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Persian Khula Khud Helmet, late 18th century, deep bowl-shaped construction in steel, top spike and two plume holders at front sides, adjustable nose guard and chain mail neck guard, the bowl elaborately engraved with decoration all over and features a series of images and panels of Arabic in Kufic script around the base. A few links missing from chain mail, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $460
Powder Horn, 19th century, large horn with cover on wide end and with a screw out timber plug for refilling, timber plug on top, with a cord attached to the timber plug and this was connected to a groove for fitting cord at top end but cord now broken; also a short, straight piece of horn, timber plate on bottom and screw out horn plug at top with large opening, possibly used to carry an extra supply of powder. The first with a few pierced holes around bottom edge, otherwise very fine, the second with a crack at top and bottom edges, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $170
Bayonet, Germany, World War II, Mauser 98k 84/98, marked S/240G on one side and 3421 on the other side, 25cm blade with scabbard. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Dagger, 20th century, bone T-handle and leather sheath, (170mm long); New Guinea, cassowary bone dagger, (330mm long); Africa, 20th century, boar tusks, carved with representations of elephants, (165mm long). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Scrimshaw on Sperm Whale Tooth from the encounter with the Essex. Dimension 14.5cm by 5cm "The loss of the Essex Nov 20th 1820" on one side and the image of the Sperm Whale attacking the Essex on the other. Taken from "Shackleton's Voyage by Donald Barr CHIDSEY, Tandem Books 1967. November 20th 1820 in the Pacific three of the four whale boats of the Essex of Nantucket put out to harpoon whales. One of the boats was badly damaged by a tail-swipe and turned back to the ship. The ship itself was then attacked head-on by an infuriated 85 foot Sperm Whale, which charged it twice at great speed and made two gaping holes in the hull. The ship started to sink. In a matter of minutes the men aboard got the fourth launched under the command of the mate Owen Chase. The other two boats returning from the chase with the Captain and nineteen crewmen got what littlesupplies off the Essex - 600lbs of bread and 65 gallons of water - before she sunk utterly. They then started for the mainland more than 1000 miles away. They had navigating instruments and eventually made it, though their sufferings were acute. The incident is notable because it gave Hermann Melville the idea for "Moby Dick". He undoubtedly read Chase's thrilling first hand report.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,200
New Guinea, early 20th century, Mai ancestor mask, Middle Sepik region, of woven wicker covered in hard clay and painted with ochre and white striping, deeply inset eyes, cowrie shell decoration to face, cassowary feathers to top, long grasses below, (90cm high), on custom stand. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,200
Azzinari, Franco, (1949 -), oil on canvas, "Captain Gregorio Fuentes", c.1992, depicting the Cuban Captain in a coastal scene with cigar and the Pilar boat behind, framed, (48.5cm x 76.5cm), (91cm x 76.5cm in frame). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $7,000
Passed in
Livisiddhi, Noparat, Thailand (1932 -), oil on canvas, "Palm Trees", depicting stands of large palm trees in a wetland setting, (99cm x 79cm unframed). Very fine.
Estimate $6,000
Passed in
Tibet, Zaxi Duogi, 21st century, oil on canvas, "The Race", depicting Tibet Khampas horse racing in full flight, framed, (31cm x 23cm) (39cm x 30cm in frame). Very fine.
Estimate $500
Passed in
Duogi, Zaxi, Tibet, 20th century, oil on canvas, "Eternal Return", depicting a traveller leading his donkey past a Tibetan mountain scene with streamers and Buddha motifs, framed, (70cm x 91cm) (77cm x 97cm in frame). Very fine.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Tibet, artist unknown, 21st century, oil on canvas, "Tibetan boy in festive outfit", framed, (71cm x 51cm) (81cm x 62cm in frame). Very fine.
Estimate $800
Passed in
Tibet, unknown artist, 21st century, oil on canvas, "The Dancer", depicting a Tibetan lady in traditional outfit performing a dance, framed, (24cm x 19cm) (39cm x 34cm in frame). Very fine.
Estimate $500
Passed in
Morgan, Sally, (1951-), colour lithograph, "Hearts and Minds", 1990, #21/95, depicting eight figures in an abstract landscape, framed, (94cm x 75cm). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
China, 20th century, colour print on paper, "Ten Cranes" feng shui artwork, depicting ten white cranes in a sylvan landscape, (framed 73cm x 35cm); another, mid-20th century, colour print on paper, depicting a mountainous scene with bridge and boat, backed on board, (67cm x 33cm). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Lithograph, 20th century, unknown artist, "Piramide III", edition 10/36, depicting an abstract scene of blues and purples, (framed, 62cm x 53cm); lithograph, 20th century, unknown artist, edition 16/100, monochrome depiction of naked bearded warriors in battle with associated battle scenes, (framed 54cm x 41cm). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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Linton, Richard, three colour lithographs, 'China Bound', 1979; 'Rounding The Horn', 1980; 'Fair Wind For Australia', 1981, all signed and dated by the artist, framed, certificates attached, all three (65cm x 55cm). Very fine.
