Auction | Autographs, Manuscripts, Signed Photographs and Signed Books Including material from the collection of The Hon Barry
We are privileged to offer for sale a selection of autographs and manuscripts from the collection of The Hon Dr Barry Jones AC. In a word, he is a polymath, and his many interests have a tendency to become passions. Music, literature, and history are exemplars, and over many decades he has amassed a very fine collection of original material relating to significant figures in these areas. Only a fraction of the collection is being released for sale; we hope you enjoy reading about these wonderful items as much as we have delighted in cataloguing them!
Some of the highlights are:
Some of the highlights are:
- Novelists and poets, including Marcel Proust, Lev Tolstoy, Robert Graves, H.G. Wells, Maksim Gorki, Saul Bellow, and Christina Rossetti;
- Political thinkers, including Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and William Wilberforce;
- Composers and musicians, including Igor Stravinsky, Noël Coward, Olivier Messiaen, Gustav Mahler, and Jules Massenet;
- World leaders, including American presidents, British prime ministers, and French and British kings and queens.
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Final bidding starts Saturday 14 December at 1:30pm (Australian Central Daylight Time)
Important information
How to bid:
- leave bids online now, in advance of the sale;
- bid live online on auction day;
- leave absentee bids (download the absentee bidding form here);
- bid live by telephone (by prior arrangement, on lots with a lower estimate of $900 or more).
All items are available for viewing at our North Terrace premises. However, for the majority of you who are not Adelaideans and for whom personal inspection is not an option, all items are accurately described and photographed, and are covered by our conditional guarantee. Additional images can be provided on request.
- Buyer's premium: 20%
- Online bidding fee: 3% (waived for absentee and telephone bids)
- Currency: Australian Dollars
- Competitive domestic and international shipping rates
- All items covered by our limited guarantee, as stipulated in the Conditions of Sale
For any enquiries, please contact us on 08 8223 1111 or at treloars@treloars.com