Auction Reports
Michael Treloar
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Photography from the Collection of Joyce Evans OAM
- Auction Date
- 12/12/2025 - 12/12/2025
- Sale Number
- #121225
- Total Lots
- 101
- Sold Lots
- 41.0
- Lots Sold
- 40.59%
- Unsold Lots
- 60
- Total Sales (AUD)
- 58,562.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 39,300.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 65,150.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 87,700.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 140,500.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 41.68%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Camera Work. Numbers 1 and 2. Signed by Alfred Stieglitz |
N/A | AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | AUD 20,000.00 | |
| 42 | Andre Kertesz | Andre Kertesz: Melancholic Tulip, 1939 (signed) |
1939 | AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 8,125.00 |
| 39 | Andre Kertesz | Andre Kertesz: January 1, 1972, Martinique (signed) |
1972 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 2,500.00 |
| 93 | Minor White | Minor White: Birdlime and Surf, 1951, Point Lobos, California (signed) |
1951 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,750.00 |
| 98 | Minor White | Minor White: Two Barns, 1955, Dansville, New York (signed) |
1955 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,500.00 |
| 91 | Roman Vishniac | Roman Vishniac: Synagogue Court, Vilna, 1938 (signed) |
1938 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,500.00 |
| 44 | Andre Kertesz | Andre Kertesz: Swimming, September 14, 1919, Duna Haraszti (signed) |
1919 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,500.00 |
| 88 | Roman Vishniac | Roman Vishniac: Jewish Peasant, Carpatho-Ukraine, 1937 (signed) |
1937 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,500.00 |
| 36 | Andre Kertesz | Andre Kertesz: Broken plate, 1929, Paris (signed) |
1929 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,500.00 |
| 37 | Andre Kertesz | Andre Kertesz: Elizabeth, 1931, Paris (signed) |
1931 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,500.00 |
| 38 | Andre Kertesz | Andre Kertesz: Homing ship, October 13, 1944 (signed) |
1944 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,500.00 |
| 94 | Minor White | Minor White: Ivy, 1964, Portland, Oregon (signed) |
1964 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,375.00 |
| 2 | Australian Federation Celebrations, Melbourne, 1901. Suite of 47 photographs |
N/A | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,250.00 | |
| 48 | D. McDonald | D. McDonald: 67 photographs of Melbourne (circa 1870s) |
circa 1870s | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,000.00 |
| 17 | Augusta Crofton Dillon | Augusta Crofton Dillon: Album with over 225 photographs (1880-1898) |
1880-1898 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,000.00 |
| 96 | Minor White | Minor White: Ritual Stones, 1963, Notom, Utah (signed) |
1963 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,000.00 |
| 72 | Alfred Stieglitz | Alfred Stieglitz: In the New York Central Yards (photogravure, 1911) |
1911 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,000.00 |
| 19 | Gael Newton | Gael Newton: Max Dupain (1980, signed) |
1980 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 875.00 |
| 87 | Travel album with 73 photographs of Scotland, Switzerland (mountaineering) etc., (circa 1870s) |
circa 1870s | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 625.00 | |
| 60 | New South Wales: Presentation album with 86 photographs (1888) for J.H. Watkin, Mayor of Ashfield |
1888 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 525.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.