March2011auctioncatalogue

1 Neville William Cayley (1886 – 1950)

Two Kookaburras

Watercolour

Signed and dated 06, lower right

41.5 x 27cm

$650 – 1,000

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2 William Lister Lister (1859 – 1943)

Gwydir River, New England, NSW

Oil on canvas on board

Signed lower left

39.5 x 44.5cm

$500 – 1,000

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3 Pro Hart (1928 – 2006)

Waterbirds

Oil on board

Signed and dated 78, lower right

25 x 35cm

$1,500 – 2,500

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4 Bruce Malloch (b.1936)

Midday Rest, Errong Station

Watercolour

Signed lower right

27 x 36cm

$400 - 600

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5 William Lister Lister (1859 – 1943)

Sailing Ships at Harbour (likely an East Coast scene)

Watercolour

Signed lower left

23 x 34.5cm

$350 - 700

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6 Desmond John Brennan (b.1945)

Little House, Kalgoorlie

Watercolour

Signed and dated 77, lower right

39.5 x 49.5cm

$500 - 900

Provenance:

Copy of Paul Rigby Gallery receipt, 16/8/77

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7 Howard Taylor (1918 – 2001)

Young Trees

Mixed media on paper, with artist made frame

Signed “H. Taylor” and dated 81, lower right

25 x 18cm

$800 – 1,600

Provenance:

Howard Taylor, Solo Exhibition,

Quentin Gallery, August 1981

Cat. No. 17

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8 James Miller Huggins (Active 1836 – 1849) British

A pair of hand coloured engravings

i) A 74 Gun Ship

Signed lower right

20 x 25cm

ii) A Ship Laying To

Signed lower left

20 x 25cm

$500 - 900 (2 items)

Provenance:

M. Connell collection,

Boronia Gallery, Sydney, late 1980’s

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9 William Rubery Bennett (1893 – 1987)

Maas Valley, N.S.W.

Oil on board

Signed lower right

29 x 37cm

$1,500 – 2,500

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10 Artist Unknown

View of Pelican Point from Kings Park

Signed with initials “DE”, and dated 1912, lower right

25 x 39cm

$300 - 500

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11 William Boissevain (b.1927)

Emus in Landscape

Oil on board

Signed and dated 78, lower left

91 x 106cm

$4,500 – 6,500

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12 William Boissevain (b.1927)

Seated Nude

Pastel and oil wash

Signed lower right

56 x 52cm

$1,800 – 2,500

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13. Robert Juniper (b.1929)

The Night of the Full Moon

Colour screenprint, artist proof

Signed and dated 88, lower right

71 x 52cm

$650 - 950

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14 Terry Cousins (b.1931)

Mates

Acrylic and plaster composition on board

Signed lower right

63 x 38cm

$750 – 1,200

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15 Angela Broadley (b.1951)

Uptown Girl (Kelly Cow Series)

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right

30 x 92cm

$800 – 1,200

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16 Margaret Benoit (b.1941)

Fruit and Foliage

Oil on board

Signed lower left

39 x 45cm

$4,500 – 6,500

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17 Pro Hart (1928 – 2006)

Flower, Still Life

Oil

Signed lower right

59 x 31cm

$3,500 – 4,500

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18 George Courtney Benson (1886 – 1960)

Coastal Scene with Trees

Watercolour

Signed lower right

31 x 41cm

$475 - 875

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19 Frank Pash (1920 – 1990)

North West Rock Pool

Gouache or acrylic on canvas or textured paper

Signed and dated 75, lower right

33 x 47cm

$400 - 600

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Lots 20 – 96 are from the Estate of Robert Muir

Of Robert Muir Old and Rare Books

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20 Artist Unknown (Possibly James Ashton) c.1900

The Narrows and South Perth

Oil on Winsor and Newton Panel

14.5 x 19cm

$200 – 500

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21 W.S. Henville

Swan River W.A. 1936

“Ink” mixed media

Signed and dated 1936

12 x 10.5cm

$100 – 200

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22 Attributed to Herbert Gibbs (1852-1940)

