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) | 97,851.45 |
| Auction Date | October 28, 2021 - October 28, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 47,670.00 |
| Sale Number | #2222 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 69,140.00 |
| Total Lots | 294 | ||
| Sold Lots | 271 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 52,760.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.18% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 76,540.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 127.84% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | Joaquin the Bandit | Broadside.- Joaquin the Bandit.- Will be Exhibited for One Day Only! ... The Head Of the Renowned Bandit! Joaquin! and the Hand of Three Fingered Jack! |
[c.1853?] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 112 | Godwin (Francis, Bishop) | Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixt. Queene Mary |
1630 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
| 109 | de Serres (John) | A General Inventorie of the History of France |
1607 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 160 | Spark (Muriel) | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
1961 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 157 | Lewis (Wyndham) | Blasting and Bombardiering |
1937 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,375.00 |
| 77 | Pietrasanta (Silvestro) | Tesserae gentilitiae |
1638 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
| 21 | Browne (Sir Thomas) | Posthumous Works |
1712 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 95 | Doughty (John, druggist) | Appraisment of the Stock in Trade of J Doughty... G. Parker |
1772 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 292 | English School (19th century) | Collection of ten preliminary studies for a finished painting of 'Henry I receiving tidings of the Shipwreck of his Son' |
[c.1847] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,235.00 |
| 293 | Various (Artists) | A large mixed portfolio collection over 70 works |
[17th to 19th century] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,235.00 |
| 71 | Barbey d'Aurevilly (Jules) | Les Diaboliques: Le plus bel Amour de Don Juan |
1923 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 1 | Statius (Publius Papinius) | Statii Sylvarum Libri quinque Thebaidos libri duodecim Achilleidos duo... |
1502 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 211 | Ackermann (Rudolph) | The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster |
1812 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 103 | Marlow & neighbourhood.- [Volume of a lady's domestic accounts] |
1834-51. | GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | GBP 875.00 | |
| 147 | Brontë (Anne) | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall |
1854 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 161 | Marks (Lillian) | Saul Marks and The Plantin Press |
1980 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 206 | Philipott (Thomas) | Villare Cantianum: or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated |
1659 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 208 | Walker (Adam) | Remarks made in a Tour from London to the Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland |
1792 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 26 | Milton (John) | Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd & Pope's Works |
1758, 1752 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 167 | Wodehouse (P.G.) | Ukridge |
[1924] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 210 | [West (Thomas)] | A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire |
1784 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 56 | La Fontaine (Jean de) | Contes et Nouvelles en vers |
1922 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 63 | Poe (Edgar Allan) | Le Corbeau. Poème |
1978 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 204 | Salmon (Nathaniel) | The History of Hertfordshire … bound before Newcome (Rev. Peter) The History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation called the Abbey of St. Alban. |
1728, 1795 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 231 | Sellers (Charles) | Oporto, Old and New |
1899 | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | GBP 687.50 |
