Catalogue
Centenary of Australian Settlement, program for the State Banquet in commemoration of the first hundred years of Australian settlement, Exhibition Building, Sydney, January 26th 1888, full colour with vignettes of the states, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea, 195x135mm, fold open with menu, wines, toasts and music. Some foxing and pencil marks, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Tasmanian Council of Education, certificate (approx 25.5x42.5cm) for Degree of Association of Arts, Mdccclx (printed) XIX (penned) (1879), named to James Tomkins Weaver of Hobart Town, admitted in the First Class of Successful candidates to the Degree, dated at Hobart Town on 18th December 1879 and signed by the President, George Clarke, affixed at the right corner is an embossed paper stamp of the seal of The Tasmanian Council of Education Board. Handwritten ink text faded, stains at edges, some very light foxing, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Travellers cheques, cancelled CBA issues (2), Bank of Adelaide (2) , ANZ (3), specimen issues (20), various banks; also 1827 postmarked letter, all in album. Fine - uncirculated. (28)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Documents, primarily share scrip, statement of accounts, annual reports, banking items and prospectuses, 1910s-1960s, including; BHP, AMP, Employers Federation, Bank of NSW; Remitting Warrant to Gunner J Vivian Frost, 18 Battery, 6 Artillery Brigade, Field Artillery, 30 January 1918; Commercial Banking Co Sydney, Bank Bond, 1898, Peace Loan 1927; War Certificate, August 1944 Masonic Lodge, Kempsey, receipts; telegrams from 1930s. Fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Victoria, St Kilda & Brighton Railway Company, 1859, one £25 share, black on buff; The Victorian Trained Nurses Club Limited, 1920, five £5 shares, orange on buff. Foxing to first scrip, light centre fold on second, otherwise extremely fine . (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Dept of Road Transport & Tramways, NSW, a large collection of staff tickets from many different tramlines includes Narrabeen Line (3); Neutral Bay Line (4); Northbridge Line (3); Taronga Park Line (4); other lines include Lane Cove, La-Perouse, Watsons Bay (6), Waverley-Randwick (3), Zetland, Dowling Street to Waterloo Junction (8), Waratah (2), Wallsend Line (4), all tickets different for use to different junctions, depots, loops, terminus, avenues etc. Very fine - uncirculated, a rare group. (39)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Govt. Tramways tickets for 1d, 2d, 3d (2 types), 4d, 6d, 7d, 8d, 9d, 10d, a well matched complete set. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Elizabeth Taylor memorabilia, telegrams (4) and fan letters (10) of best wishes sent to her, or care of her husband Eddie Fisher, in 1961 while she recuperated from an illness, also envelopes (22) but no letters enclosed, mostly from America but some from other countries including one from Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia with a letter included, another envelope sent by Jerzy Wozniak, a Polish footballer who had 35 caps with the Polish national team, noted telegrams from Spencer Tracy, Harry and Julie Belafonte, also a note paper with printed title, 'Eddie Fisher', and signed, 'Thanks'. Mostly fine - very fine. (37)
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
Transport photographs, a collection of railways and ferries, black and white photos featuring Queanbeyan Station, Wellington, Binalong and Belmore Stations (last) Broadhurst, another unidentified; Western Endeavour, first steam train to cross Australia from Sydney to Perth in 1970 (8); a collection of colour photos of stations, platforms, sidings, water towers and signal boxes throughout parts of Australia, includes many stations that have closed (102); a group of Sydney Harbour ferries colour photographs taken from various points in Sydney Harbour (53); also includes a small group of ferry tokens (8). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (175)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Shipping, photographs and postcards, in three albums, the first containing some large photos of passenger liners in Sydney Harbour, 'Dominion Monarch' under Sydney Harbour Bridge, H.M. Royal Yacht 'Gothic' and 'Empress of Britain' Jan 1938 noted; also, postcards and photographs of passenger and commercial shipping (65); second album contains Australian Naval Ships, includes 'HMAS Tobruk' on sea trials, 'HMAS Albatross' on trials and also in Cockatoo Docks, HM The Queen and Prince Phillip pose with the crew of 'HMAS Australia' 1954; also, last voyage to ship breakers 1955, 'Queen Mary' moored in Sydney Harbour, 'United States' entering New York Harbour with the skyline in the background (35); third album, 'HMAS Voyager' launch at Cockatoo Docks, S.S. America in Sydney Harbour, 'RMS Aquitania' berthing at Woolloomooloo April 1940, plus a group of mainly three masted sailing ships (37). Mostly extremely fine. (137 items)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Sydney Showboat, cruise brochures and booklets; Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company, various annual general meeting reports, 1946-1955 complete (10); 'Captain Cook's Australia' by Baglin & Mullins; a selection of cheques, including the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp. Govt. Railways 'Parcels Way Bill' for 6.7.1886, plus 'Guards Road Van Way Bill', 26.10.1890? to Harden, NSW; also, cheques, motor vehicle license & registration, lottery tickets, period map of Melbourne by Vacuum Oil (1944); funny money; Sarah Bernhardt reproduction poster (Bernhardt Season at Her Majesty's beginning 8 July 1891); an original New Zealand poster for J.C.Williamsons' comic opera 'The Gondoliers' and 'Utopia Limited' over two nights (7 & 8 June (year not given) damaged, 'Napier 7th June 1900' written on back; various letters, receipts, 150th Anniversary of Australia, 1788-1938, two page facsimile souvenir letter; American Banknote Co, souvenir card for the American Numismatic Assn featuring a one dollar note from Tucson, Arizona. Poor - uncirculated. (approx 77)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