Estimate $300
Passed in
Egypt, 20th century, hand painted papyrus, depicting a scene of three female court musicians, offering bowls above, framed, (23cm x 33cm) (69cm x 59cm in frame). Very fine.
Estimate $150
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Agricultural Society Certificate, Heathcote Agricultural Society certificate 'Miss Begg for School Drawings Spring Show 1905', imprint F.Niver & Co Ballarat; also copy of 1888 Centennial Exhibition Agricultural Society of NSW. Fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Theatre programme, c1940s, for Charley's Aunt presented by Charles Norman at the Comedy Theatre, Adelaide St, opp. Brisbane Arcade, 8pp plus covers; booklet for Rockhampton's Celebrations for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, (28x21.9cm), missing cover and some pages, includes p9-32, features photo of the Rockhampton Jubilee Executive Committee and also various photos of the celebrations in Rockhampton and photos of its historic buildings; b&w Valentines post card no.7203 titled 'The Lying-In State Of His Majesty The Late King George V In Westminister Hall', unused. The first with a few small holes and rust marks on the binding staples, the second with a tear on a few pages, the last with a few very small spots of foxing on back, overall very good - very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
To Commemorate the Arrival of The First Fleet, Sydney, October 4th, 1913, coloured programme including the Welcome, a painting of the Australian Fleet and a full listing of the fleet with chronology and ship's under construction, (see commemorative medals issued for this event C.1913/4 and 5). Good very fine and in much better condition than normally seen.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Germany, 1936 Olympic Games, Summer and Winter, photographic cards issued by cigarette manufacturer Cigaretten-Bilderdienst in Altona-Bahrenfeld, Germany, includes Part 1, 112 cards mainly b&w but includes several in colour, also Part 2, 32 standard b&w cards and 7 large b&w cards, the front of all cards are glossy photographic quality. Some cards have some foxing on the back, otherwise virtually as issued. (151)
Estimate $230
Passed in
Melbourne Olympics, 1956, memorabilia, Bryant & May Official Matchbox, Souvenir Program, Broadbents Street Map; Pictorial Book 'A Beautiful City'; Victoria Road Law Handbook; Also 1929 bronze centenary medal of West Australia by the Royal Mint. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
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Bill of Lading, ship "La Marie Rose", Capt. Donat Monniere, cargo of Olive, dated, 16th April 1806, Marseille to Agde, France. Very fine.
Estimate $70
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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 $100
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Italian documents, 4-page printed documents (approx 22x32cm), titled Soggiorno degli Stranieri in Italia (Stay of Foreigners in Italy), completed by hand for Ronald Thomas Scott from England for Firenze, dated 9 January 1935, with official stamp; another to reside in Genoa, dated 14 July 1938 with signatures and several official stamps of the Foreign Office in Genoa from August 1938 through to August 1940; Italian b&w postcard featuring Mussolini with a medical dressing on his nose standing on the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome with other dignitaries around, postmarked in Rome and sent to Genova (Genoa). The documents with folds and some loss of paper at some edges, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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Postcard, bas-relief photo card of Edward VII and Alexandra 1902. Also Bank of Rome replica denarii (3), cased. Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
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The North Coast S.N.Co., Ltd (Steam Navigation Co Ltd), post card featuring an image of Tinonee, showing Company's Store on Piles, addressed to Miss M.Dallas, "Riverview", Balclutha, unstamped and not posted. Some foxing on back, and age toning, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
Postcards, unused from 'Shooting the Chute', Prince's Court, Melbourne (colour); Maldon (Vic) (b&w); Tasman Empire Airways' Flying Boat "Aotearoa" at Auckland, NZ (colour); used, Queensland 1902, post stamped in Queensland, Sydney and NZ; Victoria letter card 1889, being an order for goods by P.A.Foley (a bootmaker) of Kyneton from J&R Main & Co (a boot manufacturer) at Richmond. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Great Britain, b&w postcard for 'Gathering of the Q.M.A.A.C's. in Town Hall Sq', by Stephen Cribb, written on the back, 'Dearest, These are absolutely rotten cards on account of it being a very windy day. Anyway I thought you might like to see them. Love, E.'. Good very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Australia, collection of rare wine, liquor and soda drink labels, c1920s-1940s, also a collection of advertising colour pages from The Times of India Annual 1928 (2), 1932 and The Madras Mail Annual, one featuring Australian products. Mostly very good - extremely fine, an interesting collection. (approx 30)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50