Catalogue
South Africa, Republic, Protea proof one ounce gold medallic coin, 1688 - 1988 (KM.127). In case of issue, FDC.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,450
Switzerland, twenty francs, 1927B (KM.35.1). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $260
SOLD $300
Tonga, Tupou IV, Royal Mint proof one and five hau, 1981 (Royal Wedding Charles and Diana) (KM.75, 76). In case of issue with certificate, FDC. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $950
Turkey, one hundred kurush, AH1293, Year 32 (1876 ?) (KM.730). Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $310
USA, gold dollar, Liberty head, 1851. Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
USA, gold dollar, Indian Princess small head, 1855. Rim cuts and slight bend, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
USA, gold dollar, Indian Princess large head, 1862. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
USA, two and a half dollars or quarter eagle, 1903, Liberty head. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
USA, two and a half dollars or quarter eagle, 1905, Liberty head. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $320
USA, two and a half dollars or quarter eagle, 1928, Indian head. Scratches on the reverse, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $290
USA, three dollars, 1854, Indian Princess head. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,800
USA, five dollars or half eagle, 1903S, Liberty head. Extremely fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $420
USA, five dollars or half eagle, 1914D, Indian head. Polished, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $370
SOLD $360
USA, ten dollars or eagle, 1894, Liberty head. Minor surface marks and rim damage, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $780
USA, ten dollars or eagle, 1908D, without motto, Indian head. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
USA, ten dollars or eagle, 1914D, Indian head. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $820
USA, twenty dollars or double eagle, 1857S, Liberty head. Full mint bloom, uncirculated and rare thus.
Estimate $6,500
Passed in
USA, twenty dollars or double eagle, 1890S, Liberty head. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,500
USA, twenty dollars or double eagle, 1908, no motto, St Gaudens. Considerable original mint bloom, uncirculated.
Estimate $2,500
Passed in
USA, twenty dollars or double eagle, 1924, St Gaudens. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,600
USA, twenty dollars or double eagle, 1924, St.Gaudens. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,550
USA, proof gold coin set, including Liberty one ounce, one half ounce, one quarter ounce and one tenth ounce dollars, 1991. In case of issue (case slightly damaged) with certificate, FDC. (4)
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,600
Uruguay, Republic, five pesos, 1930, Artigas (KM.27). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $450
SOLD $380
Vatican, Pope Pius XI, specimen set, 1936 including gold one hundred lire (KM.MS15). In case of issue, uncirculated and scarce. (9)
Estimate $1,200
Passed in
Western Samoa, proof one hundred tala, 1982, Commonwealth Games (KM.52). In case of issue with certificate number 0308, FDC.
Estimate $350
SOLD $290
Australian International Exhibitions, Report of the Royal Commission for 1879 and 1880, printed in London, hard cover, 491pp, cover page missing; The Industrial Progress of New South Wales Being a Report of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1870 at Sydney, together with a variety of papers illustrative of the industrial resources of the colony, printed by Thomas Richards, Government Printer, Sydney, 1871, hard cover, 702pp+32pp of advertising; both books include lists of awards. Both books with damage, the first with cover page missing, the second with fold-out pages missing at back, some foxing, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84, New South Wales its Progress and Resources and Official Catalogue, printed by Thomas Richards, Government Printer, Sydney, hard cover, 169pp + Index xiiipp, with list of NSW exhibitors and products; Report of the Executive Commissioner for New South Wales, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, printed by Charles Potter, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, hard cover, 671pp, with 22 folding plates, with list of awards to NSW exhibitors; Official Catalogue of the Greater Britain Exhibition, Earl's Court, London, 1899, Imre Kiralfy, Director-General, printed in London, hard cover gold blocked with name, 'Hon. W.Knox, M.L.C.', 348pp, includes lists of all exhibits; Australian Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, 1924, a photographic souvenir of the pavilion illustrating Australia's attractions and resources, soft cover, 40pp. All with some foxing, very good - good fine. (4)
Estimate $250
SOLD $340
Carson, Robert., Coins of the Roman Empire, Cambridge (1990), 480 pp., 64 plates, with hard dust cover; Emmett, K., Alexandrian Coins, Wisconsin, 2001; Sear, D., Byzantine Coins and Their Values (1974), 2000 reprint; Pitchfork, Colin E., The Jon Hosking Collection of Ptolemaic Coins; Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney 2000, 72 pp., illustrated throughout. Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Eckhel, J.H., Numi Veteres Anecdoti, Ex Museis, Caesareo Vindobonensi, Florentino Magni, first edition, second volume, Vienna, 1775, Quarto, pp.318, 17 plates, later hardcover binding. Light foxing, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, 'The Art Of Heraldry, An Encyclopedia of Armory', New York, 1976; Wagner, A.R., 'Papworth's Ordinary Of British Armorials', London, 1961; Scott-Giles, C.W, 'Boutell's Heraldry', London, 1958; Fox-Davies, A.C., 'A Complete Guide to Heraldry', New York, 1978; 'Heraldry', Macdonald Educational, London, 1973; Gayre, G.R., 'The Heraldry of the Knights of St John', India, 1956; 'Bookbinding', London, c.1960s; Franklyn, J, 'Heraldry', London, 1965; White, A.C.T., 'Shield & Crest', London, 1960; Fairbairn, J, 'Fairbairn's Crests', Japan, 1968; Neubecker, O., 'Heraldry', London, 1976; Gayre, R., 'The Nature of Arms', Edinburgh, 1961; Tschichold, J., 'Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering', England, 1985; Harthan, J., 'The Book of Hours', Lancashire, 1977, (2). Very fine. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $290