Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts

26 Jun 2011, starting at 11:00 EST .

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A fine and rare Victorian 18 carat Tasmanian gold snuff box

Edward Smith, Birmingham 1858, with The Sydney Royal Mint stamp to the rim.

Sold for AU$ 108,000 (US$ 73,195) inc. premium

Max Dupain - Sydney Opera House

Sold for AU$ 112,800 (US$ 76,449) inc. premium

Patrick White

(Australian

1912-1990)

A collection of correspondence including 23 autograph letters signed, 10 typed letters signed, one 2-page a.l.s fragment, 8 autograph postcards and w cards, to Margery WILLIAMS (1906 -1988), "Dogwoods" (Castle Hill), Centennial Park, London, Paris, Athens, Kavalla and elsewhere, 11 December 1960-29 October 1987, approximately 103 pages on 54 leaves, plus cards, various sizes, many letters with original envelopes; with related letters( including correspondence from Angus Wilson to Williams), 3 pp.ms fragments written by Williams, a 3pp.carbon copy of a letter from Williams to White, 30 original photographs, related newspaper clippings: and copies.

Sold for AU$ 60,000 (US$ 40,664) inc. premium

Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943)

'Torch Dancer', circa 1925
A cold-painted bronze and ivory figure
modelled balancing on one leg, her back arched, holding up two torches, wearing only a pair of culottes, on a green onyx base, signed F. Preiss

Sold for AU$ 36,000 (US$ 24,398) inc. premium

A fine and rare Victorian 18 carat Tasmanian gold snuff box Edward Smith, Birmingham 1858, with The Sydney Royal Mint stamp to the rim.

Patrick White (Australian, 1912-1990) A collection of correspondence including 23 autograph letters signed, 10 typed letters signed, one 2-page a.l.s fragment, 8 autograph postcards and w cards, to Margery WILLIAMS (1906 -1988), "Dogwoods" (Castle Hill), Centennial Park, London, Paris, Athens, Kavalla and elsewhere, 11 December 1960-29 October 1987, approximately 103 pages on 54 leaves, plus cards, various sizes, many letters with original envelopes; with related letters( including correspondence from Angus Wilson to Williams), 3 pp.ms fragments written by Williams, a 3pp.carbon copy of a letter from Williams to White, 30 original photographs, related newspaper clippings: and copies.

Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943) 'Torch Dancer', circa 1925 A cold-painted bronze and ivory figure modelled balancing on one leg, her back arched, holding up two torches, wearing only a pair of culottes, on a green onyx base, signed F. Preiss

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An 18th century German pine armoire

A South German baroque walnut bureau

A French ebonised secretaire bookcase

A Transitional style kingwood and Vernis Martin vitrine

A Boukan Carpet Kurdistan,circa 1950 365cm x 257cm

A Yaz/Kirman carpet signed Yazdan Parastan Iran, circa 1950 400cm x 304cm

A matched pair of Kashan rugs Iran, circa 1950 210cm x 140cm

A Sarouk carpet Iran, circa 1960. 363cm x 271cm

A Turkoman rug Iran 358cm x 268cm

A pair of Louis XV style walnut and marble bedside cabinets French, circa 1890

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