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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  522
• Lot Description:
  DESLANDES, John [VICTORIAN GOLD RUSH] Carte de visite format albumen print photograph of a gold nugget
  Carte de visite format albumen print photograph of a gold nugget, with hand colouring in gold; recto with the imprint of J.Deslandes, Photographic Artist, Inglewood." The card with contemporary inscription in ink: "93lbs, 5oz, 15dwt, 7grs got by Solomon Schlossman & John Davis at Johnstown Berlin June 1870. £4627.4.6."
• Notes:
  The Berlin Diggings (now known as Rheola) were located near Inglewood, between St.Arnaud and Bendigo. Contemporary reports indicate that on 31st May 1870 on the Berlin diggings, Schlossmann, Davis and another miner named Rendisch dug up the eighth-largest gold nugget ever found in Victoria; it was named the Viscount Canterbury and weighed 1114 troy ounces (34.6 kg). The little-known goldfields photographer John Deslandes is recorded as being active in Inglewood during 1866 by Davies & Stanbury (Mechanical Eye), where he is listed as John Desandes.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Memorabilia

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