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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Christmas 2025! - Decorative Arts And Design, Books, Fine Bindings And Geology

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Auction Name	Christmas 2025! - Decorative Arts And Design, Books, Fine Bindings And Geology	Total Sales (AUD)	66,236.85
Auction Date	December 14, 2025 - December 14, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	66,860.00
Sale Number	#A168	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	93,370.00
Total Lots	410
Sold Lots	225.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	185,898.00
% of Lots Sold	54.88%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	255,080.00
Unsold Lots	185	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	25.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
6	George Barbier et Jeans-Louis Vaudoyer	Album Dedie a Tamar Karsavina	1914	AUD 4,000.00 - 4,500.00	AUD 6,350.00
389	Richard Owen	Memoirs on the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand : with an appendix on those of England, Australia, Newfoundland, Mauritius, and Rodriguez	1879	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	AUD 3,302.00
247	JK Rowling	Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone	1997	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	AUD 2,540.00
8		Romeo et Juliette	1926	AUD 1,300.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,286.00
390	Edited by G. J. Symons	The Eruption of Krakatoa, and Subsequent Phenomena	1888	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,905.00
60	BROINOWSKI, Gracius	The Birds of Australia	1887-1891	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,778.00
172	Charles Darwin	The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom	1876	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
449	Walter E. Roth	Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Abordigines	1897	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,270.00
111		A bound collection of academic scientific papers		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,143.00
39	George Bentham	Flora Hongkongensis: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Island of Hongkong	1861	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 1,016.00
3		Choix des plus celebres maisons de plaisance de Rome et de ses environs, mesurees et dessinees par Charles Percier et P.F.L. Fontaine	1809	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 952.50
15		Sketches in and about the Brisbane High School for Girls	1915	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 889.00
170	Charles Darwin	The Power of Movement in Plants	1882	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 762.00
190	Charles Darwin	The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals	1872	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
257	Charles Darwin	The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species	1880	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
22		Barnett Canto VIII 1964		AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 698.50
31		Marc Chagall		AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 698.50
13	H W Newman May	Extracts & Reports on the Lucknow, or Wentworth Gold-field, Near Orange, New South Wales	1888	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
464	Robert Logan Jack	Seven Queensland Reports	1896s -1898s	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 635.00
438		Two shelves of 33 literature books		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
89	Edmund Bartell	Hints for Picturesque Improvements in Ornamented Cottages, and their Scenery: Including Some Observations on the Labourer and His Cottage in Three Essays	1804	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 508.00
200	Robt. M. Johnston	Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania	1888	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
427		Degenerate Art Germany 1937 Catalogue	1937	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
219	Anthony Bradley	The Art of Justin O'Brien		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 476.25
233		Four shelves of Fine Binding books		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 476.25

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.