View of Mends St. From Perth with Fishing Boat c.1898

Watercolour

17.7 x 22cm

$300 - 600

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23 Roland Langmaid

HMAS Sydney 1941

Etching

Signed lower right

14.5 x 27.5cm (image)

$100 – 300

Note: The second Sydney was lost in action Nov. 1944

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24 i) Artist Unknown

Swan River WA

Antique Print, likely a woodblock engraving (Editorial

Verso)

9 x 12.5cm

ii) Hubert Smeed

Lake Tooliben

Drypoint Etching

Signed lower left

16 x 25cm (image)

$50 - 100 (2 items)

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25 i) Emily Pelloe (1878 – 1941)

Canal Rocks Yallingup WA

Watercolour

8.5 x 12.8cm (x2)

ii) J. Dodd

Boundary Rider

Etching

Signed edition 94/200

9.8 x 15.5cm

$50 – 100 (2 items)

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26 Artist Unknown

Kangaroo Paws, Kings Park WA c.1900

Etching

Signed lower right

16.5 x 19.5cm (image)

$200 - 400

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27 F. Grosse

View of Fremantle, West Australia

From The Illustrated Sydney News Oct. 1867

Engraving

Signed in image lower middle right

17.5 x 25cm (image)

$100 - 200

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28 S.S. LYGNERN

Wrecked near Fremantle WA on 18^th Sep. 1928

Photograph copy of the original final refund cheque

dated 17/12/1931, with hand written presentation

mount

9 x 20cm

$30 - 100

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29 Margaret Saunders (fl. 1920 – 1940’s)

Old Mandurah Traffic Bridge, c.1930’s

Watercolour

Signed lower right

10.5 x 22cm

$100 - 200

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30 Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944)

The Old Mill South Perth c.1921-1922

Lithograph

Signed, titled and editioned ,17/50

28.5 x 35.5cm (image)

$350 – 600

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31 Addison Barker (1895-1975)

Coastal Scene (possibly South West)

Watercolour

Signed lower left

25.5 x 37.5cm

$200 – 400

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32 Bertie Mengler

View of Perth WA across the Swan River c.1900

Charcoal

Signed lower right

28 x 54cm

$500 – 1,000

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33 Florence Venables Hall (1897-1975)

By the River Applecross WA

Watercolour

Signed lower left, hand written title details verso

29.5 x 35.5cm

$200 - 400

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34 Thomas Shackleton Henry (1894-1984)

South West Bush Scene 1920

Watercolour

Signed & dated 1920 lower left

37 x 27cm

$200 – 500

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35 James Ashton (1859-1935)

River Scene, likely the Swan

Watercolour

Signed lower right

24.5 x 34.5cm

$100 - 200

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36 Eric Fry

St. James Church Moora 1959

Watercolour

Signed lower right, title details verso

15.8 x 21.5cm

$50 - 150

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37 Thomas Shackleton Henry (1894-1984)

South West Bush Scene 1920

Watercolour

Signed & dated lower right

38 x 27.5cm

$200 – 500

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38 Henri van Raalte (1881-1929)

Moonlit Fields c.1929

Aquatint Etching

Signed lower right (Robert van Raalte) 23/50

(The artist’s son)

22 x 22.5cm

$100 - 300

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39 Thomas Reginald Amies (1883-1973)

Perth Early Days

Etching

Signed lower right

24.5 x 17.5cm (image)

$100 - 200

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40 Thomas Reginald Amies (1883-1973)

Old Government House Perth

Etching

Signed lower right

17.5 x 24cm (image)

$100 - 250

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41 W.S. Henville

Landscape Farm Scene, Early 20^th Century

Watercolour

Signed lower left

14 x 22cm

$100 - 200

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42 Henri van Raalte (1881-1929)

After Rain 1921

Aquatint Etching

Signed lower right, edition 6/16

22 x 27.5cm

$350 - 450

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43 Ernest Edwin Abbott (1888-1973)

