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Tibet, late 19th or early 20th century, Thangka religious painting, iconography suggests production close to Indian border. Some fraying on edges, paint lifting badly throughout, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Miscellaneous exonumia, advertising tokens, minor world base metal coins, pre-decimal and decimal, 15 tubes of gold foil, Temu tokens, gold plated Popes of the XX Century in yellow wallet, Odd Shaped Coins of the World set, USA 1976 bicentennial FDC, an accumulation. Fine - uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $30
SOLD $60
Australia, Telecom and Telstra prepaid phone cards in a variety of themes, ranging from $5 to $100. Stored in two albums, mint. (100s)
Estimate $30
SOLD $80
Olympic memorabilia, mostly printed includes, posters, photos, FDC's, medallions and medalets, maps and a magazine, Munich 1972 - Sydney 2000. Includes Collector's list, fine - uncirculated. (aprox 80)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Greece, 2004 Athens Olympics memorabilia, posters (4), pins (5), satchels (2), window plush, belt pouch, pencil case, and calendar. Very fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $80
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Beer tankard, made of Sheffield English pewter, opposite the handle there is an oval disc for inscribing a name, additionally there are 4 columns that are impressed in relief with the names and period of reign of the English Kings and Queens starting with William I 1066-1087 and finishing with Elizabeth II 1953-, each of these columns is divided by impressions of the heads of some of the Kings and Queens; Vintage Timber Case Cigarette Holder, lift lid with metal topped circular holders for 20 cigarettes, included are 13 Winfield filter tipped cigarettes, on the front of the case is a carved owl on a carved voided backing and beside the holder attached by a wire is another smaller case with matching carved voided front and a drawer at the rear, and at the top is a voided section containing an empty Brymay, Redheads safety matches packet (approx total case size 21.5x11x16cm). Very good; some enamel missing otherwise very good, a good renovation project.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Airlines of Australia, chromed model of a twin engine passenger aircraft stamped on both sides, 'VH-UZK' and 'Royal (King's Crown) Mail', fitted to a chromed curved rod attached to a chromed ashtray and this with an enamelled 'AOA/Airlines Of Australia' badge fitted at the front. The model aircraft missing both propellers and with rust bubbles and the ashtray also with rusting, otherwise good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Souvenir spoons, silver plated and base metal, all in cases of issue, a variety of issues from a range of nations, plus a Christchurch letter opener. Good - very fine. (22 boxes)
Estimate $50
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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
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Advertisment, Embossed woodblock print, 1920's, 'Cantonese Cuisine in Kyoto' for Hamamura, a restaurant in Kyoto, printed by Akai Fujibei (265mmx325mm). The print stuck to backing cardboard accompanied by text, the print extremely fine, barking dog eared top left edge, fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Japanese Woodblock Print, "View of Nihonbashi" by Risuke Nagano, 1898, depicting a view of the harbour and surrounds of Nihonbashi, all within black frame, with print information in Japanese on left margin (190mmx260mm). Minor fraying on left edge, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Vintage giraffe statue, in brass featuring a standing mother giraffe with her standing baby giraffe looking up to her, both fitted to a brass base (tot ht approx 18.5cm); Vintage Medieval Knight Statue, in metal, numbered 71 and made in Italy, screwed to a marble base; another similar but numbered 73 (both approx 16cm tall including base). All need cleaning, particularly the last two, otherwise the first very fine, the other two fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Vintage Capstan vesta cases, c1900, 2-piece brass cases (25x33mm), inscribed on lids, 'Tobacco/"Capstan"/Cigarettes', and on each base is a match striker. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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Vintage book-style storage box, in timber (approx size 22.5x27.5x7.5cm) with catch-clip lock, front with crowned monogram of RW, inside felt lined. Wear to outside and a few digs on reverse, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Linguaphone, Corso di'Italiano, course briefcase, books and language casettes, 1977, duolingo before applications existed. Slight staining on the briefcase, internal components all mint.
