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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The John Lancaster Collections of Australian Trade Exhibitions
• Sale Date:
  18 Oct 2016 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  394
• Lot Description:
  "20th CENTURY AUSTRALASIAN DIARY and ALMANACK for 1901" by S.Hoffnung & Co., Ltd.
  with numerous pages of advertisements for this diverse importing company, including a full page devoted to Dewar's Whisky, awarded the Grand Prix at the Paris Exhibition, 1900. Also includes postal information, details of stamp duties payable in the various Colonies, Import Duties, etc. The full page devoted to Wisden products includes testimonies from Victor Trumper & Monty Noble.
• Provenance:
  With ownership inscription of "Miss F. Cohen, 193 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy; 21/1/01".
• Notes:
  Established in 1852, in 1870 S. Hoffnung & Co. moved into new premises in Pitt Street Sydney and in 1871 opened a Brisbane branch. The firm also established other branches in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji and had its head office in London. They also had a large factory in Sydney making saddlery and harnesses. Their range of wholesale goods included American canned fruits and jams, watches, glass and china, ironmongery, rocking-horses, firearms, iron safes and patent medicines. Hoffnung set up the first opal-cutting business in Australia and exported uncut diamonds and sapphires for industrial use. In 1875 he was on the committee of the Trade Protection Society of New South Wales.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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