Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Marvellous Medley: Psychology, Classics, Antarctica, Pacific A108
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Marvellous Medley: Psychology, Classics, Antarctica, Pacific A108 | Total Sales (AUD) | 28,381.25 |
| Auction Date | February 11, 2024 - February 11, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 32,340.00 |
| Sale Number | #21124 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 46,058.00 |
| Total Lots | 394 | ||
| Sold Lots | 227 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 75,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 57.61% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 103,728.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 167 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 27.36% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Appointment With Death A Poirot Mystery. |
1938 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,875.00 | |
| 32 | Lewis de Bougainville. Translated by John Reinhold Forster. | A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 |
1772 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | AUD 1,375.00 |
| 1 | Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton and illustrations Edward Wilson. | 1) The South Polar Times. Twelve volumes in magnetic book case. April 1902 - June 1912. With text |
2012 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,062.50 |
| 6 | Alix Strachey and Alan Tyson Editorial Assistant Angela Richards. | The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud Translated from the German under the General Editorship of James Strachey In Collaboration with Anna Freud Assisted |
1971 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | AUD 1,062.50 |
| 247 | Sydney Punch Volume I. |
1864 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 812.50 | |
| 180 | Captain WE Johns and. | 21 Biggles |
AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 750.00 | |
| 104 | Prepared by J A Simpson and E S C Weiner | The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition |
1998 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 687.50 |
| 179 | Captain WE Johns. | 11 Biggles |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 687.50 | |
| 258 | James Cook F.R.S and Captain James King, LL.D and F.R.S. | Cook's Voyage, octavo edition 1785-1788 in 4 volumes. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; undertaken by command of his Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. P |
AUD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 687.50 | |
| 34 | Morris West | The Heretic: A Play in Three Acts |
1969 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | AUD 625.00 |
| 37 | Joseph M Forshaw Illustrated by William T Cooper. | Australian Parrots Volume 1 Loriinae and Cacatuinae Volume 2 Psittacinae |
AUD 650.00 - 750.00 | AUD 625.00 | |
| 351 | Carl Jung | A shelf of books by Carl Jung. |
AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 531.25 | |
| 109 | Charles Doughty. | Travels In Arabia Deserta |
2013 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 500.00 |
| 8 | More. | More than 150 Black Penguin paperbacks. Classics from Plato to Utopia |
AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 343.75 | |
| 99 | edited by Beau Riffenburgh. | Encyclopedia of the Antarctic |
2006 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 312.50 |
| 250 | 35 volumes of Oceania,. |
1936-1960 | AUD 100.00 - 120.00 | AUD 312.50 | |
| 41 | Amy Eleanor Mack. | Bushland Stories |
1928 | AUD 50.00 - 80.00 | AUD 281.25 |
| 108 | Japan: Described and Illustrated |
AUD 450.00 - 550.00 | AUD 281.25 | ||
| 333 | Two shelves of psychology. |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 281.25 | ||
| 102 | edited by Christian Kay; Jane Roberts; Michael Samuels; Irene Wotherspoon. | Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary: With additional material from A Thesaurus of Old English |
2009 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 250.00 |
| 181 | Two Biggles bibliographies and six large format Biggles as well as two Science Fiction books. |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 250.00 | ||
| 178 | Captain WE Johns and. | Three Biggles books |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 237.50 | |
| 173 | Kenneth Slessor. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay. | Earth Visitors |
1926 | AUD 130.00 - 170.00 | AUD 212.50 |
| 30 | Sigmund Freud | A shelf and a handful of books by or about Freud. |
AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 200.00 | |
| 93 | A bundle of Aurora Journal ANARE Club. |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 187.50 |
