- October 27, 2019 12:00 PM GMT+11
- Paddington, Sydney, Australia
- Auction Details
Superior Items of Historical Import.
125 lots
Collectibles (86)
Inner Filter Options - Coins, Money & Stamps(44)
- Military & Wartime(24)
- Ephemera, Cards & Documents(7)
- Books, Maps & Manuscripts(4)
- Natural History, Fossils & Minerals(3)
- Sporting, Angling & Hunting(3)
- Tools(1)
Decorative Art (11)
Inner Filter Options - Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts(7)
- Ceramics & Pottery(2)
- Silver & Vertu(2)
Asian Art & Antiques (10)
Inner Filter Options - Japanese(8)
- Chinese(2)
Jewelry (10)
Inner Filter Options - Pins & Brooches(5)
- Rings(3)
- Pocket Watches(2)
Fine Art (7)
Inner Filter Options - Prints(4)
- Photography(3)
1: Vintage Aquamarine Ring in 9ct Gold with side Rubies
3: Modern 9ct Yellow Gold Ring with 24 channel-set Diamonds
4: Vintage 9ct Gold Mourning Pin with a Central Star featuring an Old-Cut Diamond & Seed Pearls
5: Stick Pin in Platinum with Old Cut Diamonds inset. In original box
7: Vintage Citrine Brooch in 9ct Gold with a 14ct Gold Safety Chain
8: Vintage 14ct Gold Butterfly Brooch with Red Stone insert
10: "Ramsden" of London Telescope, circa late 1700s. In excellent condition & rare so nice
11: Marquesas Islands Stone 'Poi' Pounder, Extremely Fine
13: Portuguese Trompe L'oeil Ceramic Dish recovered from the wreck of the RMS 'Douro'
14: Sea-salvaged Gold Sovereigns (14 visible) recovered from the wreck of the RMS 'Douro'
15: Vintage Sterling (0.925) Silver Page marker in the form of a Leaf
16: Vintage Sterling (0.925) Silver Page marker in the form of a Leaf
17: Czech Ceramic Pouring Jug In the form of a stylised 'Toucan'
18: Australia N(ew) S(outh) W(ales). 1878 'Academy of Art' Prize Medal, Extremely Fine
19: Australia N(ew) S(outh) W(ales). 1879 'Academy of Art' Prize Medal, Extremely Fine
20: Australia. School Prize Medal for "Examinations / at the / Sydney Academy / Macquarie Street / December 25th / 1822,", Extremely Fine for issue
21: Australia. 1859 - 1860 Commemorative Medal for the opening of The 'Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Station Flinders Street', Uncirculated in contemporary Case
23: Australia. 1902 Sydney Wharf Labourers Union Badge, good Very Fine
24: N(ew) S(outh) W(ales) C(ricket) U(nion) Winner's 9ct Gold Fob for the 1891/2 "Kerr's Cup"
25: Australia. 'Shire of Ararat (Victoria). 1897 Diamond Jubilee' Medalet in Silver, Extremely Fine (holed as usual)
26: Australia. 1899 Silver Medalet for the 'International Exhibition - Coolgardie', Fine
27: Australia. Circa WWI 'Naval Boxing' Fobs awarded to "T W Wells," (2 items)
28: Australia. 1956 'La Perouse' Medal struck for 'The French Exhibitions in Australia', Uncirculated in original box of issue
29: Australia. 1885 'Lord Mayor's Soudan Medal' presented by the Citizens of Sydney, about Uncirculated and unengraved
30: WWI Australia. 15ct Gold Fob "Presented to/Cadet N.L. Joyner./by O.C. Naval Cadets./for Greatest General/Proficiency in/Interstate Competitions/1913-1914", Extremely Fine
31: Australia. Original copy 'Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser' - Tuesday, March 6, 1827
32: Australia. Original copy 'Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser' - Tuesday, January 4, 1831
33: Australia. Original copy 'The Sydney Morning Herald' - Friday, February 19, 1858
34: Australia. Original copy 'The Sydney Morning Herald' - Saturday, January 2, 1858
35: Australia. Broken Hill South Limited Share Certificate, 3rd February 1928, Extremely Fine
36: WWI Australia. An important original Pen Drawing of 'A Road in France' by Australian Artist (Sergt) Penleigh Boyd featured in "Salvage" (a facsimile copy is included)
37: WWI Australia. Copies of the 'Commonwealth of Australia Gazette' spanning the period Thursday, 26th August 1915 to Friday, 17th May 1918
38: WWI Australia. An original Enlistment Poster c.1915
40: Australia. Medallion 'For all those who served suffered and died/ Vietnam 1962-1973/ A National Memorial to the Australian Vietnam Forces'. Scarce
41: WWI Australia. 'Liverpool (NSW)' Internment Camp 3d, toned about Uncirculated
42: WWI Australia/Great Britain. 'Gallipoli' 1 Pound, Very Fine (excepting two major piercings and numerous pin holes)
43: WWII Australia/New Zealand. Internment Camps Five Shilling, PCGS MS64 RB
44: WWII (NSW) Australia. Hay Internment Camps Sixpence, Very Fine
45: WWI Australia/Germany. 'HMAS Sydney - SMS Emden Medal' - Nov 9 1914, Very Fine in original custom box
46: WWI Australia. Nephrite Jade Presentation Fob inscribed "H.M.A.S. Sydney 9.11.14"
47: Australia/Britain. China War Medal, 1900. W.H. LITTLEFIELD./A.B./H.M.S. ARETHUSA', about Uncirculated
48: Arthur Phillip "The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay" (John Stockdale, London, 1789)
49: Capt'n John Lort Stokes 'Discoveries in Australia' 2 volumes & folio of charts (T and W Boone, London, 1846)
50: Australia. 'Unpublished' Photos of the Building of the 'Sydney Harbour Bridge' (124 Photos)
52: 'The Story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge,' Extremely Fine
53: Australia. Unique 'Specimen' $1000 Bond No. 000000 - A proposed (but abandoned) US Fund Raising to build the 'Sydney Harbour Bridge'.
54: Bound Presentation Edition of 'Photographs (of) New South Wales' circa 1900
56: Australia. 1914 Penny, NGC MS63 BN (but looks better)
60: Australia. 1934/5 'Melbourne Centenary' Florin, toned Gem