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Captain Cook and other Australian Explorers, c1970s, by Numismatic Association of Victoria, includes cased sets of two medals (51mm), for Captain Cook (edge no.128) and George Bass (edge no.106), in gilt bronze (C.C/1 and G/2, not listed in this finish) (2); George Bass in silver and bronze (C.G/2) (2), both edge no.114; John Oxley in silver and bronze (C.J/1) (2), both edge no.10; Charles Sturt in silver and bronze (C.C/4) (2), both edge no.49. In set cases of issue, these with some foxing, the first set only minor, medals uncirculated. (4 sets)
Estimate $140
SOLD $160
James Cook, H.M.Bark "Endeavour", 1969, in silver, nickel silver and bronze (39mm) (M.1969/6) (3); Centenary of Second Voyage, 1972, in silver and antique bronze (38.5mm) (M.1972/1) (2). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $70
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Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations, Presented by the Shire of Shoalhaven, 1970, in bronze (38mm) (C.1970/27); Sutherland Shire Commemoration, Awarded by the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Commemoration Committee, 1970, in gilt, silvered and bronze (38mm) (C.1970/33) (3). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $70
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Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations, Yachting Regatta April, 1970, in bronze (38mm) (C.1970/18); Captain James Cook Bi-Centenary, 1970, in silver (38mm) (C.1970/22), by The State Savings Bank of Victoria; another similar but in gilt (34mm) (C.1970/23), by The State Savings Bank of Victoria; James Cook Explorer & Navigator, Bi-Centenary of James Cook's Journey to the South Pacific, 1970, in bronze (38mm) (C.1970/29), by The Historical Medal Society of Australia & New Zealand. Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
World Captain Cook medals, Canada, British Columbia, Captain Cook Bicentennial medal, 1978, uniface in bronze (38mm), with suspension and neck ribbon, unnamed; Captain Cook Bicentennial, 1978,uniface decagon in silvered and acrylic (?) (68mm), with display stand; Sea Festival Commemorative Dollars, set of five, 1978, in cupro nickel (37.5mm), in folder with booklet map; USA, Hawaii, Captain James Cook Explorer of Hawaii, Islands of Paradise, 2006, in silver (?) (50mm), obverse, a plaque with inscribed number, '078'; Captain James Cook Discoverer The Hawaiian Islands, (1978), proof set of three in silver (20.5mm), one with reverse design for Resolution ship's wheel 'Kona Coast Bank', one with reverse design for Atlantis, and another with plain reverse, in pack of issue by The Hawaiian Mint. The last set with some toning and one coin with a few spots but scarce, otherwise uncirculated - FDC. (3 + 2 sets)
Estimate $120
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Canada, British Columbia, Captain James Cook, R.N. F.R.S. 1728-1779, (1979), in pure copper, another in oxidised bronze, and another in sterling silver (51mm), obverse, bust of Cook right, reverse, H.M.S.Resolution at anchor with mountains in background, below, 'Capt. Cook First White/Man To Land In/British Columbia/At Nootka/1778'. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $180
Passed in
Australian Bicentennial medals, 1988, includes First State'88, in gilt bronze (32mm) (C.1988/B31); First State'88 opal triplet brooch pin in gilt; The Fourth Great Barrow Push, in silvered (31mm) (C.1988/B33); Tasmanian Teachers Credit Union Bicentennial token, in bronze (38mm) (C.1988/B53); Two Centuries of Achievement, in bronze (48mm) (C.1988/B58); Bicentenary of First European Settlement, in bronze (38mm) (C.1988/B59); Celebration of a Nation, in bronze (50mm) (C.1988/B195); Tall Ships Australia, in bronze (50mm) (C.1988/B199); Australia Day 26 January, in bronze (48mm) (C.1988/B221); Australia's Bicentenary Bendigo, The Founding of Australia at Botany Bay, in bronze (50mm) (C.1988/B282); also Tiwi Dutch Commemoration 300th Anniversary, 1st May 2005, in gilt and enamel, with suspension and neck ribbon. All except three in cases or packs of issue, uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $120
