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Monthly Auction — Barsby Auctions

Auction House:Barsby AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:856
Sale Title:Monthly AuctionLots with images:845
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:591
Date:20-Jan-2019
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Six vintage thimbles including English silver and enamel
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Vintage Merrythought dog soft toy together with a vintage teddy bear
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Vintage Willcox and Gibbs sewing machine hand operated sewing machine, on wooden base, including (worn) copy of the instruction manual, and some attachments.
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Victorian walnut sewing box C1890, with brass fittings opening to green and gold silk fitted lining, width 25 cm X depth 18 cm X height 14 cm approx
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Three 19th century Charles Dickens books comprising of The Personal History of David Copperfield (cover loose), Little Dorrit and Sketches by Boz (1874), Chapman and Hall, London, leather spine gold embossed canvas on board. Approx 22 cm high
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Master Humphrey's by Charles Dickens Volume 1 Chapman and Hall, London 1840, illustrated, approx 25.5 cm high
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Pair of 19th century Charles Dickens books comprising of Our Mutual Friend in two volumes (Chapman and Hall London 1865), 22 cm x 14.5 cm approx
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Two Charles Dickens books comprising of Dombey & Son (Bradbury and Evans London 1848) and Pickwick Papers (London Champman and Hall)
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Two mid 19th century Charles Dickens books comprising of Bleak House (Bradbury and Evans, London 1853) and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebuy (Chapnan and Hall, London 1839), front cover detached
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Ten S.R.Crockett antique books London circa 1890's
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Five R.L. Stevenson antique books including Treasure Island, Cassell & Company, London 1886, The Master Of Ballantrae (1898) and others
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Two Books: The Voyage of the Discovery by Captain R.F.Scott, Volume 1 (McMillan & Co London 1905), and Pompeii, edited by Thomas.h.Dyer, London 1875
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Four Charles Dickens books with canvas on hard boards, early 20th century
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Six Conan Doyle books London, 1897 to 1906, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Longman's, Green & Co, London 1894 (4th ed)
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Three antique Robinson Crusoe books comprising of The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (in two volumes 1 and 2), London 1823, and the same (in one volume), Bliss, Sands and Foster, London
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Six antique poetry books comprising of Poems by William Cowper in Two Volumes (London 1814/16, and The Works of Alexander Pope, London 1835, volumes 1 to 4
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Two volumes: Cassell's Family Magazine 1897 and 1898, height 25.8 cm
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Five antique and later religious books including Fairy Mythology, Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley, London 1850, Woodforde (London 1935) and others
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Five antique Burns and Byron books comprising of Complete Works of Robert Burns in Two Volumes (John G. Murdoch, London), The Life and Works of Lord Byrons, volumes 1 and 2 A. Pullarton & Co, London ( one cover detached),and The Poetical Works of Lord Byrons, complete in one volume, London 1854
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One Book: The Complete works of William Hogarth John G. Murdoch, London, with full page illustrative plates, height 31.5 cm
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One Book: Holy Bible Parallel- Columm addition, illustrated dated 1888, 32.5 cm high (front cover detached), 32 cm x 27 cm approx
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Ten mostly geographic books by John Foster Fraser, including Australia the Making of a Nation (London 1910), America At Work (1903), Canada As It Is (1905), Red Russia (1907), Round The World on a Wheel (London 1904) and others
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Three Antique reference books comprising of Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (London 1904), and Pronouncing Biographical Dictionary volumes 1 and 2 (Philadelphia 1901)
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Three Books: Arabian Nights complete volumes 12,and 3, London 1826, height 13.3 cm
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Five antique military interest books The War of the Nineties by A.Hilliard Atteridge, London 1899, The Russo/Japanese War (Cassell's History) London (volume 1), Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles by E.S.Creasy, London 1854, & Complete Lectures of Col.R.G. Ingersoll
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Five Books: 19th Century poetic works comprising of Cowper's Works (London 1865), Fieldings Works (London1851), Smollett's Works (London 1863), Spenser's Works (London, 1852) and Stern's Works (London 1851)
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Five Books by Winston Churchill Richard Carvel 1902, Coniston 1906,The Crisis 1905,The Crossing 1906, and Mr Crewe's Carwer 1908
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Thirteen antique and later books by W Carleton, Alexander Dumas, Charles Lever, Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book 1906 and The Days Work 1898), Mark Twain (Humorous Works) and GH Lorimer
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One book: George Cruikshank's Omnibus Tilt and Bogue, London 1842
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One book: The Chriftian-Mans Calling or a Treatise of Making Religion Ones Bufinels Wherein The Nature and Neceffity of it is difcovered, London 1662, 18.5 cm x 15.5 cm, front cover detached
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Eleven antique books including The Fiery Cross and Rebel Privateer. by WS Hayward, Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life by Samuel Lover, Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood 1898, Nada The Lily by H. Rider Haggard 1892 and others
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Eleven antique and later books including stories Robin Hood by J Walker Mc Spadden, Handy Andy by Samuel Lover (London 1849), Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (London 1852), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane (London 1859) and others
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Vintage Autobahn model car race track toy maker: Schuco-Varianto 3010X, in original box
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Alabaster figural group depicting three poodles playing, width 21 cm approx
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Vintage green snail shell serving dish 11.5 cm high approx.