Estimate $50
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Bric'a'brac, an assorted drawer accumulation, notable includes two pairs of rayban sunglasses, Wallabies vs Springboks Rugby 2000 card holders (2), mineral samples, vintage Russian gold leaf booklet, assorted Greek Orthodox curios. Fair - extremely fine. (lot)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Thomas Cook, specimen traveller's cheques, in folder of Instructions for Paying Agents, April 1978, printed in English, French and German, includes twenty and one hundred pounds sterling; fifty Australian dollars; ten and five hundred Unites States dollars and twenty Canadian dollars, all over stamped 'Specimen No Value'in red'. Cheques uncirculated, folder with wear to folds. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Westpac Bank Corporation, series of progressive proofs of the Bank's Cheque forms, printed with signature of S.C. Fowler, Managing Director, 16 cheques per sheet, 8 sheets. Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Decimal currency training banknotes, (1985 - 1996), two dollars - one hundred dollars; travellers cheques, The Commercial Bank of Australia (6), 1960's. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
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
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Sundry, 1920-1970s, Alliance Holdings, 1969; Artarmon Estate Limited, profit sharing receipt, 1922; A.Barrett's Proprietary Limited, 19[26], 19[27]; Australian Factors, 19[64]; Automobile Advance and Agency Company, 19[55]; Berriquin Holdings, 19[68]; Browse Island Company, 192[1]; Chevron Sydney, 19[67]; Commercial & General Acceptance Limited, 1960, 1965, 1966; Commercial Trading Pty Limited (typed), 19[48], 19[49]; Combined Resources, 1969; Commercial Guaranty, 1965; Cox Brothers (Australia) (7), 1956-1969; Davys Proprietary Limited, 19[26]; Decmar Corporation, 19[61]; Derrin Bros (Holdings), 19[61]; Drylec Limited (4), 195[4], 19[59] (2), 1965; Dobell (Q'LD) Pty Ltd (typed), 1954; J.T.Dunston Pty Ltd, 19[39]; Five Arrows Australia Resources Trust, unissued; Great Western Consolidated, 1969 (3); Mainline Corporation, 1969, 1970; N.B.H.C. Holdings, 1971; Nema Holdings, 1975; H.G.Palmer (Consolidated), 1969; Penworth Limited, 19[38]; Randwick Estates Limited (typed), 19[37]; Soltex Holdings, 19[69]; Surrey Engine and Boiler Works, 19[20]; United Distributors, 19[26], U.E.B. Industries, 1970; Waters Trading Co, 9[47]; Willsford Limited, 19--, unissued; Wytex Proprietary, 19[46]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin or punch holes, folds, two with edge tears, fine - extremely fine. (50)
Estimate $140
SOLD $100
British North Borneo, The Labuan & Borneo United Opium Farm, share certificate for $2,000, 10th April 1904, issued by Chee Swee Cheng. A few small worm holes and a burn in the upper middle margin, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
India, Bank of Bengal, registered stock certificate, overprints of payments made with unclear dates, 1860s. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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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
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Sioux City and Pacific Railway, 1901, specimen ten thousand dollars gold debenture. Heavily folded otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $50
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Railway gold bonds, specimen registered gold bond, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co., $1000, Nov. 2 1905, No 00000, S23595; Nahant & Lynn Street Railway Company, Massachusets, $1000, No. 00000. Folds, tears along two folded edges, otherwise fine; folds, fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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The Consolidated Railway Company, 1955, specimen ten thousand dollars gold debenture. Heavily folded otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $50
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West Shore Railway Company, unknown date, specimen registered bond for fifty thousand dollars with principal due 1st January 2361; same but ten thousand dollars. Badly folded otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
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"The National Geographic Magazine" Volume LXXXIV number four, October, 1943. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Australia, 1980s magazines including Expo Excitement, 1988; The Year in Pictures, 1987; The Weekly, 1982(2); The Australian Women's Weekly, 1986; Sydney, Discover the City, 1987; homemade album of Princess Di Daily Telegraph covers. Mint. (7)
Estimate $20
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