Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,180,626.00 |
| Auction Date | June 09, 2020 - June 09, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 754,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #1059 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,055,050.00 |
| Total Lots | 434 | ||
| Sold Lots | 379 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 973,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,367,750.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 55 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 86.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290 | Newton (Sir Isaac) | Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light |
1704 | GBP 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 | GBP 193,750.00 |
| 157 | Tetley (Captain Joseph Swabey, 1778-1828), attributed to. | Album of 12 drawings of Australian Aborigines, possibly after an original set of drawings once owned by George Charles Jenner (active 1805-1822) |
c. 1806. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 90,000.00 |
| 163 | Lowther (Rear Admiral Marcus, 1820-1908) | An album of 166 original watercolours and drawings made on voyages between 1842 and 1853 |
circa 1842-1853 and later | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 65,000.00 |
| 340 | Sangorksi (Alberto, 1862-32).- Keats (John) | La Belle Dame sans Merci and other poems [Ode on a Grecian Urn & Ode to Psyche] |
1928 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 50,000.00 |
| 243 | Malory (Sir Thomas) | The most ancient and famous history of the renowned prince Arthur King of Britaine, vvherein is declared his life and death, with all his glorious battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and pagans |
1634 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 40,000.00 |
| 73 | Taylor (John, "the water poet") | Verbum sempiternum [&] Salvator mundi |
GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 | |
| 331 | Palladio (Andrea) | I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura |
1570 | GBP 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 23,750.00 |
| 130 | [Fores (Samuel William, 1761-1838) and others]. | Collector's folio album containing over 165 caricatures from 1790s to circa 1810 |
circa 1790-1810 or slightly later. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 18,200.00 |
| 43 | Bury (Richard de, Bishop of Durham) | Philobiblon...sive de amore librorum, et institutione bibliothecae..., |
1599 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 425 | Raczynskiego (Edwarda) | Dziennik podrozy do Turcyi odbytey w roku MDCCCXIV |
1821 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 15,000.00 |
| 170 | Andalus de Nigro. | Opus astrolabii |
1475 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 |
| 10 | ?C[ooper] (E[dward], Rev. | later Lady Williams, cousin and close friend of Jane and Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, and Rev. Edward Cooper (1770-1833), a regular visitor to the Austens' house at Steventon |
GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 | |
| 306 | Darwin (Charles) | On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection |
1861 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 |
| 305 | Darwin (Charles), Admiral Robert Fitzroy & Captain Philip Parker King. | Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836 |
1839 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 |
| 41 | Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) | Satira V, Traduzione Italiana..., |
1818 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 158 | Baker (Lt. Col. Sir Edward), Circle of. | An Eye Sketch of the Fall of Niagara |
circa 1801 or slightly earlier | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 418 | Parry (Capt. William Edward) | [A complete set of Parry's four voyages] |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 8,750.00 | |
| 223 | [Orton (Arthur, 1834-98)] | Archive of letters and printed works relating to the "Tichborne Claimant" |
1873 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 8,450.00 |
| 46 | Bible, English. The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New..., |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 | ||
| 300 | Miller (Philip) | Abbildungen der nützlichsten, schönsten und seltensten Pflanzen welche in seinem Gärtner-Lexicon vorkommen |
1768-82. | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 384 | Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio ) | Novus orbis, sive descriptio Indiae occidentalis |
1622 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 313 | Johnson (Theophilus) | British Butterflies, Hawkmoths and Bombyces. (A Companion to the Larvæ) |
1906 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 7,000.00 |
| 275 | Keynes (John Maynard) | The End of Laissez-Faire |
1926 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 6,875.00 |
| 128 | Gillray (James) | The Caricatures of Gillray; with Historical and Political Illustrations..., |
c.1824. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
| 118 | Wallis (Edward, publisher) | Wallis's New Game of Genius, or Compendium of Inventions connected with the Arts, Sciences and Manufactures...for the Amusement and Instruction of Youth of both Sexes |
c.1835 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
