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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books, Maps, Stamps and Ephemera: History, Art, Culture, Science, Military

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Auction Name	Books, Maps, Stamps and Ephemera: History, Art, Culture, Science, Military	Total Sales (AUD)	64,604.90
Auction Date	May 04, 2025 - May 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	65,600.00
Sale Number	#50425	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	93,090.00
Total Lots	498
Sold Lots	243.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	123,450.00
% of Lots Sold	48.80%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	179,910.00
Unsold Lots	255	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	35.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
20	Charles-Alexandre Leseur.	A view of the Sydney Town colony titled "Nouvelle-Hollande: Nouvelle Galles du Sud.	1807	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 4,826.00
22		View of Port Jackson and Part of the Town of Sydney, from a drawing in the possession of Barron Field, Esq'r.Sheet size 220 x 550 mm. Hand coloured aquatint -	1826	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 4,572.00
11	OXLEY, John.	Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, Undertaken by Order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18.	1820	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 3,175.00
17	HUNTER, John.	An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson And Norfolk Island, ...by John Hunter Post Captain in His Majesty's Navy	1793	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 2,159.00
6	C.J. Dennis.	A Book for Kids	undated but 1921	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,651.00
39		Typus Orbis Terrarum, ad Imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercator.	1596	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,270.00
40		Unusual heart shaped map of the world, otherwise known as a 'cordiform' map. Titled 'Universalis Cosmographia Tiguri'	1546	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,206.50
125	Willem Janszoon Blaeu,	Very rare early Dutch map of Southeast Asia, "India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes"	1634	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,143.00
46	Wallis, Captain James and Walter Preston.	A framed print titled 'A View of the Cove and part of Sydney, New South Wales.' From the 1821 book of view		AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,079.50
31	Willem Blaeu.	India quae Orientalis dicitur et Insulae Adiacentes, 1635. The third state of the first		AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,016.00
205		Six issues of The Queenslander Annual. 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936.		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,016.00
33		Three early maps of the world. First is 'Typus Orbis Theatrum', double hemisphere world map measuring 210 x 175 (plate size)	1598, circa1650	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 952.50
122		The hand coloured map "Isole Dell' Indie, diuise in Filippine, Molucche, e della Sonda"	1685	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
129		Carte Reduite Des Mers Comprises Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique Apelees par les Navigateurs Mer Du Sud ou Pacifique	1756	AUD 1,100.00 - 1,300.00	AUD 889.00
383	James Morrison	The Journal of James Morrison Boatswain's Mate Of The Bounty Describing The Mutiny and Subsequent Misfortunes Of The Mutineers Together With An Account Of The Island Of Tahiti.	1935	AUD 900.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 825.50
2		Sydney Opera House from Baxter Estate Sir John Philip Baxter (1905--1989) was the Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust from 1969-1975	1972	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 762.00
19	McLEAN, Robert.	The New Atlas of Australia...	no date but 1886	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 762.00
10	HAWKESWORTH, John.	An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis, and Captain Cook.	1773	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 698.50
139		A 29cmx23cm wartime photo album consisting of 34 greyscale images		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 698.50
7	Norman Lindsay	Art in Australia. December 1930, number 35. Norman Lindsay Number	1930	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 635.00
402		A very good lot of Australian Colonial history books.		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 571.50
9		The Bookbinder. An illustrated journal for binders, librarians, and all lovers of books. Comprising five volumes	1888 to 1892	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
28		Large map of the globe from the southern hemisphere projection, titled "Die Untere oder Sudliche Halbkugel der Erde..."	1800	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
213		The municipal history of South Brisbane, prepared, by order of the South Brisbane City Council to Record the work of this local authority from its constitution...	1925	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
47	Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hamilton-Smith.	Five views of Australia		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 444.50

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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