Catalogue
Australian numismatic references, authors C.P. Hyman 1973 reprint of 1893 work; Dean, Coles medals; Bank of New South Wales booklets (3); Williams and Ward Communion tokens 1992; Greig, Robinson Woodside 1964; Williams, Queensland Agricultural medals 2002; Mira Coinage & Currency 1981; J. Hunt Deacon Adelaide Assay Office (1958); Gill, South Australia Reprint; Bolton, Auckland tokens 1991; Bills of Exchange, G. A. Dickinson 1948, four other guide booklets, many with T. May autograph on facing page. Very good to very fine. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Painting Collection of Mrs. S. K. Ling, Kowloon: C. S. Ling, 1935, large format, 32 pages, text in English and Chinese, colour illustrations, green cloth, gilt lettering. Extremely fine and a rare tome.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Brokeback Mountain, Autographed Edition, features an autographed photo of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal with three selected original 35mm film cells, with certificate of authenticity on the back, mounted under perspex in a premium quality black acrylic frame (approx 21.5x24cm). Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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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 $40
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Heather Macdonald, (1934 -), "Middle Harbour 1998", oil on canvas, showing a view down to the Spit Bridge and Northbridge beyond, framed, (122cm x 99cm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $500
Cricket ephemera, ABC Sheffield Shield booklet, 1934-1935, "In Quest of Ashes", 1934 Don Bradman Souvenir Booklet published by Wrigleys; two autograph books, one wth the Australian XI 1933 signatures (12) and England 1932-3 (18); The famous "Body Line" test players; one book has Dec 30th 1960 shield teams NSW and Victoria. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Rugby League, Collector's cards, 1993 - 2001, some signed. In an official album, extremely fine. (approx 150)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Fire Engine cards, consecutive numbers, set of 20. Extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Phonecards, Indy Car festival, 1997, ten dollars (2), twenty dollars (2), fifty dollars, by Primus; Christmas, 1997, ten and twenty dollars, by Telstra; playing cards, Iraqi - Most Wanted, 1993 (3 decks); Sands of Gallipoli base metal medal, with a vial of sand purported to be from Gallipoli, by Market Link solutions; Italy, mint set, 1971; stamps, Australia, pre stamped envelopes of 45 c (12). Uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Cigarette cards, "Treasure Trove" series by Imperial Tobacco, 50 cards in an album; Coronation of Elizabeth II, commemorative stamp album, containing a stamp from each commonwealth nation or British Protectorate. Fine - FDC.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Great Britain, very large vellum Indenture, 1699, between Joseph Fford of Stowbridge and his wife, Jane, being a will, signed by all parties to the Indenture, with two sixpence duty stamps affixed. Foxing, stains and creasing, otherwise good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Great Britain, vellum Indenture, 1788, between Joseph Devey and Ralph Powsell for the sum of five shillings for a lease of a parcel of land at Bobbington, South Staffordshire, England, signed and sealed by Joseph Devey with witnesses, with affixed duty stamp for one shilling and six pence, also other Royal monogram stickers. Foxing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
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Great Britain, large vellum Indenture of Assignment of a trust in four parts by Edward Gatacre to William Tongue, 1805, for a parcel of land and house with stable in the Parish of Bobbington, South Staffordshire, England, for the sum of 150 pounds owing by Edward Gatacre to Thomas Biddle, Samuel Biddle, Edward Simmonds and his wife Elizabeth (before marriage was spinster of Thomas Davis), signed and sealed by all parties and witnessed, with small Royal arms at top left and with three duty stamps affixed, one for one pound ten shillings, one for fifteen shillings and another for five shillings, as well as other Royal monogram stickers. Foxing and stains, otherwise very good.
Estimate $60
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Great Britain, large vellum Indenture for Deed of Covenant of Indemnity dated 9 August 1838 between Mrs Jane Tongue, George Jones (farmer and miller) and Ann his wife and Edward Lloyd Gatacre and William Clarke for a parcel of land in the Parish of Claverley, Shropshire, England for the sum of 1,200 pounds, signed under seal by each party and witnessed, with small Royal arms at top left and with one pound fifteen shillings duty stamp affixed. Foxing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $80
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Queen Victoria, partly printed DS, signed at upper left "Victoria R", one page (approx 38.1x28cm), February 22, 1850, an appointment for Randal Rumsley as "Lieutenant Colonel of our Twelth Regiment of Foot", the embossed paper seal remains intact below the signature, matted with a portrait print of Queen Victoria, framed under glass (approx 75.5x43.2cm). Fine.
