c1880s-1920s. Fourteen (14) carved emu eggs, four with silver plate stands, two eggs initialled “E.A.G.” or “P. O’S.” in image, two eggs signed by “Ingram Bros, Melbourne” or Jonaski Takuma, sizes range from 11.8 x 27.5cm to 27 x 30cm (height including stand x circumference). Slight cracks, minor chips, surface..... More

c1927. Pen and ink with gouache, captioned throughout image, initialled “M.E.C.” lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, annotated “Q.Q.” in an unknown hand in ink verso, 25.1 x 25cm. Old horizontal folds, slight surface loss, foxing and creases. Captions read “Canberra. ‘Onward.’ SA, Queensl’d, NSW, Victoria, WA, Tasmania.”..... More

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

c1930s. Canvas with screenprint, 60 x 180cm. Minor stains overall. This gangway canvas would have been used at Rose Bay’s flying boat base, which operated between 1938 and 1974, except during the mid and post-war years of the 1940s. Accompanied with vintage silver gelatin postcard depicting the flying boat base..... More

1939. Autograph letter on Australian Club letterhead, dated and signed by A.B. Paterson in ink, accompanied with binder of ephemera laid down on foolscap pages, collected between 1930 and 1957, some pages stamped “From J.K. Moir collection”, 15.3 x 20.3cm. Slight soiling and old folds to letter, laid down on..... More

c1910s-1940s. Consisting of nine hundred and sixty-three (963) vintage silver gelatin or print-out paper photographs, loose or spread over five family photograph albums, some images inscribed “yours sincerely” by women or captioned or dated in ink on backing below, one album contains an ex-libris label for “Francis Clune”, signed by..... More

1950s. Colour process lithograph, inscribed and signed by Menzies in ink in lower margin, 21.7 x 16.6cm. Slight discolouration to edges of margins, tipped to original backing. Inscription reads “For Charles [Lloyd Jones], with affection.” Provenance: Charles Lloyd Jones estate. More

c1950. Colour lineblock, multi-panel foldout card, initialled “G.M.” in last panel, captions and illustrations throughout, 11.3 x 172.3cm. Repaired and repainted lower left portion on first panel, slight discolouration and wear including minor tears to edges, old folds. Captions include “Ye people have had it. Houses are short. Ye Vandyke Prefab..... More

c1960. Group of four items consisting of two posters showing the mascot "Smokey", one publication Bush Fire Bulletin and a photograph depicting "Smokey" with diorama. Description of group, as follows: (1) Memo from Smokey! Be careful with matches, smokes, campfires, every fire. Remember, only you can prevent bush fires!, c1960..... More

c1911–1930s. Two softcover octavo booklets, 17.3 x 14cm and 19.5 x 16.3cm. Minor creases, stains, foxing, and tears to wrappers. Titles and text include (1) Birds of the Sunny South with Australian Flowers, published by Pater’s Printery, 271 Little Collins St, Melbourne, c1911. “Produced entirely by Australians. Birds by [Violet]..... More