Catalogue
China, Shanghai Race Club 1932-33, membership badge number 167 in gilt and enamel; China Empire, fantasy medal commemorating rule of Empress Dowager Cixi, 1861-1908, in bronze, obverse Empress Dowager Cixi facing, reverse, dragon facing. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Great Britain, Wimbledon Centenary Year medal, 1971, in sterling silver (45mm; 49.33gm) by Garrard & Co (2); USA, Legends of Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe thirty two cents stamps miniature sheets, 1995 (4 sheets). The medals in cases of issue with certificates 376 and 378, toned uncirculated, the stamps MUH. (6)
Estimate $90
SOLD $80
Japan, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan medals, undated, in bronze, the first (70mm), obverse, Diet building, reverse, lotus symbol with text below, the second (68mm), obverse, opposing ho birds (phoenix) in centre, around edge alternating doves and mythical animal, in the centre is a raised ball holed with attached cord, reverse, plain with impressed text. Good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Netherlands, Orange-Nassau Series of Royalty medals, set of twenty five, undated (1533-1911), in silver (approx 24.5gm each; 38mm). In case of issue with illustrated booklet, uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $450
Poland, King Wladyslaw III of Varna, tribute medal, in blackened bronze, obverse, bust of king left dressed in armour and helmet decorated with a crown and below I.P.H. (J.F.Holzhaeusser), reverse, Latin text in 13-lines. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Thailand, Rama V, in bronze (50mm)(1897) by August Patey, a rough cast; another by August Patey with facing bust, in bronze (58mm), appears to be locally struck; very rough sand cast in bronze of Rama IV, award medal by L. C. Wyon. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Masonic, Past Master's jewel, in 15ct gold (approx 20.40gm), Albert Edward Lodge No.707 S.C., engraved 'Presented to/W Bro John Campbell/Anderson/For Services Rendered/As R.W.M/During The Year/1920', central star diamond set, hallmarked Birmingham, 1921, maker D.M.G. Extremely fine in case of issue from Spencer & Co.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Masonic jewels, in gilt silver and enamel, United Service Chapter Cairo, No 101, Founder jewel, with painted scene of a man on camel-back before the pyramids, hallmarked Birmingham, 1910, by Spencer London; St John Lodge of Cairo, No 1080SC, Founder jewel, with painted scene of the pyramids topped by an enamel capital with crouching Sphinx, hallmarked London, 1910, by G.Kenning & Sons London; St Andrew Lodge Aboulkir, No 1161SC, Founder jewel 1917, with interesting scene of a bi-plane crossing the pyramids, hallmarked London, 1917, by G.Kenning & Sons; Mark member jewel, in silver, by Spencer & Co London. Very fine in cases of issue, interesting Egyptian themes. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $250
Masonic jewels, in gold and silver, Rising Sun Lodge Cairo, No 91EC, Past Master's jewel, 9ct gold, (36.70 grams), to Wor. Bro. J.C.Anderson, 1910, topped by a crouching Sphinx, hallmarked Birmingham, 1910, retailed by Spencer London; Membership jewel, No 91EC, in sterling silver, with palm trees and painted scene of the Sphinx and pyramids, hallmarked London, 1911, by Kenning & Sons. Very fine in cases of issue. (2)
Estimate $550
SOLD $580
Masonic jewels, in gold and silver, Rising Sun Lodge Cairo, No 91EC, Past Master's jewel, 9ct gold, (36.06 grams), to M.E.Compn. John C Anderson, for valuable services rendered as M.E.Z., during the years 1913-1914, with large golden crown and painted image of the Sphinx and pyramids, hallmarked London, 1915, retailed by G.Kenning & Son; Founder jewel, No 91EgC, in sterling silver, with painted image of the pyramids, hallmarked London 1913, by G.Kenning & Sons. Very fine in cases of issue. (2)
Estimate $550
SOLD $580
Rowing medal, 9ct gold fob medal (11.09 grams; 43mm), loop top suspension, central rowing scene over a crossed-oars motif, presented to John Campbell Anderson, reverse inscribed, 'D.B.C./Single Sculls/First/J.C.A./1896', hallmarked for Birmingham, maker J.F.; Cigarette case, (110mm x 80mm), silver plated, presented to J Anderson, probably Egyptian manufacture, engraved in niello with a scene of a felucca, the reverse depicting a detailed map of the Iraq Petroleum Company pipeline from Haifa to Kirkuk and the date 1931-1934. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $220
SOLD $300
