Forum Auctions: The Birmingham Assay Office Library
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Birmingham Assay Office Library | Total Sales (GBP) | 941,237.50 |
| Auction Date | March 26, 2020 - March 26, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 395,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #1056 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 564,150.00 |
| Total Lots | 457 | ||
| Sold Lots | 456 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 399,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.78% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 570,150.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 165.09% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404 | Stroganov (Sergei Grigorevich) | Drevnosti Rossiskago Gosudarstva |
1849-53 and 1892. | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 43,750.00 |
| 104 | Chaucer (Geoffrey) | The Works......now newly imprinted |
1896 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 40,000.00 |
| 161 | Flaxman (John, sculptor and draughtsman, 1755-1826), Wyon (William, chief engraver at the Royal Mint, between 1830 and 1850, 1795-1851) and others. | Original Sketches for Medals, Seals, &c. |
[probably compiled circa 1830-1850] | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 37,500.00 |
| 147 | Elizabethan examples of manuscript initials |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 33,750.00 | ||
| 207 | Harrison (John) | [Short (James)] An account of the proceedings |
1763 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
| 390 | Simpson (William) | & Sir John William Kaye. India Ancient and Modern |
1867 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
| 208 | Harrison (John) | A Narrative of the Proceedings relative to the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea |
1765 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 |
| 238 | Ja?bir ibn H?ayya?n. | The Works of Geber |
1678 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 23,750.00 |
| 22 | Antiquités du Bosphore Cimmérien Conservées au Musée Impérial de l'Ermitage |
1854 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 | |
| 296 | Mudge (Thomas) | Thoughts on the Means of Improving Watches |
1765 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
| 170 | [Freeth (John)], "J. Free". | The Political Songster |
1771 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 157 | Fachs (Modestinus) | Probier buechlein darinne gruendlicher bericht vormeldet wie man alle metall und derselben zugehoerenden metallischen ertzen und geroechten ein jedes auff seine eigenschafft und metall recht probieren sol |
[1595]. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 9,375.00 |
| 193 | Griggs (W., publisher) | The Journal of Indian Art |
1886-1905. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 8 | Agricola (Georgius) | De re metallica Libri XII |
1561 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 275 | Mackmurdo (A.H.), Herbert P.Horne and Selwyn Image, editors. | The Century Guild Hobby Horse |
1884, 1886-92 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 379 | Seton or Setoun (Robert, , 1553-1603, fl. 1583 - after 1636) | [Notebook on metallurgy and mining] |
1618-35. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 77 | Boyle (Robert) | The sceptical chymist: or Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes |
1680 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 308 | Ottaviani (Giovanni, engraver, 1735-1808) | [Delle Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano], |
[1772-1778]. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 366 | Scaruffi (Gasparo) | L'alitinonfo... per fare ragione, et concordanza d'oro, e d'argento; |
1582 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 373 | Schmoranz (Gustav) | Old Oriental Gilt and Enamelled Glass Vessels |
1899 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 14 | Aldrovandi (Ulisse) | Musaeum metallicum in libros IIII distributum |
1648 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,875.00 |
| 94 | Cardanus (Hieronymus) | De Subtilitate Libri XXI |
1554 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,875.00 |
| 99 | Chambers (William) | Designs of Chinese Buildings |
1757 | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 6,875.00 |
| 255 | Langwith Manufactory, Grantham, Lincs. | Fifteen Plates of Composition Ornaments... |
1790 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 6,500.00 |
| 50 | Biringuccio (Vannoccio) | De la Pirotechnia. Libri X. Dove ampiamente si tratta non solo de ogni sorte & diversita de Miniere |
1540 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