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Australian Bicentennial award medals, 1988, all medals unnamed, Community award medal, in bronze (45mm) (C.1988/B17), cased; another with identical obverse but all floral reverse, also in bronze (45mm) (C.1988/B3), cased; Parramatta 200th Year of Foundation, 50th Anniversary of City, in gilded with suspension and neck ribbon, gilded, silvered and bronze (45mm) (C.1988/B73) (4), the last three cased; Blacktown Bicentennial Committee, in gilt bronze (not recorded in this metal) (51mm) (C.1988/B77); Parkes Shire Bicentennial Award, in bronze (51mm) (C.1988/B78); Australian Bicentenary, in gilt bronze (57mm) (C.1988/B218), cased. Uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Australian Bicentennial medals, 1988, includes Bathurst Stamp & Coin Exhibition Bathex'88, in nickel plate (32mm), Celebrating 200th Birthday Souvenir Dollar, in oxidised bronze (40mm), Vienna Woods State School, in oxidised copper (35mm), First Fleet Re-Enactment Medal by Hanimex, in copper (45mm), City of Nunawading Australia Day Family Festival, in silvered (38mm), Shire of Bellarine, in copper (32mm), Education School Children medal, in cupro nickel (40mm), R.A.S. of N.S.W. Royal Easter Show Exhibitor, in satin gilt bronze (40mm), Federal Council of Agricultural Societies, in gilt bronze (40mm), The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Exhibitor, in copper (40mm), State Rail, in silvered (44mm), Robert Schuller Ministries, in oxidised bronze (36mm), Fairfield City Games, in oxidised bronze (octagonal 45mm) with suspension (C.1988/B30, 136, 141, 157, 159, 167, 178, 193, 196, 198, 293, 296, unrecorded). Uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $100
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Bicentenary of First European Settlement, 1788-1988, for Geelong Numismatic Society, in silver and bronze (38mm) (C.1988/B59), by Hafner, both edge numbered 017 (only 50 matching edge number sets issued). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
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Captain James Cook's Sword, a replica of the sword used by Captain Cook being a Small Naval Hanger Sword (1757-1769), issued to commemorate the Bicentenary of Captain James Cook landing in Australia, April 29th 1770, wire bound composite grip and plated crossguard, single edge plated blade marked 'Wilkinson Sword, London', overall 68cm long, display mounted on replica ship board with rope border and with a small brass anchor attached at bottom right of sword handle, the board with wall mounting brackets on back; also a Certificate of authenticity and a history sheet, both framed together under perspex in a heavy timber frame (70x41cm). Some foxing on documents, crossguard of sword loose, otherwise good very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Captain Cook's Cottage, Melbourne, small, coloured, wall-hanging plate (10cm); small, plate (10cm) featuring Cook's Endeavour; Australia First Fleet plate (15.2cm) with 24K gold trim; large porcelain coffee mug by Denby, England, features various scenes of Yorkshire, Cleveland & Humbershire, including a bust of Captain Cook; small porcelain coffee mug featuring Captain James Cook's bust on one side and H.M.S. Resolution on the other side, base marked 'Decorated in Canada 22k gold'; small blue and white porcelain coffee mug, marked on one side 'Launch of the Endeavour 9 December 1998 Fremantle' and on the other side an image of the Endeavour; tall porcelain coffee mug featuring the name 'Captain Cook' under a small cameo image of the Endeavour and on the other side the name 'Endeavour' under a large cameo image of the Endeavour. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $50
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Bronze cast of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour, on timber backing with framed surround (34.5x36cm; casting 27.5x28cm; tot wt 4.74kg), with wall hanging suspension rings attached. Some oxidation, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
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Captain Cook statues, one a bust of Cook wearing a naval officer's hat (13.5cm high), and the other a bust of Cook without a hat (15cm high), both moulded in plaster and with base for standing; wall hanging prints under perspex in gold painted timber frames (15.2x20.2cm) (4, different). Extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Captain Cook's Family Tree, in black print on white, matt framed under perspex (46.5x36.5cm); Captain Cook Memorial at Kurnell, Sydney, a colour print in frame (42x37cm), under perspex; also Bark Endeavour from an oil painting by F.J.Booth, a colour print in a timber frame (46x37.5cm), under perspex. A few spots of foxing on the white border of the second and third prints, otherwise good very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
