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Auction Name	Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	12,503.49
Auction Date	June 25, 2024 - June 25, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	7,830.00
Sale Number	#62524	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	11,245.00
Total Lots	251
Sold Lots	236	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	9,075.00
% of Lots Sold	94.02%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	12,965.00
Unsold Lots	15	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	96.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
251		ONE BOX: A collection of various meticulously archived newspaper cutting albums, pertaining to Norfolk and East Anglia.		Not Available	GBP 442.40
10	DARWIN, Charles.	On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.	1860	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 391.84
207		An extensive collection of 18th and 19th century leather bound books of various subjects.	18th and 19th century	GBP 280.00 - 350.00	GBP 341.28
253		ONE BOX: An extensive quantity of 19th century Norfolk Auction Catalogues		Not Available	GBP 303.36
249		ONE BOX: An extensive collection of historical pamphlets relating to Norfolk, in contemporary bound compendiums		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 265.44
191	Bohn	Circulus anatomico-physiologicus seu oeconomia corporis animalis.	1697	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 240.16
206		An eclectic collection of mostly 18th century English and some 17th century books, THE HISTORY OF POMPEY THE LITTLE LAP DOG	18th century	GBP 140.00 - 210.00	GBP 214.88
128	DARWIN, Charles.	On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.	1867	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 189.60
152		1915. Russian book	1915	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 189.60
245		ONE BOX: Various Norfolk Directories, Diocesan Calendars etc		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 176.96
28		The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed; Forming a Repository of Whatever is Remarkable in the Regions of Nature and Art, Extraordinary Events, Eccentric Biography, &c. &c.	1824	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 164.32
144		A large collection of prints and ephemera, various copper engraved, lithographed etc.	19th century	GBP 60.00 - 70.00	GBP 164.32
145		A large collection of prints and ephemera, various steel, copper and litho	19th century	GBP 60.00 - 70.00	GBP 164.32
243		ONE BOX: Norfolk history and topography		GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 164.32
247		ONE BOX: Various years of MUNCHENER KALENDAR, a Bavarian Heraldic calendar.	1897-1908	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 164.32
94		Elephant Folios Letarouilly (Pl.). Edifices de Rome Moderne ou Recueil des palais, maisons, eglises, couvents..., 2 volumes,	1843	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 151.68
187	William Sharp Ogden.	Mercantile Architecture. A Series of 55 Studies for Shops, Offices and Warehouses.	1885	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 151.68
2	John Bewick.	"The Angler"[Complete Angler].		GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 139.04
170	Vernon Barrett	Clown Land	1894	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 139.04
73	Simkin (Richard) -	The Indian Native Army, panoramic military costume plate with key above and below	c.1890	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 126.40
82		Designs for gate cottages, lodges, and park entrances, in various styles, from the humblest to the castellated.	1837	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 126.40
83		Art foliage, for sculpture and decoration; with an analysis of geometric form and studies from nature, of buds, leaves, flowers and fruit.	1878	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 126.40
119		The New Engagement Pocket Book. Memorandum Book for 1816.		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 126.40
129		CATALOGUE OF THE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS...COMPILED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.	[1867]-1925	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 126.40
74		21 Books on Bees and Bee Keeping. The Bee-Keeper's Guide		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 120.08

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.
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

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