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Auction Info

Auction Name
History, Science, Mining, Exploration, Zines, Beer and Wine, Photographs and more
Auction Date
11/30/2025 - 11/30/2025
Sale Number
#A167
Total Lots
513
Sold Lots
236.0
Lots Sold
46.00%
Unsold Lots
277
Total Sales (AUD)
61,918.90
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
63,210.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
89,910.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
144,870.00
High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
206,240.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
30.02%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
13 compiled Robert Logan Jack

Eight Parliamentary Papers compiled by Robert Logan Jack

 1870s and 1880s. AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 8,890.00
39

An archive relating to the missionary activities of Albert Grieg and his wife in China, active from 1896 to 1927.

1896-1927. AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 2,921.00
509

Victa Lawn Mower Archive 1) The Victa Organisation Australia 1963 - Mowers and Exporters.

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 2,667.00
413

The Frontier Edition of Ion L Idriess.

No date, 1951 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 1,905.00
133

The Devil's Steps by Arthur Upfield.

1948 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 1,397.00
327 Charmian Clift

Walk to the Paradise Gardens

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 1,079.50
65 STURT, Charles.

Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, during the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: with observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the colony of New South Wales by Capt. Charles Sturt.

1833 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 AUD 1,079.50
11

Bulletin De La Societe Geologique De France !833 to 1854. 22 volumes.

!833 to 1854 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 952.50
378 LORENTZ, H. A., EINSTEIN, Albert, MINKIWSKI, H. and WEYL, H.

The Principle of Relativity : A Collection of Original Memoirs on the Special and General Theory of Relativity.

1923 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 952.50
411 Frank Clune.

Scandals Of Sydney Town

 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 698.50
71

An Account of The Polynesian Race. Its Origin and Migration and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I.

AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 635.00
202 Charles Darwin

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N.

1845 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 635.00
7 [UNKNOWN COMPILER].

Armorials of Somerset.

1800 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 635.00
134

The Bone is Pointed by Arthur Upfield.

1938 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 635.00
311

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited reports 1885-1890 and 1981-1896.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 571.50
164

A collection of Australian postcards.

c.1900-1920s AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 539.75
201 Charles Darwin.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.

1875 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 508.00
488 Charles Dickens.

A Christmas Carol. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 508.00
209

The History of Ballarat From The First Pastoral Settlement To The Present Time by William Bramwell Withers Second Edition with Plans, Illustrations, and Original Documents.

1887 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 476.25
451

The Songs of Scotland: Ancient and Modern by All Cunningham.

1825 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 476.25
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