Australian 'Bush Police' Letter, Colllingwood,July 12th, 1853 eight pages written in quill on two folded sheets 9.75 x 8 in — 24.8 x 20.3 cm...
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FILES OF CORRESPONDENCE, WITH DRAFTSOF EFFECTS METHODS...Beale, Ken, Jeff Busby and Karl Fulves. Files of Correspondence, With Drafts of Effects Methods. V.p., 1970s-1980s. Three binders, the first comprised...
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NEOLITHIC NORTH AFRICAN STONE SPHERES- LOT OF 3**Originally Listed At $500**
Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Neolithic period, ca. 10,000 to 6000 BCE. Three fascinating carved stone spheres of small form with...
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AN IMPORTANT TRANSLATED BYZANTINE MARBLEALTAR TABLETOP...**This is an oversized piece that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote prior to bidding.
Holy Land, Late Roman / Early Byzantine Period,...
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9TH C. BYZANTINE BRONZE HANGING CANDELABRUMW/ CROSSNear East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 9th to 12th century CE. A beautiful, fascinating object from a wealthy Byzantine church or home - a near-round, five-sided...
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18TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER VESSELS(4 PCS)Spanish Colonial, South America, probably Peru or Bolivia, ca. 18th century CE. A fine collection of 4 hammered silver vessels: a mug, a chalice, and 2 bowls. First,...
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TWO 1846 BRITISH LETTERS + 2 ONE PENNYRED STAMPSNorthern Europe, Great Britain, northern England, Greater Manchester County; Lancashire, Oldham, New Delph, ca. 1846 CE. A pair of letters for Mr. James Kenworthy...
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SIGNED BETTY GOLD IRON ARTIST PROOF,CA. 1980Betty Gold (American, b. 1935). Iron artist's proof, inscribed "A.P. B.G" (Artist's Proof / Betty Gold) at base of one side, ca. 1980. A special work by American artist...
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1890 DUTCH A. VAN HOBOKEN & CO. GLASSGIN BOTTLE W/ GIN...Northern Europe, Netherlands, South Holland, Rotterdam, ca. 1890 CE. A rare and remarkable glass gin bottle made by A. Van Hoboken & Co. of Rotterdam,...
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FINE ZAPOTEC POTTERY DOUBLE JAR W/ INCISEDDEITIES TL'D...Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, Monte Alban IIIa, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A rare and fine example of a hand-built pottery vessel containing two...
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20TH C. ENGLISH GOLD SIGNET RING W/MOTTO "PAR COEUR"Northwestern Europe, England, ca. late 20th century CE. This is a gorgeous cast 77% (equivalent to 18k) gold signet ring with an ovoid armorial seal and the...
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TRANSLATED ROMAN LIMESTONE FUNERARYSTELE OF COUPLERoman, Imperial period, Eastern Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A captivating limestone stele of a massive, rectangular form, skillfully hand-carved to display...
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1906 JACK LONDON "WHITE FANG," 1ST EDITIONNorthAmerica, United States, New York, ca. 1906 CE. BAL 11896; Sisson & Martens, p. 29. Wow! A first edition of one of Jack London's most famous novels! A fine second issue of...
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SIGNED / DATED 1971 ADOLPH GOTTLIEB"NIGHT GLOW"Adolph Gottlieb (American, 1903-1974). "Night Glow" color etching and aquatint on Fabriano paper, 1971. Signed, dated, and numbered 40/65 in pencil on lower margin....
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GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, DIONYSIAN& BATTLEGreek, Attic (Athens), ca. 480 BCE. A splendid pottery amphora adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene on 1 side and 2 warriors on the other, both...
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LETTER FROM MEAD TO LEDOUX, OLIVER,OUTBREAK WARLetter from Margaret Mead to Louis Pierre Ledoux regarding Eleanor and Douglas L.Oliver, outbreak of war.
Original handwritten and signed on University of Sydney...
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LETTER FROM E.W. P. CHINNERY TO LEDOUXOriginal,handwritten, and signed letter date 24 Dec. 1935 from Australian Government anthropologist EW Chinnery to Louis Pierre Ledoux, advising Louis Pierre Ledoux to do as Margaret...
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2 LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION ASSISTANCEFOR LEDOUX2 Letters of introduction to Dr. C. H. Kellaway and Dr. K. D. Fairley, written by Neil Hamilton Fairley on board the Nord Deutscher Lloyd Bremen ship "Stuttgart"...
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2 LETTER OF INTRODUCTION 1935 FOR LEDOUX2Page Letter of introduction, December 1935, from the Commonwealth Treasurer (Australian) R.G. Casey to the Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea ("TNG"), Brigadier...
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1935 LETTERS AUSTRALIA PRIME MINISTERSeriesof letters and documents, dated December 1935, pertaining to Louis Pierre Ledoux's expedition to New Guinea, written by Frank Strahan, Australian Secretary to the Prime Minister,...
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GRAEME TOWNSEND, OIL ON CANVAS, 1992Graeme Townsend (Australian, b. 1954), "Hay Plain Tank", 1992, oil on canvas with press-on letters, signed lower right, titled, signed and dated verso, 29.5"h x 23.5" (sight),...
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1962 AMERICA'S CUP BROADSIDE 22" X 14".UNFRAMED.1962 AMERICA'S CUP BROADSIDE, "See the America Cup Yacht Races U.S. vs. Australia Newport, R.I. Beginning Sept. 15 On the S.S. Potomac ..." in red and blue lettering...
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(2) BOOKS ON WHALING, TO INCLUDE: ROCKWELLKENTillustrated Moby Dick: or the Whale, by Herman Melville. De Luxe edition, Garden City Publishing, 1937. Hardcover, gilt illustration of whale tail on front cover, gilt...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTING "LUCYPURDON" CIRCA 1850 LENGTH 4.75". WITH WOODEN STAND. TOTAL HEIGHT 6". PURDON", Circa 1850, Obverse depicts a fine three-quarter-length portrait of a woman in fashionable...
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? FINE AND RARE CERAMIC 'SYDNEY COVEMEDALLION' BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, 1789 modelled from dark brown unglazed earthenware, with crisply moulded decoration depicting a female figure, emblematic...
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4 vols. Court Tennis - Australian Subjects:Garnett, Michael P. A History of Royal Tennis in Australia. (Victoria, Australia), 1983. 1st ed. #10/75 signed by Garnett. Lg. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered & decorated black...
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A Prouds Sterling Silver and AustralianOpal Letter Opener Sterling silver letter opener in the form of a boomerang set in the center with a black opal cabochon approx. 10 x 7 mm. Measures approx. 5"L. Weight approx....
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Four mid 19th century Mark Whitwill& Son of Bristol ship posters one for 'Australian Gold Region for Melbourne Geelong and Sydney' with the frigate Try dated 28th September 1852; and three for New York largest...
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World War II POW Diaries of BritishLieut. J.W. Hugo Held by Japanese A lot of two diaries written in captivity by British officer Lt. James W. Hugo while prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. ?These two...
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Pair engraved powder horns: Britannia,hearts with arrows, young archer, lion and unicorn bowing to the crown, three-masted sailing ship with sailors, emu, kangaroo, one banner "Maj. William Fitzpatrick",...
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