Lot #360 - A GRAND TOUR, CIRCA 1927 - Four art deco style photo albums
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Auction House:Leski Auctions
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Sale Name:Australian & Colonial
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Sale Date:24 Nov 2019 ~ 12noon (AEDT)
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Lot #:360
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Lot Description:A GRAND TOUR, CIRCA 1927 - Four art deco style photo albums
original brown cloth boards with decorative device and ‘PHOTOGRAPHS” in gilt; each volume with contemporary manuscript paper title to spine: Vol.1 “New Zealand / S.S. Taiping / Canberra”: containing 97 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including views of Canberra (10), New Zealand (61), Thursday Island and North Queensland (13), Manila (6), etc. Vol.2 “Australia”: containing 97 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including Melbourne & Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Howard Hitchcock’s home in Geelong, Sebastapol Diggings, Mount Buffalo area, Sydney Harbour views including the Harbour Bridge at a very early stage of construction, Jenolan Caves, etc. Vol.3 “New Zealand”: containing 96 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including Castor Bay, Rotorua, Mt. Tarawera, Whakarewarewa, Wairakei, Dunedin, Lyttleton, New Plymouth, Christchurch, etc. Vol.4 “Aorangi / Kashgar” [ships]: containing 48 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including Capilano Canyon, Vancouver; Stanley Park; Fraser River Canyon; Honolulu; Suva; Suez Canal; Penang; and some scenes on board ship. Although taken by an unknown photographer, the images are of a uniformly high standard, displaying technical skill and a strong artistic sense. (4) -
Estimate:A$200 - 300
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Realised Price:
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Category:Memorabilia
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