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Mossgreen: Australian History

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Auction Name Australian History Total Sales (AUD) 244,081.60
Auction Date December 11, 2017 - December 11, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 180,260.00
Sale Number #426 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 248,870.00
Total Lots 336
Sold Lots 179 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 291,180.00
% of Lots Sold 53.27% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 396,920.00
Unsold Lots 157 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
378 FLINDERS, Matthew (1774-1814)

A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803

 1814 AUD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 AUD 52,080.00
822 BILL WOODFULL'S 1930 ASHES TOUR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM:

A large photograph album

 1930 AUD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 AUD 27,280.00
743 JOHN GOULD (1804-1881)

Thylacinus Cynocephalus (Tasmanian Tiger)

 AUD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 AUD 17,360.00
719

THE CAPTURE OF THE KELLY GANG, GLENROWAN, 1880s

 1880s AUD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 11,160.00
58

"GEO. FARMER Ltd. HAMS AND BACON, BALLARAT"

AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 AUD 8,680.00
703 [Unknown photographer]

NEW ZEALAND PANORAMS

circa 1900. AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 AUD 6,200.00
343 KING GEORGE V DEDICATES HIS BOOK TO PRIME MINISTER JOSEPH LYONS

"The King's Jubilee Speeches Together With The Primate's Address In St. Paul's on Jubilee Day, May 6, 1935 and Congratulatory Address: By The Prime Minister, By Both Houses of Parliament, By The Brazilian Ambassador on Behalf of the Corps Diplomatique, a

 1935 AUD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 4,960.00
344 KING GEORGE VI WRITES TO PRIME MINISTER JOSEPH LYONS

May 13th 1937 autographed letter sheet on BUCKINGHAM PALACE letterhead,

1937 AUD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 4,650.00
811 DONALD FRIEND [1914-1989]

BUMBOOZIANA: "Sundry Notes & Papers; being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition. collected and collated under the title Bumbooziana wherein is set down the illfated Expedition's numerous

1979 AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 4,216.00
820 VICTOR TRUMPER, George W. Beldam

"Jumping out for a straight drive" superb half-tone offset lithographic print of Trumper in full flight,

 1905 AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 3,596.00
132

ADVERTISING: COOPER'S POWDER DIP The Only Reliable Preventive Of Blow Fly

 c1920s. AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 3,224.00
798 JOHN GOULD (1804-1881)

Calyptorhynchus Naso (Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo; Western Black Cockatoo)

 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 AUD 3,224.00
210

Collection of albumen prints of the Methodist Mission at Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands,

circa 1905 AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 2,976.00
734

View of Sidney in New South Wales

 12th April 1814 AUD 100.00 - 300.00 AUD 2,976.00
720

[THE KELLY GANG - THEATRE POSTER] "OUTLAW KELLY" the main attraction listed on a poster for The Theatre Royal, Sydney.

 circa 1899 AUD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 2,480.00
215 ELIZABETH (BESSIE) CORFIELD

Important archive and journals.

 1906 and 1907. AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 2,356.00
592

VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS: Colony Of Victoria, £1 MINER'S RIGHT

 1857 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 2,232.00
682 Alexander BRODIE

SYDNEY: An album of photographs of Sydney and surrounds,

circa 1875; AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,170.00
128 [TASMANIA & INDIA]

Silk broadside for the Launceston-based Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company performance of Audran's comic opera "La Mascotte"

1896 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 2,108.00
679

THE KELLY GANG: Steve Hart and Sub-Inspector O'Connor, c1870s

c1870s AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 AUD 2,108.00
353 Charles Kingsford Smith and others

THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS: 18 July 1935 (AAMC.515) Mascot Airport to Richmond flown envelope,

 1935 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 AUD 1,984.00
213 Rev. John Waterhouse and Family,

Rev. John Waterhouse and Family, interesting and important family archive

 1830s to the early 20th century. AUD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 1,860.00
672 S. Clifford

STEREOVIEWS: "LAST OF THE ABORIGINES OF TASMANIA" by S. Clifford, Hobart Town

 AUD 500.00 - 700.00 AUD 1,736.00
814 DONALD FRIEND [1914-1989]

The farce of Sodom. By the Right Honourable Earl of Rochester.

 1980 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 1,736.00
421

CHILD SERVANTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND Printed "FORM OF INDENTITURE" documents from the Queen's Asylum, Tasmania,

 1875, 1878 and 1879 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 1,612.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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