c1920s. Colour process screen, and hand-written poem, signed “Low” in image lower right, poem signed by Henry Lawson in ink on “Sydney Book Club” notepaper, 25.1 x 16.5cm (image), 10 x 5.3cm (paper). Minor soiling and crinkles. Framed together. Poem reads “And his was a light that shone to the..... More about Henry Lawson
1922. Letterpress pamphlet, 22.1 x 14cm. Slight creases, soiling and minor missing portion to upper left. Text includes “Coming by special train. Dimboola, Thursday, October 26, 1922. Banfield Printer, Ararat [Victoria].” Thorpe McConville’s “Wild Australia” rodeo-circus first came into prominence in 1911 when he gave a command performance for King..... More about Thorpe McConville’s Famous Buckjumping Show, “Wild Australia”
c1924. Pen and ink sketch on “Coogee Bay Hotel” letterhead paper, inscribed and signed below image, 26 x 20.7cm (paper). Foxing and creases overall, slight tears to edges. This sketch was most likely made in 1924, based on recorded correspondence from Lambert to his wife on Coogee Bay Hotel letterhead... More about “To Record A Very Charming Meeting”
1925. Bone china tea cup and saucer, caption printed in cup with text and date on saucer, “Aynsley England” maker stamp and number “Rd. No. 702537” on cup base, 9.2 x 5.2cm (cup); 13.8cm (saucer diameter). Minor rubbing to cup gilding and plate motif. Text reads “Souvenir. Australian pavilion, Wembley..... More about The Cup Of Knowledge [Fortune Telling
c1890s-1927. Group of five portraits, four inspired by Henry King’s iconic photograph:. (1) Henry King (Aust., 1855-1923). Australian Aborigine, c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled (faint) in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, caption in letterpress on backing below image, 14.7 x 9.9cm. Slight..... More about The Laughing Man By Henry King
1928. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, autographed by Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm in ink on image upper left and right, copyright blind stamp on image lower right, titled and erroneously dated “June 1-6, 1928” in ink on mount below image, annotated in pencil in unknown hand on mount verso, 15.4... More about Trans-Pacific Flight [Southern Cross
1929. Bronze relief, mounted on wooden plaque, subject, artist and date cast into the bronze, captioned in a brass plaque verso, 24.5 x 24.3 (bronze), 38 x 33.5cm (plaque). Minor scratch to centre of bronze, chips, cracks and missing portions to veneer of wooden plaque. Caption reads “Unserem hochverehrten chef... More about Hugo Glattauer
1929. Letterpress booklet with process screen illustrations, 15pp, 21.6 x 13.8cm. Minor stains and crinkles overall, foxing, paper loss, tears, creases and old tape to loose cover. Text on title page includes “Hunkin, Ellis & King, Ltd., Printers and Publishers, Pirie Street, Adelaide.” The book cover features a portrait of... More about “Native Legends”
1923-1929. Comprising one photographic negative, two Harley-Davidson manuals, and numerous ephemera, concerning the purchase and payment of a Harley-Davidson motorbike by “John Frederick Hazard” from 1923 to 1929. Collection includes a homemade model of a Harley-Davidson with sidecar, 11.5 x 7 x 4.5cm. Old folds and slight foxing to ephemera;... More about Harley-Davidson Ephemera <i>and</i> Homemade Model Motorbike With Sidecar
![Virgin Mary]. Attrib. Rayner Hoff, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-72.JPG?v=1486091845)
c1930. Plaster relief, 43.9 x 24.4 x 1.5cm. Hairline crack centre left, chips to edges, slight stains. Framed. More about Virgin Mary
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c1930. Etching, 23.5 x 31.5cm. Slight soiling, crinkles. The lower centre of the border shows the Hume-Barbour Debaters’ Trophy, a bronze sculpture by Raynor Hoff. Miss Hume-Barbour, a descendant of the Australian explorer Hamilton Hume, donated the trophy to the NSW Department of Education in 1929, and the competition, now... More about Design For Debating Certificate
c1930s. Letterpress and process screen, advertising flyer, 25 x 31.3cm. Slight soiling, foxing. Framed. Text includes “Your luggage and parcel problems solved promptly and carefully by N. Palmer. Phone: Tweed Heads, 58, day or night. Rallings and Rallings, 578 Stanley Street, South Brisbane.”. More about Coolangatta And Districts Utility Carrying Service
