Catalogue
Captain Cook's Third Voyage lithograph, An Offering before Capt Cook, in the Sandwich Islands, by J. Webber, The Landscape Eng. By Middiman, The Figures by Hall, the drawing featuring the local inhabitants with Captain James Cook with some of his men assembled at a village meeting, lithograph in b&w (approx 38x24cm) and with frame (approx 57x42cm), matted and timber framed under UV protection glass. A few scrapes on frame, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $350
Passed in
Captain Cook's Third Voyage lithograph, The Reception of Captain Cook in Hapaee, (Tonga) by J. Webber, Heath sculp., the drawing featuring a gathering of local inhabitants in a circle watching a traditional combat match, with village structures, English sailors talking to village women and other daily routines of village life, lithograph in b&w (approx 39x24cm) and with frame (approx 57x42cm), matted and timber framed under UV protection glass. Very fine.
Estimate $350
Passed in
Linton, Richard, colour lithograph, 'China Bound', 1979, signed and dated by the artist, framed, certificate attached, (65cm x 55cm). Very fine.
Estimate $150
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Linton, Richard, colour lithograph, 'Rounding The Horn', 1980, signed and dated by the artist, framed, (65cm x 55cm). Very fine.
Estimate $150
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Linton, Richard, colour lithograph, 'Fair Wind For Australia', 1981, signed and dated by the artist, framed, certificate attached, (65cm x 55cm). Very fine.
Estimate $150
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China, early 20th century, silk painting depicting an orange and yellow songbird in a cherry tree in blossom, signed to left with additional inscription, framed, (96cm x 58cm). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield (1920 - 1999), oil on board "Pulpit Rock, Shoalhaven with black cockatoos", (37.5 cm x 30.5 cm). Very fine.
Estimate $15,000
SOLD $26,000
Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield (1920 - 1999), oil on board, "Pulpit Rock, Shoalhaven with white cockatoos", (37 cm x 30 cm). Very fine.
Estimate $15,000
SOLD $15,500
Boyd, David, oil on board, 'Study 16 in red', 1992, signed, framed, (37cm x 29cm), (framed 52cm x 45cm). Very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,400
Boyd, David, oil on board, scene of a lady beside a river, c.1990s, signed, framed, (23.5cm x 27.5cm), (57cm x 55cm framed). Very fine.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,000
Boyd, David, oil on board, two girls with apple, c.1992, signed, framed, (28cm x 24cm), (47cm x 43cm framed) . Very fine.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $4,800
Boyd, David, oil on canvas, 'Clown resting in the Bush', 1992, signed, framed, (34cm x 26.5cm), (47cm x 40cm), framed). Very fine.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,800
Picasso, Pablo, original lithograph, 'Nude and Ringmaster', dated 21/12/53, from Verve 29-30 published in 1954, signed 'Picasso' in blue, (34.5cm x 26cm), (50.5 x 41.5cm framed). Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $2,200
Ken Knight, landscape painting featuring a rustic cottage surrounded by aspects of rural living such as sheds, water tower, trees and chickens, artists signature in bottom left (approx 70x37cm), housed in a wooden frame (approx 89.5x56cm). Very fine.
Estimate $560
SOLD $340
Coloured print of a man carrying a large nugget of gold from Port Phillip, (approx 16x13cm), from the Illustrated London News (1853), attractively framed under glass. Fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Mason Jackson, black and white print titled 'Valley North of Milford Sound' (approx 13.5x18cm), from the Illustrated London News (1869), attractively framed behind glass. Fine.
Estimate $70
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Coloured print titled 'Bourke Street, Melbourne, Looking East', (approx 15x14.5cm), unsigned (1886), attractively framed under glass. Fine.
Estimate $60
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Samuel Prout, print of the Cockatoo Islands, engraved by T.Outhwaite (approx 20.5x17cm), attractively famed under glass. Fine.