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Pacific Islands shell money necklace length 66 cm
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Collection of seashells and display case
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Vintage ceramic portrait miniature portrait of a woman on oval ceramic plaque, (possibly Royal Vienna porcelain), in antique decorative brass frame, (7.5 cm X 6 cm approx, image).
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Vintage bronzed seated infant figure height 10 cm approx, total
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Georgian portrait miniature ' Stephen' 'Sloane, Youngest Son of Hans Sloane, of Stoneham, Hants.' Attributed in handwriting verso, with artist as Frances Dickinson. In embossed vintage brass frame. (76.5 cm X 6 cm approx, image). (Sir Hans Sloane, (1739-1827), First Baronet, was a noted Irish physician, who founded the British Museum).
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Tiffany Studios New York bronzed toothpick holder pine needle decoration, marked to base, height 6 cm
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Pope Pius V brass pendant on a chain
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Antique bronze Grand Tour kneeling slave figure Egyptian themed souvenir figure in form of candlestick or vase, circa 1800, height 15 cm
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Good Italian micro-mosaic picture frame with ornate scroll and floral decoration, height 30 cm approx. (losses)
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Two various Greek and Roman antiquities including Helenistic pottery fragment, from Apulia, Southern Italy, 4th century BC origin, on wood mount; together with an early Roman Empire, orange pottery Kylix, circa 2nd century BC origin, with Certificate of Authenticity from Downie's Gallery, Melbourne, diameter 17 cm
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Mesopotamian pottery bridge spout vessel embossed with dots and incised with rope decoration, 25 cm handle to spout, 14 cm high approx.
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Two antique brass and wooden crucifixes height 24 cm approx
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Vintage Australian cast metal figural ashtray depicting a kangaroo sitting on a boomerang and a map of Australia, width 15 cm approx
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Victorian folding double picture frame of easel form.
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Cast iron Afro-American novelty money box painted black and red decoration, with movable arm, marked verso, height 17 cm
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World War II Royal Navy midshipman's sword with scabbard, good condition, the locking clip engraved 'M.W. Clifford R.N.', 93 cm long (sword only), 95 cm total
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Decorative Japanese tanto'/dagger with embossed brass decoration, length 41 cm approx
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Antique Wilkinson naval ceremonial sword lion head form handle, brass hilt with embossed crown and anchor, to wood sheath, (sheath fractured), length 92 cm approx, sword).
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Nepalese / Indian Khukri knife forged steel blade with pinhole flat chased decoration length 47 cm approx
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Two various cast iron money boxes including 'Transvaal Money Box,' and Castle money box.
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Collection of vintage padlocks and keys
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Victorian wood cased thermometer in fitted wood case, with calibrated metal plate indicating degrees in fahrenheit and reaumur, marked for Davis/Leeds, length 13 cm approx, case).
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Australian pokerwork vase with Australian gum leaf and nut decoration, height 22.5 cm approx
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Antique gilt framed portrait miniature 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm image approx.
