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

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

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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