Ancient history and coins. Bradley, Pamela., Ancient Rome, Caulfield East, 1990; Clayton, Peter., Treasures of Ancient Rome, London, 1986; Cunliffe, Barry., Rome and Her Empire, Maidenhead, 1978; Kent, J.P.C., Hirmer, Max and Albert., Roman Coins, London, 1978; Boardman, J., Griffin, J., and Murray, O., Illustrated History of the Roman World, Oxford, 1988; Havell, H.L., Ancient Rome The Republic, London, 2003; Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and Their Values, London, 1964 (dust jacket torn); Zanker, Paul., The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus, Michigan, 1988; Cotterell, Arthur., (Ed), The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations, New York, 1980; Watreber, U., Jessop Price, M., and McGregor, K.A. (Eds), Coin Hoards Vol III Greek Hoards, 1994; Vermeule, Cornelius., Numismatic Studies, Cambridge, 1983. Fine - good. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Ancient and world coins. Crawford, Michael H., Roman Republican Coinage Vol I, Cambridge, 1974; Duncan-Jones, Richard., Money and Government in the Roman Empire, Cambridge, 1994; Melville-Jones, John., A Dictionary of Roman Coins, London, 1990; A Dictionary of Greek Coins, London, 1998; Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers Since 1800, London, 1964; Grierson, Philip., Byzantine Coins, London, 1982; Coins of Medieval Europe, London, 1991; Whitting, P.D., Byzantine Coins, New York, 1973. Good. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Ancient coins. Seaby., Roman Coins and Their Values, London, 1964; Roman Silver Coins, London, 1978 Greek Coins and Their Values, London, 1966; Kraay, Colin M., Greek Coins and History, London, 1969; Hands, Rev A.W., Italo-Greek Coins of Southern Italy, London, 1912; Melville Jones, John., A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins, London, 1990; A dictionary of Ancient Greek Coins, London, 1986; Finley, M.I., The Ancient Economy, 1985; Dilke, O.A.W., Greek & Roman Maps, 1998; booklets, Early Islamic Coins; Roman Coinage in Britain; Coins of Roman Britain; Roman Britain; Roman Occupation of Britain; The Classical Coin; together with Penguin Classics, Livy, Rome and Italy; Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars; Herodotus, The Histories. Fair - good. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Assorted numismatic publications, 1928-2000, including auction catalogues from B.Max Mehl, James Kelly, Spink, Sotheby's (3), Glendining & Co., (3), Geoff K.Gray - Gilbert Heyde Collection Part IV, Wayte Raymond (2), Jacques Schulman, Numismatica Genevensis; price lists (12), journals (3) and booklets (39), areas covered include Australian, British, American, Chinese and Ancient coins, Mints, medals, weights and measures, scrimshaw, history. With some duplication in the booklets. Fair - good. (67)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Assorted history and military. Mostly softcover including, Arneil, Stan., One Man's War; Aughton, Peter., Endeavour; Bloemertz, Gunther., Heaven Next Stop; Cleary, Paul., The Men who Came out of the Ground (water damaged); Conant, Jennet., The Irregulars; Cordingly, David., Life Among the Pirates; Cussler, Clive., The Sea Hunters; Gallaway, Jack., The Odd Couple; Goss, Peter., Close to the Wind; Hirschfeld, Wolfgang., The Secret Diary of a U-Boat; Lawrence, Richard (Ed)., Naval Battles; Lumsden, Robin., Detecting the Fakes; Mills, Harry., The Path to Destruction; Montague, Ronald., Dress & Insignia of the British Army in Australia & New Zealand 1770-1870; Pocock, Tom., A Thirst for Glory; Sereny, Gitta., Albert Speer His Battle with the Truth; Sexton, Rae., The Deserters; Strauss, Barry., Salamis; Taylor, J.R.W., Gold from the Sea; Thornbill, Patrick., Battle of Hastings; Australian War Memorial; von Luckner, Felix., Out of an Old Sea Chest; Woolrych, Austin., Battles of the English Civil War. Fair - good. (23)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Assorted subjects. Aronson, Joseph., The Encyclopedia of Furniture; Auerbach, G., Anthracen (ex library); Boven, Murray., Silversmithing and Art Metal; Came, Richard., Silver; Weber, Andrea., Masters of Italian Art-Duccio (ex library); Cathedrals of the World; Electrical Theory and Practice; Standard Catalogue of World Coins 1979; Australian Family Album 1860-1980s. Fair - good. (9)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australian coins. Mira, W.J.D., & Noble, W.J., The Holey Dollars of New South Wales, Sydney, 1988; Mira, Dr W.J., The Holey Dollars of New South Wales Their Fate, Sydney, 2nd edition 1980. With wear, good. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $150
