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Auction Name	Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera	Total Sales (GBP)	63,426.53
Auction Date	May 22, 2024 - May 22, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	28,255.00
Sale Number	#52224	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	45,015.00
Total Lots	325
Sold Lots	233	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	38,825.00
% of Lots Sold	71.69%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	62,415.00
Unsold Lots	92	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	101.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3291		An album containing Smiths cigarette cards		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,618.50
3334		AUTOGRAPH. An autographed leaf	1991	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,618.50
3158		A collection of approximately 121 postcards of Hove		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,245.00
3285		Two albums of cigarette cards		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,120.50
3325		AUTOGRAPHS		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,120.50
3409		AUTOGRAPH. An autographed black and white publicity photograph signed by Steve McQueen and inscribed 'To John'		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,120.50
3306		A large collection of various cigarette and trade cards.		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 996.00
3322		STAR WARS. A group of four signed black and white photographs		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 996.00
3328		JAMES BOND 007. A group of six signed photographs of actors who have played James Bond		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 996.00
3298		A collection of Ogdens cigarette cards in ten albums		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 933.75
3302		A collection of Ogdens cigarette cards in four albums and loose		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 809.25
3305		A collection of cigarette and trade cards in 42 albums and loose		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 809.25
3153		A collection of approximately 250 postcards of West Sussex		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 747.00
3300		A collection of cigarette and trade cards in 14 albums		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 747.00
3342		MILITARIA. A News of the World Victory Day Dinner Menu for the Dorchester Hotel	1946	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 747.00
3348		FROST FAIR. An engraved River Thames Frost Fair souvenir 'printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 747.00
3289		A collection of cigarette and trade cards in 13 albums		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 684.75
3294		An album containing American and Salmon & Gluckstein cigarette cards		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 684.75
3296		A collection of Lambert & Butler cigarette cards in two albums		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 684.75
3107	Donald McGill	An original watercolour and gouache design by Donald McGill for the postcard 'Blimey		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 622.50
3284		An album of cigarette and trade cards of sport interest		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 622.50
3303		A collection of Players cigarette cards in 26 albums		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 622.50
3321		STAR WARS. A signed black and white photograph of Alec Guinness in costume as Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars: A New Hope		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 622.50
3304		A collection of Wills cigarette cards in 22 albums		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 597.60
3315		A large collection of cigarette and trade cards in 38 albums		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 597.60

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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