The Valley

Etching

Signed lower right, edition 33/50

20 x 29.5cm

$100 - 200

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44 Ronald Waddell

i)The Swan Brewery

Etching

10.2cm x 14.8cm

ii)The Esplanade Hotel Perth 1959

Etching

Signed lower right & dated 59

10.5 x 15.5cm

$50 -100 (2 items)

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45 Beatrice Darbyshire (1901-1988)

Silver Terrier, c.1930

Etching

Signed lower right

19.5cm x 24.5cm

$300 - 600

Note: This example is one of only two proofs made

Illustrated: p.63 “Beatrice Darbyshire”,

Cygnet Books, 1990 by Barbara Chapman

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46 Adele Burt

Maritime Scene 1890

Oil on Winsor & Newton board

Signed lower right & dated 1890

23.5 x 30cm

$100 - 300

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47 Artist Unknown

HMAS Canberra

(most likely) Gouache on wooden board

Signed lower right, with initials “J.B.”

26 x 37.2cm

$200 - 450

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48 C.L.L. Wright

Cable Station Cottesloe 1928

Watercolour

Signed lower middle, & inscribed “Cottesloe N 1928”,

Lower left

10.8 x 16cm

$200 - 400

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49 Artist Unknown

Clipper Ship, Herzogin Cecile

Oil on wood panel

Signed lower left (FJR 42), titled lower right

On verso, “Piece of M.N. Anshun, sunk at Milne Bay by

Jap gun fire 1942”

19.5 x 38.5cm

$200 - 400

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50 i) Cyril Lander (1892 – 1983) Ephemera

a) Portrait of Cyril Lander

Pastel

Signed Gwen Num and dated 1973

33 x 25.5cm

b) Book, Cyril Lander

by Marion Nixon (signed)

Published 2007

c) Three of the artists palettes

ii) Artist Unknown

Call and Mirror Newspaper LTD Luncheon Menu

King Edward Hotel Perth

On the eve of their transfers to the Sunday Times

1-4-1935

Watercolour and Ink

Signed lower left (A.P.E.) & by most likely the

luncheon attendees

38 x 29cm

$200 – 300 (4 items)

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51 Australind, WA 1840

An important West Australian company document

pertaining to the Settlement of Australind,

the purchaser being William Storrs Fry

Original Town Land Order No.230

Signed and dated by the Directors of the “Western

Australian Company” 14^th of November 1840

67 x 22.5cm

$500 – 1,000

Note: This was the projected Town of Australind

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52 The Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia

Memorandum Document

Pertaining to the laying of the Foundation stone

With original signatures, dated the 24^th July 1901

67 x 22cm

$500 – 1,000

Note: Original signatures include,

The Duke of Cornwall & York – (The future George V)

The State Premier, George Leake.

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53 A West Australian Document

Pertaining to Corp. R.T. Shekleton public meeting

discharge from Town of Collie and District

19^th June 1912.

Original document with signatures

48 x 35cm

$100 - 400

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54 i) A West Australian Document

Joseph Angus Thomson (Councillor of South Ward)

Watercolour and Calligraphy

Signed by City of Perth Mayor, Town Clerk and

various Council members Oct. 1900

41 x 33.8cm

ii) Commemorative Brass Plaque Map

150^th Anniversary of West Australia 1829-1979

By Glyn of London. Numbered, 1803/1829

44 x 36cm

$100 - 250 (2 items)

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55 A West Australian Document

George Thomas Smart Esq.