Australian history. Annear, Robyn., A City Lost & Found, Melbourne, 2005; Centenary Collection., Sydney Town, Noble Park, 2005; and Getting Around, 2000; Connah, Graham., The Archaeology of Australia's History, Cambridge, 1988; Evatt, Right Hon H.V., Rum Rebellion, Sydney, 1955 reprint; Flannery, Tim (Ed)., The Birth of Sydney, Melbourne, 1999; Fowles, Joseph., Sydney in 1848, Sydney, 1962 reprint (worn dustjacket); Hagarty, Dan., Sydney Railway 1848-1857, Redfern, 2005, signed by author; Irving, Terry., & Cahill, Rowan., Radical Sydney, Sydney, 2010; Johnson, Keith A.,& Sainty, Malcolm R., Sydney Burial Ground 1819-1901, Sydney, 2001;McHugh, Evan., Outback Pioneers, Camberwell, 2008; QVMAG., Thomas Bock-Convict Engraver, Society Portraitist, exhibition catalogue, Launceston, 1991; Shillinglaw, John J., Historical Records of Port Phillip, Melbourne, reprinted 1972; Sydney Railway Rules and Regulations 1855, reprinted 1972; Waugh, James William., The Stranger's Guide to Sydney 1861, reprinted North Sydney, 1978; plus booklets on Australian Advertising Signs; Voyage to Port Phillip 1803. Fair to good. (17)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australasia. Crellin, Andrew., The Coinage of Colonial Australia, Kogarah, 2004, signed copy; Dean, George D., A handbook on E.W.Cole His Book Arcade, Tokens and Medals, Tarragindi, 1988, signed copy No.153/250; Dickinson, G.A., Bills of Exchange, Cheques and Promissory Notes in Australia and New Zealand, Sydney; Field, Michele., and Millett, Timothy., Convict Love Tokens, Kent Town, 1998; Hunt Deacon, J., The Ingots and Assay Office Pieces of South Australia, Melbourne; Gill, Thomas., Coinage & Currency of South Australia, reprint; Hyman, Coleman P., An Account of the Coins, Coinages and Currency of Australasia, 1973 reprint (dust jacket torn); Mira, Dr W.J.D., Coinage and Currency in New South Wales 1788-1829, Strathfield, 1981; From Cowrie to Kina, Sydney, 1986; Numismatic Society of New Zealand., They Made Their Own Money, Christchurh, 1950; booklets, Australian Communion Tokens; Australian, New Zealand Communion Tokens (water stained); Auckland Trademens and Transportation Tokens; Queensland Agricultural Societies and their Award Medals 1859-1909; Vennell, C.W., Men of Metal The Story of A & G Price Ltd, Auckland, 1968. Fair - good. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Aviation. Almon, Peter., Aviation, Koln, 1997; Archbold, Rick, Hindenburg, London, 1994; Darby, Charles., RNZAF 1937-46, Melbourne, 1978; Deighton, Len & Schwartzman, Arnold., Airshipwreck, London, 1978; King, Brad., Royal Naval Air Service 1912-1918, Aldershot, 1997; Rimell, Raymond Laurence, Zeppelin, London, 1984; booklet, The Bristol Bulldog. Good. (7)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Aviation. Immelmann, Franz., The Eagle of Lille, London (some foxing to pages and spine loose); Golley, John., John 'Cat's-Eyes' Cunningham the Aviation Legend, Shrewsbury, 2002; Goerner, Fred., The Search for Amelia Earhart, London, 1966 (ex library); Goode, John., Wood Fire and Fabric, Melbourne, 1968; Hancock, Sir Valston., Challenge, Northbridge, 1990 (ex library); Lucas, Laddie (Ed), Wings of War, London, 1983; Masters, David., So Few-The Immortal Record of the Royal Air Force, London, 1945 reprint; Southall, Ivan., Bluey Truscott, Melbourne, 1989 reprint; Winter, Vincent A., Noble Six Hundred, 1982; Zeigler, Frank H., The Story of 609 Squadron Under the White Rose, London, 1971 (ex library). Fair - good. (10)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Becker, Thomas W., The Coin Makers, New York, 1970; Carson, R.A.G., A History of the Royal Numismatic Society, London, 1986; Mints, Dies and Currency - Essays in Memory of Albert Baldwin, London, 1971; Doty, Richard G., Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatics, London, 1982; Money of the World, 1978; Ferguson, Niall., The Ascent of Money, Camberwell, 2008; Linecar, Howard., Coins and Coin Collecting, London, 1971; Mays, James O'Donald., The Splendid Shilling, Ringwood, 1982; Porteous, John., Coins, London, 1964; Sweeny, James O., A Numismatic History of the Birmingham Mint, 1981; Vermeule, Cornelius., Numismatic Studies, Cambridge, 1983. Some with torn dust jackets, fair - good. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Bloom, Murray., Money of Their Own, Port Clinton, 1982; Hill, Sir George F., Becker the Counterfeiter, London, 1955; Kinns, Philip., The Caprara Forgeries, London and Basle, 1984; Peters, Ken., The Counterfeit Coin Story, Biggin Hill, 2002. Good. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