Estimate $1,000
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The Anglo-Australian Investment Finance & Land Compy Limited (of Sydney), debenture no.1883 for one hundred pounds, due 1st January 1900 and issued 31st October 1890 to Mrs Helen Potter of 2 Bolton Gardens S.W., with interest coupons nos 7-20 attached, vignette at side and another at the top showing a scene of the Australian landscape featuring an emu and a kangaroo, a native, two miners at work and a globe with a map of Australia, with an impressed duty stamp of two shillings sixpence and an impressed seal of the company in England, also stamped For the Receiver. Some loss of paper and edge tears, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
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Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Debenture for £100, No.1072, Hobart Town, 31st October 1867, Coat of Arms top centre, blue print and ornate border (44.5 x 29.5cm) with 'PAID' overstamped twice in red in signature fields, two one shilling transfer stamps for 1892 and 1893 affixed top left side. With pin holes, folds and creases, wear to edges, very fine.
Estimate $80
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Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Debenture for £500, No.1118, Hobart Town, 31st October 1867, Coat of Arms top centre, blue print and ornate border (43 x 28.5cm) with 'PAID' overstamped in red twice in signature fields and 'London / 9 3 68 / P' stamp in black near Coat of Arms. With pin holes, spike hole in left border, folds and creases, very fine.
Estimate $160
Passed in
Tasmania, Bank of Van Diemen's Land Limited, in Liquidation, second call of £1 per share, received from [S.Rheuben] the sum of £8.0.0, [4th March] 189[6]; together with correspondence to Mr Solomon Rheuben of Hobart from the Bank of Van Diemens Land Limited in Liquidation, 1st April, 18[97], and solicitors Horace Walch, 189[8] and Dobson, Mitchell & Allport, 1900 (2). With pin holes, folds and tape marks on top corners on back of first, fine - very fine. (5 items)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Italian Republic (Napoleonic), (1802-05), The Minister of Public Treasury of the Italian Republic, 2-page document No.3971 hand printed and written in ink, dated Milan 1st September 1803 Year 2, text mostly in Italian addressed to Citizen Mesny Pagatore general of the French troops stationed in Italy, with a three-line later addition in French by a different writer being a receipt by the cashier of the Cisalpine Treasury to be dismissed against the receipt of the taxpayer, signed at end, 'Veneri' and another (signature indistinguishable). Some small edge tears and loss of paper, spike hole mark as usual and light foxing but in excellent condition for age, fine.
Estimate $90
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Hornibrook Highway Bus Service Limited, Certificate of Incorporation, 29th August 1935, on large card with red registrar seal, signed B.B.Templeton, Deputy Registrar (43cm 29cm). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
USA historic newspapers, various issues 1861-1865 featuring reports on the American Civil War, includes The New York Herald (2), The New-York Times (4), The New-York Tribune (3), Boston Daily Advertiser; also The Philadelphia Inquirer, Public Ledger, Wednesday Morning August 15, 1945, with headline 'PEACE' and includes 16 of 26 pages with complete war history, maps and pictures. Some tears and paper loss at edges, otherwise good. (11)
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
Share certificates, Belgium, Societe Anonyme des Ciments De L'Europe Orientale (Portland Artificiel), action of 250 francs, 1910, with some attached dividend coupons 53-60; Societe Anonyme des Establts A.Rosenbaum et F.Aras, obligation of 250 francs, 1931, with attached all 4 interest payment coupons; Comptoir Charbonnier Maritime, action of 500 francs, 1924, with all attached dividend coupons 14-30; Compagnie Generale des Tramways d'Athenes et du Piree, action privilegiee of 100 francs, 1900, with only one dividend coupon attached for 1918; Belgian Congo, Societie Miniere de Bafwaboli 'Somiba', Stanleyville, action without mention of capital value, 1944, with all but one attached dividend coupons 16-44 (missing 15); La Commerciale Anversoise du Congo Societe Congolaise, action of 100 francs, 1927, with part attached dividend coupons 9-30; France, Hotel George V, action of one hundred francs, 1939, with attached all 24 dividend payment coupons; Trust Franco-Belge des Petroles, action of 500 francs, 1920, with attached all 30 action dividend payment coupons; Russia, Imperial State Gold Loan 4 per cent Bond for 125 roubles, 1889, no coupons issued with this certificate. A few with tears around edge, otherwise overall good - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $80
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Debentures, Anglo-Australian Investment Finance & Land Comy Limited of Sydney, for £100, dated [fourteenth April] 18[91], due 1st July 1901, black print, ornate border and scrollwork left side, vignette of map and Australian landscape top centre, with eighteen of twenty one coupons attached; Iron, Steel and Metals Manufacturing, Melbourne, mortgage debenture for £100, dated [tenth November] 190[8]; Domara River Plantations Limited, Second Mortgage Debenture for £50, 19[29]. With folds and creases, soiled and small tears down left edge on first, second with folds, spike hole and tears to right edge, last with ink stain left side edge, fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $80
