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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

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible
Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000

Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

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