Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Weekly Antiques, Collectables & Effects, 102025, Norwich

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 20, 2025 - October 20, 2025

Page Size: 51 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
25		The Daily Express Tuesday 13th August 1940, framed front page featuring Battle of Britain news	1940	Not Available	Not Sold
27		A metal advertising sign for Bombs Away Laxative		Not Available	GBP 12.64
29	David Shepherd,	coloured print of African Afternoon		Not Available	GBP 27.81
30		Modern coloured print Homecoming for a Soldier		Not Available	GBP 10.11
31	Allen Larking O'Brien,	Memorial Committee County Clare Ireland framed certificate		Not Available	GBP 15.17
32		A coloured print of fox hunting scene and a further print of fox hounds		Not Available	GBP 10.11
40		A vintage Bovril advertising print, framed and glazed		Not Available	GBP 18.96
41		A print after Lowry		Not Available	GBP 6.32
43		Two boxes of various topographical postcards		Not Available	GBP 60.67
55		Mixed lot of local interest books to include Handbook of the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk and		Not Available	GBP 18.96
59		A collection of prints by Tim Fisher and Michael Charles Smith		Not Available	GBP 10.11
61		Two metal garage signs Red X Motor Oil and Regent Green Paraffin		Not Available	GBP 75.84
62		Two Kelly's Directories Norfolk & Suffolk 1929 and Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk 1904 together	1929, 1904	Not Available	GBP 25.28
63		Two boxes of mixed vintage postcards, various subjects		Not Available	GBP 107.44
65		Mixed Lot: City of Norwich plan 1945 together with a folder of loose plans	1945	Not Available	GBP 88.48
71		Two boxes of early 20th Century postcards to include Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire and many	early 20th Century	Not Available	GBP 53.09
72		One box of postcards, various views of Kent together with a box of postcard protectors		Not Available	GBP 60.67
85		A group of modern film posters, Narnia, Game of Thrones and Star Wars plus two volumes of Indiana		Not Available	GBP 35.39
107		One box of books to include Don Quixote, The History of the Natural World and various others		Not Available	GBP 22.75
108		Box of books to include Arthur Ransome, Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers, Palmsworth Atlas and		Not Available	GBP 18.96
109		Box of box to include South African and the Trans Vaal War and others		Not Available	GBP 27.81
110		One box of various mixed books		Not Available	GBP 6.32
111		Books, sporting interest and others		Not Available	GBP 10.11
112		Books, assorted hardback reference and others		Not Available	GBP 12.64
113		Norfolk related books		Not Available	GBP 15.17

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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