The Laverton Prospectors Sandalwooders Association

Watercolour and Calligraphy, with small watercolour

vignettes

Signed with various signatures, dated Oct. 30^th 1929

W.A. Centenary

45 x 32.5cm

$300 - 600

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56 The Old Mill South Perth

Silver Gelatin Print

Early 20^th century

13.5 x 20cm

$70 - 120

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57 The Old Mill South Perth

Early 20^th century

Silver Gelatin Print

20.5 x 14cm

$70 - 150

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58 Robert Thompson (fl. 1940 – 1960)

Near Kelmscott West Australia, 1953

Watercolour

Signed and dated 1953 lower right, titled verso

25 x 33.5cm

$250 – 500

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59 Artist Unknown c.1900

Barge Moored at Millers Pond South Perth

Watercolour

29 x 45cm

$200 - 400

Provenance: Dodd Collection

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60 Thomas Shackleton Henry (1894-1984)

Greenbushes Timber Mill, South West W.A. 1920

Watercolour

Signed lower left & dated 1920

27.2 x 36.5cm

$200 - 400

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61 Artist Unknown

The Blackwood Bridge from the Old Ford

Watercolour

14.8 x 19.8cm

$100 - 200

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62 Edwin Summerhays (fl. 1920 – 30’s)

Morrison Bay (Thompson Bay)? Rottnest Island c.1920

Watercolour

Signed lower left

24.8 x 35cm

$800 – 1,600

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63 Frank Gladstone

WW1 Coonland Queen Certificate

Fund Raising War Effort, seventh place to

Mrs. B.R.Evans, Feb – Mar 1919 Perth

Hand coloured print, with photograph, original

Calligraphy and three signatures

47.5 x 37cm

$200 - 500

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64 i) Artist Unknown

Cattle chosen, Busselton W.A. 1939? (From an early

label verso)

Watercolour

15.5 x 20cm

ii) Artist Unknown, Odets?

Boodgera-arla (Big hills)

Paper-bark, signed lower right

14cm x 21cm

$50 – 150 (2 items)

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65 Artist Unknown

Avon River Northam c.1935?

Ink and Wash

Signed lower right & dated 1935?

16 x 22cm

$50 - 100

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66 D. Tomlinson

Hamelin Bay, Leeuwin W.A.

Silver Gelatin Print, signed & titled

14.5 x 19.5cm

$30 - 80

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67 Addison Barker (1895-1975)

View to Perth City, from South Perth 1949

Watercolour

Signed lower right, & dated 7/3/49

25.5 x 34cm

$400 - 700

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68 Ernest Philpot (1906-1985)

South West Country Scene

Oil on canvas board

Signed lower left & dated 47

25.2 x 33cm

$500 – 1,000

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69 M. Stainbank

Canning River Perth W.A.

Oil on canvas board

Signed lower right, & dated 47

26 x 21cm

$200 - 500

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70 Frederick ‘Bert’ Vickers (1903 – 1985)

Walpole Inlet, apparently signed verso

Watercolour

18.2 x 27cm

$50 - 100

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71 W.J.Sutton (English) c.1900

Ships Hulks

Watercolour

11.2 x 18.7cm

$300 - 500

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72 Artist Unknown

HMS Crocodile 1879 (Indian Troopship)

Oil on canvas

Titled lower centre

44 x 58.5cm

$400 - 800

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73 A.Duffy

The Jessie Craig and Steam Tug

Oil on board

Signed A. Duffy (Sydney) lower left, and “W.B.” 1912,

Lower right

45 x 60.5cm

$200 - 400

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74 George W.R. Bourne (Active c.1895-1910)

The Sail, Steamship “Medic”

Watercolour

25 x 49.5cm

$300 - 900

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75 John Boydel 1719-1804 (British)

HMS Invincible

Hand coloured engraving, likely a 20^th century re-strike

50 x 59.5cm

$200 - 400

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76 Reginald Arthur Borstell (Active 1890-1910)

Ocean Clipper

Oil on board

Inscribed lower right, “The Adelaide Photo Company

Sydney N.S.W.”

