General - Auction 278

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Lot   Symbols Description Estimate (AUD)
1 Lot  details
Ansonia (New York) mantle clock with oak case and brass dial, c1895 [1882 Patent date stamped on back plate]. 35cm high.   $300 - $400
sold for $320
2 Lot  details
Mantle clock, c1900, Austro-Hungarian (possible Lenzkirche); decorative timber case in imperial style. 34cm high.   $600 - $800
sold for $450
3 Lot  details
Ansonia (USA) mantle clock c1900. Oak case, glazed front with tranfer design. 49cm high.   $200 - $300
sold for $180
4 Wall clock with weights, c1900; probably German. Timber case with metal highlights; decorative trasfer to glass facade.   $100 - $200
sold for $100
5 Lot  details
Mantle clock, c1910, H.A.C. 14-day strike. German. Decorative neo-classical timber facade; 51cm high.   $200 - $300
sold for $190
6 Scrimshaws (reproduction?) one depicting Admiral Howe 1726 - 1799 and his ship "The Brunswick", the other shows Napoleon and a battle scene dated 1815. Both on sterling silver mounts.   (2 items) $100 - $200
sold for $160
7 Lot  details
c1910 Junghan's Elephant Swinging clock; 28cm high. Good example of this famous style.   $500 - $750
sold for $440
8 Lot  details
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French spelter figures mounted on mahogany bases, c1910. With brass title plaques "La Nuit" (53.5cm) and "Le Jour" (48cm).   (2 items) $300 - $400
sold for $650
9 Lot  details
Marble-cased mantle clock, c1910. Neoclassical styling, probably German. 23cm high.   $300 - $400
sold for $240
10 Lot  details
c1910 brass mantle clock with enamel face in glazed dome; German, 29cm high.   $200 - $300
sold for $180
11 An assortment of 20th Century European ornaments, etc., including bookends, small vases, carved figurines, etc.   (14 items) $100 - $200
sold for $75
12 An assortment of pen knives (including one for "Persan Tyres" c1915 and one for "Atlantic" petrol), a Letter balance (marked Brindisi) by Edward Greaves, Sheffield, England, c1900. Shelf edge type. The pivot can be moved along the beam which is graduated 0 to 2 oz and on the other side from 0 to 4 Tolah (India). Nickel alloy, 12cm long. With leather covered cap-end case. Also, a measuring tape, some bangles, etc.   (24 items) $150 - $200
sold for $150
13 Deco table clock, 1920s, marble and brass base; luminous dial.   $40 - $60
sold for $30
14 Art deco mantle clock, inlaid timber case with brass finish. 22cm high.   $100 - $150
sold for $75
15 Lot  details
Australian Arts & Crafts carved wooden ashtray with gumnuts and leaves design, c1920s. Original glass insert.   $200 - $300
16 c1920s Art Deco mantle clocks; one an 8-day Ansonia (brass) with enamel face, the other an oak clock made in Wurttemberg.   (2 items) $100 - $200
sold for $75
17 Brass gravity table clock; needs attention. Also, a modern table clock with "antique" look dial.   (2 items) $50 - $75
sold for $35
18 c1928 real estate wall poster "Bay View Road Station Estate/ Waverley", canvas backed, 88x55cm in poor condition; "1894 Catalogue of Foreign and Australian Postage Stamps... on sale by Charles B.Donne... Melbourne"; plus range of c1929-70s mint Australian stamps (c216).   $50 - $60
19 Pocket Watches: c1930s Lever Bros (New York) 14ct gold case with enamel dial, Roman numerals. (needs repair to hinge); Stewart Dawson (USA) brass-cased, c1930s, lacks minute & second hands and glass; ladies pocket watch Guivre, 14ct gold case; also, another pocket watch on a wooden stand.   (4 items) $200 - $300
sold for $240
20 Lot  details
King George VII 1937 Coronation commemorative inkwell in brass on timber base with State of Victoria Coat of ARms to lid.With original glass bottle.   $200 - $250
sold for $260
21 c1940s Junghans art deco table clock; brass, with some wear to gilt edging.   $200 - $300
22 YACHTING: Vintage badges, "Sydney Yacht Club" in enamelled silver; plus "Bundaberg Sailing Club" in enamelled brass.   (2 items) $40 - $60
23 Lot  details
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Brass bookends (15cm high) depicting "Chindits" carrying rifles and wearing slouch hats and shorts. [The Chindits were first in action in Japanese Occupied Burma as Long Range Penetration Troops, led by there Commander Maj/Gen Orde C. Wingate (D.S.O.)].   (2 items) $200 - $300
24 An assortment of mid to late 20th Century Chinese and other Asian ornaments, scent bottles, figurines, carvings, etc.   (28 items) $200 - $300
25 Ruby glass decanters (2) and various glasses.   (14 items) $100 - $200
sold for $90
26 Aviation memorabilia: c1960s range with Pan American tin advertising poster showing Spain, 47x39cm; Air France & UTA desk flags, each 53cm tall; "Fly the Cessna Way - Schutt Aircraft Flying Academy" brochure.   (4 items) $80 - $100
27 SPACE: NASA Computer Disk from the 1960s-70s during the space age, made by Electro-Mechanical Research Inc, Sarasota, Florida. This computer disk recorded the goings on inside NASA during this time period. Originally obtained from Superior Auctions in Los Angeles. With CoA.   $200 - $250
28 An assortment of mainly oriental wood carvings, boxes, fans and similar, mainly later 20th Century.   (20 items) $100 - $200
sold for $100
29 Lot  details
ELVIS PRESLEY, display comprising authentic strand of Elvis Presley's hair, window mounted with photograph and facsimile autograph, framed and glazed, overall 44x34cm. With CoA & 6 pages of documents outlining provenance.   $1,000 - $1,200
sold for $1050
30 Electronic "Diamond Selector II" in original pocket case; metal finger sizers (A - Z½) and a Ring Stick.   (3 items) $100 - $200
31 Chinese figurines representing traditional characters. All approx. 50cm high.   (3 items) $100 - $200
sold for $75
32 Group with Posters mounted on boards (3) including Grand Prix "Adelaide Alive" for 1987 & 1988; Bradley Hughes signed golf posters (3); 1998 Gold Coast Indy T-shirt with signature.   (7 items) $70 - $100
33 Ceramics: Blue & White China, comprising three Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates (1988, scarce 1993 & 1994); Royal Tudor Taverns; early K&Co. "Pheasant & Roses"; Barretts Staffordshire "Elizabethan".   (6 items) $120 - $150
34 Group with movie posters (3); IMAX movie posters (7); Sherlock Holmes books (5) & ephemera; copy of Elvis Presley's will; Bradman postcard; $2 banknote; Museum Victoria poster.   (26 items) $120 - $150
35 PC Postcards  c1900-40s range of postcards (c75), noted Euroa, Stonehenge, Woolwich Arsenal including 1914 strike; also range old photographs (14) & Kodak papers sample book.   (Total c90) $100 - $120
sold for $75
36 PC Postcards  c1900-20s carton of postcards, noted 1907 Melbourne Cup, 1904 Dunlop Road Race (2), WW1 Silks (14), Melbourne, Geelong & Surf Coast, Ballarat, Bendigo, few early aviation, UK, many Greeting types, birds, flowers, military, comic.   (c1700) $500 - $1,000
Withdrawn
37 PC Postcards  c1905-80s collection of postcards, ex Dow family archive, wonderful range of art related subjects; also Australia, London, Scotland, France, USA & Italy. Condition varies, fair to fine.   (c290) $100 - $150
sold for $75
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