c1920s. Chrome-plated brass, 10.6 x 14.3 x 9.5cm. Minor wear to plating and oxidation to metal base. The mascot consists of an Australian kookaburra perched on a stand with wings, attached to a radiator cap. The casting is crisp with no wear. Earlier automobiles had their “radiator caps outside of the hood..... More

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

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

1924. As issued, letterpress book with French binding (unbound), original boards with partial paper wrappers, and slip case, containing 55 original etchings, some monogrammed in plate, number “265” from an edition of 350 on justification page, title page in French includes author “Octave Mirbeau” and publisher with date “Ambroise Vollard..... More

c1925. Group of three colour lithographs, postcard format, mounted together, each signed in image lower left or right, letterpress text in mostly Italian including title in right border and verso, 9 x 13.9cm (each postcard). Slight soiling, minor wear to edges. All three postcards include “Movimento Futurista Italiano. Pittore Tato..... More

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

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

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

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

c1930. Plaster relief, 43.9 x 24.4 x 1.5cm. Hairline crack centre left, chips to edges, slight stains. Framed. More

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

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

c1930s. Eighteen (18) items comprising various states of five bookplate designs, mostly wood engravings and several preparatory ink and gouache drawings, some signed and dated or initialled in block, some signed or annotated in pencil in lower margin, sizes range from 8.3 x 3.4cm to 10.3 x 7.8cm. Some with old folds..... More