Auction details
World Autographs, Early Documents & Letters
5:00 PM PT - Oct 27th, 2007
offered by
Davidson Auctions
New South Wales, 2038
Auction dates
- 5:00 PM PT - Oct 27th, 2007
- 3:00 PM PT - Nov 17th, 2007
361 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (AUD) |
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| 1 |
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Captain Edward GR EVANS - Antarctic Explorer. Hand signed in black ink. Inscribed on letterhead & dated Jan15th 192... |
10 - 1,000 |
14 Bids
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| 2 |
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Carsten E. BORCHGREVINK - Antarctic Explorer. 2 han d written & signed letters in black ink. 1 dated 5th July 1922 of... |
10 - 1,000 |
22 Bids
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| 3 |
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Sir Douglas MAWSON - Antarctic Explorer. Black ink on card, hand signed & dated 17.3.53. Card 5.5x8.5cm |
10 - 1,000 |
14 Bids
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| 4 |
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Sir Ernest SHACKLETON - Antarctic Explorer. Black i nk on paper. Hand signed signature cut out from letter with Pety'... |
10 - 1,000 |
18 Bids
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| 5 |
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Sir Hubert WILKINS - Antarctic Explorer, Scientist & Aviator. Blue ink on card, hand signed. 5x8.5cm |
10 - 1,000 |
1 Bid
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| 6 |
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Sir Vivian E. FUCHS - Arctic Explorer. Black in on card. Hand signed & dated 1962. 5.5x9cm |
10 - 1,000 |
3 Bids
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| 7 |
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Hjalmar RIISER-LARSEN - Pilot & Explorer. Black ink on card. Hand signed. Accompianed by photograph. Card 5.5x9cm, ... |
10 - 1,000 |
10 Bids
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| 8 |
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Captain Roald AMUNDSEN - Antarctic Explorer. Black ink on calling card, name printed verso. 3.7x7.5cm |
10 - 1,000 |
18 Bids
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| 9 |
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Sir Hubert WILKINS - Explorer, Scientist & Aviator. Hand signed in black ink on 'The City Club of New York' notepap... |
10 - 1,000 |
2 Bids
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| 10 |
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Admiral Richard BYRD - Aviator & Polar Explorer. B lack ink on card. Hand signed. Accompanied by black & white photo... |
10 - 1,000 |
8 Bids
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| 11 |
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Sir Alan J COBHAM - British Aviator. Black ink on grey paper. Hand signed. 6x8.5cm |
10 - 1,000 |
1 Bid
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| 12 |
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10 - 1,000 |
5 Bids
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| 13 |
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Jean BATTEN - New Zealand Aviatrix. Hand signed in black ink newspaper article dated 1934. & 'The Guild of Air Pilo... |
10 - 1,000 |
5 Bids
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| 14 |
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Hanna REITSCH - German Female Pilot. Letter of tha nks inscribed in blue ink to ' My Dear Nancy'. 13.5x10cm |
10 - 1,000 |
8 Bids
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| 15 |
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Amy JOHNSON - Aviatrix. Black ink on card. Hand si gned & dated 13/6/30. Accompanied by photograph. 6.5x10.5cm |
10 - 1,000 |
8 Bids
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| 16 |
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Louis BLERIOT - French Aviator. Black ink on card. Accompanied by real photo postcard, hand inscribed 1909. |
10 - 1,000 |
11 Bids
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| 17 |
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Sir Sydney CAMM - WWII Aircraft Designer. Chief en gineer & director of Hawker Aircraft Company. Blue ink on card. H... |
10 - 1,000 |
5 Bids
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| 18 |
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Ronald BISHOP - Aircraft Designer. Designer of Fla mingo, Mosquito, Hornet & Comet Jet Airliner etc. Blue ink on car... |
10 - 1,000 |
3 Bids
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| 19 |
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Autographs Claude DORNIER & Ernst HEINKEL - German Aircraft Engineers. Original signatures in black ink on card. D... |
10 - 1,000 |
21 Bids
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| 20 |
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Autograph Jiro HORIKOSHI - Japanese Aircraft Design er. Black ink on card. Inscribed 'Tokyo, Japan.' Accompanied by ... |
10 - 1,000 |
6 Bids
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| 21 |
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3 Pioneer Aviators. Sir Patrick TAYLOR black ink o n card, inscribed 'Sydney - Christmas 1953;' Jacqueline COCHRAN b... |
10 - 1,000 |
1 Bid
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| 22 |
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John GLENN - Astronaut. Hand typed letter on NASA letterhead dated February 15th, 1963. Hand signed in black ink. ... |
10 - 1,000 |
13 Bids
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| 23 |
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Neil ARMSTRONG - Astronaut. Black ink on card. Han d signed & inscribed 'Best wishes to Cleve Carney.' Accompanied b... |
10 - 1,000 |
12 Bids
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| 24 |
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Sally RIDE - Astronaut. Hand inscribed colour phot ograph 'To Cleve, Best Wishes! Sally Ride.' Photo 25.5x20cm |
10 - 1,000 |
6 Bids
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| 25 |
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Alan SHEPARD - Astronaut. Black ink on card. Accom panied by NASA Apollo 14 photograph. Card 5.5x9cm, photo 21x26cm |
