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ibson’s is delighted to announce our forthcoming Australian, Maritime & Exploration auction featuring items of Australian historical interest and importance including Australian and Colonial Furniture, Decorative Arts, Paintings and Early Photography, Scrimshaw, Artefacts, Goldfields and Convict interest, Militaria, Books and Documents. Leading the sale is the exquisite Australian silver cake clock, commissioned by the Myer Emporium in celebration of the Centenary of Melbourne in 1934, made by renowned silversmiths, Steeth & Son, of Melbourne Cup fame. At almost five kilograms of silver, this example is twice the size of the model in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria and presents a unique opportunity for private collectors and institutions to acquire a piece of significant Victorian history.
ibson’s is delighted to announce our forthcoming Australian, Maritime & Exploration auction featuring items of Australian historical interest and importance including Australian and Colonial Furniture, Decorative Arts, Paintings and Early Photography, Scrimshaw, Artefacts, Goldfields and Convict interest, Militaria, Books and Documents.
Leading the sale is the exquisite Australian silver cake clock, commissioned by the Myer Emporium in celebration of the Centenary of Melbourne in 1934, made by renowned silversmiths, Steeth & Son, of Melbourne Cup fame. At almost five kilograms of silver, this example is twice the size of the model in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria and presents a unique opportunity for private collectors and institutions to acquire a piece of significant Victorian history.
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing<br />
Norgay at 28,000 feet<br />
pigment print, printed 2003<br />
signed, inscribed and dated verso:<br />
Everest 1953 Alfred Gregory<br />
28 x 18cm<br />
$4,000–6,000<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Porters Trekking to Base Camp<br />
Mt Everest 1953<br />
pigment print printed 2003<br />
signed on margin: Alfred Gregory<br />
signed verso<br />
50 x 35cm<br />
$500–700<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Final Ice Wall at Top, Icefall<br />
Tenzing Above Mt Everest 1953<br />
silver gelatin photograph<br />
printed 1980<br />
signed lower left: Alfred Gregory<br />
signed, dated and titled verso<br />
20 x 29cm<br />
$800–1,200<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Mountains with Trees Mt<br />
Everest 1953<br />
silver gelatin photograph<br />
printed 1980<br />
bears studio stamp and signed verso<br />
28 x 20cm<br />
$200–300<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Portrait of Alfred Gregory with<br />
Charles Wylie and John Hunt<br />
Mt Everest 1953<br />
pigment print printed 2003<br />
signed to margin lower right:<br />
Alfred Gregory<br />
19 x 16cm<br />
$250–350<br />
170<br />
ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Western CWM Mt Everest 1953<br />
silver gelatin photograph<br />
printed 1980<br />
signed, dated and titled verso, studio<br />
stamps to verso<br />
20 x 26cm<br />
$500–800
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