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Insurance, Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, policy issued to Michael Bolger, farmer, of Trentham, Victoria, for the sum of £250, dated twenty-eighth November 1888, with vignette of two seated female figures top centre; Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society, policy issued to Christina Pollock for a dwelling in Marion St, Leichhardt, sum insured £200, dated thirtieth May 1896, with vignette of the Society's Head Office building corner Pitt and King Streets, Sydney, and a NSW one shilling duty stamp affixed. With folds, creases, some edge tears, small stain top right side on first policy, fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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Tasmania, Launceston Gas Company, transfer of ten shares, No.297, 186[70], black on blue with Tasmania five shilling stamp affixed top left corner; certificate for twelve £10 shares, 188[9], black on grey, handwritten in red across front 'Cancelled 20/5/18/See No.1351' and red lines through signatures. With pin holes, folds and small edge tears, very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Banking, The New Oriental Bank Corporation Limited, share warrant in silver currency, Eastern Issue (41x26.2cm), [Calcutta], [7th] day of [August] 188[8], one hundred silver share, No.56121, black on orange within decorative border, printed by William Brown & Co, London, with Government of India one anna stamp affixed right side. With three light vertical folds, light foxing around outer borders, 1cm tear bottom edge and two tears to left side edge, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Banking and finance, The Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Company, 1917 (London issue); The Associated Ming and Finance Company, 192[5], orange print and scrollwork left side; The Primary Produces Bank of Australia Ltd, 192[5]; Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited (London register) 1953, 1954 (black on green), 1962, 1965 all to the same person; Third Universal Flexible Trust A.N.Z. Nominees Limited, 1962; Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, 1980; together with Commercial Bank of Australia, receipts for instalments paid, 1895, 1896; Bank of Victoria Limited, transfer of shares, 19[25] (2); and other correspondence (5). Some with pin holes, folds, very fine. (16)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Finance and investment, Associated Securities Limited, -67; Australian Cities Investment Corporation, 1[907]; Australian Consolidated Inscribed Stock, [1932] and transfer form (torn); Australian Financial Agency and Guarantee Company Limited, 18[88]; Burgess Investments Pty Limited (typed), 19[52], 19[53], 19[54]; Cash Orders (Amalgamated) Limited, 19[39], 19[41] (2); Carpenters Investment Trading Company, 19[47]; Commonwealth Real Estate & Investment Co. Ltd, 19[28] (2); Consolidated Finance Corporation Limited, 19[52] (5), [1954] (2), [1955] (2) with allotment letter; Consolidated Investment Co Limited, [1959] fixed deposit note, with receipt; R.E. Cunningham Investments Limited, 19[50] 2); Demeurant Investments Pty Ltd (typed) 19[54]; Intercapital Investments Limited, 19[68]; Manufacturers' (N.S.W.) Finance Company, fixed deposit note, [1958]; Stanhill Development Finance Limited, [1960]; Sydney Cash Orders Limited stamped over Discount & Finance Limited, 19-- with letter. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes, light folds, very fine - extremely fine. (30)
Estimate $100
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Rural industries, Associated Rural Industries, 19[60], Feb '63, Dec '63; Australian Wool Products, 19[27]; Brooklana Timber Company, 19[13] (2) for eight hundred and seventy and one hundred £1 shares and 19[20] for five hundred £1 shares, all issued to Charles Berwick Carter of Brooklana; Buckenbowra Wattle Bark Company, 191[0], for one thousand £1 shares; Colonial Sugar Refining Company, 12/9/69; Commonwealth Cotton Company, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, 19[18]; Consolidated Milk Industries Ltd, 19[68]; Co-operative Farmers & Graziers Direct Meat Supply Limited, 19[64]; Cooyal Dairy Company, 18[96]; Dubbo Co-operative Milling Co. Limited, 190[11]; Graziers Meat Service of Australasia, 192[5]; Kincumber Growers Limited, 19[26]; Mount House Stations Limited, 19[19] for five hundred £1 shares; North Eastern Grazing Company, 192- unissued; Producers Co-operative Ltd, Carlingford, receipts (2) and call due request, 192[2]; State of NSW Government Scheme for Marketing the Wheat Harvest 1916-17, scrip certificate for surplus, 19[17], with 'Third Advance Paid' stamp on front; Trawling and Direct Fish Supply Limited, 19[11]. With pin holes, folds and creases, some with small edge tears, third certificate with paper clip rust marks, fine - extremely fine. (23)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180