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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, Botany, Philosophy, Anthropology, Art, Literature, First editions, & Associated copies

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Auction Name	Science, Botany, Philosophy, Anthropology, Art, Literature, First editions, & Associated copies	Total Sales (AUD)	44,843.70
Auction Date	June 15, 2025 - June 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	52,200.00
Sale Number	#61525	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	72,100.00
Total Lots	453
Sold Lots	204.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	124,285.00
% of Lots Sold	45.03%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	172,740.00
Unsold Lots	249	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	25.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
43	Joannes Reinolds Forster LL.D and Georgius Forster.	1776 Forster's Planatarum - 1st book on Australian Botany Characteres generum Plantarum, ...		AUD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	AUD 6,350.00
5	Henry Lawson. Adelaide :	The Auld Shop and the New.	1923	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 2,667.00
17	[Maria Graham]	1826 Sandwich Islands Voyage of HMS Blonde: to the Sandwich Islands, in the years 1824-1825. Captain the Right Hon. Lord Byron, Commander.	MDCCCXXVI. (1826).	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,905.00
41	Edited-by Roger Chapman and Cleveland T. Duval.	Charles Darwin: 1809-1882. A Centennial Commemorative.		AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,397.00
14	Frederic Masson.	Livre du Sacre de l'empereur Napoleon	1908	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	AUD 889.00
42	Louis de Freycinet.	Reflections on New South Wales 1788-1839: Freycinet's examination of the history and progress of the Colony of New South Wales during the first fifty-two years,	2001	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 825.50
23	Edited-by Alexander Henderson	Henderson's Australian Families: A Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol. I (complete and all published) Compiled and		AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
40	A M Lysaght. 2 volumes.	The Journal of Joseph Banks in the Endeavour with a commentary	1980	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 762.00
1	Roderick Flanagan.	The History of New South Wales with an account of Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania], New Zealand, Port Phillip [Victoria], Moreton Bay, and other Australian settlements.	1862	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 635.00
152	Anne Rice	A large collection of Anne Rice books from the Vampire Chronicle and Mayfair Witches.		AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
15	Dr. E. A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition	Scott's Last Expedition. In two volumes, Vol. I being the Journals, Vol. II being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work undertaken	1913	AUD 900.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 571.50
37	Hoppe, Idriess, Charles Chauvel.	Approximately 90 issues of Walkabout Magazine from Volume 1 number 1 November 1934.	1934	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
175	Kate Gahan and Ken Orchard.	Photographs are Never Still. The J.W. Lindt Collection.	2017	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 476.25
192		A Historical Collection of Voyages and Discoveries around the world. Facsimile editions	1960-70s	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 476.25
330		A big lot of two boxes of comics by different publisher.		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 444.50
155	Bret Easton Ellis.	American Psycho Signed	1991	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
16	Robert C Littlewood.	Bookplates for Pat Corrigan & Family	2014	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 381.00
28	John Paine	38 Views of Sydney and NSW	c1880	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
89	John Morony.	The More Things Change A History of Corrections in New South Wales	1975	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
122	George Allen.	John Ruskin two publications done in Sunnyside, Orphington		AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
292	Edward W Said.	Edward W Said 8 hardcovers in dustwrappers in good condition. 1) Orientalism	1978	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 381.00
337		Elfquest Reader's Collection TPB (1998-2002 WaRP Graphics) comic books.		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 381.00
54	RV Tooley	The Mapping of Australia and Antarctica. Second Revised edition.	1985	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 349.25
335		A box of Comics		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
32	Peter Nicholson and Michael Angelo.	The Practical Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer, and Complete Decorator	1826	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50

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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