Michael Treloar: Auction of Maps, Autographs, and Space Memorabilia
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Auction of Maps, Autographs, and Space Memorabilia | Total Sales (AUD) | 80,612.50 |
| Auction Date | August 31, 2025 - August 31, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 52,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #83125 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 76,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 156 | ||
| Sold Lots | 109.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 93,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.87% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 131,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 47 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 61.35% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | Apollo 11 cover signed by crew Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins |
AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 6,875.00 | ||
| 142 | Apollo 11 cover signed by crew Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins |
AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 3,500.00 | ||
| 13 | FORD, Henry | Henry Ford signed portrait |
AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 3,250.00 | |
| 135 | TROMPF, Percy | Western Australia. Travel poster by Percy Trompf (1930s) |
1930s. | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 3,250.00 |
| 8 | CHURCHILL, Sir Winston | Signed photograph of Sir Winston Churchill |
AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 3,000.00 | |
| 76 | SDAWES, William | Dawes: Sketch of Sydney Cove (1789) |
1789 | AUD 900.00 - 1,100.00 | AUD 2,125.00 |
| 42 | ZATTA, Antonio | Zatta: Nuove Scoperte (1776) |
1776 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 2,000.00 |
| 138 | MacGILLIVRAY, John | MacGillivray: Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake (1852) |
1852 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,000.00 |
| 10 | DICKENS, Charles | Signature of Charles Dickens on the final portion of an autograph letter to actor Drinkwater Meadows |
AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,500.00 | |
| 43 | [ANDREWS, John] | New Holland & the Adjacent Islands (1799) |
1799 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 1,500.00 |
| 6 | British Royalty CHARLES, Prince of Wales and DIANA, Princess of Wales | Card signed by King Charles III (as Prince of Wales) and Princess Diana |
1981 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,375.00 |
| 124 | STOKES, Commander John Lort | Admiralty Chart of Western Australia (1845) |
1845 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,250.00 |
| 132 | John Power Studios | Wonder Map of Melbourne (1934) |
1934 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,250.00 |
| 1 | Cover signed by Muhammad Ali, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Alan Shepard and others |
2017 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,187.50 | |
| 109 | Hondius: Terra Australis Incognita [Polus Antarcticus] (circa 1650s) |
1641 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,187.50 | |
| 46 | GILL, MacDonald | MacDonald Gill: Australia (1942) |
1942 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,125.00 |
| 64 | LODGE, John Jr. | [Cook] A New and Accurate Chart of the Discoveries of Capn. Cook (1797) |
circa 1797. | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 1,125.00 |
| 104 | Duval: Amerique Meridionale (1684) |
1679 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,062.50 | |
| 136 | TROMPF, Percy | Australia in the Sun. Travel poster by Percy Trompf (1930s) |
1930s. | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,062.50 |
| 2 | BELL, Alexander Graham | Typed letter signed by Alexander Graham Bell |
1917 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,000.00 |
| 15 | GATES, Bill (William Henry GATES III, ) | Bill Gates signed photograph |
AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,000.00 | |
| 35 | ORTELIUS, Abraham | Ortelius: Asiae Nova Descriptio (circa 1574) |
circa 1574. | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,000.00 |
| 116 | [SPEED, John] | Speed: Britain as it was Devided in the Tyme of the Englishe-Saxons (1676) |
1676 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,000.00 |
| 51 | SWOBODA, Franz and Martin HARTL | Swoboda: Generalcharte von Australien (1805) |
1805 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 937.50 |
| 125 | [MAGELLAN, Ferdinand] SCHERER, Heinrich | Scherer: Repraesentatio Geographica (1702) showing Magellan's circumnavigation |
circa 1702. | AUD 700.00 - 900.00 | AUD 937.50 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
