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Sydney Harbour Bridge Locking, commemorative prepared from 1927 Canberra florin with obverse shaved, pierced hole at top for jump ring, inscribed, 'In Commemoration/of/The Locking/Sydney Harbour Bridge/19-8-30/Ted Wright./Dogman'. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
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Sydney Harbour Bridge worker's awards, Arch Locked commemorative prepared from 1927 Canberra florin with obverse shaved and with rope border with scroll suspension, spanning the centre is the bridge, the arches in brown enamel, coming together with cranes atop each arch, below in a blue disc is the monogram initials DL (for Dorman Long), the inscription from top to bottom reads, 'Sydney Harbour Bridge/.Arch Locked./Aug 19. 1930./.V.Kelly./Boilermaker'; presentation fob in 9ct gold (7.7g; 39x31mm), central shield bearing overlaid image of bridge, below inscribed, 'From L.Ennis. O.B.E./Director of/Construction', the shield is supported within a laurel wreath with two ribbons across at base and across the top in a scroll is inscribed, 'Sydney Harbour Bridge', reverse inscribed, 'To/Vincent R.Kelly,/To Mark His Preservation/from/Serious Injury,/on/Falling Into The Harbour,/A distance of 182 Feet./23rd. Oct.1930'; also a WWI tribute fob in 9ct gold (7.5g; 35 x 26.5mm), obverse, target above crossed rifles, shield below with inscribed initials, 'VK', at each side a scroll with small wreath below, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Pte. V.Kelly/By his Woolwich/Friends/As a token of esteem/On his return/From Active/Service/13.4.18.' Good very fine and unique. (3)
Estimate $9,000
SOLD $11,000
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Kelly family photo album, photos of bridge under construction, Vince Kelly at work on the bridge and family photos around the period of construction, all b&w photos, a few enlargements. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (approx 150)
Estimate $500
SOLD $750
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opened 19th March 1932 Inaugural Celebrations, in silver (51mm) by Amor (C.1932/5), edge impressed, 'Hockey. Hockey Match. N.S.W.A.H.A. North Harbour.' (ex D.Allen); 2. another in silver, edge impressed, 'Hockey. Hockey Match. N.S.W.W.H.A. Metropolitan.' (ex D.Allen); 3. another in bronze, edge impressed, 'Hockey. N.S.W. A.H.A. South Harbour.' (Ex D.Allen); 4. another in bronze, edge impressed, 'Long Reef G.C. N.S.W.G.C. Miss Hanmer & J.C.Sanderson. Mixed Foursomes Handicap. Runners-Up.' (ex D.Allen); 5. another in bronze, edge impressed, 'Athletics. Pole Vault. W.Cartwright.' (ex D.Allen); 6. another in bronze, edge impressed, 'Specimen Only' (ex D.Allen, Prof. S.Levine and Ron Byatt c1950 possibly unique); 7. another obverse only uniface issue in copper, made by Christies c1998 (ex D.Allen); 8. another reverse only uniface issue in copper, made by Christies c1998 (ex D.Allen); 9. Sydney Harbour Bridge Opened March 19 1932, Municipal Council of Sydney, in silver (51mm) by Amor (C.1932/6), edge impressed, 'St.Sil' (ex D.Allen, Ron Byatt personal collection not Amor Archives, as such unique); 10. another, in oxidised silver (rare, only 2 known) (ex D.Allen, Prof S.Levine, Ron Byatt c1950); 11. Harbour Bridge Sydney N.S.W. Opened March 19 1932, in silver (63mm) by Angus & Coote, designed by R.M.Phipps (C.1932/7) (ex D.Allen); 12. another but in bronze (ex D.Allen); 13. British Empire Games of 1938 Sydney Australia, in bronze (75 x 62mm) by Stokes (C.1938/22), reverse inscribed, 'W.A.Cartwright/Athletics/Pole Vault' (see fifth medal above to same recipient) (ex D.Allen). The last lacquered, the tenth medal nearly extremely fine, the rest extremely fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $11,000
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, original Australian Souvenir Sydney Harbour Bridge card featuring twelve different enamel badges by Amor and with bridge statistics printed at bottom of card, badges include, 'North Shore Bridge Sydney N.S.W. 1932' (2 different), 'Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932' (7 different) and '1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge' (3 different). A rare original card, this with foxing and a sliver of surface paper loss through S of Souvenir, badges uncirculated. (12 pieces on card)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $3,200
Sydney Harbour Bridge, medals, tokens and coins, noted issues C.1932/1, 2, 3, 4, including a unique silver issue of the Sydney Harbour Bridge/Marcus Clark Big Store medal (C.1932/3), also a reworked version of a medal struck on planchet made from surplus Bridge rivets (C.ZS2), reworked on obverse and with Australia 1932 added, possibly unique, another scarce medal is the bronze Carl Veen/Sydney Harbour Bridge Jubilee Medal (C.1982/32) in 2x2 holder marked 'only 21 struck' and signed C.Veen, a further Carl Veen issue features the same design but detail under bridge altered to '1987/No Toll', various other medals, tokens and coins featuring the bridge, several in silver and a gold issue from the Perth Mint, one twenty fifth ounce fine gold twenty five dollars, 2007. Stored in a coin album, some very fine but mostly uncirculated. (44)
Estimate $3,000
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, commemorative, souvenir and club badges and tinnies, many enamelled issues, also a D.M.R. Toll Supervisor S.H.Bridge badge, Bridge cufflinks and a tinnie Souvenir of Australia 150th Anniversary 1938, oval with panoramic view of the Bridge from Blues Point area on North side, also noticed a contemporary oval tinnie-style ladies purse-size mirror with Bridge image on one side. A huge variety stored in a coin album, mostly very fine - uncirculated. (104)
Estimate $4,000
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Sydney Harbour Bridge postcards, all for opening celebrations, Castleton Series in b&w, Nos 2, 8, 13, 15, 20, 23, 24, 29 and 30, includes scarce Aboriginals passing Dais (No.20). Number 8 with tear at top edge, otherwise extremely fine and scarce. (9)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Sydney Harbour Bridge, booklets and other souvenir items from the 1932 opening period, also a souvenir booklet for the ceremony of setting the Foundation Stone of the Southern Abutment Tower, Dawes Point, 26th March 1925, included are two admission tickets to Reserve Section C for the official opening on 19 March 1932. Mostly very fine or better. (13)
Estimate $200
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