Auction Report: Sydney Rare Book Auctions Rare Books On History, Science And Travel, Including A Selection Of Antique Fine Silver

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Auction Name	Rare Books On History, Science And Travel, Including A Selection Of Antique Fine Silver	Total Sales (AUD)	52,787.55
Auction Date	January 18, 2026 - January 18, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	48,880.00
Sale Number	#A171	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	68,240.00
Total Lots	339
Sold Lots	199.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	89,440.00
% of Lots Sold	58.70%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	123,990.00
Unsold Lots	140	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	42.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2	DEBRET, J.-B.	Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil.	1839	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 5,588.00
362		Four books on indigenous Australia:		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 2,413.00
7		Schools of Illumination. Reproductions from Manuscripts in the British Museum.	1914-1930	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 2,159.00
69	[WELLESLEY, Lord Richard].	Primitiae et Reliquiae.	1840	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 2,032.00
53		An Authentic Account of the Wreck of the "Royal Charter" Steam Clipper, on Her Passage from Australia to Liverpool, October 26th 1859	1860	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,397.00
148		The works of James Gillray from the original plates, with addition of many subjects not before collected.	No date circa 1845-1852	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,270.00
29		Port Phillip Government Gazette. Comprising Numbers 1 through 34, dated 1 January 1851 to 9 July 1951.	1851-1951	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,079.50
64	James Bonwick	A scarce account of the legendary William Buckey,	1856	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 952.50
310	WENTWORTH, William Charles.	A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia; including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.	1824	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 952.50
115	Francis C Chester with introduction by the Baron von Zedlitz.	Solo to Sydney	1930	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 825.50
108	John Rushworth.	Historical collections of Private Passages of State: Weighty matters in law. Remarkable proceedings in five Parliaments. Beginning the sixteenth year of King James, anno 1618. And ending the fifth year of King Charls, anno 1629	1682	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
406	Peter Cunningham.	Two Years In New South Wales; Comprising Sketches Of The Actual State Of Society In That Colony; Of Its Peculiar Advantages To Emigrants; Of Its Topography, Natural History, &c. &c.	1827	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
241	Howard Simcox.	Outward Bound A Poem Containing an Account in Verse of A Voyage In The Roxburgh Castle From England To Australia Together With A Remarkable Adventure &c, &c.	1864	AUD 800.00 - 900.00	AUD 571.50
13	John Henry Macartney Abbott	Typed manuscript, titled "Mount Wingen: The burning mountain of the Kingdon Ponds valley."	1921	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
6	John Henry Macartney Abbott,	Typescript of an unpublished book of essays, in letter form,	circa 1920	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 508.00
100	Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Courtney.	Souvenir of 1st Battalion 5th Australian Infantry Regiment	1912	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
111	Henry Melville and	The History of Van Diemen's Land from the Year 1824 to 1835 Inclusive During the Administration of Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur. In Three Parts Parts I, II, III	1959	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 508.00
149		L'Illustration 1930s.	1930s	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 508.00
188	Norman Lindsay	Norman Lindsay's Life in the Temple 1974 facsimile print done by Odana.		AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
189	Norman Lindsay	Norman Lindsay's The Innocents. 1974 facsimile print done by Odana.		AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 444.50
192	Norman Lindsay	Norman Lindsay's Venus in Arcady. 1979 facsimile print done by Odana.		AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 444.50
382		A large colored map, "The Jenolan Caves" created by Oliver Trickett, likely from his "Notes on the Limestone Caves of New South Wales" (1898). Printed by Alfred James Kent, government printer,	1922	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 444.50
404	J E Carne.	Notes on the Occurrence of Coal, Petroleum, and Copper in Papua	1913	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 444.50
10		Three books on the early history of South Australia:	1848	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
37	Joseph A. Dowling.	Title reads: An Important Case to Medical Men. In the King's Bench Fairchild vs. Graham. Minutes of the trial of this case for defamation, at Chelmsford Summer Assizes 1819	1819	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75

Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Rare Books On History, Science And Travel, Including A Selection Of Antique Fine Silver

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