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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 />
Ed Hillary at Advanced Base<br />
Camp just back from First<br />
Ascent with Tom Stobart’s Mug<br />
Mt Everest 1953<br />
silver gelatin photograph<br />
printed 1970s<br />
signed lower right: Alfred Gregory<br />
signed, dated and titled verso: Everest<br />
- First Ascent 1953/ Hillary Advanced<br />
base Camp/ Just back from the top/<br />
Alfred Gregory/ Stobart Mug<br />
19 x 21cm<br />
$1,500–2,500<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Annullu Sherpa at Base Camp<br />
Mt Everest 1953<br />
pigment print printed 2003<br />
signed, dated and titled on margin:<br />
Alfred Gregory Everest - First Ascent<br />
1953 Annalu[sic] Sherpa at Base<br />
Camp<br />
signed, dated and titled verso:<br />
EVEREST - FIRST ASCENT 1953/<br />
ANNALU SHERPA AT BASE CAMP/<br />
Alfred Gregory<br />
24 x 32cm<br />
$500–800<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Noyce and Porters in Western<br />
CWM First Ascent Mt Everest<br />
1953<br />
pigment print printed in 2003<br />
signed lower right: Alfred Gregory<br />
signed, dated and titled verso<br />
20 x 16cm<br />
$1,000–2,000
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