Hansons: The Arthur Askey Collection, 111325, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025

Page Size: 114 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
35	[BRONTE SISTERS].	[BRONTE SISTERS]. The Works, in six volumes, comprising Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 553.56
61		Arthur's 1970s Hathaway navy and white shirt, pointed collar with single breast pocket, single cuffs		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 131.80
66		A WW1 period postcard photograph showing a small group of young Welch Regiment soldiers, including a		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 98.85
67		Pantomime: a 1925 Western Production Ltd typed and signed agreement [contract] between Carlton		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 118.62
69		A collection of early 20th Century photographs including Arthur as a child with his parents, as a		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 210.88
71		An early 20th Century 1920s and 1930s collection of Concert Party, Summer Season, Theatre and		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 144.98
72		Arthur Askey's first professional portrait postcard, circa 1925, autographed "To Muriel With All		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.90
73		The Babes in the Wood, a Panto, in Parvo, written by Arthur Askey 1934, original typed script with		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 98.85
74		Pantomime: Dick Whittington and His Cat, A Panto. in Parvo by Arthur Askey, original typed 1937		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 210.88
75		A collection of original 1930s Dinner and Entertainment programmes all featuring Arthur as the "		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 98.85
76		A collection of late 1930s and 40s typed short scripts, scenes, musical numbers and gags from Band		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 72.49
77		Assorted vintage Theatre Musical, Play, Opera and Pantomime Programmes including Gaiety Theatre		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 118.62
78		Arthur Askey and other composers: an archive of sheet music comprising fourteen manuscript scores in		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 540.38
79		Assorted typed lyrics for Arthurs songs and ditties, also includes a typed and hand written		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 92.26
80		Assorted manuscript sheet music, some with lyrics to Songs and Ditties performed by Arthur Askey,		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 72.49
81		Original typed script by Arthur Askey for 1936 Heart's Desire - A Ruritanian Romance in the		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 52.72
82		Four typed and bound original theatre scripts to include: 1. Over She Goes by Stanley Lupino,		GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 59.31
91		Pepys Party Games "Arthur Askey's Playmates Limerick Party Game"., in original box published in 1953		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 26.36
94		Pepys Party Games "Arthur Askey's Playmates Limerick Party Game"., in original box published in 1953		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 85.67
95		Arthur Askey's Annual, written by Arthur Askey, Richards Murdoch and Hylton Cleaver, illus by Fred		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 32.95
98		A collection of various typed working and rehearsal scripts to include: 1936 Shiver Me Timber or The		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 171.34
99		"Band Waggon, perhaps the most popular programme of all ".... Sir Samuel Hoare in the House of		GBP 45.00 - 65.00	GBP 144.98
100		An early 20th Century framed London Palladium typed Dressing Rooms allocation sheet during BBC Radio		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 342.68
104		Collection of vintage Arthur Askey and other composers Song Books and Music Sheets, mainly 1930s and		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 72.49
108		Band Waggon: a 1939 postcard portrait of Arthur signed Lloyd 1939 and inscribed verso "oli mi own	1939	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 79.08

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.
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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.
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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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