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Three World War I medals comprising of 1914-15 Star (H. DUSTAN STD. M.F.A.), British War Medal, 1914-18 (H. DUSTAN STD. M.F.A.) and Allied Victory Medal (107444 S. CONS R.E.)
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Three various vintage crucifix crosses
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Set fourteen Victorian brass Regimental buttons each with Coat of Arms decoration, including set of 8, diameter 1.5 cm approx, each), and set of 6, diameter 2.5 cm approx, each), circa 1880, makers Gaunt of London.
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Collection of 5 vintage corkscrews including a blacksmith made figural corkscrew and a horn handle
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Quantity of novelty bottle stoppers including articulated together with other bar related items. Including Black Forest items.
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Large vintage rosary bead necklace
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Antique glass and ormolu pocket watch vitrine on four feet, height 9.5 cm approx
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S.T.Dupont gold plated ball point pen in original box with certificate of authenticity
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Three various vintage tins of record needles including 2 X HMV, & Columbia; together with a Bournville Cocoa tin vesta.
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Rustic metal padlock marked 'Crablock, NSW Railways 1870 Pat.0873', with a key
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Large vintage silver cross rosary bead necklace
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Quantity of vintage French postcards a total of approximately 40 cards, mainly of French scenes, including many of Paris.
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Vintage pince-nez spectacles in case.
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Pair of tortoiseshell opera glasses with telescopic handle, losses to handle
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Three various vintage rosary beads
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Four Victorian Scottish horn teaspoons circa 1860s, length 12 cm approx, (3), and 14 cm approx, (1).
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Antique gilt framed portrait miniature signed Heller, 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm image approx.
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Vintage Tudric Liberty pewter dressing table box inset pearl finial to lid, lobe shaped base, marked to base and # 0902, height 5 cm
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Collection vintage spectacles including 2 pairs of 'gold' rimmed spectacles, and 2 pairs early sun glasses.
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Antique portrait miniature in oval frame with fitted box, signed 'L Johnstone', 8 cm high approx
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Pair of vintage mother of pearl opera glasses together with a pair of binoculars glasses, both in original cases
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Three various brass padlocks each with a key.
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Cased replica Order of British Empire insignia OBE medal for ladies, with ribbon, in original Royal Mint fitted case, with leaflet; together with cased 1953 Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, with ribbon, in original case.
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Two Italian silver cross rosary bead sets and a leather pouch
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Victorian Tunbridge ware string box in form of tribal hut, with hand painted figures to side, circa 1870, height 14 cm
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Cross Classic Century ballpoint pen and pencil Set 10 Kt. gold filled, in original box
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Victorian brass compass lid engraved, 'Baker, 244 High Holborn, London,' diameter 7.5 cm
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Four various vintage rosary beads
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Tiffany & Co stainless steel ballpoint in original pouch and box, with extra ink cartridge
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Three vintage framed portrait miniatures, a Georgian frame and a cased daguerreotype
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Two vintage framed portrait miniatures Lady Hamilton and Wagner, both in inlaid ivory frames, 12.5 cm x 10.5 cm (largest)
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Vintage advertising pewter and glass hip flask BL Scotch whisky, 18 cm high approx.
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Three cased Dunhill pipes 2 with sterling silver collars, together with a cigar cutter
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Vintage The Conway Stewart writing set with marble finish,comprising of a no.475 fountain pen with marked 14ct nib, together with a no.3 pencil, in original box
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Pair vintage mother of pearl cased opera glasses in leather case, (worn); together with another contemporary pair opera glasses, in brocade case.
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World War I Gallipolli ANZAC 'Comfort' biscuit tin
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Early cased Bolex Paillard movie camera with Pan-Cinor lens, hand grip, etc, in original leather case.
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1930's test cricket Sunday Telegraph souvenir
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Two Australian advertising novelty items to include ETA and Empisal Pty. Ltd
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Vintage wood cased Fuller calculator in fitted wood case, with original Instruction manual. (Length 43 cm
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Antique ivory handle gentleman's umbrella ivory handle, (age cracks), to black fabric umbrella, with 18carat gold band, monogrammed T.F. M.P (for Thomas Fitzpatrick M.P.). This item may not be exported without CITES documentation.
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