44 x 59.5cm

$250 - 500

Note: Framers label verso, A. Mayhofer & Co

Printsellers High St. Fremantle

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77 Charles W. Fothergill (British)

Active late 19th century

Hulk in the Thames

Watercolour

Signed lower right, with initials & titled

26 x 44.5cm

$300 - 600

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78 F. Niler (British School)

Maritime Harbour Scene, c.1860

Watercolour

Signed mid to lower right, (on Canal wall)

15 x 35cm

$400 - 800

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79 A. White

River Scene “Likely the Swan”

Watercolour

Signed lower right

22 x 13cm

Note: Framers label verso, A. Mayhofer & Co Perth

$20 - 100

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80 Artist Unknown 1887 (British School)

French Luggers

Oil on canvas

Signed “J.L” & dated 87, lower right

21.8 x 32cm

Note: On Winsor & Newton canvas

$200 - 500

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81 S.M. Miller

Ocean Clipper, 3 Masted c.1900

Oil on canvas

Signed lower left

36 x 59cm

$300 - 700

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82 R. Chappell

Bessie Stevens Fowey, c.1900

Watercolour

Signed lower left & inscribed “Poole”

32 x 52cm

$100 - 300

Provenance:

From the Estate of George Temple-Poole,

purchased 1980

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83 C.D. Norton

La Hogue 1921

Watercolour

Signed lower right

27 x 37cm

$300 - 600

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84 George W. R. Bourne (active 1895-1910)

City of York

Watercolour

With J. Isigman framers label Perth verso

27.5 x 39cm

$300 - 500

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85 i) Charles W. Fothergill (British) c.1890

Hulks

Watercolour

22 x 33cm

ii) John Allcot (1888 – 1973)

HMS Hood

Offset Print

Inscribed with dedication Xmas 1939 lower right corner

22.5 x 32cm

$300 – 500 (2 items)

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86 Dave Hart (American visiting artist)

Camp at Minilya Bridge

Ink and crayon

Signed and details verso, (R. Muir)

Quarrells Perth framers label

23 x33cm

$100 - 200

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87 Edgar Steitz

View from Kings Park 1911

Watercolour

Signed lower right, titled & dated

19 x 32cm

$200 - 350

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88 Artist Unknown

Swan River, Commercial Vessel at Dock

Watercolour

30.8 x 46cm

$200 - 400

Provenance: P. Dodd Collection

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89 Artist Unknown

Architectural Courtyard Scene

Watercolour

Signed lower right (G.W.R.)

47 x 39cm

$100 - 300

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90 i) Artist Unknown

Swan River Steamer “The SS Zephyr”

Pencil drawing, details verso

18 x 38cm (image)

ii) Artist Unknown

Sail Plan of a Yacht, 19ft Racing Cutter

Hand coloured print

20 x 25.5cm

$200 – 400 (2 items)

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91 J. Humble (English School)

(According to details, verso)

Sailing Ship c.1890’s

Watercolour

Signed lower left with initials, “J.H.”

15.5 x 24cm

$100 - 250

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92 W.S. Henville (?)

Perth Hills Dam Scene

Pastel

Signed lower left

26 x 37cm

$200 - 300

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93 Bertie Mengler

The Swan River from Peppermint Grove 1917

Watercolour

Signed lower right, titled on mount

26.5 x 71cm

$1,000 – 2,000

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94 Artist Unknown

Still Life Roses

Oil on panel (Possibly Bakelite)

Signed lower middle (M.H.)

49 x 18.5cm

$100 - 300

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95 George W. R. Bourne (active 1895-1910)

Carlisle Castle

Watercolour

Signed lower right “Bourne Albany” & dated 1900

39.5 x 63cm

$800 – 1,600

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96 George Frederick Gregory (?1815-1890)

HMS Victory Battle Scene

Watercolour and gouache

Signed lower right

59.5 x 89.5cm

$800 – 1,600

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VARIOUS VENDORS

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97 “The Mammals of Australia” Book

John Gould incorporating 3 original volumes

With modern notes by Joan Dixon

Published: 1983, Macmillan

Full page colour illustrations

37 x 27cm

$200 - 400

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98 Norman Lindsay (1879 – 1969)

Powers of Earth 1927

Dry point and etching, numbered 18/30

Signed and dated 1927, lower right

35 x 30cm

$800 – 1,600

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99 Max Ragless (1901 – 1981)

Bridge and River

Watercolour

Signed lower left

39 x 50cm

$450 - 850

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