Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Collector's Auction to include Toys, Postcards, Stamps, Coins, Whisky, Wine & Spirits, Medals & Militaria, 112725, Edinburgh

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025

Page Size: 17 items in 1 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1245	Vintage metal advertisement sign for 'John Cooper & Sons Limited Celebrated Bee Hive Boots'		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 124.00
1258	Rangers Football Club interest, a printed headed sheet showing the signatures of players from late 1980s	late 1980s	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 37.20
1260	Topps Chewing Gum Inc. A&BC Chewing Gum, Nabisco Foods and other 1970s football trading cards.	1970s	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 297.60
1261	1930s German/Polish photograph album spanning 1932-1947	1930s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 37.20
1262	Late 18th century document regarding the sale of a 1/16th share in the vessel 'Raith of Leith' for the sum of PS281/4/7 by John Hamilton of Grangemouth,	1799	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 37.20
1263	Poem written by Paul Bewscher DSC (1894-1966) Poet of the Air	c.1917	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 62.00
1264	Early photograph and carte de visite CDV collection held over four albums		GBP 40.00 - 70.00	GBP 52.08
1265	Postcard collection held in an Art Nouveau design album		GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 80.60
1266	Postcard collection held in an Art Nouveau design album		GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 136.40
1267	Postcard collection held in album		GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 47.12
1268	Postcard collection held in album		GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 47.12
1269	Postcard collection held in album		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 37.20
1270	Postcard collection held in album		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 43.40
1271	Collection of over 300 postcards, mostly Egypt		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 161.20
1272	Postcard collection held in one album and loose		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 372.00
1638	Ephemera belonging to 1828370 Aircraftman Second Class John Johnstone of the Royal Air Force		GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 43.40
1651	WWI era trench whistle. Lee Enfiled rifle cleaning kit mkIV. WWII era map of Namur Belgium. French WWI destruction postcards. Soldiers paybook and other ephemera pertaining to Alex Glenn of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 59.52

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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