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Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. $30,000 - $50,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: ADAMS ON HIS PEAR TREES AND A LOST PORTRAIT BY SALEM ARTIST HANNAH CROWNINSHIELD. ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: EARLIEST MAP DEVOTED TO NORTH AMERICA. FORLANI, PAULO. fl.1560-1571. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: HAMILTON DEFENDS THE CONSTITUTION. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BROADSIDE. Boston, September 14, 1768. $5,000 - $8,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: ONE OF THE EARLIEST ILLUSTRATIONS OF A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: RICHARD FEYNMAN'S ANNOTATED COPY, WITH TWO EARLY FEYNMAN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN COMPUTING. TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. $30,000 - $50,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: FINE OIL PORTRAIT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN BY EUGEN SPIRO. $40,000 - $60,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: PENICILLIN MOLD MEDALLION INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER FLEMING. FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955. $30,000 - $50,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: APPLE "TWIGGY" MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE. $80,000 - $120,000 -
Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 31: William Shakespeare, Second Folio, 1632. $120,000 to $180,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 175: Agostino Nifo’s De Regnandi Peritia ad Carolum VI, 1523. $25,000 to $35,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 263: Johannes Hevelius, Selenographia: Sive, 1647. $15,000 to $20,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 32: William Shakespeare, Poems, 1640. $15,000 to $20,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 230: Ernest Hemingway, in our time, Limited First Edition; One of 170 Copies Printed, Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1924. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 43: Amadis de Gaule Story Cycle, Various Authors, El Octavo Libro and El Noveno Libro, 1526 and 1542. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 25: John Milton, Poems of Mr. John Milton, 1645. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 259: William Griffith Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More than One Hundred Men Have Recovered, 1939. $15,000 to $20,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 242: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960. $10,000 to $15,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 69: Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote in Spanish, Ibarra's Academy Edition, 1780. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 9: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, The Historie of Guicciardin, 1599. $6,000 to $9,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lor 103: Francisco Lopez de Ubeda, Libro de Entrentenimiento de la Picara Justina, 1605. $6,000 to $8,000. -
Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 24:
A Superb Extra-illustrated Copy of Nicolay and Hay’s Work About Lincoln. $50,000 – 70,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 24:
The First Volume of De Bry's Great Voyages, Thomas Hariot's Description of Virginia. $50,000 – 70,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 24:
An autographed cabinet card of Custer as lieutenant colonel. From his last sitting. $800 – 1,200.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 24:
The Congressional Committee, Lincoln's Funeral Springfield Illinois, 3 May 1865. $4,000 – 6,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 25:
A remarkable ninth plate daguerreotype of an interracial couple. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 25:
What may be the earliest known images of an identified plantation and enslaved African Americans posed with their owner. $20,000 – 30,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 25:
Through Tickets to All Principal Points West Via Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad For Sale at This Office. $500 – 700.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 25:
15th New York Infantry / Regiment of Engineers GAR regimental colors. Ca 1880. $1,500 – 2,500. -
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Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1556. Senghor, Les Élégies Majeures. Geneve 1978.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1572. Lew Tolstoy. Anna Karenina. First Edition, Moscow, 1878.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg, 1536.Jeschke Jádi
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Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1060. Immanuel Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft. First Edition, Riga, 1781.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 585. Bonaparte, Iconografia della fauna Italica. Rome, 1832f.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 548. Robert Fludd. Utriusque cosmi maioris, Frankfurt, 1617f.Jeschke Jádi
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Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 571. Christian von Wolff. Works, Halle 1741f.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 969. Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Dekorationen innerer Raeume. Berlin 1874.Jeschke Jádi
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Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1457. Goethe. Das Tagebuch. Print on Vellum. Berlin, Officina Serpentis. 1934.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 30. Michael de Hungaria. Sermones praedicabiles, Strasbourg, 1494.
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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Ion Idriess: Manuscripts, letters, photographs and ephemera
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Ion Idriess: Manuscripts, letters, photographs and ephemera | Total Sales (AUD) | 9,398.00 |
| Auction Date | September 21, 2024 - September 21, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 14,850.00 |
| Sale Number | #92124 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 21,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 44 | ||
| Sold Lots | 19 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 40,090.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 43.18% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 57,930.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 25 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 16.22% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | IDRIESS | 349 PAGES HANDWRITTEN BY IDRIESS MINING AND ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA UNPUBLISHED |
AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | AUD 6,350.00 | |
| 21 | FRANK HURLEY | IDRIESS FRANK HURLEY PHOTOGRAPHS |
AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 49 | OUR LIVING STONE AGE PRINTS AND NEGATIVES |
AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 | ||
| 8 | Ion Idriess | CATTLE PATROL IN THE KIMBERLEY PHOTOGRAPHS |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 23 | IDRIESS | 1946 LETTER TO SMH FROM IDRIESS SIGNED |
1946 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 28 | 1945 ION IDRIESS FAN MAIL |
1945 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 13 | THE DIAMOND TYPED MANUSCRIPT |
AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 | ||
| 22 | ANR CORRESPONDENCE + ROYALTIES FOR ION IDRIESS |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | ||
| 9 | ION L IDRIESS | WORKS OF ION L IDRIESS |
AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 10 | OUTLAWS OF THE LEOPOLDS PHOTOGRAPHS |
AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 11 | SIGNED TO ION IDRIESS BY CA WILLOUGHBY WWII |
AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 29 | CHARLES BARRETT | 3 LETTERS FROM CHARLES BARRETT TO IDRIESS |
AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 45 | 1933 MINERS RIGHT |
1933 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 27 | ERIC JOLLIFFE | 1945 HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM ERIC JOLLIFFE |
1945 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 20 | COPY FOR THE KING - GOLD DUST ASHES |
AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 30 | WALTER MURDOCH | 1946 2 LETTERS FROM WALTER MURDOCH TO IDRIESS |
1946 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 35 | SIDNEY KIDMAN |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 39 | 1932 PROSPECTUS FOR GOLD EXPLORATION |
1932 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 25 | CHASING SATAN SIGNED |
Printed by RG Gillies 1944. | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 25.40 |
