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Roman, (c.1st-3rd century AD), bronze items including, hair pins, one with etched rectangular knop (110mm x 205mm long) (5); bronze fingernail cleaner, (50mm long); bronze pin with multi-faceted head, (85mm long); bronze fibula with hinge and pin, (42mm long); bronze knife blade, (110mm long); bronze fastener in the shape of a herm, (70mm long). Very fine, some scarce. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
Roman, (c.1st-3rd century AD), bronze military applique, pelta shape, for attachment to horse equipment or sword, (45mm x 49mm); (1st-3rd century AD), bronze applique fragment with finely worked lion design, (38mm x 35mm); (c.1st-3rd century AD), lead applique fragment, semi-circular, with military design, (60mm x 35mm). Toning, very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Roman, (2nd-3rd century AD), bronze fittings for military or horse equipment, circular with attachments for mounting, (34mm wide). Very fine and very scarce. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Roman, (c.1st-3rd century AD), bronze items including, swing-style jug handle; teardrop shaped pendant used on military clothing; small collection of swing handle, bosses attachment fitting; furniture bosses with rounded heads; seal box; leaf shaped applique intricately worked handle fitting. Very fine, some scarce. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Roman, (c.1st-3rd century AD), bronze military seal box, circular design with hinged and enamelled lid, (23mm wide) (illustrated); another smaller example, (20mm wide); two teardrop shaped bronze seal boxes with designs on lid, (33mm long); sealbox lid with cast design of winged goddess, (25mm long). Toning, fine - very fine and scarce. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Roman, (c.1st-4th century AD), bronze nails, hand forged with flat heads, (82 and 70mm long). Very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Roman, (c.1st-3rd century AD), glass beads, of various sizes and colours, some faceted, many with intricate patterns, (5mm-30mm wide). Very fine and scarce. (59)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Romano-Egyptian, (c.3rd century AD), bronze finial handle, formed with head of Medusa, (70mm long). Broken from original fitting, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Roman - Romano Egyptian, (c.1st-3rd century AD), bone and ivory pieces including spindle whorls (2); small bone handles for cosmetics; hair pins in ivory and bone, (80mm-160mm long). Very fine and scarce. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Roman and Romano-Egyptian, (c.1st-3rd century AD), bronze bell, without clapper, (30mm high); bronze knop of fleur delis design, (35mm high); bronze stud of floral design; small gourd shaped votive offering; small bronze stud; bronze stamp with lion motif; faience pendant; bronze shield pendant; carnelian carved lion pendant with gold fittings. Very fine and scarce. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Ancient Near East, Roman period, c.2nd century A.D., miniature amphora with tapered body decorated linear bands, wide lip and single handle, (70mm high) (illustrated). Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $280
China, Qing Dynasty, (1644-1911), grey clay circular "mo" or mould for a bronze mirror, incised with linear swirling designs, (100mm diameter); another similar, (100mm diameter). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Pamphlets, pocket guides, reference books, auction catalogues, all numismatics related, including Spink-Taisei catalogue 9, Hunters and Collectors by T. Griffiths, The Holey Dollars of New South Wales: Their Fate by W.J. Mira, and others related to Australian and Eastern numismatics. Fine - very fine. (approx 12kg)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Numismatic Literature, "The Gold Sovereign" by Michael A Marsh; "The Sovereign, The World's Most Famous Coin, A History and Price Guide", by D.Fearon and B. Reeds; "The Coinage of Colonial Australia, Governor King's Proclamation of 1800", by A. Crellin; "Confederate and Southern States Bonds" by G C. Criswell. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Numismatic literature, "Co-Operative Checks, Tickets, Tokens and Coins" by P.D.S. Waddel; "A Catalogue of The Copper Coins And Tokens of The British Isles" by, B.A. Seaby Ltd; :Seventeenth Century England: Traders And Their Tokens" by, George Berry; "Commercial Coins, 1787 - 1804" by, R.C. Bell; "Salisbury's Local Coinage" by, C.M. Rowe; "Token Catalog and Handbook 18th Century Tokens as Catalogued by Dalton and Hamer" by, Allan Davisson; "English Trade Tokens The Industrial Revolution Illustrated" by, Peter Mathias. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Historical Diary, associated with Samuel Frederick Milford Barrister, (1797-1865), a significant figure in colonial NSW, diary includes many cuttings, personal letters and photographs of 19th and 20th century Sydney life. Very fine and a unique record.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
"The National Geographic Magazine" Volume LXXXIV number four, October, 1943. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Ancient and Medieval India, by Mrs Manning, London, 1869, Vol I & II, Vol I 435pp, Vol II 380pp, illustrated, hardcover, inscribed by author; East and West, Being Papers Reprinted From the "Daily Telegraph" and Other Sources, Sir Edwin Arnold, London, 1896, hardcover, 373pp, illustrated; Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists, by The Sister Nivedita and Amanda K. Coomaraswamy, London, 1914, 424pp, hardcover, illustrated; The Hindu Pantheon, Edward Moor, New Delhi, 1981, hardcover, 451pp + index and many ilElizabeth II, Bicentennial Coin and Note Collection, 1988. In folder and cover of issue, uncirculated - FDC.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Burma, Painted & Described, by R.Talbot Kelly, London, 1912, hardcover, in original cloth binding, 261pp, 75 colour plates. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
