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Auction Name | Library of an English Bibliophile | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,033,987.00 |
Auction Date | November 07, 2017 - November 07, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 492,550.00 |
Sale Number | #L17416 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 710,200.00 |
Total Lots | 339 | ||
Sold Lots | 272 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 652,940.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 80.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 943,500.00 |
Unsold Lots | 67 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 109.59% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
309 | Wilde, Oscar | THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST |
1899 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 118,750.00 |
21 | [Brontë, Charlotte, Emily and Anne] | POEMS BY CURRER, ELLIS, AND ACTON BELL |
1846 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 68,750.00 |
109 | Euclid | ?????????? ????. ??. ELEMENTORUM GEOMETRICORUM LIB. XV. |
1533; 1537 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 52,500.00 |
47 | Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] | ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND, BEING A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL MS. BOOK.. |
1886 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 35,000.00 |
305 | Wilde, Oscar | THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY |
1891 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 31,250.00 |
153 | Hemingway, Ernest | IN OUR TIME |
1924 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 25,000.00 |
301 | Wells, H.G. | THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON |
1901 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 23,750.00 |
113 | Fleming, Ian | CASINO ROYALE |
1953 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 21,250.00 |
166 | Hugo, Victor | NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS.. |
1831 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 18,750.00 |
224 | Orwell, George | BURMESE DAYS. |
1934 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 15,000.00 |
227 | Orwell, George | A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER. |
1935 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 15,000.00 |
331 | Wordsworth, William [and Samuel Taylor Coleridge]. | LYRICAL BALLADS WITH OTHER POEMS |
1800 | GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | GBP 15,000.00 |
154 | Hemingway, Ernest | MEN WITHOUT WOMEN |
1927 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 |
214 | Miller, Henry | TOPIC OF CANCER |
1934 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 |
330 | Wordsworth, William [and Samuel Taylor Coleridge]. | LYRICAL BALLADS WITH A FEW OTHER POEMS |
1798 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 |
14 | Boswell, James | THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. |
1791 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 |
310 | Wilde, Oscar | DE PROFUNDIS |
1905 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 |
226 | Orwell, George | THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER. |
1937 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
246 | Ransome, Arthur | SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS |
1930 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
159 | Highsmith, Patricia | THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY |
1955 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,625.00 |
225 | Orwell, George | KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING |
1936 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,625.00 |
137 | Golding, William | LORD OF THE FLIES |
1954 | GBP 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
168 | Huxley, Aldous | JONAH |
1917 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
229 | Orwell, George | COMING UP FOR AIR |
1939 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 9,375.00 |
294 | Wallace, Lewis | BEN-HUR A TALE OF THE CHRIST |
1880 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |