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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: The Beatles. Records, Books, Magazines and more

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Auction Name The Beatles. Records, Books, Magazines and more Total Sales (AUD) 4,241.80
Auction Date November 09, 2025 - November 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 9,120.00
Sale Number #110925 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 13,860.00
Total Lots 205
Sold Lots 53.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 52,760.00
% of Lots Sold 25.85% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 76,490.00
Unsold Lots 152 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 5.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
208

BEATLES MAGAZINES 1960S

1960s AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
22

BIG: BEATLES IN GERMANY SIGNED

1997 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 254.00
23

MCCARTNEY: YESTERDAY AND TODAY DELUXE LIMITED

1995 AUD 350.00 - 450.00 AUD 228.60
20

BEATLES DOWN UNDER - AUSTRALIAN EDITION

1982 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 AUD 215.90
98

PIECE OF THE STAR CLUB STAGE + BEATLES IN GERMANY

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
175

BEATLE HISTORIES

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
187

BEATLES HISTORY HARDBACK

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
27

BEATLES APPLE RECORDS SPIZER

2003 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 101.60
163

JOHN LENNON

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 101.60
176

GEORGE HARRISON

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 88.90
199

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY 1964-65 BEATLES

1964; 1965 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 88.90
99 Brian Epstein.

A Cellarful of Noise by Brian Epstein.

1964 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 76.20
157

BEATLES DISCOGRAPHY

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
171

JOHN LENNON

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
173

PAUL MCCARTNEY

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
180

JOHN LENNON PAPERBACK

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
183

BEATLES DISCOGRAPHY

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
186

MORE BEATLES

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
188

THE BEATLES PAPERBACK

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
203

AUSTRALIAN EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINES 1964-66 BEATLES

1964; 1965; 1966 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
213

BEATLES FAN CLUB MAGAZINES

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
266 TOM MURRAY

FLOWER POWER BY TOM MURRAY

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
272

THE BEATLES MATADOR POSTER.

1999 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 76.20
146

BEATLES ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 63.50
194

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AUSTRALIA BEATLES FAN CLUB PUBLICATION

1993-2001 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 63.50
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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