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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Maps, Mining, Art, firsts, signed and limited edition book

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Auction Name Maps, Mining, Art, firsts, signed and limited edition book Total Sales (AUD) 42,214.80
Auction Date November 16, 2025 - November 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 49,620.00
Sale Number #A166 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 68,350.00
Total Lots 325
Sold Lots 200.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 128,690.00
% of Lots Sold 61.54% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 168,790.00
Unsold Lots 125 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 25.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1842-1853

1842-1853 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 2,032.00
27 James Armour

The Diggings, the Bush and Melbourne

1864 AUD 800.00 - 900.00 AUD 1,651.00
32

Australia Comprising New South Wales: Victoria Or Port Philip; South Australia

No date but 1853 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 1,397.00
73

The Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, Statistics, etc.

1842 to 1849 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,270.00
42

1903 Western Australia Report of The Department Of Mines For The Year 1892

AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 952.50
82

Section Showing Relative Levels Of The Several Caves

1925 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 889.00
43

Four Reports of the Department of Mines For The Year 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1916

AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 825.50
76 J K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

1998 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 698.50
192 JONATHAN SWIFT

The Works Jonathan Swift with explanatory notes John Hawkesworth with copper plates

1754-79 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 AUD 635.00
162

Wild Rivers: Franklin/Denison/Gordon

1983 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 571.50
306 Edited by Georges St. Martin and Ronald C. Nelson

BOYS will be boys!

1966 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 571.50
34 the Hon. Sebastian C Adams

A Synchronological Chart Or Map of History: A Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern, And Biblical History Synchronized

1878 AUD 800.00 - 900.00 AUD 508.00
69 Edited by H. H. Paynting

The James Flood Book of Early Motoring

1968 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 508.00
129 MALCOLM LOWRY

Under The Volcano

1947 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 476.25
134

Cover Title: Picturesque Queensland 72 Views

AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 476.25
157 PATRICK WHITE

The Eye of the Storm

1973 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 476.25
206 Joseph Forshaw

Kingfishers and Related Birds

1983 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 476.25
187

Cover: Thrupp & Maberly Motor Carriages

AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 412.75
9

EIGHT ANTIQUE BOOKS ON AUSTRALIA

[1793] AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
29

Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile Limited Edition

1927 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
30 Karl Schmeisser Assisted by Bergassessor Dr. Karl Vogelsang

Gold-fields of Australasia

1898 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
44

1839 MAP AUSTRALIA

AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
63 George H B Macleod

1858 SURGERY CRIMEAN WAR

1858 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 381.00
71 Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

1811 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
84

EPHEMERA. A big box of ephemera

AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
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    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000