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Hawaii, rare promotional booklet for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1914, board cover, 64pp with b&w images throughout, printed by Paradise of the Pacific Press, Honolulu, Hawaii; very rare miniature flag of Hawaii at the time featuring the Union Jack in the canton with eight horizontal stripes of white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red representing the eight major islands, the flag is attached to a thin timber flagpole. The flag with age toning, the booklet virtually as new except for some light toning and some rust stains caused by the staples used to bind it. (2)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Australiana Historic print, titled, 'Opossum, Wombat et Nautile du Golfe de Carpentaire - 266, Australie' (print number 266 - An opossum, Wombat and Nautilus from the Gulf of Carpenteria) (image size 13.7x8.7cm; page size 19.7x12.8cm), made by Monnin after D. de Rienzi, from a woodcut engraving, this print is from M.G.L.Domeny de Rienzi's work, 'Oceanie, ou Cinquieme Partie du Monde', published in 1836 by Firmin Didot of Paris. Minor stains in left margin and light scattered foxing and age related toning, some rippling along top edge of page, otherwise very good for age.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Riches, Robert, watercolour on paper, 'Thames Head Bridge', c1900, depicting the bridge over the Thames and Severn Canal at Brimscombe, Gloucestershire, framed (50x34.5cm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Autographed Beatles' album, Beatles For Sale, Mono, the fourth in the series of four, XEX.503/504 vinyl LP album first released 1964, Parlophone PMC240 label made in Great Britain and features 14 tracks, this is the version with stop printed after NCB for side 2 tracks 5 and 6, inside the front cover is a photograph of the Beatles performing and across this photo is the autograph of each Beatle with that for Paul, George and John signed across their respective image and Ringo has signed above his image, all signatures in biro, that of George Harrison appears to be Harsion (in a hurry to sign maybe). Record extremely fine, cover very fine.
Estimate $5,000
Passed in
Sydney 2000 Olympics, Dawn Fraser "Australian Olympic Legend" DNA Authenticated Collector Pins, set No. 3241 of 5000. In case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Glengarry cap, made in Scotland of black wool cloth and lined with plain black fabric, at one side is a white metal Clan MacLeod 'Hold Fast' badge on black silk backing. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Royal Air Force Police, Falkland Islands, souvenir metal map, framed, also books Battle for the Falklands, Land, Naval and Air Forces, 3 vols, Osprey; Weapons of the Falkland Conflict by Bryan Perrett, 1982. Fine. (5)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Matryoshka, Russian traditional wooden hand painted doll, five in one, (90mm wide x 180mm high) from Sergiev Posad. Very fine.
Estimate $120
Passed in
The Illustrated Sydney News, New Series, Vol.3, No.53, Saturday, October 7, 1854 to No.90 Vol.IV, Saturday, June 30, 1855, a total of 36 weekly editions in 356 numbered pages, all bound in leather cover by W.E.Smith, Book Binder, Sydney, the spine gold blocked 'Sydney/News/1854'. The blank cover pages torn or creased, the cover inside edges torn, number 242 printed in error on page 244 and pages 245/6 missing (appear never to have been included), foxing on many pages, cover with spotting and some small loss of paper, the newspapers all intact, flat and very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Banking ephemera, cheques, Commercial Banking Company (7), Commercial Bank of Australia (5), 1920's-80's, English, Scottish and Australian Bank, 1860's-1960's. Very fine. (19)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Banking ephemera, cheques, English, Scottish and Australian Bank, 1860's - 1960's. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Banking ephemera, cheques, South Australian banks (20), Tasmanian banks (7), other promissory notes, cheques and money orders (17), c.1870's - 1930's. Fine - very fine. (44)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Banking ephemera, cheques from various Australian banks c.1880's - 1980's. Fine - very fine. (224)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Banking ephemera, cheques, Bank of Adelaide (6), National Bank (9), late 1800's - 1980's, mostly blank. Very fine. (15)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Banking ephemera, cheques, Bank of New South Wales, a range 1920's-70's, most blank. Very fne. (13)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Banking ephemera, includes cheque books from a variety of mostly Australian banks (28); deposit reciept and account opening form, 1914, share script, "Bonds Motor Car Company Limited", consecutive no's, both blank. Also a binder containing various hand written reciepts and promissory notes from the ninetenth century (approx 50), term deposits (3), stock receipts (4). Good - extremely fine. (approx 100)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Banking ephemera, Bills of Sale and Leases for hotels in the Clair region, South Australia in the late 1800's (32). Together with cheques related to relevant businesses or people (60). In a folder with collector's research and list, fine - very fine. (93)
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Banking ephemera, 1800's, promissory notes, Birrigurra (5), cheques, Colonial Bank of Australasia (3); cheques and altered cheques from several South Australian financial institutions, 1930's (53). Fine - very fine. (61)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Banking ephemera, cheques, Australia, early twentieth century (4); Great Britain (8); USA, late ninetenth and early twentieth centuries (27); Coca Cola and Pepsi Co cheques (11); cheque books, various North American banks (10); also share script, Newcastle & Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, unused and cancelled. Fine - very fine. (57)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Banking ephemera, cheques, from a range of Australian banks c.1960's-80's, most blank with butts. Very fine or better. (20)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Banking ephemera, specimen travellers cheques, American Express (24), Citicorp, National Bank of Australasia, Saudi Travellers Cheque Company, Thomas Cook (21); Lloyds Bank, paid travellers cheques (6). Extremely fine - uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Banking ephemera, includes a a large number and variety of cheques, account forms, money orders and bonds, mostly Great Britain and USA. Fine - uncirculated. (approx 300)
Estimate $70
SOLD $260
Banking ephemera, cheques, USA, late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (25), early - late twentieth century (179). Fine - very fine. (214)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Bank of Australasia, Third of Exchange, handwritten 'Sandhurst' over Launceston, [26th Dec] 185[5], No.[364], to Mr Dyason for ten pounds, black print on green paper; another, [Sandhurst 24th Dec] 18[56], No.[889] to Mr Charles Pearce for fifty pounds. With folds, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Victoria mining, Try Again Tribute Company, Advance Line of Reef, Victoria Hill, 186[9], for one hundred and forty eight shares. With folds and small tear in centre fold, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Victoria mining, Argus Tribute Company, Sailor's Gully, Bendigo, 187[1], a group of nine certificates, black on pink and buff. With folds, some with light foxing, two with smudged ink marks, all have small to medium tears along centre fold, otherwise fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Victoria mining, Isabella Gold, Matthews Reef, White Hills, Bendigo, 187[1], for one hundred 10/- shares. With folds and creases, spike hole, 2cm tear bottom edge, good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Mining, Ballarat East Development, 1934[7] (3), blue print; The Lady Shenton Gold Mines, (10) dated 1934 to 1936, black on grey; Maude and Yellow Girl Gold, Glen Wills, Victoria, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1946 (2), brown print; New Occidental Gold, 1943, black on green; Freney Kimberley Oil Company, 1954 (2), black on grey. Most with folds, some with pin holes, good fine - good very fine. (22)
Estimate $220
SOLD $140
Documents, Lease and Mortgage documents from nineteenth century England (5); property sale and fire insurance documents from various Australian companies, late ninetenth century - 1936 (6). Fine. (11)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Documents, relating to land sales and lease agreements in various Australian states, all late nineteenth century. Fine - very fine. (30)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40