Australiana and historical auctions
Objects and paper with an Australian story: colonial-period pieces, documents, photographs, maps, ephemera and the oddities that do not fit anywhere else.
In the sale now
1 lot in Sale 387, closing 1 Nov 2026.
What comes up
Colonial silver and treen, convict and goldfields material, breastplates, early photographs and albums, land grants and letters, maps and charts, exploration and maritime relics, and advertising and shop ephemera.
Why provenance matters here
Australiana is worth what can be proved about it. Where a piece arrives with family papers, an old auction label or a named collection behind it, that goes in the catalogue. Where the story cannot be checked, we say that too.
Selling Australiana
We handle single objects and whole collections, and we are used to estates where the paperwork is in a different box from the object. Valuations are free.
Catalogued and sold at our Paddington rooms. About Smalls Auctions Selling australiana & historical
What's it worth?
Send a photograph and we will come back with an auction estimate, usually within two working days. No charge, no obligation to sell.