WWI Correspondence, letter, written from Paris, 17 April 1918, indicating that 'I think it will be a long time before this trouble ends', signed 'your loving Bro, Ell'; with accompanying original photograph of WWI digger in uniform, signed, 'To Annie with love from your brother Ell'. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Coin presentation cases, Lighthouse, three trays in each, hinged lid design in mahogany finish, each case holds 90 coins. As new in original boxes. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $450
China, silver ashtray (103x80mm) with bamboo design engraved into the base surrounding a China, Republic, Sun Yat Sen Memento dollar (1927), fixed in the base so as to see both sides, hallmark on back. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
German New Guinea, modern gilt reproductions of ten and twenty mark gold coins, dated 1895; also, paperweights in the form of (2) high silver content bars of Tibetan silver, total weight 280g. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Great Britain, Queen Victoria, Jubilee head, five pounds, 1887, jeweller's copy, in gold (22ct, 39.8g). Nearly uncirculated in a modern fitted case.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,650
Coin holder with loop mount, in gold (18ct, 5.4g, inside dia 35mm, outside dia 42mm). Unused. (2)
Estimate $350
SOLD $360
Silver coin jewellery, includes Australia, silver fifty cents, 1966 in decorative clip-in silver pendant frames (2 different), another is a wide cross shape cut from a George VI florin, one side engraved with a flower and leaves and inscribed, 'Olga', the brooch pin on back is missing; also a teaspoon with a 1927 Canberra florin as the ladle and with a twist handle with a 1936 threepence at the end; Austria, Maria Theresa 1780SF restrike thaler with suspension loop fitted; Egypt, ten qirsh, AH1293 Yr 10 (1884), with brooch pin fitted to reverse; USA, Kennedy half dollar, 1967, with pendant clip frame fitted. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Switzerland, Pamp bars, 1 ounce of platinum 999.5 fine and 1 ounce of palladium 999.5 fine. In sealed holders, certified, FDC. (2)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,160
Natural gold nuggets, weighing 8.11g, 7.76g, 7.42g, 7.09g, (total 30.38g) found in Australia. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $1,550
SOLD $1,400
Natural gold nuggets, weighing 9.31g, 8.04g, 6.12g, 5.31g, (total 28.78g) found in Australia. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,300
Natural gold nuggets, weighing 9.92g 7.46g, 5.54g, 5.29g, (total 28.21g) found in Australia. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $1,450
SOLD $1,300
Natural gold nuggets, (total 23.50g) found in Australia. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,150
Silver Roo, 1975, fine silver (100g, 50mm) weight assay certified by the Australian and New Zealand Metal Exchange Company Pty Ltd (ANZMEC). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (tot wt 1kg, 10)
Estimate $650
SOLD $800
Silver Roo, 1975, fine silver (100g, 50mm) weight assay certified by the Australian and New Zealand Metal Exchange Company Pty Ltd (ANZMEC). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (tot wt 1kg, 10)
Estimate $650
SOLD $760
Silver Roo, 1975, fine silver (100g, 50mm) weight assay certified by the Australian and New Zealand Metal Exchange Company Pty Ltd (ANZMEC). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (tot wt 1kg, 10)
Estimate $650
SOLD $700
Silver Roo, 1975, fine silver (100g, 50mm) weight assay certified by Australian and New Zealand Metal Exchange Pty Ltd (ANZMEC). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (tot wt 1kg, 10)
Estimate $650
SOLD $700
Silver Roo, 1975, fine silver (100g, 50mm) weight assay certified by the Australian and New Zealand Metal Exchange Company Pty Ltd (ANZMEC). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (tot wt 1kg, 10)
Estimate $650
SOLD $680
Cigarette case, in gold (14ct, 64.22g, 75x45mm), c1890-1900, of rectangular form, engraved with scroll floral pattern on front and engined turned pattern on back, and with cabochon saphire clasp. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,700
Gent's gold half hunter pocket watch, in 18ct gold (tot wt 151.5g), keywind (no key with lot), gold dial with polished gold Roman numerals on textured pattern, seconds indicated on plain border, in the centre a different machine turned pattern, seconds sub dial with dot indicator marks, inside back lid hallmarked for London 1876, case maker's initials T.H/J.H, works by Litherland & Davies Co, Liverpool, movement no. 9089, case works' cover inscribed, 'Adam Hunter', the cover, central body and case cover with winding, twist pattern border. Cover glass with small scratch, working order unknown, hairlines on back cover from polishing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,600