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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: An Eclectic Collection: Books, Prints, Maps, Ephemera, History Art Science
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | An Eclectic Collection: Books, Prints, Maps, Ephemera, History Art Science | Total Sales (AUD) | 34,436.05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 09, 2026 - August 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 37,605.00 |
| Sale Number | #A194 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 56,330.00 |
| Total Lots | 336 | ||
| Sold Lots | 169.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 95,335.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 136,020.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 167 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 25.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Hunter John | An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson And Norfolk Island |
1792 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 2,032.00 |
| 14 | Hobart Town Gazette; Colonial Times |
1825 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 2,032.00 | |
| 98 | Cocks S; Scobie James W | Kiama and Shoalhaven |
circa 1890s | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 124 | Latham John | 64 Hand Coloured Birds Plates |
1781 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 20 | Macquarrie Hector | Little Wheels : The Record Of A Trip Across Australia In A Baby Austin |
1935 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 212 | Sturt Charles | Two Expeditions into Southern Australia |
1833 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 297 | Sydney Mail |
1914-1919 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 889.00 | |
| 19 | Burns Robert | The Poetical Works of Robert Burns |
1832 | AUD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 301 | North Alfred J. | Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania |
1904-1914 | AUD 700.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 7 | Views of New South Wales |
1885 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 762.00 | |
| 228 | Tinsdale Norman B | Aboriginal Tribes of Australia |
1974 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 18 | Layard Austen Henry | Nineveh and Its Remains |
1849 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 28 | Proposed Expedition In Search of Dr Leichhardt |
1857 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 25 | Idriess Ion | Across the Nullarbor |
1951 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 159 | Joyce James | Finnegans Wake |
2014 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 92 | Select views of London and its environs |
1804-1805 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 444.50 | |
| 186 | Broken Bay |
1952; 1960 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 9 | Gurner Henry Field | Chronicle of Port Phillip now the Colony of Victoria |
1876 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 12 | Knopwood Robert | The Diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood 1803-1838 |
N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 2 | Kinghorn James Roy | The Snakes of Australia |
1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 3 | Mitford Eustace Reverley | Pasquin Pastoral, Mineral and Agricultural Advocate |
1882 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 15 | Welsby Thomas | The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby |
1967 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 79 | Report of the Minister of State For Defence on the Military Occupation of the German New Guinea Possessions |
1922 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 196 | Whitcombe George Hawkes; McLaren Ian F | The Whitcombe's Story Books |
1888 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 308 | Hardy Thomas; Kafka Franz; Chekhov Anton; Trollope Anthony; Greene Graham; Kalidasa; Turgenev Ivan; Ishiguro Kazuo; Meyrink Gustav | N Books, including: The Woodlanders; The Castle; The Shooting Party; John Caldigate; Travels with My Aunt; Sakuntala; First Love; The Remains of the Day |
1997; 2011; 2006; 1995; 2004; 1992; 2011; 2007; 2010 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 317.50 |
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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. -
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. -
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.