944 Opal: Boulder opal weight 2.70 carat (from Queensland) Crescent cut with a flat face showing electric green flashes. With Australian Opal Cutters Certificate of Valuation $607. $110 $150
945 Prints: Collection of Botanical plates from C19th publications, inc hand coloured plates by Maund 1825 (4), Sowerby Wild Flowers 1858 (16), Roses (8); chromo-lithograph plates from Wooster "Alpine Plants 1874" (21), "Beautiful Leaved Plants 1870" & many others. (200) $180 $300
946 Prints: Military & Naval, 36 engraved plates from C19th publications inc Napoleonic & Crimean Wars plus 40 large coloured plates of Napoleon's 1812 Russian campaign, published 1912. (76) $120 $200
947 Prints: National History Group (128) with a wide range of engraved or lithographed plates (some hand coloured) inc 'de Buffone' Birds (13) from 'Historie Naturelle generale …" (1812 edition), retail £20-£35 ea = £325. 'Cuvier' Birds (11) from 'le Regne Animal …' (London 1827-29) & retail £25-£45 ea = £350. Plus other later publications to 1890s with a variety of subjects inc Big Cats, Butterflies, Fish, Plants, Bird Eggs etc. Toning or age spots in places, majority F-VF condition. (128) $150 $300
948 Prints: Birds, hand-coloured plates ex Jardine 'Naturalists Library' ca 1840; Morris "History of British Birds" ca 1855; Bree "Birds of Europe" ca 1875 & others, various sizes, generally F-VF. (55 plates) $150 $300
949 Silver: Sterling silver Cigarette case c1940's stamped Sterling 925 SF. 10cm x 8cm (1cm thick) 136g, ASW 4.04oz. Silver value alone approx $115. $150 $200