British coins. Allen, Derek., Catalogue of the Celtic Coins in the British Museum, London, 1987; Besly, Edward., Coins and Medals of the English Civil War, London, 1990; Kelly, E.M., Spanish Dollars and Silver Tokens the issues of the Bank of England 1797-1816, London, 1976; Linecar, H.W.A., British Coin Designs and Designers, London, 1977; Nathanson, Alan J., Thomas Simon his Life and Work 1618-1665, London, 1975; North, J.J., English Hammered Coinage, Vol I second edition, London, 1980; Vol II,London, 1960; Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, No.3 - The Coins of the Coritani, London, 1963; No.33 - The John G.Brooker Collection, London, 1984; No.35 - Scottish Coins in the Ashmolean Museum, London, 1987; No. 36 - State Museum Berlin Coin Cabinet, London, 1987; Swanton, Michael., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, London, 1996. Fair - good. (12)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
British coins and history. Breeze, David J., & Dobson, Brian, Hadrian's Wall, London, 1987; Butterfield, Herbert., George III and the Historians, London, 1957; Cooper, Denis R., The Art and Craft of Coinmaking, London, 1988; Garrett, Richard., Queen Victoria, London, 1977; Gibson, Michael., Charles II, Hove, 1976; Hallam, Elizabeth (Ed)., The Plantagenet Chronicles, London, Twickenham, 1995; Manville, Harrington E., Numismatic Guide to British & Irish Periodicals 1731-1991, London, 1993; Porter, Stephen., Destruction in the English Civil Wars, Stroud, 1997; Schroder, Timothy., English Domestic Silver 1500-1900, London, 1988; Royal Scottish Museum., Early Celtic Art, Edinburgh, 1970; Weir, Alison., Britain's Royal Families, London, 1996; Whiting, J.R.S., Commemorative Medals from Tudor Times, London, 1972; Williams, Neville., Elizabeth I, London, 1972 (ex library, damaged spine). Poor - good. (13)
Estimate $100
Passed in
British Museum, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, reprint, London, 1979. Good condition.
Estimate $300
SOLD $100
British and World coins. Seaby catalogues including, Modern World Coins, 1968; Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1991, 2008; Coin and Medal Bulletin, 1965; English Silver Coinage from 1649; Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands; A dictionary of Ancient Greek Coins, reprint 1998 (inside spine torn); Hawkins, Edward., Silver Coins of England, London, 1841, re-bound; Handbook of Numismatics - English Coins, London, c1841 (spine torn top and bottom); Carson, R.A.G., Coins of Europe, London, 1971; Coins of America, Afica, Australasia and Asia, London, 1971; Durst, Sanford J., Contemporary World Gold Coins 1934-1974, New York, 1975; Raymond, Wayte., Silver Dollars of North and South America, Racine, 1964 edition; together with booklets, Hop Tokens of Kent and Sussex; Early American Tokens; British 18th Century Trade Tokens; Trade Tokens; Scottish Coins; Civil War Coinage of Yorkshire; Bronze Age Metalwork (2); price list for English Milled Coinage 1662-1972. Fair - good. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Coins. Humphreys, H.Noel., The Coin Collector's Manual, Vol I, London, 1853, rebound; Begeri, Laurentii., Observationes et Conjecturae in Numismata Qvaedam Antiqva, Brandenburg, MDCXCI, in latin. Both with some foxing, first book with loose plate page, fair. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Commemorative medals. Amstel, Margaret., A Start to Collecting Commemorative Medals, Slough, 1970; Eimer, Christopher., British Commemorative Medals, London, 1987; Farquhar, Helen., Portrait Medals of Prince Charles Edward, London, 1927, rebound; Hardy, Thomas A., 'Remember Nelson' Campaign and Commemorative Medals, London, 2005; Jones, Mark., The Art of the Medal, London, 1979; Marsh, Michael A., Benedetto Pistrucci Principal Engraver and Chief Medallist of the Royal Mint, Cambridge, 1996; Reilly, Robin., Wedgwood Portrait Medallions, London, 1973 (first and second inside pages torn); Taylor, Jeremy., The Architectural Medal England in the Nineteenth Century, London, 1978; Whiting, J.R.S., Commemorative Medals A Medallic History of Britain from Tudor Times London, 1972; together with catalogues, Le Club Francais de la Medaille (7) 1972-1976; Medailles de Voeux (2); les Medailles de Napoleon; Les Decorations; Russian Medals part 2; Medals by Karl Goetz; and booklets including, Medals of the Sun King (2); Medals of the French Revolution (2); Medals as Art; Victorian Souvenir Medals; British Official Medals for Coronations and Jubilees; Silver Medals from Scottish and Irish Schools before 1872. Some with damage to corners and spine, fair to good. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50