Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Modern Literature and Illustrated Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online Sale: Modern Literature and Illustrated Books | Total Sales (GBP) | 113,818.75 |
| Auction Date | February 07, 2019 - February 07, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 51,830.00 |
| Sale Number | #2086 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 74,120.00 |
| Total Lots | 268 | ||
| Sold Lots | 261 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 53,280.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 97.39% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 76,170.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 149.43% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Russian Avant-Garde.- Burliuk (David & Vladimir) | and others. Poshchechina Obshchestvennomu Vkusu [A Slap in the Face of Public Taste] |
1912 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 47 | Sebald (W.G.) | The Rings of Saturn |
1998 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,375.00 |
| 77 | Russian Avant-Garde.- Burliuk (David & Vladimir) | and others. Sadok sudei II [A Trap for Judges II] |
1913 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,375.00 |
| 231 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,375.00 |
| 69 | Russian Avant-Garde.- [Gorenko (Anna Andreyevna)], "Anna Akhmatova". | Chetki. Stikhi [Rosary. Poems] |
1914 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,250.00 |
| 45 | [Russell (George)], "A.E.". | Imaginations and Reveries |
1915 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 233 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
2007 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 72 | Russian Avant-Garde.- Aseev (Nikolai Nikolaievich) | Zor [Vision] |
1914 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 78 | Russian Avant-Garde.- Burliuk (David & Vladimir) | Vladimir Mayakovsky and Velimir Khlebnikov . Trebnik troikh: sbornik stikhov [Missal of the three: a collection of poems and drawings] |
1913 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 11 | de la Mare (Walter) | Seven Short Stories |
1931 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 151 | Fleming (Ian) | On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
1965 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,187.50 |
| 33 | Maugham (William Somerset) | The Moon and Sixpence |
1941 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 174 | Heaney (Seamus) | North |
1975 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 30 | Le Gallienne (Richard) | War |
1920 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 36 | McEwan (Ian) | Solar |
2010 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 79 | Russian Avant-Garde.- Burliuk (David & Vladimir) | Buka russkoi literatury [The Bogeyman of Russian Literature] |
1923 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 172 | Harbou (Thea von) | Metropolis |
1926 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 13 | Douglas (Norman) | Looking Back |
1933 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 46 | [Russell (George)], "A.E.". | Vale and Other Poems |
1931 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 81 | Russian Avant-Garde.- Livshits (Benedikt Konstantinovich) | Volche solntse |
1914 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 88 | Russian Avant-Garde.- Mayakovsky (Vladimir Vladimirovich) | Moe otkrytie Ameriki [My Discovery of America] |
1926 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 92 | Russian Avant-Garde.- Tsvetaeva (Marina Ivanovna) | Razluka [Separation] |
1922 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 93 | Russian Avant-Garde.- [Vogau (Boris Andreevich)], "Boris Pil'niak". - | Povesti Peterburgskaya [A Petersburg Tale] |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,000.00 | |
| 14 | Dowson (Ernest) | Verses |
1896 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 34 | Maugham (William Somerset) | The Razor's Edge |
1944 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 937.50 |
