Catalogue
Elizabeth II, Melbourne mint proof penny, 1958. Red FDC.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Documents, correspondence, and references related to the Ken O'Brien Collection, including his handwritten reference cards and collector's photographs. Fine. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
New Guinea Victory: War Diary - Markham, Ramu, Huon Campaigns, 1943-1944, published by the Australian Army Canteens Service, 100pp, profusely illustrated, with original maps inserted, including Australia/New Guinea, Borneo, South Pacific, softcover. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Coin cards, embossed cards showing a range of coins, plus flags and conversion rates, wide range of countries, including China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and 2 different USA cards, all housed in a photo album. Very fine. (56)
Estimate $400
Passed in
Yuri Gagarin, signed b&w photograph, c.1950s, image of Gagarin in uniform with signature in blue below, (16.5 x 11mm). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
Copperplate Print, "Phryne Going to the Bath as Venus", engraved by J.B. Allen after J.M.W. Turner, 1859-1861, printed by London, Virtue & Co. Ltd., with printed description. Rubber stamped in blue ink Bournemouth Public Library top corners, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Austria, New Grand Imperial Loan Distribution, of 42,000,000 Florins, Reimbursable with a Capital of 129,239,200 Florins, combined with 146th Frankfort Prize & Premium Distribution of 1,967,900 Florins, to take place on the 1st July 1864 at Vienna, black print on grey within border, on thin paper (44.5x27.5cm); Kingdom of Bohemia, The Bohemian Coal Mining Company, in the District of Rakowitz, for one share, No.1929, 1858 (in words), black on thin cobalt blue watermarked paper. First with folds, two small holes and light foxing on two folds, wallet marks on one folded rectangle area, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
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 $50
Passed in
USA and Canada, The Chicago Live Stock Exchange, Certificate of Membership, 18[97], No.1329, issued to Charles B Cady, dark blue print and ornate border, vignette of livestock top centre and small vignette of railroad top right corner, written in ink 'cancelled/retired' across front; The Lancaster Corporation, New Jersey, 1946, brown print; Irving Trust Company, New York, 1959, orange print, with stamp bill from Blyth & Co.; Phelps Dodge Corporation, New York, 1960, green print; Shulton Inc, New Jersey, 1967, green print, Precision Polymers Inc, Deleware, 1972, blue print; together with United States Internal Revenue Stock Transfer stamps, 4c, overprinted 'series 1944', green, part sheet of 72; Canada, The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada Ltd, black on patterned green, printed by Sands & McDougall Limited, Melbourne, with broker's stamp dated 25 Sep 1906; Exportex Proprietary Limited, Victoria, Australia, 1949; Exportex Trading Company Limited, Ontario, Canada, 1949 (both certificates the same design and issued to the one person); Placer Development Limited, British Columbia, Canada, 19[49], Sydney register, blue on light green. First certificate with taped repair on back to one fold, pin holes and a few small rust spots, others with light folds and creases, some with pin holes or perforations, second certificate with stains left side margin, 3cm tear on right side of third certificate, fine. (10 certificates, 72 stamps)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
World, Peruvian Mining Company, for one share, No.4596, issued London 28th March 1825; Belgium, Companie Belge des Mines d'or Australiennes, for 250 francs, 1897, Action de Capital No.03546, brown on brown with two of thirty coupons attached; Action de Dividende No.21884, black on green, with three of thirty coupons attached; France, Societe Fonciere de Paris, 1926, for 250 francs, green on patterned green, with fifteen of thirty coupons attached; Societe Forestiere Franco-Australienne, Paris [1921], black on patterned green, with all twenty five coupons attached (No.1 torn and repaired with tape); Aktiebolaget Kreuger & Toll, participating debenture for five hundred kronor, Stockholm 1st July 1928; black on mauve; India, Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company, Uttar Pradesh, bank order, 197[1] (5). With pin holes, folds, some with tape repairs, good - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Share certificates, legal documents and banking ephemera, date range c1875 - 1955. In a folder, mostly fine - very fine. (approx 35)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
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 $200
Passed in
Spain, Royal Treasury Bond, Series A No.477 for one hundred reales vellon, with interest of 6% per year, repayable as preferential debt by the Public Treasury in the first five years of the pacification of the kingdom, issued at Bayonne, first of November 1873. Creases, folds, edge nicks and a few letters written on reverse, otherwise fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
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 $50
Passed in
Elizabeth II, Bicentennial Proof Coin and Note Collection, 1988. In folder and cover of issue, uncirculated - FDC.
Estimate $80
Passed in
China, Sung Dynasty, 12-13th Century, Ying Qing ware ornate porcelain funerary urn, applied dragon wrapped around neck with clouds around, small dog sitting on shoulder. Three arms snapped off, one glued back on, some scuffing on lower glaze and minor chipping on lip, fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,000
China, Sung Dynasty, Celadon bowl with foliate rim and a horizontal ridge line midway down the body, mid blue-green glaze; another with a green-brown glaze. Sandy gravel temper visible in well and on foot, good fine; minor scuffing on glaze around body, very fine (illustrated). (2) $$ Ex Ken O'Brien Collection with his handwritten cards.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,000
China, Southern Sung Dynasty, Qing Bai ware saucer, with raised fish and lotus design. Some glaze wear on highpoints, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $380
China, Sung Dynasty, Celadon dish (12.25cm dia), green-brown crackle glaze with lighter areas, flattened flared rim, lightly incused decoration of leaves in well. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $1,200
China, Sung Dynasty, Celadon low bowl (12.25cm dia), fine even green crackle glaze; uncertain date wide dish (approx 24cm dia), light brown-grey crackle glaze, seven red dots on base. Very fine; good fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $5,500
China, Yuan/Sung Dynasty, ivory glazed circular lidded box (8.5cm dia), incised with geometric and floral patterns. Some small chips around meeting edge, very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
China, Yuan/Sung Dynasty, (12th-13th century), Honan Area, Chun Yao stoneware bowl (21cm dia), deep blue glaze shifting to green-brown at rim, tall unglazed foot. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $3,600
China, Sung - Yuan Dynasty, Qing Bai ware vase, light green glaze, two tubular handles on neck, with three lion heads around body, sitting on three legs. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $600
China, Yuan Dynasty, Qingbai porcelain bowl incised with lotus motif around exterior, and lightly excised with a flower in the centre of the well, makers mark on base. Small chip on rim, 1cm chip on base, and some firing imperfections, nearly very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
China, 14th Century, Celadon and iron glaze pot, dense heavy fabric, globular iron glaze decoration. Large, irregular crazing, some firing imperfections, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Cizhou ware wine jar, white glaze with brown details depicting a nature scene with three figures seated around. Small glaze ship on shoulders, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,200
China, Ming Dynasty (circa 15th century), blue and white jarlets decorated with floral motifs. Very fine; very fine; good very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
China, Ming Dynasty, pale blue-white jar, decorated with a floral and fern motiff, mandala-like pattern around neck. Minor firing imperfection, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
China, Ming Dynasty, blue and white 'hole bottom' saucer (12.5cm dia.), abstract goddess design inside, scenic decor on exterior. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
China, Ming Dynasty, (15th century), blue and white porcelain 'hole bottom' saucer dish, slightly raised and richly painted orange-brown fish surrounded by floral patterns, within two circles, a third circle around rim. Attractively decorated, extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240