c1886-1930s. Six items containing seven carved mother of pearl or conch shells, two images captioned or dated “1886” in image, one shell annotated “C. Nouvaille[?]” in pencil in unknown hand inside shell, sizes range from 17.6 x 17cm to 18.7 x 13 x 21cm. One shell with minor chips to..... More about Pacific Mother Of Pearl Shells
c1900s-1930s. Twenty-four (24) colour lithograph board games, sizes range from 18.3 x 27.7cm to 43.7 x 34.5cm. Most with splits to old folds, slight creases or scuffing, laid down on original card backing. Games include Snakes & Ladders; Ludo; National Bicycle Game; Race Round Australia [cars etc]; AFL board games... More about Collection Of Australian Board Games
1910s-1930s. Three photograph albums containing 200 vintage silver gelatin photographs, two albums are annotated with captions and some dated in ink on album page below images, sizes range from 4.9 x 3cm to 24.4 x 19.2cm. Minor silvering, most images laid down on album page. Albums contain many family photographs... More about Family Photo Albums Of Stan McCabe, Australian Test Cricketer
c1930s. Spelter on wooden base, 27 x 12cm (figure); 16.5cm (base diameter). Charles Burgess Fry (1872-1956) was an English sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. He represented England at both cricket and football, as well as equalling... More about C.B. Fry, English Cricketer
c1930s. Relief-carved cedar frame with two window panels, annotated in ink verso, 40.5 x 46.5cm (approx.). Annotation includes “The last picture show.”. More about Australian Folk Art Frame
c1931. Tin and wood model ship on wooden base with a glass case, ship’s name on stern and bow, model maker “C. Boor”, ship name and date on bronze plaque attached to base, 93 x 40 x 14.5cm (ship); 120 x 10 x 35cm (base). Provenance: Burns Philp auction, Sydney... More about Ship Model Of MV “Malabar”
1932. Colour lithograph, artist names in image lower centre, 74.4 x 98cm. Foxing, repaired tears and slight perforations to margins and image edges, old folds. Linen-backed. Text includes “Commemorate the opening [Sydney Harbour Bridge], 19th day of March...1932. Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself-hath-said... More about The Sydney Harbour Bridge Map
1930-1932. Consisting of mostly newspaper clippings annotated with name of newspaper and date of issue in ink or pencil, 50 x 37cm (scrapbook). Minor water damage and soiling, cracking to spine and tears to edges of pages. The contents of this scrapbook strongly suggest that it was compiled by John... More about Fox-Hoyts Radio Club Scrapbook
c1933. Colour process lithograph with letterpress, 18.4 x 24.4cm. Old folds, slight tears and missing portions to top edge. Double-sided promotional handbill that features imagery by Willis O’Brien (American, 1886-1962), a stop-motion animator credited with bringing King Kong to life. Ref: Wiki. More about King Kong [At The Alhambra Theatre, Stone’s Corner, Brisbane
![Design For A Small Cemetery Chapel and A Design For [Aviator Bert] Hinkler’s Memorial](/pictures/thumb/CL194-130_1.jpg?v=1543548372)
1928-c1933. Two watercolour and pencil drawings, each captioned and signed by architect “Keith Frederick Giraud”, chapel design dated “1928” and annotated “University of Sydney” in pencil below image, 57.4 x 39.7cm to 70.8 x 41.8cm (paper). Pinholes, slight foxing and crinkles. Keith Frederick Giraud was awarded the Australian Medallion and..... More about Design For A Small Cemetery Chapel <i>and</i> A Design For [Aviator Bert] Hinkler’s...
c1933. One watercolour with pencil and two lithograph charts, both lithographs stamped with “AMORC”, one dated “7 Sept. 1933” in image lower right, 38.1 x 29.3cm to 42 x 42cm (paper, approx. each). Pinholes, tears to edges, minor foxing, creases and crinkles overall. Stamp includes “The Rosicrucian Order. Known as..... More about The Rosicrucian Order
1933. Hardcover quarto with woodblock print on decorative paper over boards, 61pp, inscribed and autographed by Megargee in ink on pastedown, 33.5 x 25cm. Paper loss to spine, light foxing throughout and minor offset from plates. Inscription reads “To H. Nevill Smith, [no.] 48. Sincerely yours, Lon Megargee, Phoenix, Arizona.”... More about The Cowboy Builds A Loop
1935. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, one image hand-coloured with partially illegible studio blind stamp on image lower right, titled and dated in ink verso, accompanying old backing with captions, 13.9 x 9.4cm, 5.2 x 5.4cm. Stamp reads “Prisma Studios, 82 Oxford Street.” Captions include “1st prize, 5 guineas”... More about Audrey Patricia Lopez, Star Male Impersonator, Movie Ball <i>and</i> Family Group...