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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australiana, Patrick White, Navy, Natural History, Cooking, Philosophy, Music etc

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Auction Name Australiana, Patrick White, Navy, Natural History, Cooking, Philosophy, Music etc Total Sales (AUD) 14,801.85
Auction Date March 10, 2024 - March 10, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 14,390.00
Sale Number #31024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 21,820.00
Total Lots 248
Sold Lots 147 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 24,400.00
% of Lots Sold 59.27% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 36,810.00
Unsold Lots 101 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
274 by Ian Fleming

Live And Let Die

1954 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 1,651.00
28

A General Ecclesiastical History from the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour to the first establishment of Christianity by Human Laws under the Emperor Constantine the Great: Containing the space of about 313 years with so much the Jewish and Roman history a

 1729 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 444.50
273 by Ian Fleming

Goldfinger

1959 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 381.00
50

8 books about Early Australian History.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 317.50
266

The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone. Compiled From Reliable Sources.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 285.75
204 by Richard Sadleir

The Aborigines of Australia

 1883 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
233

The Solid Mandala by Patrick White.

1966 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
234

The Cockatoos by Patrick White.

1974 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
232

The Eye Of The Storm by Patrick White.

1973 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 241.30
100

Three shelves of Psychology. Classics and childhood psychology.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 228.60
276 by Kenneth Cook

Chain of Command

 1962 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 215.90
169

The Cr Don Pearce South Australia Postal History and Postal Marking.

2023 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 203.20
67 by Hugh B. Cave.

1) Murgunstrumm and Others

 1977 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 190.50
194

Cosmic rays by L(ajos) Janossy.

1948 AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 190.50
34 by Arthur W. Upfield.

Winds of Evil

1937 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
114 by Rev Gilbert White.

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

no date preface dated 1832 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 165.10
138

Titus Groan by Meryvn Peake.

1946 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 165.10
158

Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a Curious Collection of Above 900 of the Most Remarkable Epitaphs, Antient and Modern, Serious and Merry.

1727 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 165.10
225 by Handel.

Concertante in nine parts for two violins and a violoncello obligati

1791 AUD 180.00 - 220.00 AUD 165.10
102

Two shelves of about 30 novels and prose. Includes: Virginia Woolf, CS Lewis, Oscar Wilde, Robert Frost, Grahame Green and James Joyce.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 139.70
139 Compiled by the N.S.W. Public School Cookery Teachers' Association

The Common-Sense Cookery Book

1914 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
179

The City Bank of Sydney 1863-1913.

1913 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 139.70
260 by Anthony Trollope.

Australia and New Zealand

 1874 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 139.70
35

4 books by Arthur Upfield.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
62

Two colour photos of 1) George Foreman and 2) Joe Frazier.

AUD 50.00 - 80.00 AUD 127.00
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