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Auction Name Popular Culture, Music, Film and Sporting Memorabilia Total Sales (GBP) 2,960.40
Auction Date February 08, 2023 - February 08, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,060.00
Sale Number #20823 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,620.00
Total Lots 53
Sold Lots 49 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,960.00
% of Lots Sold 92.45% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,970.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.68%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
13

A large quantity (some photocopies) of draft contracts, mechandising mandates, artist contracts, studio and publicity correspondence and official documentation relating to Sir Roger Moore as 007 James Bond

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,104.00
33

A mixed lot of vintage 1980s DC Spider-Man comic book series

 1980s GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 300.00
35

A mixed lot of vintage 1980s Marvel comic book series

 1980s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 216.00
89

A framed and glazed vintage UK film poster for The Blue Brothers (Landis 1980) featuring Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues and John Belushi as Joliet Jake Blues, 'A Briefcase Full of Blues'

 GBP 130.00 - 160.00 GBP 132.00
36

Issues 1 - 41 of the 1980-81 comic book series The New Teen Titans by DC, together with 2 annuals Number 1 (1982) and Number 2 (1983)

 1980-81 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 120.00
88 Kuhre

A framed, mounted and glazed 1989 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Poster, Signed by the artist (Kuhre)

 1989 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 102.00
4

A pair of autographed Dr Who promotional stamp sheets from the 2000 Stamp Show, Earls Court and Dr Who's birthday 2000, Padbury Court.

 GBP 70.00 - 80.00 GBP 90.00
21

A mixed lot of Star Wars posters and prints

 Not Available GBP 66.00
99a

City of Norwich - Municipal Golf Course, Earlham, Official Handbook

 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 57.60
34

A collection of vintage 1980s Justice League America comic books by DC

 1980s GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 48.00
7 by JK Rowling,

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,

2003 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 45.60
38

A mixed lot of vintage 1980s Spider-Man comic books by Marvel

 1980s GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 45.60
91

Large format full colour promotional poster for 90s Britpop band: Blur 'The Great Escape... It wouldn't be Christmas without the Great Escape'

 Not Available GBP 42.00
9

A collection of ephemera relating to Pinewood Studios, including a floor plan for the set of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

 Not Available GBP 38.40
41

A mixed lot of vintage 1980s Marvel comic books

 1980s GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 36.00
18

A boxed set of 22 1930s Mickey Mouse lantern slides by Ensign Ltd

 1930s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 33.60
42

A mixed lot of vintage 1980s comic book series by Marvel and DC

 1980s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 33.60
39

A mixed lot of vintage 1980s Defenders comic books by DC

1980s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 30.00
43

A large mixed lot of 1980s DC Teen Titans comic books

 1980s GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 30.00
5

A mixed lot of Dr Who books and ephemera,

 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 26.40
40

A mixed lot of vintage 1980s Avengers comic books by Marvel

 1980s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.40
59

A set of collectable cards by A&BC Chewing Gum Ltd, depicting the Beatles and their printed autographs

 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 26.40
85

A very large collection of vintage Opera Magazines, from 1950 through to 1979

 1950-1979 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 26.40
6

A 1974 Lord of the Rings boxed trilogy by JRR Tolkien.

1974 Not Available GBP 24.00
86 Robert greenberg

A sealed 4 DVD and book set - How to Listen to and understand Opera, by Professor Robert greenberg, San Francisco Conservatory of Music

 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 21.60
  • Sotheby’s
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    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
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    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
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  • 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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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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