Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 55,311.25 |
| Auction Date | July 02, 2020 - July 02, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 35,690.00 |
| Sale Number | #2165 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 50,390.00 |
| Total Lots | 259 | ||
| Sold Lots | 238 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 39,140.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 91.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 55,210.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 21 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 100.18% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | Austen (Jane) | Pride and Prejudice |
1894 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 39 | Second World War. | POW Camp near Swansea. |
v.d. | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,105.00 |
| 69 | Juvenal and Persius. | Satyrae. Cum annot. Th. Farnabii |
1668 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 127 | Moore (Thomas) | Irish Melodies |
c1850. | GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 199 | Bowdich (Thomas Edward) | Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, during the autumn of 1823 |
1825 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 221 | Allcock & Co. (S.) | [Fishing Tackle] |
1905 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 5 | Hawthorne (Nathaniel, novelist and short story writer, 1804-64). Ticknor (William Davis, American publisher in Boston, 1810-64) | Autograph Letter signed to his wife, Emmeline |
1864 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 845.00 |
| 48 | Foscolo (Ugo). Petrarca (Francesco) | Il Petrarcha con l'espositione di m. Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo |
1574 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 181 | Cotes (Roger) | Harmonia Mensurarum, sive Analysis & Sythensis per rationum & angulorum mensuras promotae: accedunt alia Opuscula Mathematica, edited by Robert Smith |
1722 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 244 | [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1867 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 121 | Shelley (Percy Bysshe) | The Revolt of Islam; A Poem, in Twelve Cantos |
1818 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 136 | Mathers (S.L. MacGregor) | Kabbala Denudata. The Kabbalah Unveiled |
1887 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 78 | Garrick (David). [Lippi (Lorenzo)], "Zipoli (Perlone)". | Malmantile Racquistato |
1688 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 197 | Nansen ( Fridtjof) | A photograph of Nansen seated at his study desk, signed presentations from Nansen in upper left hand corner to Dr Vaughan Harley |
n.d. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 598.00 |
| 257 | Dighton (Richard, 1795-1880) | Portrait of Sandford Tatham Garndown (?) |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 598.00 | |
| 219 | Papworth (John Buonarotti) | Rural Residences, consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings … |
1818 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 64 | Saavedra (Fajardo Diego de) | Idea principis Christiano-politici 101 sijmbolis expressa |
1651 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 44 | Plutarch. | Parallela en Biois Hellenon kai Romaion [graece], |
1533 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 475.00 |
| 132 | Illustrated London News (The) |
1857-1898 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 475.00 | |
| 223 | Brucciani & Co. Ltd. (D.) | Catalogue of Casts for Schools |
1914 but later | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 475.00 |
| 260 | Mitford (John) | The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy |
1819 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 475.00 |
| 2 | American Letters. Collection, including: Benjamin Holt Ticknor to Alfred Lord Tennyson sending congratulations on his birthday and alluding to his father the American publisher of Tennyson's poems, … |
v.d., 1853-1903 | GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | GBP 468.00 | |
| 175 | Digby (Sir Kenelm) | Chymical secrets, and rare experiments in physick & philosophy...Published since his death, by George Hartman chymist, and steward of the aforesaid Sir Kenelm |
1683 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 425.00 |
| 46 | Calvin (Jean) | [Institution de la religion chrestienne : |
1553 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 400.00 |
| 47 | De Tournes, printer. Polyaenus. | Stratagematum libri octo. Adiecta est etiam Latina versio, |
1569 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 400.00 |
