Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper
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| Auction Name | Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 50,512.50 |
| Auction Date | December 10, 2019 - December 10, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 36,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #2126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 51,930.00 |
| Total Lots | 230 | ||
| Sold Lots | 204 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 42,210.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 59,990.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 26 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 84.20% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | Shaw (George Bernard) | Shaw Gives Himself Away: An Autobiographical Miscellany |
1939.<br /><br />? The loosely-inserted items comprise: <br />1. Pencil caricature of Shaw by Paul Nash with small sample of the dark green binding leather affixed as Shaw's beard and annotated "You see how fantastically wrong this is [with arrow to leath | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 115 | Mackenzie (Compton) | Sinister Street |
1913-14 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 73 | Augustine (Saint) | De civitate dei libri XXII |
1925.<br /><br />? One of the most handsome productions by the press. | GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 104 | James (M.R.) | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary |
1973 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 120 | Milne (A. A.) | [The Christopher Robin Books] |
1924 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 203 | Darly (Mary, publisher) | [Britannia [toe] Amer[eye]ca] |
1778 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 60 | Pritchett (V. S.) | Mr. Beluncle |
1951 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 187 | Trollope (Anthony) | Barchester Towers |
1857 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 12 | Bruyn (J.) & others. | A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings |
1989-2015 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 89 | Fleming (Ian) | Dr. No |
1958 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 155 | Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) | Monumenti Antichi Inediti |
1767 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 174 | [Parsons (Robert)] | A Treatise of Three Conversions of England from Paganisme to Christian Religion |
1603 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 20 | Dortu (M.G.) | Toulouse-Lautrec et Son Oeuvre |
1971 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 54 | Bewick (Thomas) | The Fables of Aesop |
1784 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 140 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Lord of the Rings |
2001-2. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 208 | Roberts (Emma) | Hindostan: Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs...and...the Himalaya Mountains |
[c.1845]. | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 22 | Mauclair (Camille) | Henri Le Sidaner |
1928 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 39 | Chipp (Herschel) | [The Picasso Project] Picasso's Paintings |
1995-2002. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 109 | Jonson (Ben) | The Poems |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 525.00 | |
| 126 | Potter (Beatrix) | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny |
1904 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 135 | Spark (Muriel) | Robinson |
1958 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 70 | [Beardsley (Aubrey) & others.] | The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly |
1894-97. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 83 | Cowles (Fleur, editor) | Flair: The Monthly Magazine |
February 1950-January 1951 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 217 | Camden (William) | Britannia, sive florentiss. Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae… |
1639 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 227 | Reed (E.T.) | Panko or Votes for Women. The Great Card Game: Suffragists v.Anti-Suffragists |
[c.1909]. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 500.00 |
