Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Christmas 2025! - Decorative Arts And Design, Books, Fine Bindings And Geology , A168, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 14, 2025 - December 14, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Harbour Bridge Advisory Board |
1903 | AUD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 2 | Nineteen Queensland Parliamentary Papers 1884 - 1888 |
AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 3 | Choix des plus celebres maisons de plaisance de Rome et de ses environs, mesurees et dessinees par Charles Percier et P.F.L. Fontaine |
Paris | 1809 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 952.50 | |
| 4 | Dessins de Paul Iribe, George Barbier, Georges Lepape | L'Eventail et la Fovrrure Chez Paquin |
Paris | 1911 | AUD 2,800.00 - 3,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | La Mode Illustree, Journal de la Famille |
Paris | 1874 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 6 | George Barbier et Jeans-Louis Vaudoyer | Album Dedie a Tamar Karsavina |
Paris | 1914 | AUD 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | AUD 6,350.00 |
| 7 | Paul Iribe | Les Robes de Paul Poiret racontees |
Paris | 1908 | AUD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | Romeo et Juliette |
Paris | 1926 | AUD 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 2,286.00 | |
| 9 | Baron Ferd Von Mueller | Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or naturalisation in Victoria, with indications of their native countries and some of their uses |
Melbourne | 1876 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Baron Ferd Von Mueller | Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or naturalisation, with indications of their native countries and some of their uses |
Melbourne | 1888 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | Baron Ferd Von Mueller | Key To The Description Of Victorian Plants |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 12 | Cartoon set in New Guinea WW2 |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 13 | H W Newman May | Extracts & Reports on the Lucknow, or Wentworth Gold-field, Near Orange, New South Wales |
1888 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 14 | Geological Sketch Map of Pilbara & Ashburton Goldfields Western Australia Showing Areas Photographed & Investigated During 1936 |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 15 | Sketches in and about the Brisbane High School for Girls |
Brisbane | 1915 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 889.00 | |
| 16 | Margaret Preston Lithographs |
1920s | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 139.70 | ||
| 17 | Lewis Morley | Christine Keeler 1963 |
AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 18 | Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) |
AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 165.10 | |||
| 19 | Edgar Degas | Les Femme |
Paris / New York | 1948 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 20 | Edgar Degas Devant la Cheminee c1948 |
Paris / New York | 1948 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 22 | Barnett Canto VIII 1964 |
AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 698.50 | |||
| 23 | Margaret Preston Number: Art in Australia |
1927-12-01 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 254.00 | ||
| 25 | Raoul Dufy (1877 - 1953) |
AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 31 | Marc Chagall |
AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 698.50 | |||
| 32 | 1. Scallywags Of Sydney Cove 1968... |
AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")