Lyon and Turnbull: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs | Total Sales (GBP) | 184,208.00 |
Auction Date | September 22, 2021 - September 22, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 122,880.00 |
Sale Number | #659 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 174,020.00 |
Total Lots | 242 | ||
Sold Lots | 199 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 147,180.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 82.23% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 209,420.00 |
Unsold Lots | 43 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 87.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 | Schedel, Hartmann | [The Nuremberg Chronicle] Liber Chronicarum |
1493 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
113 | Sorabji, Kaikhosru | Autograph music scores, comprising |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,000.00 | |
112 | Sorabji, Kaikhosru | Inscribed musical scores, letters & photographs, comprising |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,250.00 | |
231 | Orkney, a very large collection including Wallace, James An Account of the Islands of Orkney. |
1700 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,000.00 | |
36 | Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
1998 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,250.00 |
188 | Walton, Izaak | The Complete Angler, 16 finely bound volumes |
1808 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,875.00 |
114 | Sorabji, Kaikhosru and Norman Peterkin | A collection of signed music and photographs Kaikhosru Sorabji Organ Symphony. |
n.d. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
193 | Y - Walton, Izaak | The Complete Angler |
1842 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
27 | Plan de Rediuit Scituée entre le Quartier de Moka et célui des Plaines de Wilheme |
1740s | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,375.00 | |
213 | Camden, William | Camden's Britannia |
1695 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,250.00 |
200 | Cotton, Charles | A large collection, including Scarronides, or Virgile Travestie. |
1664 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,125.00 |
230 | Jacob, Violet | Indian Flowering Plants, 1896-1901 |
1896-1901 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
191 | Walton, Izaak - presentation copy | The Life of Dr. Sanderson, Late Bishop of Lincoln |
1678 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
228 | Jacob, Violet | India, 1895-1900 |
1895-1900 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
50 | Churchill, Sir Winston Spencer | The Story of the Malakand Field Force |
1898 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
57 | Pamphlets and short publications |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,750.00 | ||
109 | Forbes of Culloden, Duncan | A collection of manuscripts by and relating to Forbes of Culloden |
1737 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
148 | Rios, Tony | Photographic archive from the 1960s and 1970s |
1960s | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
76 | Dickinson, Emily | Poems |
1893-1891-1896. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
182 | Walton, Izaak | A collection of 19 volumes The Compleat Angler. |
1676 | GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
124 | including Mahler, Gustave | Music - 16 volumes including Mahler, Gustave - Zehnte Symphonie |
1924 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
183 | Walton, Izaak | The Compleat Angler |
1655 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
186 | Walton, Izaak | The Compleat Angler, a collection of 15 books, including |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,375.00 | |
192 | Walton, Izzak | 22 volumes of The Complete Angler, including The Complete Angler. |
1701 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
202 | Donne, John | Poems, &c. with elegies on the authors death. To which is added Divers Copies under his own hand, never before printed. |
1669 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |