Old Stuff
Bertrand Russell wrote… “It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.”
I’m a huge admirer of Russell’s work and values and so perhaps I shouldn’t be encouraging you to take a look at Gibson’s Australian, Maritime & Horological Auction coming up on Sunday 21st July. All the items are viewable and biddable on line, or if you are in Victoria you can view them in Armadale on the 18th, 19th and 20th. There is a lots of padding (fossilised fish and An Antique Cased Set Of Urethral Sounds!)… but a few interesting trinkets caught my attention. The full catalogue is HERE
An Antique Surgeon's Capital Amputation Saw, Charrière, Paris, Circa 1880
steel serrated blade and a cross hatched handle 37cm long
Estimate: A$1,600 - A$1,800
Two Antique Hardwood Caulking Mallets, 19th Century
Bound with iron rings, the larger with reinforced collars to each end of the head 35cm high, 35.5cm wide and smaller
Estimate: A$240 - A$300
Landing Of Captain Cook At Tanna One Of The New Hebrides
Engraving with printed text on margin 20.5 x 32cm
Estimate: A$100 - A$200
PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN
Sydney Harbour Bridge Construction, Circa 1930 silver gelatin photograph
23 x 18.5cm
Estimate: A$400 - A$600
Two Salvaged Pieces From The Shipwreck Of The HMS Invincible, Wrecked 1758
A piece of tarred hemp rope and a pulley sheave, both pieces recovered from the wreck of the Royal Navy's first Invincible which ran aground in the Solent Straight, 1758; with Certificates of Authenticity
NOTE
Invincible was a French vessel built in 1744 captured by the English in 1747. After re rigging she served the Royal Navy as H.M.S Invincible. The vessel hit a sandbank in the Solent, between the Isle of Wight and the English mainland, in 1758. It was rediscovered by a local fisherman in 1979 and designated as an Historic Wreck in 1980. Estimate: A$300 - A$500