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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Bill Evans Anthropology Collection - Australia, Pacific, Asia

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Bill Evans Anthropology Collection - Australia, Pacific, Asia	Total Sales (AUD)	21,094.70
Auction Date	April 27, 2025 - April 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	25,610.00
Sale Number	#42725	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	33,800.00
Total Lots	192
Sold Lots	96.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	50,235.00
% of Lots Sold	50.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	66,550.00
Unsold Lots	96	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	31.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Kate Gahan and Ken Orchard.	Photographs are Never Still. The J.W. Lindt Collection.	2017	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 952.50
144		Three books on Chinese and Tibetan carpets: PAGE, John and Serina. The Woven Mystery. Old Tibetan Rugs.	1990	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 762.00
1	Sir Baldwin Spencer and the Late F J Gillen	The Arunta A Study of a Stone Age People in Two Volumes	1927	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
120		Eight books on tribal art collections, including some of the important international institutional holdings of indigenous artefacts:		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 603.25
96	EDGE-PARTINGTON, James.	An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress &c. of the Natives of the Pacific Islands. Drawn and described from Examples in Public & Private Collections in England by James Edge-Partington.	1969	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 571.50
7	SMYTH, R. Brough.	The Aborigines of Victoria: with notes relating to the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania.	1878	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 539.75
64	SALMONY, Alfred.	Sino-Siberian Art in the Collection of C.T. Loo.	1998	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 539.75
16	Lance Bennett.	Art of the Dreamtime: The Dorothy Bennett Collection of Australia Aboriginal Art		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 508.00
6	Grahame L. Walsh	Australia's Greatest Rock Art	1988	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 476.25
3	Terry Smith, Judith Ryan, Donald and Janet Holt, and Jennifer Isaacs.	Emily Kngwarreye Paintings.	1999	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 412.75
8	Carl Lumholtz.	Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and Of Camp Life With the Aborigines of Queensland.	1889	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
102		An entire shelf of books on Melanesian art, mostly in English but some French and German language titles too.		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 412.75
22	KELM, Heinz.	Kunst vom Sepik.	1966	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 381.00
167		A superb selection of 14 books on carpets and textile arts of the Caucasus.		AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
168		A pleasing cache of antique and old books on rugs		AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
9	, Andrew Tavarelli, Steven G. Alpert, Robyn Maxwell, Harry Beran, Barry Craig, Natalie Wilson, Crispin Howarth, and Kevin Conru.	War Art and Ritual: Shields from the Pacific edited by Bill Evans with essays	2019	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 285.75
67		Two shelves of books on the arts, cultural traditions, weaving, masks and weapon son Oceania.		AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
116		Four serious monographs on the traditional arts of the Philippines:CASAL, Gabriel. The People and Art of the Philippines.	1981	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
13	David R. Moore.	The Torres Strait Collections of A.C. Haddon - A Descriptive Catalogue	1984	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
75	MUNDINE, Djon, and others.	The Native Born. Objects and representations from Ramingining, Arnhem Land.	2000	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
85		Six books on weaving and textile arts in Indonesia:BOETZKES, Manfred. Woven Messages -- Indonesian Textile Tradition in Course of Time.	1991	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
97		Five large books on Oceanic art, all hardcover with dust-jackets:HEWICKER, Friedrich and TISCHNER, Herbert. Oceanic Art.	1954	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
111	BROWNRIGG, Henry.	Betel Cutters.	1992	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
115		A rather marvellous cache of books on African art. A mixture of large and small books, softcover and hardback. Encompassing a range of themes -- includes two books entirely devoted to shields, bronze casting and blades of sub-Saharan Africa, Yoruba sculpt		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
135		Five issues of the London based design periodical "The Studio", edited by Charles Holme.		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00

Sotheby’s
Year in Review

Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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