Catalogue
Vintage borescope, in metal, used to inspect gun barrels; shot gun snap caps in alloy, 12 gauge (2), 16 gauge (2). The borescope with much loss of paint, otherwise very good - fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Vintage pistol shaped cap guns, by Super-Atomatic. Some rusting and other defects, otherwise very good. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
20th century memorabilia, lot includes Olympic medallions, Princess Di paper cuttings, a 2000 Olympics ticket and other assorted accumulations. Fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $20
SOLD $30
Multiple sconces pairs, machine carved with robust holes for wall mounting, adjustable brass candle holders attached to front bottom, 56 x 25 x 25cm; cut glass pair with dangly bits of glass hanging by wire that require repair (?? x ?? x ??cm); brass pair, light bulb housings converted to candle holders (25 x 10 x 15cm). Some spotting on brass, otherwise fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Mahogany bottle caddy, turned shaft with pineapple style finial, four equal sized compartments well suited for wine bottles or similar, potentially 1890s. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Bill of Lading, ship "La Marie Rose", Capt. Donat Monniere, cargo of Olive, dated, 16th April 1806, Marseille to Agde, France. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Great Britain, parchment documents, probate 1871; (Final); Discharge/ Executed 1893 (Roger); Settlement (Property) prior to marriage 1891 (Clifton/Nelson) Administration re will (William Hording). All with neat ink calligraphy with stamp duties attached and seals, very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
Passed in
World cheques, financial documents, letter from Thomas Graham of the Mint re Hydrogenium, USA, War Dept. Washington March 8 1864 General orders No 89; Confederate carbon envelopes (2); William III, Coinage Act re-organisation of the currency, 1696; Early French and other Documents relating the Property, translated and description printed by collector, dated 1560, 1622, 1761, 1796, 1809, Bulletin Deshois No 358, 1811; Cheques, Tatlow Tasmania, 1906, 1918 (Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 85, lot 4762); New Guinea Goldfields Ltd; Bank of NSW 11/2/1938; Bank of Australasia 16/7/1870, letter to Port Phillip New South Wales July 12 1850 motor Spirit ration coupon 2 gallons envelope V.Cole Esq Commonwealth Bank Melbourne 14th March 1914 1d red O.S. perforated, 1938 Bank of NSW chq for 9000 pounds, Wau New Guinea; share scrip (10) includes Hill end and Lucknow; Spain large bond with coupons "Colon" 16.9.1922; Australian Joint Stock Bank £10 16.9.1922; 30 Sept 1889 for 2 shares. Good - extremely fine. (28)
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Tooth & Co Ltd, Kent Brewery cheque, drawn on the Bank of New South Wales, 30th June 1921 with 2d duty stamp affixed (2), another dated 17th November 1921 with embossed 2d duty, also a defaced copper plate or seal that made the embossing. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Stamp Duty dies, New South Wales, one penny to four pence, various designs, some pairs, all cancelled. Fine. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Ferry, tram and omnibus tickets in an old envelope "Mr William J. Jones Detective Office Phillip Street, includes Parramatta Steam and Tramways Mort's Dock & Bald Rock; Ocean Street Cable Line; Oxford St Paddington trade stamps; New Zealand racing tickets; Dunedin City tramway. Fine - very fine. (approx 40)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Coins, Gilbert Heyde, Sydney 1945, endorsed by hand to his wife"Puchi" Gill April 1945; second copy with typed letter of praise from Stuart Mosher Editor of the Numismatist July 18, 1949; Renniks Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, Gilbert Christoph Heyde Adelaide 1967, the Detailed list ticked by the author for a record of the collection; Max Stern & Co, auction catalogue, 25th October 1977, containing detailed letters from Ray Jewell and Max Stern; Geoff K. Gray Pty Ltd, The Gilbert Heyde Collection of Rare Coins and Tokens 17th March 1973 to 7th December 1974 all four parts, complete, catalogued by Colin E. Pitchfork. Some toning otherwise extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Heads I Win, The True Story of David Gee Australia's most Audacious Coin Forger, by Jeffrey Watson, Don Thomas and Jack Bennett. Dust cover and hard cover slightly ratty, otherwise mint.
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
Murray Ly Col P.L., Official Records of The Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, 1899-1902, Dept of Defence Melbourne 30th October 1911, John Burridge reprint, green buckram, 607pp. Fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge The Photography of Henri Mallard, second print, 1980; Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir and Programme, multiple contributors, 1932. First mint, second very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Twenty Four Original Sketches, from the works of Charles Dickens by Nelson P. Whitelocke, 1865, (42x33 cm), brown goatskin, green buckram binding, spine rebound, some foxing on inside pages, with bookplate of H.V.Vernon. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Mesopotamia, Sumeria, 4th-3rd millennium BCE, polished shell rings (2). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $300
Ancient beads, a string of Egyptian faience beads; another of limestone in white, red, blue and black, possibly Sumerian; natural turquoise pebbles, pierced, uncertain age, in a small tub; three tourist replicas of Egyptian scarabs. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Ancient Greece, (c.8th century BCE), iron arrowheads (3). Corrosion, fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Thrace, Istros, 6th - 5th century BC, arrow head, small change money (commonly a dolphin, an arrowhead) in description from Colonial Rare Coins; Celtic axe head miniature; Rhodes, bronze AE 13 43BC - 96 AD. Fine or better. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Ancient Greece, (c.4th century BC), bronze spear point, (16cm); bronze projectile points, (3). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $600
Roman, 2nd-3rd century A.D., gold earring, a gold single earring of broad loop form with a single loop clasp, decorated with hollow gold spheres at the base, 25mm diameter; another small gold pendant c.2nd-3rd century A.D, of similar form, decorated with spherical grains of gold, 10mm diameter. First piece slightly dented with a few losses, the second very fine and intact. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Ancient Roman, (c.2nd century AD), green glass ointment vial, (9.5 cm), rounded body with a slim elongated neck, flared lip, slightly flattened base. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Ancient Roman, bronze signet ring, geometric design on face (Size 10 approx.). Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $260
Ancient Roman, (3rd-4th centuries AD), green glass flask, (10cm), rounded squat body with a flattened base, long cylindrical neck, and wide flared lip. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Sassanian, stamp seals (2), c.4th-6th century AD, one in carnelian, depicting a floral motif; another in agate, showing a horned ungulate. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Byzantine, (4th - 6th centuries), bronze weights (2), (57.73 g, 29.74 g), both of squat form with two flatted sides, the first decorated with concentric circles, the second plain save for an inscription on the base. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Java, Kingdom of Majabahid, (13th - 15th centuries AD), bronze axe head, (3.5cm), infilled with a concrete-like material; bronze mirror, (16.5cm), a round mirror with raised edges and double axe shaped handle. Both with green patina, the mirror with handle reattached, very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Islamic, agate stamp seals (2), with inscriptions on face, holed for suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Mesoamerica, Pre-Columbian, clay god heads, four different deities depicted, two in a red buff clay, two brown. Very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120