Island |
1883 | AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 3,683.00 |
| 153 | Victorian Naturalist |
1884-1932 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,524.00 | |
| 21 | Leichhardt Ludwig | Journal Of An Overland Expedition in Australia |
1847 | AUD 2,200.00 - 2,600.00 | AUD 1,397.00 |
| 8 | Pugh's Queensland Almanac |
1897 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,270.00 | |
| 65 | Tolkien J. R. R. | Farmer Giles of Ham |
1949 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,143.00 |
| 7 | Adams Tate | Tropical Wood-Engravings |
1997 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 88 | Christie Agatha | Murder in Mesopotamia |
1936 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 86 | Lower L.W. | Here's Luck |
1930 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 17 | Arnold J | Souvenir de Macau |
1921 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 38 | Boyajian Zabelle C.; Raffi Aram | Armenian Legends and Poems |
1916 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 209 | 35 Posters, including: 007 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Service |
N/A | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 180 | Bower Hamilton | Diary of a Journey Across Tibet |
1894 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 98 | Nunn Frank | Broom In The Sky |
1944 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 167 | Flinders Matthew; Morgan Kenneth | Australia Circumnavigated: The Voyage of Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator |
2015 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 119 | Kelly R Talbot | Burma: Painted and Described |
1933 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 77 | Ellery Robert L.J. | First Melbourne General Catalogue of 1227 Stars for the Epoch 1870 |
1874 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 5 | Colonial Sydney Newspapers |
1834-1855 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 210 | 12 Posters, including: Elvis on Tour |
1969 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 80 | Bowden Keith Macrae | Samuel Thomas Gill, Artist |
1971 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 73 | Russell H. C. | Results of Astronomical Observations Made at the Sydney Observatory |
1881 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 83 – Westall & Owen. Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, 1st edition, 1828. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 88 – Blume. Rumphia, Botanicae de plantis Indiae Orientalis, 1835-1848. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 101 – Michaux. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1810-1812. £700-1,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 102 – Miller & Shaw. Cimelia Physica, 1796 [but c. 1816]. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 104 – Parkinson. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 159 – Plancius. Orbis Terrarum..., double hemisphere map, 1594-99. £5,000-8,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 217 – Illuminated Medieval Manuscript. From a Breviary, 14th/15th c. £3,000-4,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 224 – The newe Testament … By Wylliam Tyndall…, 1549. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 238 – Douay-Rheims Bible. 3 volumes, 1582/1609/1610. £7,000-10,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 336 – Ashendene Press. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 1903. £1,000-1,500.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 393 – Sassoon. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, signed limited edition, 1931. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 402 – Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems, 1st edition in d.j., 1936. £400-600. -
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Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: Timberlake, Henry: A DRAUGHT OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY on the West Side of the Twenty Four Mountains, Commonly Called "Over the Hills". $18,000 to $22,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Manuscript orderly book detailing day to day activities of multiple Virginia regiments in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary,1776-1777. $7,000 to $8,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper, Random House, New York, 1965. Signed 1st Edition. $3,800 to $4,200.Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed. $1,800 to $2,200.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book. $1,400 to $1,800.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA. $800 to $1,200.Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio. $800 to $1,200.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare 1931 TN Grasslands Steeplechase Book, Gallatin. $800 to $1,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers. $700 to $800.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: 2 World War I Posters, “Our Colored Fighters” and “No Slacker”. $800 to $1,000.