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The Dennis Baker Collection — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:410
Sale Title:The Dennis Baker CollectionLots with images:392
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:392
Date:21-Nov-2010
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Four matched antique French provincial straight leg rush chairs
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Four timber exporters champagne crates
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A large Chinese gilt hand painted fan
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A 1920s English studded mill wool bin 51 x 51 x 61 cm
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An English studded mill wool bin 51 x 51 x 61 cm
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A French forged iron scroll form wine rack
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A small forged iron wine rack
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Two redfern show factory vintage cobbler boxes
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A pair of French roger chesnut bottier militaire Rue clare Paris, 19th century boot lasts
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A pair of English, oak fold up school desks circa 1930
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A Victorian gilt metal and mahogany yarn swift
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A Franklin chair / library steps
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Two linen lined whicker French baguette baskets
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A pair of decorative bound grass bundles
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Two vintage suitcases
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Pair of forever orchids in ming style pots
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Forever orchids housed in terracotta pot
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A Japanese porcelain vase
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A woven leather short whip and two whips with sterling silver collars (3)
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A French painted iron outdoor table 135 width x 75 depth x 74 height cm
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Four French antique matched French provincial painted rush chairs
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A large French model cruise liner 'Jean Mermoz' 180 cm width x 38 cm depth x 56 cm height
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A large blue and white signal flag
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A large bell form fern edged glass vase
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A pair of large etched vases 35 cm high
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A large blue and white signal flag
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A pair of Battle & Co. Binoculars in leather case
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A French five piece hat block
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A blue and white Chinese porcelain jar and cover. Height 42 cm
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Two art glass pieces in pale blue, signed, etched signature to base 21 cm diameter
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An Australian Art Pottery cylindrical landscape vase by derick smith 19 cm high
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A French marble topped iron console 150 width x 47 depth x 77 height cm
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A vintage fishing basket
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Pair of ‘Golden Circle’ exporting crates
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Brewery advertising pub mirror 'Ind' Coopers Burton Ales' 76 cm x 51 cm
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19th century encased and mounted satin bower bird
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Important Vienna joh Weiss Sohn Wien Werkzeurfabrik cabinet makers work bench c1909
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An English nautical sextant by kelvin and hughes London 1917
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A fine 19th century marine whalebone and ivory turk's knot walking cane
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Two English Edwardian leather collar boxes
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A brass telescope 'Observer' by W. Watson & Sons, London
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Boxed compass, suspended in integral box with original markings, British navy
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A large chalice form etched vase 56 cm high
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Glass bell shaped vase etched with fern design 25 cm high together with an Australian phoenix silver plate shooting trophy cup
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An encased mounted duck set upon naturalistic form painted base 48 cm high
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Two printers trays
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Three printers trays
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A wicker workmans basket
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A pair of French Roger Chesnut Bottier Militaire Rue clare Paris, 19th century boot lasts
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A Norman Lindsay original pencil on paper 41 x 21 cm cite
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Dennis Baker sculpture, metal work
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A mid 1948 rare 'Britannic Cunard white star' lithographic travel (in excellent condition) in custom hand painted mount and frame poste
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A hardwood painters Studio easel
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A vintage leather suitcase
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Six large black lacquered shop sign letters
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Three reference books on Italian and rome gardens (3)
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The cockatoos and nestors of Australia and New zealand by gracius j. Broinowski hard back, limited edition #282/500 signed
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The collection of the nga, portrait of an artist brian Adams and the Art of m.napier waller (3)
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Norman lindsay watercolours published by ure smith with original dust jacket
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Brett Whiteley published by bay books, with original dust jacket, first edition
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Debonair jack, a biography of Sir John longstaff together with two Art gallery catalogues (3)
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Two Art reference books, Australian watercolour painters 1780-1980 (2)
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Three books comprising the glorious years graeme inson, russel ward, Nsw illustrated f.c.terry, soul of a city Sydney (3)
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Four interior design reference books laura ashley and paint magic by jocasta innes
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Bill Henson Lux Et Nox published by Scalo Zurich, with original dust cover
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An antique hand painted wood block mould
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Two reference books on colour by Luigina De Grandis And Hugh Stancliff (2)
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Art reference books including Australian impressionists 1881-1930, Colonial Painters, Heysen, Conrad Martins, Blamire Young (5)
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Pictures of innocence the history and crisis of ideal childhood and indigenous Art colonial culture by Nicholas Thomas Both By Thames & Hudson
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An original ships port signal lamp by Seahorse
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Snowdon sittings 1979-1983, Susan Irvine Rose Gardens Of Australia And A Flower Reference Book (3)
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An early 20th century original enamel painted tin plate sign 'Cadburys cocoa' 61 x 50 cm
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A quantity of reference books on papua new guinea (18)
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Four interior design reference books including laura ashley and others
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Four interior design reference books including Laura Ashley and others
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Four interior design reference books including Laura Ashley and others
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The illustrated London news vol 1 1888 hard back
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The graphic jul to dec 1877 with gilt embossed hard cover and numerous steel engravings
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The graphic jan to jun 1876 with gilt embossed hard cover, with numerous steel engravings
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The spoils of war edited by Elizabeth simpson, flash the associated press covers of the world (2)
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The naked and the veiled the photgraphic nudes of blumenfeld thames and hudson
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American abstract Art of the 1930s and 1940s, the j.donald nichols collection
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William robinson by lynn fern published by craftsman house
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Jeffrey smart retrospective published by agnsw
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Russell drysdale by lou klepac published by murdoch books
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Two hardbacks, australias national collections by clem lloyd and peter sekuless and qag retrospect and prospect (2)
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Le monde illustre partie litteraire 1891-92 with leather spine and marbled cover with original plates
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A rustic French grape picking basket, appley haore antiques
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Yates wine lodges storage crate
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Reference book on Berlin and van bruggen frank o.gehry guggenheim musseum bilbao hardbacks
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British sporting prints featuring Henry alken, Robert pollard, James berenger, James pollard, f.c turner and George stubbs
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Two hard back coffee table books on the villages of France
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Three renaissance drawing reference books (3)
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A mid 20th century original enamel painted tin plate sign 'Coleman's mustard' 61 x 41 cm
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Art reference books including paintings from national trust houses, British watercolours, Edwardian portraits and others (5)
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The impressionists by William gaunt published by thames and hudson
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Feminine beauty by kenneth centurylark, great artists by melvyn bragg, Art treasures of the world (4)
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A large Australian pine and kauri bookcase with adjustable fitted shelves 157 x 41 x 200 cm
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Australian bicentennial city of Sydney official banner showing Captain arthur Phillip 1988, 4 m
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Australian bicentennial city of Sydney official banner showing Captain cook 1988, 4m
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