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Tennants Auctioneers: Stamps, Postcards, and Postal History

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Auction Name Stamps, Postcards, and Postal History Total Sales (GBP) 19,224.00
Auction Date October 27, 2021 - October 27, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 12,340.00
Sale Number #1030 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 15,765.00
Total Lots 62
Sold Lots 56 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 12,950.00
% of Lots Sold 90.32% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 16,605.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 115.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
369

further blue album with a large and valuable collection of approx. 220 subject cards. The album covers a wide and colourful range of subjects of rare and better cards

 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,920.00
361

(Tan Album) An album containing approx. 650 postcards and photographs of Trams. Areas include Bradford

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,560.00
365

(Green Album) An album containing approx. 540 cards of Leeds by publishers starting with the letters P – R. These include Chas. Pickard (136)

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,440.00
326

Three cartons from the island enthusiast's estate: a neatly presented collection in thirteen Lindner hingeless albums with hardly any empty spaces: Jersey 1969-2016 in five vols

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 900.00
366

A blue album containing approx. 100 postcards of the Teesside area. Hartlepool

 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 900.00
351

A large plastic Store Box containing many hundreds of postcards

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 GBP 780.00
227

Over 130 covers and postcards beautifully displayed and written-up in four albums representing many decades of keen collecting

 18th century to George V GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 720.00
353

A box containing six albums containing a mix of foreign cards and English. Comic

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 GBP 660.00
74

An impressive and well-organised collection of at least 700 covers displayed by series in 9 volumes filling a large clear container

 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 660.00
364

(Red Album) An album of approx. 425 cards of Leeds

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 600.00
197

Mainly 19th century postal history

 Mainly 19th century GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 504.00
339

Two modern albums ( Green & Blue ) of topographical postcards. The first album containing a collection of approx. 164 postcards of Howden and Boothferry

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 480.00
336

A box housing several hundred cards with many real photos. Strengths include North Yorkshire

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 456.00
360

An Album holding approx. 275 postcards of the Transporter Bridge at Newport

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 456.00
346

A large Olive album holding an original collection of approx. 500 mainly subject cards

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 420.00
347

A rare W. Gothard of Barnsley card of “Souvenir of Celebrations at Welbeck Abbey

 1905-1916 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 384.00
350

A box containing a mix of subject and topographical cards including Bamforth Song Cards and a large range of UK views. Strength in Bristol

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 384.00
362

(Black Album) A Further Album of approx. 400 Leeds Suburbs comprising Adel (146) Many common and church views but better noted included Adel Motor Bus

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 360.00
319

2000s New Issues/FDCs

 2010s GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 336.00
338

Two modern albums ( Burgundy & Green) of postcards. One containing approx. 31 of shipping interest

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 300.00
349

A Plastic Storage tub with a pink lid and a Black Box containing a varied collection of postcards including some Durham and Northumberland interest. Annfield Plain

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 300.00
359

Two albums containing a collection of L.L. (Louis Levy

 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 300.00
137

Over 50 inflation period covers/cards

 mid-1920s GBP 150.00 - 170.00 GBP 264.00
342

Three albums holding a mixture of cards. A good number of silks (21) including better designs such as “John Bull – Ever Ready!” The second album contains a quantity of shipping cards including a card of the Lusitania and one of RMS Titanic (post-disaster)

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 264.00
368

blue album containing approx. 128 cards + a collection of 44 Radio Operator contact cards. Advertising with Tea Trade cards noted (2) followed a selection of British then foreign Royalty

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 264.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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.
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