Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Views, Maps, Firsts and Limited editions
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Views, Maps, Firsts and Limited editions | Total Sales (AUD) | 36,023.55 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 12, 2026 - July 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 36,555.00 |
| Sale Number | #191 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 52,660.00 |
| Total Lots | 306 | ||
| Sold Lots | 171.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 97,705.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 55.88% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 137,980.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 135 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 26.11% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | Stevenson Robert Louis | Treasure Island |
1883 | AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 3,683.00 |
| 153 | Victorian Naturalist |
1884-1932 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,524.00 | |
| 21 | Leichhardt Ludwig | Journal Of An Overland Expedition in Australia |
1847 | AUD 2,200.00 - 2,600.00 | AUD 1,397.00 |
| 8 | Pugh's Queensland Almanac |
1897 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,270.00 | |
| 65 | Tolkien J. R. R. | Farmer Giles of Ham |
1949 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,143.00 |
| 7 | Adams Tate | Tropical Wood-Engravings |
1997 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 88 | Christie Agatha | Murder in Mesopotamia |
1936 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 86 | Lower L.W. | Here's Luck |
1930 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 17 | Arnold J | Souvenir de Macau |
1921 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 38 | Boyajian Zabelle C.; Raffi Aram | Armenian Legends and Poems |
1916 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 209 | 35 Posters, including: 007 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Service |
N/A | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 98 | Nunn Frank | Broom In The Sky |
1944 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 180 | Bower Hamilton | Diary of a Journey Across Tibet |
1894 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 77 | Ellery Robert L.J. | First Melbourne General Catalogue of 1227 Stars for the Epoch 1870 |
1874 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 119 | Kelly R Talbot | Burma: Painted and Described |
1933 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 167 | Flinders Matthew; Morgan Kenneth | Australia Circumnavigated: The Voyage of Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator |
2015 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 5 | Colonial Sydney Newspapers |
1834-1855 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 210 | 12 Posters, including: Elvis on Tour |
1969 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 73 | Russell H. C. | Results of Astronomical Observations Made at the Sydney Observatory |
1881 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 80 | Bowden Keith Macrae | Samuel Thomas Gill, Artist |
1971 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 103 | Wood G Arnold; Rawson | N Books, including: The Discovery of Australia |
1922; 1930 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 22 | Johnson Samuel | A Diary of a Journey into North Wales |
1816 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 266 | Ballantyne James | Our Colony in 1880 |
1880 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 67 | Lawson Henry; Lindsay Lionel | The Romance of the Swag |
1939 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 104 | Burrell Harry | The Platypus |
1927 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 285.75 |