10 - 1,000 |
5 Bids
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| 26 |
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Scott CARPENTER - Astronaut. Black ink on card. Ac companied by photograph. Card 5.5x9cm, photo 25.5x20.5cm |
10 - 1,000 |
5 Bids
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| 27 |
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Virgil Gus GRISSOM - Astronaut. Black ink on card. Possibly autopen. Accompanied by NASA photograph. Card 5.5x9, p... |
10 - 1,000 |
4 Bids
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| 28 |
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Valentina TERESHKOVA - Russian Cosmonaut. Blue ink on card. Hand signed & dated 16.11.96. Card 5.5x9cm |
10 - 1,000 |
11 Bids
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| 29 |
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Edmund HILLARY, Tenzing NORGAY & John HUNT. Origin al signatures in blue ink on separate cards. Norgay signature dat... |
10 - 1,000 |
11 Bids
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| 30 |
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Sir Henry STANLEY - African Explorer. Black ink on paper. Hand signed & inscribed '? 20/9.' Sight 5.5x13.5cm |
10 - 1,000 |
14 Bids
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| 31 |
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Thor HEYERDAHL - Author, Ethnologist & Adventurer. Blue ink on card. Hand signed. Accompanied by photograph. 5.5x... |
10 - 1,000 |
6 Bids
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| 32 |
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4 Early 20th C Adventurers. Frederik Courtney SELO US - Author, traveller, hunter. Killed in East African campaign 1... |
10 - 1,000 |
9 Bids
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| 33 |
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Enrico CARUSO - Opera Singer. Real photo postcard hand inscribed in black ink Enrico Caruso N.Y. 1918; & autograph... |
10 - 1,000 |
25 Bids
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| 34 |
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Ira GERSHWIN - Lyricist. Double sided black ink on card. Both sides depicting bowing figure. Inscribed 'For Cleve H... |
10 - 1,000 |
10 Bids
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| 35 |
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George GERSHWIN - Composer. Hand signed in black i nk check The National City Bank of New York, Madison Ave branch. ... |
10 - 1,000 |
18 Bids
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| 36 |
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Richard RODGERS & Oscar HAMMERSTEIN - Songwriters. Hand signed in ink on 2 cards. 5.5x9cm each |
10 - 1,000 |
4 Bids
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| 37 |
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Dame Margot FONTEYN & Sir Robert HELPMANN - Dancers . Signed in ink on (separate) cards. 5.5x9cm each |
10 - 1,000 |
6 Bids
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| 38 |
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Cole PORTER - Songwriter. Hand signed in black ink on card. 5.5x9cm |
10 - 1,000 |
7 Bids
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| 39 |
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Irving BERLIN - American Composer & Lyricist. Blue ink on embossed card. Hand signed. 8x11cm |
10 - 1,000 |
4 Bids
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| 40 |
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Clarence J DENNIS - Australian Journalist, Author. Green ink on embossed letterhead dated November 1st 1920. Inscr... |
10 - 1,000 |
1 Bid
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| 41 |
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Jascha HEIFETZ - Violinist; & Walter LINDRUM - Bill iards Player. Double sided. Cut album page. Black ink musical st... |
10 - 1,000 |
25 Bids
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| 42 |
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Sir Donald BRADMAN - Australian Test Cricketer. Co llection of newspaper photograph clippings 3rd test 1930, one of ... |
10 - 1,000 |
6 Bids
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| 43 |
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Vladimir HOROWITZ - Pianist. Official autograph ca rd signed in blue ink 'V Horowitz' dated July 1953. 7.5x13cm |
10 - 1,000 |
5 Bids
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| 44 |
Autograph Book - Australian etc test cricketers.. Autographs include WH Oldfield, Stan McCabe, Alan McGilvray, Ar... |
10 - 1,000 |
7 Bids
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| 45 |
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Dame Nellie MELBA - Australian Opera Singer. Black ink signature dated 1911 on photogravure portrait; plus blue ink... |
10 - 1,000 |
19 Bids
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| 46 |
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G K CHESTERTON - British Novelist. Signed letterhe ad with applique frame. 22.5x17.5cm |
10 - 1,000 |
3 Bids
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| 47 |
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Charles V BROOKE - Rajah Sarawak. Signed C V Brook e, Rajah of Sarawak in black ink to folder letter paper, dated 12... |
10 - 1,000 |
17 Bids
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| 48 |
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Sir Robert BADEN POWELL - Imperial Chief Scout. Ha nd signed in black ink, typed letter on The Boy Scouts Associatio... |
10 - 1,000 |
7 Bids
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| 49 |
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BRANGWYN, ORPEN, THORNYCROFT, & HAMILTON - Edwardia n Artists. Fank Brangwyn signed in black ink to personal letterh... |
10 - 1,000 |
14 Bids
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| 50 |
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John BUCHAN - British Author, War Correspondent. S igned in black ink on typed letter Elsfield Manor, Oxfor 10th Jun... |
10 - 1,000 |
6 Bids
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