Tooveys: Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs, and Ephemera

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs, and Ephemera	Total Sales (GBP)	64,862.01
Auction Date	November 15, 2023 - November 15, 2023	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	16,445.00
Sale Number	#111523	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	26,295.00
Total Lots	308
Sold Lots	187	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	27,715.00
% of Lots Sold	60.71%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	44,455.00
Unsold Lots	121	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	145.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3101	A collection of 16 D. & J. Macdonald 'Cricketers' cigarette cards circa 1902	circa 1902	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 4,233.00
3290	A collection of approximately 468 postcards in two albums and loose		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,237.00
3100	A part-set of 29 (of 30) Wm Clarke 'Cricketer Series' cigarette cards circa 1901	circa 1901	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 2,988.00
3320	AUTOGRAPH		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,490.00
3103	A large collection of cigarette and trade cards in seven albums and loose		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,365.50
3359	A collection of approximately 200 autographed photographs		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,241.00
3289	An impressive collection of approximately 1367 postcards relating to the British Empire Exhibition in fourteen albums		GBP 1,300.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 2,116.50
3099	A part-set of 12 (of 20) Faulkner 'Cricketers Series' cigarette cards circa 1902.	circa 1902.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 2,116.50
3367	FAMILY TREE. A de Bitton and Button family genealogy or pedigree		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,992.00
3321	WINSTON CHURCHILL. Two typed letters signed by Winston S. Churchill on '10 Downing Street' headed paper dated September 6	1952	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 1,992.00
3095	A set of 50 Wills 'Cricketers' cigarette cards circa 1896.	circa 1896.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,992.00
3358	A collection of approximately 200 autographed photographs		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,867.50
3355	AUTOGRAPHS. A large collection of approximately 450 signed letters		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,618.50
3325	SPORT. Two ticket stubs for a Serie 1 match in the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 held in Uruguay at Montevideo		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,618.50
3357	A collection of approximately 200 autographed photographs		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,245.00
3104	A collection of cigarette and trade cards in seventeen albums		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,245.00
3097	A group of cricketing cigarette cards	circa 1897	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 1,245.00
3366	GRANT OF ARMS. A George III grant of arms awarded to Revd George Burrard and his descendants in 1815		GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 1,058.25
3098	A Taddy 'County Cricketers' cigarette card circa 1907 of 'Dr W.G. Grace' with Imperial back.	circa 1907	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 996.00
3356	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 autographed photographs		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 933.75
3324	AUTOGRAPH. A black and white photograph signed by Christopher Reeve depicting the actor in the role of Superman		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 871.50
3227	A collection of 32 postcards mostly relating to aviation at Shoreham-by-Sea		GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 871.50
3304	Four albums containing approximately 278 postcards relating to naval training ships		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 809.25
3292	An album containing approximately 118 postcards of London		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 809.25
3085	An album of cigarette cards including a set of 10 Edwards		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 747.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 15: Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover. $15,000 to $20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Lunar Surface Flown Mission Emblem Presented to Tom Stafford by John Young. $8,000 to $12,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Extensive Chronology of Spacecraft From Apollo to Skylab, Signed by a Member of Every Crewed Apollo Flight and the Commanders of Each Skylab Mission. $5,000 to $8,000.
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
July 23, 2025

DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500

DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000

DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800

DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.

DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600

DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800