Only one (absentee) bid made.
It sold below auction estimate!
"Description: A seven page typescript of a poem by C J Dennis THE TENTS OF TOOLANGI Being the first canto of the Great Epic poem, " LEAVES IN THE SNOW" or " TO H__L WITH ART" by Den O' The Den . An unknown poem by Dennis. Along with two small original photographs. The first has a pencil note on the rear Sunnyside where Den wrote The Sentimental Bloke. The second photo is a group of five men and two women with C J Dennis in the middle playing a banjo. On the rear a pencil note identifies the people as D Garry Roberts, R H Croll, Harold Herbert, Roberts Jnr, Mrs Roberts, C J Dennis, Miss. The photo is used in The Life and Times of C J Dennis by Chisholm. The 1982 Edition P 61 identifies the unnamed woman as E Easthaugh and Roberts Jnr as Frank Roberts"
I was going to bid on it (not expecting to get it!) but then I was focussed on another more modest lot (which I won).
However to see this go unopposed for a measly $480?! Amazing. Sad too.
But then maybe my idea of price is incorrect??
My expectations are too high perhaps?
I thought the C.J. Dennis Society and its members would be all over this precious item like a rash.... and I was expecting the bidding to be lively and determined as they fought with cheque-book swords against some savvy National library? but.... not a bid. No interest.
Perhaps Stephen you could shed some light on why this Dennis document and photos sold so cheaply (if indeed it did!!!?) with no competitive bidding interest ??
Doesn't anyone love Mr. Dennis anymore?? (I certainly do !! as I just picked up a first edition Ginger Mick for a few dollars)
Who has the documents/photos now? could it be Mr. Whiteside himself?
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