Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Ephemera: Fleeting, Nostalgic, Traumatic, Memorable, Important
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Ephemera: Fleeting, Nostalgic, Traumatic, Memorable, Important | Total Sales (AUD) | 36,306.25 |
Auction Date | February 24, 2024 - February 24, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 35,010.00 |
Sale Number | #22424 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 52,030.00 |
Total Lots | 525 | ||
Sold Lots | 269 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 66,900.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 51.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 100,550.00 |
Unsold Lots | 256 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 36.11% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1886 Sydney Views John Sands |
1886 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | AUD 2,250.00 | |
505 | Shirley Strickland and Fanny Blankers-Koen | A Souvenir Programme for Saturday 29th January 1949 WA Amateur Athletics Association |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 937.50 | |
313 | 1864 NSW Miner's Right |
1864 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 687.50 | |
435 | German WWII Luftwaffe Photograph Album. |
AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | AUD 593.75 | ||
302 | 1892 Miner's Right Talbot Victoria |
1892 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 531.25 | |
305 | 1895 Colony of Victoria |
1895 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 531.25 | |
306 | 1896 Colony of Victoria Miner's Right |
1896 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 531.25 | |
199 | Later Elizabethan Indenture |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 500.00 | ||
6 | Bookplates Lindsay Family and More |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 500.00 | ||
8 | Ferdinand von Mueller | Five Annual Reports of the Victorian Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens between 1861 and 1865. |
1861-1865. | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 500.00 |
307 | 1897 Colony of Victoria Miner's Right |
1897 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 468.75 | |
98 | Jan Senbergs | Otway Coastal |
AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 468.75 | |
391 | Bookplates Norman Lindsay |
1944 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 437.50 | |
292 | Sydney's Nightlife 1950s |
1950s | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 437.50 | |
15 | 1908 Tasmanian Mail Australian Football Jubilee Carnival |
1908 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 437.50 | |
214 | Signed Muhammad Ali Silver Gelatin Print |
AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 406.25 | ||
309 | 1897 Miner's Right Victoria |
1897 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 406.25 | |
162 | 1947 Map Sydney |
1947 | AUD 120.00 - 150.00 | AUD 406.25 | |
390 | Armorial Book-Plates Barnett |
AUD 150.00 - 180.00 | AUD 375.00 | ||
4 | Bookplates Lindsay Family and More |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 375.00 | ||
436 | Occupation Japan Photograph Album |
AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | AUD 343.75 | ||
383 | Ward's South-Eastern District South Australia |
1869 | AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | AUD 343.75 | |
207 | Maurice Sendak, | Maurice Sendak, Limited Edition Lithograph |
AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | AUD 312.50 | |
226 | Nightmare on Elm St 1984 Original One Sheet |
1984 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 312.50 | |
188 | Mining and Explosives |
1956 | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 312.50 |