Estimate $70
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New South Wales map, (approx 34x26cm), published Jan 4 1828 by Samuel Arrowsmith, No. 10 Soho Square, London, features relief shown by hachures and spot heights, includes explorers' routes, also description of topography and boundaries of nine Counties in colour, matted and framed under glass (51x43cm). A few areas of light foxing, otherwise very fine and a scarce early Colonial map.
Estimate $350
SOLD $280
Map, Plan de la Ville et Forteresse de Malaca [Plan of the city and fortress of Malacca]', published by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, 1750 (21.0 x 16.5cm). Minor foxing, good very fine.
Estimate $150
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World War II, two cover pages from The Sun newspaper covering events during the end of the war, the first, dated 15/8/45 announcing the official surrender by the Japanese Emperor, the second, dated 30/8/45 covering the allied occupation of Japan, both pages approximately 50x40cm each, both framed under glass and are faded and crinkled. Fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
USA, signatory to the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Huntington (1731-1796), Lawyer born Connecticut, Delegate to the Continental Congress 1776, President of the Congress 1798-81, Lieutenant Governor and Chief judge of Superior Court of Connecticut 1784-86, Governor of Connecticut 1786-1796. Handwritten and original cheque for ?8.0.0 for the State Treasurer, Hartford 10th May 1782, to pay the Sheriff of the Country of New Haven. Very fine.
Estimate $500
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Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), hand-addressed free-franked envelope 1835 (76x122mm). Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Edward, Prince of Wales, letter written to William John Clarke (1831-1897) offering congratulations to him (Dr. Clarke, in 1886 he received an honorary LL.D. from Cambridge University and a baronetcy in 1882) from an associate in Melbourne June 24, 1887 on his 'grand honour conferred on him by the Prince of Wales", a further note on p.3 of the letter is addressed to Sir William Clarke thanking him for his 'fraternal good wishes from the Prince of Wales' (dated June 23, 1887). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, letter, written in French and signed "Chateaubriand", one page (approx 19x32cm), addressed to Marshal Jacques Macdonald, Duke of Taranto, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour. Intersecting folds, uniform toning, and scattered wrinkles, but otherwise in good condition.
Estimate $140
SOLD $150
Envelopes addressed to Her Majesty Queen Mary, two with postage stamps and cancellations, the first a 1d stamp of King George V (cancelled in Richmond), the second a 25c Spanish stamp of Alfonso XIII (cancelled in Madrid), the last envelope without a stamp. Nearly fine. (3)
Estimate $60
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Henry W. Longfellow signature, 1875, in ink on 3x9cm slip, matted and framed with an original album photo of Longfellow to an overall size of 13.5x17.5cm, this also matted, all in a frame under glass (approx 26.5x36cm). Fading to ink (remaining fully legible), otherwise fine condition.
Estimate $140
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Alfred Lord Tennyson signature, in ink on manuscript bank draft of a folded page (18x11.5cm folded), in his hand to his lawyer, Odling Osborne & Co, Clement's Lane, London, posted from Freshwater with one penny stamp hand cancelled 'July 18th 1862' and stamped 'PAID', across centre is written, 'Pay M Jerennal Nerwood (or Merwood) or order eleven pounds and at bottom left corner '?11', crossed diagonally with two lines and written '& Co', in centre oval bank stamp of London & Westminister Bank, Lothbury, also stamp of National Provincial Bank of England ??? (illegible), signed 'A Tennyson', on back written in ink, 'Isu.Mist (?) Merwood/his mark (with X beside)', below 'Witness (signed) J.F.Isaacson'. Second, light bank stamp over signature, scattered light creasing and wrinkling, otherwise very good.
Estimate $180
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John F.Bolt, handwritten note on Malaya, JIM note for ten dollars (P.M7c), 'John F.Bolt, Black sheep Squadron (Vella ha Vella) 1943' written across top of the back of the note. One diagonal fold, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Franklin D Roosevelt Signature, USA President's pencil signature on piece of paper and pasted above American flag with Pledge of Allegiance below, professionally mounted and framed with a photo of Roosevelt above. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260