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Auction Name Photographica Total Sales (GBP) 72,006.25
Auction Date May 16, 2019 - May 16, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 49,440.00
Sale Number #51619 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 74,800.00
Total Lots 129
Sold Lots 97 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 80,960.00
% of Lots Sold 75.19% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 121,780.00
Unsold Lots 32 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
245 Erwin Olaf b.1959

Clärchens Ballhaus Mitte - 10th of July, 2012

2012 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 9,375.00
173 Sergeant C.H. Hewitt (1915-1987)

THE STREET CORNER WITH A ROOF ON - INDOOR PLAYGROUND, LIVERPOOL, February 1949

1949 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 7,000.00
140 Herbert George Ponting Early (1870-1935) 

An early collection of Herbert George Ponting's unpublished personal stereo cards (10) c.1900

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
227 Joel Peter Witkin b.1939

'AMOUR' New Mexico, 1987

1987 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,000.00
254

NASA PHOTOGRAPHS, a collection

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,500.00
258 Lonneke de Groot b.1981

8 from the series Heda, 2013

2013 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,500.00
213 Chris Smith (b.1937)

ALI FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, 1971

1971 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,125.00
215 Chris Smith (b.1937)

AYRTON SENNA, 1991

1991 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 GBP 2,000.00
183 Charles Harry 'Slim' Hewitt 1915-1987

FLYERS OF THE FUTURE, June 1955

1955 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,875.00
161 Bill Brandt (1904-1983)

TIC TAC MEN AT ASCOT RACES, 1935

1935 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,625.00
214 Chris Smith (b.1937)

STEEPLECHASE, 1976,

1976 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,625.00
230 Joyce Tenneson b.1945

UNTITLED STILL LIFES, 1993

1993 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,500.00
249 Sasha Gusov b.1960

BOLSHOI BALLET 1993 - 2016

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,250.00
196 Elliott Erwitt (b. 1928)

SNAPS COLLECTORS EDITION PHOTO BOOK, 2002

2002 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,187.50
203 Jeanloup Sieff 1933-2000

CAFE DE FLORE, 1976

1976 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,187.50
148

FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ALBUMS COVERING THE MILITARY CAREER OF CAPTAIN BERNARD ST. JOHN WARREN HASTINGS (1890 -1910)

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,000.00
205 Lucien Clergue 1934-2014

HARLEQUIN, ARLES, 1955

1955 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,000.00
154 Jeanloup Sieff 1933-2000

WOMEN IN BLACK DRESS, 1996

1996 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 937.50
158 Herbert Mason (1903-1964)

ST PAULS SURVIVES, 1940

1940 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
160 Angus Mcbean (1904-1990)

A COLLECTION OF THEATRICAL PORTRAITS, c.1960s

c.1960s GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
187 William Gottlieb 1917-2006

JEAN BAPTISTE 'DJANGO' REINHARDT, 1946

1946 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 812.50
134a John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)

22 UNCUT PROOF CARTES DES VISITE PORTRAITS, Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, c1860s

c1860s GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 750.00
164a Elsbeth Juda 'Jay' 1911-2014

HENRY MOORE IN HIS STUDIO AT MUCH HADHAM, HERTFORDSHIRE, WORKING ON 'KING AND QUEEN', 1953

1953 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 750.00
179 Charles Harry 'Slim' Hewitt 1915-1987

LONDON SEWERS, 1949

1949 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 750.00
178 Charles Harry 'Slim' Hewitt 1915-1987

LONDON SEWERS, December 1949

1949 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 650.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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