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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 />
Icefall - Mike's Horror<br />
Mt Everest 1953<br />
silver gelatin photograph printed 1980<br />
signed, dated and titled verso: Icefall/<br />
Mike's (Westmacott) Horror/ Everest<br />
1953/ Alfred Gregory<br />
22.5 x 29 cm<br />
$400–600<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Tents Base Camp Mt Everest<br />
1953<br />
pigment print printed 2003<br />
signed, dated and titled on margin:<br />
Alfred Gregory Everest First Ascent<br />
1953 Base Camp<br />
signed, dated and titled verso<br />
38 x 29cm<br />
$400–600<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Charles Wylie and Sherpas on<br />
Lhotse Face, First Lift of Stairs<br />
to South Col, Mt Everest 1953<br />
silver gelatin photograph printed 1980<br />
signed, dated, inscribed and titled<br />
verso: Everest 1953/ First Ascent/<br />
Charles Wylie and sherpas on Lhotse<br />
Face/ first lift of stairs to South Col/<br />
Alfred Gregory<br />
stamps<br />
20 x 28cm<br />
$800–1,200<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
Bourdillon, Ward and Evans at<br />
Base Camp Mt Everest 1953<br />
pigment print printed 2003<br />
signed, dated and titled on margin:<br />
Alfred Gregory, First Ascent Everest<br />
1953 - Base camp Bourdillon, Ward,<br />
Evans<br />
signed, dated and titled verso<br />
38 x 25cm<br />
$250–350<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
The Huge Crevasse at the<br />
Entrance to the Western CWM<br />
- Wilf Noyce Crossing Bridge<br />
Mt Everest 1953<br />
silver gelatin photograph<br />
printed 1980<br />
signed, dated and titled verso, studio<br />
stamps to verso<br />
29 x 20cm<br />
$500–800<br />
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ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)<br />
High Altitude Boots Mt Everest<br />
1953<br />
silver gelatin photograph printed 1980<br />
signed, dated and titled verso<br />
28 x 20cm<br />
$800–1,200
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