Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 400,837.50 |
| Auction Date | July 11, 2019 - July 11, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 219,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #1047 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 314,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 234 | ||
| Sold Lots | 206 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 269,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.03% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 383,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 28 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 104.57% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | [Shakespeare (William] | [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], |
1632 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 42,500.00 |
| 417 | Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson.- Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan, writer, 1859-1930) | Autograph Postcard signed to R. Pascoe, |
c. 1920 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 17,500.00 |
| 444 | Martin (John) | The Paradise Lost of Milton, |
circa 1824-1827. | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 387 | Egyptian Papyrus.- Book of the Dead.- Fragment from the Book of the Dead, |
c.1550-1327 B.C | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 | |
| 338 | China.- Chinese Export School (circa 1830s) | A souvenir album with 53 fine original watercolours, |
1830s | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 10,625.00 |
| 307 | Greene (Robert) | The Honorable History of Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay. As it was lately plaid by the Prince Palatine his Servants, |
1655 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 457 | Gregynog Press.- Vansittart (Robert) | The Singing Caravan, |
1932 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 454 | ? Cockerell (Sydney) & Joan Rix Tebbutt, binders.- | Lines of the Alphabet in the Sixteenth Century, |
1965 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 488 | Lanskoy (André).- Lecuire (Pierre) | Cortège, |
1959 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 487 | Jones (David).- | Chester Play of the Deluge (The), |
1977 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,875.00 |
| 473 | Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) | Salome: A Tragedy in One Act, |
1894 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 6,500.00 |
| 394 | Gualterus Anglicus (Walter the Englishman, Anglo-Norman poet and scribe, c. 1175) | [Aesopi Fabulae metrice], |
c. 1400. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
| 347 | Voyages.- Hakluyt (Richard) | The Principal Navigations, |
1599-1600. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 506 | James Malton (1766-1803) | The front elevation of a villa; The rear elevation of a villa, |
circa 1800 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
| 483 | Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) | The Canterbury Tales, |
1929-31. | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 320 | [Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.] | Lyrical Ballads, |
1798 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 472 | Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) | [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth, |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 | |
| 516 | Armstrong (Neil) | Buzz Aldrin with the reflection of his shadow, |
1969 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 445 | Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) | The Lonely Tower, |
1879 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,250.00 |
| 441 | Hogarth (William) | A fine collection of 87 etchings and engravings by and after William Hogarth, |
late 18th early 19th century. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 333 | Americas.- Canada.- Heriot (George) | Travels through the Canadas, |
1807 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 422 | Tolkien (J.R.R., writer and philologist, 1892-1973) | Autograph Letter signed "Ronald Tolkien" to Jonathan Fletcher Wordsworth, |
1973 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 438 | Colour-Printing.- Savage (William) | Practical Hints on Decorative Printing, |
1822 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 461 | ? Pearson (John, binder).- Lawrence (T.E.) | Seven Pillars of Wisdom, |
1935 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 337 | Antarctica.- Mayer (Attributed to Auguste Etienne Francois, French painter who participated in several Arctic expeditions, 1805-1890) | Astrolable, the French ship under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), |
[circa 1838]. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
