AUSTRALIAN & HISTORICAL

Contents

Session One (Lots 1 – 702)
Saturday 25th May 10am (AEST)

001 – 228 Pottery
229 – 262 Glass
263 – 288 Silver
289 – 317 Goldfields
318 – 437 Jewellery
438 – 547 General
548 – 552 Railways & Trams
553 – 577 Convict Era
578 – 632 Scrimshaw and Maritime
633 – 702 Furniture

Session Two (Lots 703 – 1478)
Sunday 26th May 10am (AEST)

703 – 844 Military
703 – 776 The General Sir John Monash Collection
845 – 852 Prime Miniters & Politics
853 – 859 Autographs
860 – 897 Maps
898 – 985 Books & Historical Documents
986 – 1036 Photographs
1037 – 1143 Polar Exploration
1144 – 1151 Posters
1152 – 1383 Painting & Other Artworks
1384 – 1478 Tribal Artefacts & Artworks
1384 – 1475 The collection of Dr. Jan Jerzy Saave and family

Featured Lots

Lot 318

"COOLGARDIE" 15ct gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel with impressive gold nugget specimen, made by LARARD BROS. of Melbourne, late 19th century, comprehensively stamped with maker's shield on reverse, 6cm wide, 8 grams

Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Price Realised including BP: $19,120

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Lot 439

A stunning Colonial Australian apprentice chest of drawers crafted in huon and kauri pine secondary timbers with exceptionally well selected birdseye huon pine, the drawers with cockbeaded decoration and the front stiles with musk panels and huon lozenge inlay and surrounded in checkered stringing, triple reeded base standing on finely turned feet, turned whalebone knobs and escutcheons, Tasmanian origin, circa 1860.

Est: $6,000 - $10,000
Price Realised including BP: $19,120

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Lot 478

ROBERT PRENZEL rare and important koala panel, carved white cedar and mountain ash, signed lower right “R. Prenzel, 1917”.

Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Price Realised including BP: $47,800

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Lot 566

VICTORIAN POLICE wool tunic with Queen Victoria crown and cypher buttons, metal trim and silk embroidered collar. Believed to be Inspector of Police rank, late 19th century.

Est: $600 - $1,000
Price Realised including BP: $20,315

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Lot 567

A Victoria Police kepi with Queen Victoria crown badge, 19th century. (Offered together with a card which accompanied the cap in a Lawson's auction, suggesting the cap belonged to Sergeant Kennedy, who died at Stringy Bark Creek during the Kelly Gang siege in 1878.)

Est: $1,200 - $2,000
Price Realised including BP: $11,950

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Lot 663

CHARLES R. MARTIN "MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS" historically important stunning pair of ebonized and gilt display cabinets from the 1888 MELBOURNE EXHIBITION, with accompanying silk embroidered banner and Australian cedar hand-painted advertising wall plaque

Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Price Realised including BP: $16,730

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Lot 703

JOHN MONASH'S AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, burgundy leather binding with gilt rules, overall 19 x 13.5cm

Est: $10,000 - $20,000
Price Realised including BP: $23,900

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Lot 716

World War One period Officer's collapsible cup, with engraved details "Col. J. Monash. Commanding 4th Infantry Brigade, Aust. Imperial Force." 80mm high (fully extended).

Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Price Realised including BP: $13,145

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Lot 720

ARTHUR ERNEST STREETON (1867 - 1943), "La Cateau", watercolour, signed and endorsed "A. STREETON / LA CATEAU 1918" at lower right, 36 x 54cm; framed 59 x 76cm overall.

Est: $50,000 - $80,000
Price Realised including BP: $50,190

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Lot 722

DORA OHLFSEN (1877 - 1948), LT. GEN. SIR JOHN MONASH. G.C.M.G., K.G.B., D.C.L., L.L.D. GALLIPOLI. MESSINES. PASCHENDALE. AMIENS. HAMEL. PERONNE. BULLICOURT. 1914 - 1919, large brass medallion with Monash's profile and text in relief, signed DORA OHLFSEN, LONDON 1919" at base, 27cm diameter.

Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Price Realised including BP: $62,140

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AUSTRALIAN & HISTORICAL

Live Auction

Sat 25th May 2024

Featured Lots

Lot 318

Lot 439

Lot 478

Lot 566

Lot 567

Lot 663

Lot 703

Lot 716

Lot 720

Lot 722

Live Auction

Sat 25th May 2024

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