• Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
  • ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Geology and Natural History, Mining, First editions, Art, History, 102624, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024
Page Size: 508 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

Miners Right No.82866 Date 30th September 1872. Certificate. This is to Certify that J. Martignoni, of Castlemaine is the holder ..

1872 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
27

5 x Miner's Rights 1872 of The North Devonshire Amalgamated G.M. Co., Limited Castlemaine.

1872 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
28

c1850s Boxed Minerals Educational Set from Mr. Tennant, mineralogist by appointment to Her Majesty.

c1850s AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
29

2 x Mining Company Share Scrip Certificates from The Devonshire Reef Gold Mining Co, Castlemaine.

1874 and 1875 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
30

2 x Miner's Right Certificates for Castlemaine Maldon Victoria. No. 147 and 172. 5 shillings. Issued to Mary Evans of Maldon. Dated 6th July 1896 and 1897, in force till the following year.

1896-7 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
31

2 x Mining documents issued in Castlemaine Maldon Victoria to Mary Evans. 1) Miner's Right Victoria Certificate. No. 33. 2s 6d. Issued in Maldon, Castlemaine to Mary Evans of Maldon. Dated 4th July 1898, in force until 3rd July 1899.

1889 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
32

2 x Miner's Right Certificates for Castlemaine Maldon Victoria issued to the Evans Family. 21.5 x 14 cm. In good condition, creased with some minor spotting. 1) No 126. Five shillings. Issued in Castlemaine Maldon to John Evans of Ballarat. Dated November

1892 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
33

2 x Mining company share scrip certificates from New Caledonia Tribute Company No. 1 North Limited, Castlemaine. Issued to Mary Jonston of Castlemaine as the proprietor of 100 and 50 shares. Dated 10th May 1872 and 19th June 1872. In good condition, sligh

1872 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
34

Shares Scrip Certificate from The Eagle Hawk Mining Company Limited, Maldon.

1873 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
35

3 x Mining Company Share Scrip Certificates issued to William Bone of Castlemaine.

1870S AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
36

2 x Mining Company Share Scrip Certificates from The Working Miner's Gold Mining Co, Sebastopol Reef Castlemaine.

1871 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
37

Share Scrip Certificate from The Warren's Reef and Railway Reserve Q M Co, Barker's Creek Castlemaine.

1871 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
38

2 x Mining Company Share Scrip Certificates from Central Cookman's Gold Mining Co, Maldon Victoria. 1) No 469 issued to Lascelles Adams of Castlemaine as the proprietor of 100 shares. Dated 1898.

1897 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
39

The Confession of Faith, The Larger and Shorter Catechisms, with the Scripture-Proofs at Large.

1771 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
40 Sir George Ferguson Bowen

A document outlining a 3 year lease on an allotment of crown land in the Parish of Muckleford County of Talbot. Signed

1873-1879 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
41

2 x Mining Company Share Scrip Certificates from The North Devonshire Amalgated G M Co, Castlemaine.

1872 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
42

2 x Promissory Notes from Maldon, issued in 1880 pertaining to Mr John Harrington. 1) 19 pounds 8 shillings and 6 pence to be paid to Andrew Farrell Senior.

1880 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
43 Robert D. Oswald

A legal document pledging Robert Dent Oswald as guarantor for his son Robert Dent Oswald Junior to The Bank Of New South Wales. Dated Maldon 15th July 1885. Signed

1885 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
44

3 deeds and financial documents pertaining to William Lillie of Baringup in the Colony of Victoria from the 1880s.

1880s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
45 Sir John Madden (1844-1918),

Mining Lease Indenture. A lease deed pertaining to the North Maldon Mine Limited carrying on mining operations in the Parish of Maldon in the Colony of Victoria.

1900 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
46

License to underlease Crown land Lease no 750 Castlemaine for the purposes of mining.

1873 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
47

A large collection of original historical documents relating to the expansion of the city of Coventry during the eighteenth-century through to the first half of the nineteenth century.

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AUD 750.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 476.25
48

Cache of materials relating to the aerial bombardment of German cities

1945 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 508.00
49

Three early Australian motoring handbooks, comprising: Pearson's Road Guide to New South Wales, circa 1925.

circa 1925 AUD 40.00 - 50.00 AUD 63.50
50

Vatsayana's Kama Sutra. Dedicated to Lollipop and Percy....

circa 1965 AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 412.75
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
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