Australian Book Auctions: Travels, Australiana, Literature & Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Travels, Australiana, Literature & Art | Total Sales (AUD) | 74,841.10 |
| Auction Date | December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 32,980.00 |
| Sale Number | #116 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 53,580.00 |
| Total Lots | 63 | ||
| Sold Lots | 54.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 46,220.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.71% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 75,020.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 99.76% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | DARONDEAU, Benoit | VAILLANT. A SUITE OF EIGHT ORIGINAL PEN AND SEPIA WASH DRAWINGS from Vaillant's 1836-7 circumnavigation in the Corvette La Bonite |
1836-7 | AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 22,860.00 |
| 7 | COLLINS, David | AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW SOUTH WALES |
1798-1802 | AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 5,080.00 |
| 26 | PHILLIP, Captain Arthur, Governor | THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY |
1789 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,800.00 | AUD 3,810.00 |
| 20 | MACQUARIE | GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND, Parliament. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION |
10 July 1812 | AUD 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 | AUD 3,556.00 |
| 19 | MACQUARIE, Major-General Lachlan, Governor | ORIGINAL LAND GRANT to Thomas Allan Lascelles, of 800 acres in the District of Sussex, bounded to the north by the Iron Creek Stream |
8 October, 1816 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,794.00 |
| 21 | MACQUARIE, Major-General Lachlan, Governor | PAPERS RELATING TO HIS MAJESTY'S SETTLEMENTS AT NEW SOUTH WALES |
11 June 1816 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 2,794.00 |
| 50 | LINDSAY, Norman | PAINTINGS IN OIL: with essays by Douglas Stewart and Norman Lindsay |
[1945] | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,413.00 |
| 14 | HUNTER, Captain John, Governor | AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND |
1793 | AUD 1,800.00 - 2,600.00 | AUD 2,286.00 |
| 35 | WINNECKE, Charles | JOURNAL, ETC., OF THE HORN SCIENTIFIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA |
1896 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,905.00 |
| 23 | BIGGE, John Thomas | MACQUARIE. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES |
19 June 1822 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,778.00 |
| 9 | DUTTON, Henry Hampden | ACROSS AUSTRALIA BY MOTOR |
[1909] | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,651.00 |
| 47 | FRIEND, Donald | BUMBOOZIANA. Sundry notes and papers: being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition |
1979 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,651.00 |
| 37 | WHYTE, Duncan | SKETCH OF EXPLORATIONS by the late John M'Kinlay in the Interior of Australia, 1861-2 |
1881 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | AUD 1,524.00 |
| 22 | MACQUARIE | GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND, Parliament. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF GAOLS, &C. |
12 July, 1819 | AUD 600.00 - 900.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 24 | BIGGE, John Thomas | MACQUARIE. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF AGRICULTURE AND TRADE [and] REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY into the Judicial Establishments of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land |
21 February 1823 and 13 March 1823 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 38 | PHILIPP, Franz | BOYD, Arthur. ARTHUR BOYD |
1967 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 1 | ARTHUR, Colonel George, Lieutenant-Governor, and MURRAY, Robert Lathrop | ORIGINAL LAND GRANT TO ROBERT LATHROP MURRAY |
29 August, 1836 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 3 | BANKS, Sir Joseph | JOURNAL OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOSEPH BANKS... |
1896 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 55 | LINDSAY, Norman | BLOOMFIELD, Lin. NORMAN LINDSAY WATERCOLOURS 1897-1969 |
2003 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 8 | CURREY, JOHN | DAVID COLLINS. GENERAL ORDERS |
October 16 1803 - January 27 1804 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 16 | KINGSFORD-SMITH, C.E., and C.T. ULM | STORY OF "SOUTHERN CROSS" Trans-Pacific Flight 1928 |
1928 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 39 | FLEMING, Ian | GOLDFINGER. Octavo |
1959 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 41 | FLEMING, Ian | FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond |
1960 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 53 | LINDSAY, Norman | BLOOMFIELD, Lin. NORMAN LINDSAY OIL PAINTINGS 1889-1969 |
2006 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 40 | FLEMING, Ian | DR NO. Octavo |
1958 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 635.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")