His Majesty's Bark Endeavour, from a watercolour by C.E.Ellwood, a colour print Volume 1 - 1 to 1,000, in black metal frame (51x41cm), under perspex; another, Captain Cook's Ships, H.M.S.Resolution and Adventure in the Long Reach, from an oil painting by F.Holman, 1772, a colour print in black metal frame (51x41cm), under perspex. The second with foxing throughout, the first extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Captain James Cook at Botany Bay, a large coloured print of Captain James Cook, Dr. Carl Solander and a Tahitian interpreter at Botany Bay in 1770, in an impressive timber frame (90x73.5cm), under perspex; roll up map of the world, showing 'Routes of Voyagers'. Extremely fine; fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Captain James Cook at Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada with Cook in a native village talking to Indians with his ships moored in the Sound behind, a 2-page colour spread mounted in a frame (63x48cm), under perspex. Crack in perspex at top right corner, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Captain James Cook, extracts from his journal kept during the voyage of H.M.S.Endeavour 1768-1771, together with an original lithograph of Cook at his desk with a map spread out in front, presented by the Committee of the National Library, black on buff coloured paper with evidence of original documents ageing, in timber frame (75x50cm), under perspex. Some toning, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as told by Selections of his Own Journals 1768-1779, edited by A. Grenfell Price, 1958, hard cover with dust jacket (cover loose and repaired, fly page with tear), 292pp; Captain Cook and the South Pacific, by Oliver Warner in consultation with Dr. J.C. Beaglehole, 1964, hard cover, 153pp; The Voyages of Captain Cook, by Rex and Thea Rienits, 1968 reprinted 1969, 1970, 1976, hard cover with dust jacket, 157pp; James Cook and New Zealand, by A. Charles Begg and Neil C. Begg, 1969, hard cover, 156pp + plates and text index; Captain James Cook, His Early Life and Voyage of the Endeavour, by William Beard, 1970, hard cover with dust jacket, 32pp; Captain Cook his Artists his Voyages, the Daily Telegraph portfolio of original works, 1970, hard cover with dust jacket, 64pp; Captain Cook Navigator & Scientist, papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium Australian Academy of Science, Canberra 1 May 1969, edited by G.M. Badger, 1970, hard cover with dust jacket, 143pp; Captain Cook, R.N., The Resolute Mariner, an International Record of Oceanic Discovery, by Thomas Vaughan, 1974, soft cover, 97pp; Captain Cook's Hawaii as seen by his artists, by Anthony Murray-Oliver, 1975, hard cover, 215pp; The British Museum Yearbook 3, Captain Cook and the South Pacific,1979, by various authors, hard cover with dust jacket, 249pp; James Cook Royal Navy, by George Finkel, 1987, hard cover with dust jacket, 224pp. Several with foxing, otherwise good - very fine. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Captain Cook & the Voyage of Endeavour 1768-1771, by Captain Frank Knight, 1968, board cover, 174pp; Endeavour 200, produced exclusively for Australian Hoechst Limited, 1970, hard cover, 64pp; Captain James Cook, by Australian Publishing Co, c1970, soft cover, approx 165; Ships and Seafarers in Australian Waters, by Max Colwell, 1973, hard cover with dust jacket, approx 130pp; The Three Voyages of Captain Cook, by Frank Paluka, 1974, hard cover, 80pp; From Maui to Cook, The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific, by David Lewis, 1977, hard cover with dust jacket, 212pp; European Voyaging Towards Australia, edited by John Hardy and Alan Frost with assistance of Isabel Moutinho, occasional paper No.9, 1990, soft cover, 171pp; The Illustrated Longitude, by Dava Sobel and William J.H.Andrewes, 1998, soft cover, 216pp; The Replica of H M Bark Endeavour, The story so far: 1987-1994, edited by Mike Lefroy, c1994, soft cover, 52pp; also various leaflets mostly for Captain Cook and includes replica documents and postal cover (9 items). Good - very fine. (18)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50