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

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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

Fonsie Mealy’s
Summer Rare Book
& Collectors’ Sale
July 30-31, 2024

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s
Summer Rare Book
& Collectors’ Sale
July 30-31, 2024

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s
Summer Rare Book
& Collectors’ Sale
July 30-31, 2024

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s
Summer Rare Book
& Collectors’ Sale
July 30-31, 2024

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.

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