Auction Reports
Australian Book Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Books, Maps, Prints: Travel, Exploration, Australiana, John Gould lithographs, Australian Military books mostly from one private collection
- Auction Date
- 03/23/2026 - 03/23/2026
- Sale Number
- #117
- Total Lots
- 139
- Sold Lots
- 79.0
- Lots Sold
- 56.83%
- Unsold Lots
- 60
- Total Sales (AUD)
- 37,807.80
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 25,920.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 39,850.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 64,210.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 94,590.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 39.97%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | LINDSAY, Norman. LITTLEWOOD, R.C. and CLARK, Jane. | NORMAN LINDSAY A COLLECTOR'S ALBUM |
2011 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 2,684.00 |
| 2 | CARNEGIE, Honourable David W. | SPINIFEX AND SAND: |
1898 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,708.00 |
| 18 | WARBURTON, Colonel Peter Egerton. | JOURNEY ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA... |
1875 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,586.00 |
| 16 | STURT, Charles. | NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. |
1849 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,586.00 |
| 43 | HARVEY, Sgt. W.J. | THE RED AND WHITE DIAMOND. |
n.d. but 1920. | AUD 600.00 - 900.00 | AUD 1,464.00 |
| 50 | TAYLOR, F.W. AND T.A. CUSACK (editors). | NULLI SECUNDUS |
1942 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,464.00 |
| 15 | STURT, Charles. | TWO EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA, |
1834 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,342.00 |
| 30 | BELFORD, Walter Cheyne. | LEGS-ELEVEN |
1940 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,220.00 |
| 6 | FORREST, (Sir) John. | I. -- Explorations in search of Dr. Leichhardt and Party. II. -- From Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight. III. -- From Champion Bay, Across the Desert to the Telegraph and to Adelaide. With an Appendix on the Condition of Western Austral |
1905-02-17 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,159.00 |
| 10 | MITCHELL, Thomas Livingstone. | THREE EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA, |
1839 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,159.00 |
| 94 | BROWN, J. E. | A SUITE OF PLATES FROM THE FOREST FLORA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
1882-1890. | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 976.00 |
| 14 | SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN. | THE NATIVE TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. |
1899 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 976.00 |
| 35 | COLLIVER, E.J. and B.H. RICHARDSON (editors). | THE FORTY-THIRD: |
1920 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 854.00 |
| 4 | DAVIS, John. | TRACKS OF McKINLAY AND PARTY ACROSS AUSTRALIA. |
1863 | AUD 600.00 - 900.00 | AUD 854.00 |
| 133 | GOULD, John. | WINKING OWL (ATHENE CONNIVENS) |
N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 793.00 |
| 7 | GREGORY, Augustus Charles, and Francis Thomas Gregory. | JOURNALS OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS. |
1884 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 732.00 |
| 70 | WHITE, Edith McQuade. | REMINISCENCES OF AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSE. |
n.d. but circa 1953. | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 732.00 |
| 22 | GIBBS, May. | SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE. |
n.d. [1918]. | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 610.00 |
| 23 | [HUNTER] GARTNER, John. | THE BOOKPLATES OF WILLIAM HUNTER. |
1943 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | AUD 585.60 |
| 66 | SEARLE, R.C. | ON YOUR FEET |
1948 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 585.60 |
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