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Auction Name Books, Ephemera, Cigarette and Trade Cards, Autographs, Photographs, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. Total Sales (GBP) 9,755.45
Auction Date February 08, 2023 - February 08, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 7,814.00
Sale Number #415 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 10,202.00
Total Lots 166
Sold Lots 109 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,510.00
% of Lots Sold 65.66% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 13,808.00
Unsold Lots 57 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
78

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific

1855-59 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 GBP 2,012.50
122

Ranges in album including Gothard 1908 Woodhouse Junction Train Crash, 1922 Railway Accident at Mirfield RP, 1931 Keswick flood scene

1908, 1922, 1931 GBP 180.00 - 220.00 GBP 299.00
48 Yevonde Philone Middleton

"Composition". Colour photograph.

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 276.00
123

Good selection of subject & topographical cards with fine Cunard advert posters (2), and ocean liners (32, mostly coloured); Isle of Man views

GBP 160.00 - 180.00 GBP 253.00
150

Russian topography & social history 1900s to 1940s, mostly RPs and plain-back photos

1900s to 1940s GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 189.75
87 Frederick Warne

‘Wayside and Woodland Series’, a collection including Longfield "Dragonflies"; Hammond "Flies"

1949; 1951 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 166.75
11

Early 20th Century 4x3” Photographs of good quality including horse-drawn delivery cart of Pilbram Family Butchers of Bexhill and their shop,

Early 20th Century GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 161.00
7

Late-19th Century to 1940s Greetings Cards and scraps, plus few softbacks etc,

1940s GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 143.75
180

Collection of Ships’ Mail 1889 to 1970s, mostly written up on leaves, with good range of Paquebot marks, many with ships’ cachets.

1889 to 1970s, GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 138.00
20

The Works of Henry Fielding Esq; with a Life of the Author,

1784 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 132.25
121

Ranges in two 1920s albums of Lincolnshire origin with many greetings cards including few embroidered silks, pretty ladies, many family photos

1920s GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 126.50
119

EVII/GV period UK topography and subjects with useful comic selection, actresses, children etc; chiefly views with interest in Manchester,

GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 120.75
1

Victorian Scrap album, quarto, decorated cloth, with

1880s to WW1 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 110.40
45

British Dance Bands and vocalists 1930s/1950s, a collection of photographs and postcards with many autographed

1930s/1950s GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 110.40
120

EVII/GV period ranges in modern album with many greetings and pretty ladies; good Lincolnshire especially Spilsby, Tetney, Grimsby, and Immingham

GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 110.40
2

Autograph albums (2), RAF items, enamelled badges, etc; including signatures of pilots notably Naomi Heron-Maxwell,

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 105.80
55 Joseph Bato

"Defiant City", Gollancz; Gerard "La Belgique, 1940-1944", Meddens; "5 YearsThe Occupation of Denmark in Pictures"

1942; 1974; 1946 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 101.20
132

UK & Foreign topography and some subject cards, 1900s/1940s; the UK with good proportion of RPs notably Derbyshire;

1900s/1940s GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 101.20
21 Jeremy Taylor

"The Great Examplar of Sanctity and Holy Life",

1653 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 98.90
50

Opera autographs of the 1980s/1990s comprising signed programmes (17) and about 100 signed pages, letters and notes

1980s/1990s GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 98.90
77

Photographs and some photogravures 1880s/1900s, topographical and some social history; with many of Mexico,

1880s/1900s GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 98.90
113

Cigarette Card 1920s/30s accumulation in sets, part-sets and many odds

1920s/30s GBP 70.00 - 90.00 GBP 98.90
129

Largely Foreign pre-1940 accumulation with much Canada, plus Egypt, Switzerland, France and few other countries, plus with some subject cards

pre-1940 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 98.90
13

Carton of magazines, comics, large shipping photographs, family photos etc; including "Boy’s Own Paper"

1899 and 1916-19 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 94.30
82 John Heath & A. Maitland Emmet

"The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland",

1985-2002 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 87.40
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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.
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