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Davidson Auctions: Arts, War & Social History X (final in series, unreserved)
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Arts, War & Social History X (final in series, unreserved) | Total Sales (AUD) | 24,955.10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 28, 2026 - July 28, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 27,010.00 |
| Sale Number | #IT210 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 46,860.00 |
| Total Lots | 266 | ||
| Sold Lots | 249.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 27,970.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.61% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 48,520.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 17 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 51.43% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Dickens Charles | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club |
1839 | AUD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 976.00 |
| 12 | Meeks P.H. | 5 Books, including: Parramatta District Soldiers in the Great War |
1917; 1918; 1920 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 793.00 |
| 193 | Fairland S.H. | Sydney Cricket Ground Correspondence and Ephemera |
1890s-1914 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 793.00 |
| 276 | Evans Allen | Archive of Professional Negatives |
1930-1946 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 610.00 |
| 34 | Fairleigh Augustus Gibson | Volunteer Defence Force 'D' Group Archive |
1942-1946 | AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | AUD 579.50 |
| 92 | Australian Sheet Music |
1895;1900 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 518.50 | |
| 162 | Loudon J.C. | Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum |
1836 | AUD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 457.50 |
| 15 | WWI AIF Letters from Alfred Townsend |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 300.00 | AUD 427.00 | |
| 191 | King Hulton Smyth; Boyce Thomas; Milne James; Lane N.O.; Nagle James; Conroy J.M.; Ramsey Edward P.; Stephen Alfred; Williamson J.C. | The Sydneian; Notes of a Lecture on Nineveh; The Times - A Satire; Notes on Brick-Making in and Around Sydney; False and Other Tales; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of NSW; It's Here |
1875; 1878; 1859; 1873; 1848; 1884; 1894; 1872; 1875; 1864; 1895; circa 1860 | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 396.50 |
| 45 | Morton Frank; Fotheringhame Josephine; Quinn Roderic; Brennan Chris; Strong Archibald; Searle Percival; Kendall Henry | N Books, including: Strange Battalion |
1919; 1905; 1899; 1938; 1932; 1925; 1862 | AUD 150.00 - 300.00 | AUD 335.50 |
| 117 | Mawson Douglas | 1914 Australian Antarctic Expedition Scientific Reports |
1911-1914; 1889 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 335.50 |
| 246 | Watson Fredk; White H.L. | 9 Books, including: A Brief History of Canberra the Capital City of Australia |
1895; 1927; 1954; 1940; c. 1960; 1957; 1960; 1968; c. 1970; 1970 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 335.50 |
| 13 | Coleman J | WWI ANZAC Ephemera |
1905 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 305.00 |
| 18 | Reeves L.C. | WWI Australians in Action - German New Guinea |
1915 | AUD 60.00 - 150.00 | AUD 305.00 |
| 48 | Christesen Clem | Meanjin Papers |
1940-1943 | AUD 150.00 - 300.00 | AUD 305.00 |
| 56 | Bonwick James | Last of the Tasmanians; Rides Out and About; An Octogenarian's Reminiscences |
1870; 1862; 1902 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 305.00 |
| 9 | Mackenzie K.W. | The Seventeenth Battalion AIF in the Great War 1914-18 |
1946 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 274.50 |
| 11 | Paterson A.T. | History of the Thirty Ninth Batt. A.I.F. |
1934 | AUD 180.00 - 300.00 | AUD 274.50 |
| 20 | War Workers Gazette |
1918 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | AUD 274.50 | |
| 163 | Transactions 1873 |
1873 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | AUD 274.50 | |
| 54 | Stephensen Percy Reginald; Baylebridge William; Crocket Vivian | Iscariot; The Foundations of Culture in Australia; Mezzomorto; The Publicist; National Notes; This Vital Flesh |
1929; 1936; 1934; 1939; 1940-42 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 244.00 |
| 120 | Quantity of Propaganda, Dissent and Politics Ephemera |
1930s-1950s; 1935 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 244.00 | |
| 160 | Seyfferth A. | The Sheep, It's External and Internal Organisation |
1896 | AUD 150.00 - 300.00 | AUD 231.80 |
| 104 | Frazer J G | Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead |
1913 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | AUD 219.60 |
| 205 | Sydney Morning Herald |
1852 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 219.60 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.