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Auction Name	Antiquarian and Collectable Books, and Related Items	Total Sales (GBP)	64,294.29
Auction Date	July 17, 2024 - July 17, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	28,140.00
Sale Number	#71724	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	43,170.00
Total Lots	243
Sold Lots	224	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	34,980.00
% of Lots Sold	92.18%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	53,560.00
Unsold Lots	19	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	120.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3555	SOWERBY, James.	British Mineralogy: or Coloured Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain.	1804-1811.	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 3,237.00
3619	WAIN, Louis (illustrator).	[Louis Wain Annuals.]	1901-1921.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,116.50
3523	Oscar WILDE.	Poems In Prose. Original typescript.	n.d. circa 1900.	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,743.00
3507	Harold Ivan HARDING.	Diary of a Journey From Srinagar to Kashgar Via Gilgit.	1922	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,494.00
3564	LOUDON, [Jane Webb.]	The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants.	1848	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,494.00
3502	ARDIZZONE, Edward (illustrator). Sheridan LE FANU.	In A Glass Darkly.	1929	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,245.00
3682	George LAWRENCE.	Reminiscences of Forty-Three Years in India... edited by W. Edwards.	1874	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 1,245.00
3521	MANUSCRIPT.	Thomas BEALE and Thomas Beale COOPER.		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,058.25
3698		BIBLE, In English. [The Bible, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke: and conferred with the Best Translations in Divers Languages.]	1588	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 871.50
3699		BIBLE, In English. [The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures, contained in the Olde and Newe Testament.	1631	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 871.50
3595	George W. BACON (publisher).	Bacon's Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs... with an Alphabetical Index of over 20,000 names... edited by William Stanford.	1914	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 809.25
3608	[DICKENS, Charles.]	Higham, Near Rochester. Kent. A Very Valuable and Beautiful Freehold Property known as 'Gadshill Place', for Many Years the Favourite Abode of Charles Dickens...	1870	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 809.25
3626	BIBLE, In English.	The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and The New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised.	1724	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 809.25
3533	DICKENS, Charles.	Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boys Progress... a Drama in Three Acts.	circa 1870.	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 747.00
3541	BERTELLI, Pietro.	Diversarum Nationum Habitus Centum, et quattuor iconibus in aer incises diligenter expressi, item Ordines Duo Processionum.	1589	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 747.00
3543	[LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan.]	London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation.	1871-1872.	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 684.75
3544	LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan.	The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien.	1896	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 684.75
3700		BIBLE, In English. [The Bible, that is The Holy Scriptures Contained in the Old and New Testaments.	1607	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 684.75
3580	ROWLING, J.K.	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.	1997	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 622.50
3586		Spons' Engineers' and Contractors' Illustrated Book of Prices of Machines, Tools, Ironwork, and Contractors' Material, for 1876.	1876	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 622.50
3646	ADAMS, Douglas.	The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.	1979	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 597.60
3509	ROWLING, J.K.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.	1999	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 572.70
3510	ROWLING, J.K.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.	1999	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 572.70
3616	ROBERT-HOUDIN.	Memoirs of... Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror, Written By Himself.	1860	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 572.70
3512	FLEMING, Ian.	Goldfinger.	1959	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 522.90

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.
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
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible

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