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Auction Name | Online sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books, Private Press and Limited Editions | Total Sales (GBP) | 77,635.25 |
Auction Date | October 17, 2019 - October 17, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 36,290.00 |
Sale Number | #2119 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 51,810.00 |
Total Lots | 181 | ||
Sold Lots | 175 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 38,990.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 96.69% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 55,810.00 |
Unsold Lots | 6 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 139.11% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
111 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Hobbit |
1937 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
175 | Laidler (Graham "Pont" 1908-1940) | The British Character - failure to appreciate good music... |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 4,160.00 | |
166 | Cook (Brian, English painter, illustrator, and publisher, 1910-1991) | Gloucester Cathedral |
[1934] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,210.00 |
63 | James (Henry) | [The Novels and Tales] |
1907-09 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
1 | Achebe (Chinua) | Things Fall Apart |
1958 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
34 | Fleming (Ian) | The Spy Who Loved Me |
1962 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
105 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
2007 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
126 | Woolf (Virginia) | Mrs. Dalloway |
1925 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
181 | Shepard (Ernest Howard) | Three original illustrations for a "Punch" poem |
circa 1950 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,300.00 |
46 | Goodchild (George) | McLean Incomparable |
1938 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
30 | Farrell (J.G.) | Troubles |
1970 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
167 | Cook (Brian, English painter, illustrator, and publisher, 1910-1991) | Eton College, Buckinghamshire |
[1938] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 975.00 |
4 | Atwood (Magaret) | The Handmaid's Tale |
1985 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 875.00 |
7 | Ballard (J. G.) | The Terminal Beach |
1964 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 875.00 |
16 | Christie (Agatha) | Murder on the Orient Express |
1934 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 875.00 |
38 | Forster (E.M.) | Howards End |
1910 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 875.00 |
65 | Joyce (James) | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
1916 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 875.00 |
154 | Ruscha (Ed) | Every Building on the Sunset Strip |
1966 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 875.00 |
122 | Wodehouse (P.G.) | Photograph |
[c.1930] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 845.00 |
80 | Mackenzie (Compton) | Gallipoli Memories |
1929 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 812.50 |
124 | Woolf (Virginia) | Night and Day |
1919 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 812.50 |
148 | Beardsley (Aubrey) | Original advertising poster for The Yellow Book |
1894 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 812.50 |
179 | Monte-Carlo.- Goursat (Georges "SEM" 1863-1934) | Two incomplete portfolios comprising of 47 works |
[circa 1900 or slightly later]. (2) | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 780.00 |
75 | Lawrence (D.H.) | The Story of Doctor Manente |
1929 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 687.50 |
93 | Murdoch (Iris) | The Sea |
1978 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 687.50 |