Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Moments in History: Maps, Photographs, Art, Costumes and Books, A184, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | Edmund Kennedy | Expedition of Mr. Assistant - Surveyor Edmund Kennedy to ascertain the course of the River Victoria |
1949 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 328 | E.M. Suzyumov | A Life Given to the Antarctic - Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer |
South Australia | 1968 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 329 | C. Dickson Gregory | The Romance of the "Edina" - The World's Oldest Screw-Steamship |
1935 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 330 | Sydney Hart; Infans; Edmond Marin La Meslee; W.D. Borrie; Charles A. Price; J. M. D. Hardwick | 6 Books, including: Pommie Migrant - The Adventures of a British Emigrant "Down-Under" |
1957; 1976; 1973; 1974; 1954 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 331 | Gunter Schilder; Dorothy Shineberg; The Missions to Seamen | 4 Books, including: Voyage to the Great South Land |
1976; 1967; 1827; 1892; 1900 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 332 | Dora Heard; Jerzy Zubrzycki; Peter G. Spillett; L. L. Robson; David Mackay; W. H.G. Kingston | 7 Books, including: The Journal of Charles O'Hara Booth - Commandant of The Port Arthur Penal Settlement |
1981; 1964; 1965; 1985 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 333 | James Mudie; George Mackaness; Ivan Southall; A.E. Clark-Kennedy; Lord Cosey; Alfred Searcy; Gerald O' Collins; Brian H. Fletcher | 10 Books, including: The Felonry of New South Wales |
1935-1945 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 334 | John Dunmore Lang | How To Defend The Colony; Three Lectures, On The Impolicy and injustice of Religious Establishments |
1859; 1856 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 335 | Sir Henry Parkes | Fragmentary Thoughts |
1889 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 336 | Henry Y.L. Brown | A record of The Mines of South Australia |
1890 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 344 | 4 Playing Card Sets, including: Cook Strait Rail Ferries |
N/A | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 345 | 2 Victorian Portraits |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 404 | 9 Banknotes, including: 50-sen note |
1938; 1942; 1943; 1944; c1946 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 405 | 10 Banknotes, including: 500 Pesos |
1942; 1943; 1944 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 406 | 14 Banknotes, including: 100 Dinar |
1922; 1938; 1943; 1966; 1967; 1976; 1978; 1982; 1992 | AUD 160.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 407 | 23 Banknotes, including: 1 Sheqel |
1930s; 1939; 1940; 1941; c1940s; 1969; 1971; 1974; 1978; 1979 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