The Chinese traveller: Containing a Geographical, Commercial, and Political History of China, To which is prefixed, The life of Confucius, Collected from Du Halde, Le Compte, and other modern travellers, Vol I & II, London, 1775, hardcover, rebound, Vol I 267pp, Vol II 299pp, with maps and illustrations. Very fine and very rare. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
The Grandeur of the Gorges, Fifty Photographic Studies, With Descriptive Notes, of China's Great Waterway, The Yangtze Kiang, Including Twelve Hand-Coloured Prints, Donald Mennie, Shanghai, 1932, hardcover, original gilt-sprayed half calf over black silk boards with gilt lettering, 50 full page tipped-in plates of which 38 are photogravures and 12 are hand coloured silver gelatin plates. Very fine and a very rare edition.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
The Middle Kingdom, A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of The Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants, S. Wells Williams LLD, Vol I & II, London, 1883, hardcover, bound in tan leather, gilt pages, Vol I 836pp, Vol II 775pp, illustrated. Very fine with little wear, a rare edition. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, Sven Hedin, Vol I & II, London, 1909, hardcover, Vol I 441pp, Vol II 436pp, 388 illustrations. Very fine, some discolouration and wear to covers, rare. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
China, Its Marvel and Mystery, T.Hodgson Liddell, With 40 Illustrations in Colour By the Author, London, 1909, hardcover, 202pp, colour illustrations. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Myths of China and Japan, Donald A. Mackenzie, London, 1923, hardcover, 404pp, illustrated; A Corner of Cathay, Studies From Life Among The Chinese, London, 1894, hardcover, 286pp, illustrated; Intimate China: the Chinese as I have seen them, by Mrs Archibald Little, London, 1899; China and its Resources and Peculiarities, Robert Mudie, London, 1840, hardcover, 198pp; Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission, Marshall Broomhall, Melbourne, 1901, 328pp, illustrated; Chinese Temples and Deities, Evelyn Lip, Singapore, 1981, softcover, 107pp, illustrated; A Wonder of the World, Treasures of the Nation, Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shihuang, Hong Kong, c.1970s, 137pp, illustarated; Beijing Scenes, Beijing, 1983, 80pp, illustrated; The Five Thousand Dictionary, Chinese-English, C.H.Fenn, Cambridge Mass, 1972, 696pp; Our Journey Around The World, An Illustrated Record of a Year's Travel of Forty Thousand Miles Through India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, France, Spain, Etc, Rev Francis E Clark, Hartford, 1897, hardcover, 641pp, illustrated; A Concise English-Chinese Dictionary, 1972, hardcover, 1211pp; The I Ching, or Book of Changes, Richard Wilhelm Translation, Princeton, 1977, hardcover, 740pp; Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, J.M.Scott, Geneva reprint, c.1970s, hardcover, 517pp, illustrated. Very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
Passed in
The Unveiling of Lhasa, Edmund Candler, London, 1905, 304pp hardcover, illustrated; The River of Golden Sand, Being The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, London, 1883, hardcover, 332pp, illustrated; Peking to Lhasa; The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire Made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O, London, 1925, hardcover, 287pp, illustrated; A Tibetan-English Dictionary, by Sarat Chandra Das, Delhi, 1979, hardcover 1373pp; The Gods of Northern Buddhism, Alice Getty, New Delhi, 1978, hardcover, 220pp, with illustration plates; A Portrait of Lost Tibet, Rosemary Jones Tung, London 1980, hardcover, 224pp, illustrated; Sacred Tibet, Philip Rawson, London, 1991, hardcover, 96pp, illustrated; Heritage of Tibet, W.Zwalf, London, 1981, softcover, 144pp, illustrated; Ladakh, The Trans-Himalayan Kingdom, Rajesh Bedi & Ramesh Bedi, new Delhi, 1981, hardcover, 192pp, illustrated. Very fine, some rare. (9)
Estimate $100
Passed in
The Oriental Voyager; Or Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks on a Voyage to India and China in His Majesty's Ship Caroline, J.Johnson Esq, London, 1807, hardcover, first edition, rebound in quarter leather, 388pp, with maps; The Chinese Empire, A Sequel to Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary and Thibet, M.Huc, London, 1859, hardcover, original cloth binding, 556pp, with engravings. Very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia, a mixture, housed in six albums, labelled the following by label of Collector, "Australian States"; Australia, George V, inc Perfins etc; Australian States - Tasmania + Postage dues + stamp duty; Australia George V; Australia George V; Australia, Roos 1/2d - 10/-, mint - used, unsorted watermarks etc". At a glance mostly cancelled. (1000's)
Estimate $180
SOLD $1,300
Australia, Australia Post Year Books (18), Bicentennial series in slip case; post packs first run covers, albums with Australia and world, all in two large cartons. Used - MUH. (100's)
Estimate $400
SOLD $460
Australia, 1969-2001, a series of stamp packs, sheets, past sheets, blocks, detailed by collector on three pages. MUH. (100's)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320