Australian Book Auctions: The Military Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Military Sale | Total Sales (AUD) | 159,453.80 |
| Auction Date | May 05, 2014 - May 06, 2014 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 92,090.00 |
| Sale Number | #68 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 148,730.00 |
| Total Lots | 461 | ||
| Sold Lots | 289 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 146,570.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 62.69% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 236,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 172 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 67.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | [GALLIPOLI] PIFERRER, Private Frank. | “AN ACCOUNT OF OUR DOINGS FROM 5th APRIL TO AUGUST 24th ‘15.” |
22 – 24 August, 1915 | AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 7,188.00 |
| 154 | [GALLIPOLI: WOODS, Harold Vynne]. | PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF SNAPSHOTS “PHOTOS TAKEN BY HAROLD AT GALLIPOLI APRIL – NOVEMBER 1915”. |
1915]. | AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 5,031.60 |
| 138 | FIRST WORLD WAR. | A PATRIOTIC HANDKERCHIEF FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR. |
circa 1915]. | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 4,552.40 |
| 159 | GIBBS, May. | A RARE ILLUSTRATED ‘GUMNUT’ AVIATION MENU. |
1919]. | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 3,594.00 |
| 41 | WITTON, Lieutenant George. | SCAPEGOATS OF THE EMPIRE: THE STORY OF THE BUSHVELDT CARBINEERS. |
1907 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 3,114.80 |
| 74 | BEAN, C.E.W. (editor). | THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1914 – 1918. |
1923 – 1942. | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,875.20 |
| 78 | BELL, Lieut.-Col. George John. | 3rd LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT, A.I.F. 1914 – 1919. UNIT HISTORY. |
1919 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,635.60 |
| 428 | ZIEGLER, Oswald L. (editor). | MEN MAY SMOKE: THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE 2/18th BN., 8th DIV., A.I.F. |
December 1940 – October 1941. | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | AUD 2,396.00 |
| 77 | BELFORD, Walter Cheyne. | LEGS-ELEVEN: BEING THE STORY OF THE 11th BATTALION (A.I.F.) IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 – 1918. |
1940 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 2,156.40 |
| 116 | DENNIS, C.J. | THE AUSTRALAISE |
n.d. [ 1914]. | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,156.40 |
| 155 | [GAME BOARD] | WITH THE DIGGERS |
n.d. but circa mid- 1918. | AUD 400.00 - 800.00 | AUD 2,156.40 |
| 216 | McGIBBON, Frederick William. | THE FORTY-FIRST. |
n.d. but probably circa 1919]. | AUD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | AUD 2,036.60 |
| 11 | FOX, Frank, “Frank RENAR”. | BUSHMAN AND BUCCANEER. HARRY MORANT: HIS ‘VENTURES AND VERSES. BY FRANK RENAR. WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS, AND A MAP SHOWING THE BUSHVELDT CARBINEERS’ OPERATIONS. |
1902 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,916.80 |
| 99 | CHATAWAY, T.P. | HISTORY OF THE 15th BATTALION: AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES. WAR 1914 – 1918... |
1948 | AUD 600.00 - 900.00 | AUD 1,916.80 |
| 224 | MONASH, General Sir John. | THE AUSTRALIAN VICTORIES IN FRANCE IN 1918. |
1920 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,916.80 |
| 265 | STACY, Bertie Vandeleur, et al. (editors). | THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST BATTALION A.I.F. 1914 – 1919. |
1931 | AUD 400.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,916.80 |
| 172 | HARVEY, Norman K. | FROM ANZAC TO THE HINDENBURG LINE: THE HISTORY OF THE 9th BATTALION, A.I.F. |
1941 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,797.00 |
| 208 | LINDSAY, Norman (illustrator). | THE CAUSE OF THE WAR |
[1918]. | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,797.00 |
| 448 | NEWMAN, K.E. (editor). | THE ANZAC BATTALION: A RECORD OF THE TOUR OF 2nd BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT. 1st BATTALION, THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY REGIMENT (THE ANZAC BATTALION) IN SOUTH VIETNAM, 1967-68. |
1968 | AUD 600.00 - 900.00 | AUD 1,677.20 |
| 150 | [GALLIPOLI] ROBINSON, Charles Archibald, Trooper, 10th Australian Light Horse. | ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH LETTER WRITTEN FROM ANZAC COVE 1915. |
12 July, 1915 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,557.40 |
| 271 | TAYLOR, F.W. AND T.A. CUSACK (editors). | NULLI SECUNDUS: A HISTORY OF THE SECOND BATTALION, A.I.F. 1914 – 1919. |
1942 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,557.40 |
| 290 | WILSON, Lachlan Chisholm and H. WETHERELL. | HISTORY OF THE FIFTH LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE) FROM 1914 – OCTOBER, 1917, BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL L.C. WILSON… AND FROM OCTOBER, 1917, TO JUNE, 1919 BY CAPTAIN H. WETHERELL. |
1926 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,557.40 |
| 14 | HUTTON, Major-General Sir Edward Thomas Henry. | 1st MOUNTED INFANTRY BRIGADE. STAFF. |
n.d. but 1900 – 1901. | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,437.60 |
| 88 | BRAHMS, Vivian. | THE SPIRIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND. NARRATIVE OF THE 42nd BATTALION, 11th INFANTRY BRIGADE, 3rd DIVISION, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES, DURING THE GREAT WAR, 1914 – 1918. |
1938 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,437.60 |
| 262 | SLOAN, H. | THE PURPLE AND GOLD: A HISTORY OF THE 30th BATTALION. |
1938 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,437.60 |
