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Chorley's: Fine Art and Antiques, Including Principal Content of Dunkirk Manor

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Auction Name Fine Art and Antiques, Including Principal Content of Dunkirk Manor Total Sales (GBP) 2,621.69
Auction Date July 23, 2024 - July 24, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,670.00
Sale Number #72324 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,440.00
Total Lots 28
Sold Lots 17 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,510.00
% of Lots Sold 60.71% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,700.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
796 Julian Trevelyan (1910-1988)

The Plough

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 487.16
763

Scottish crewel work binding: The Book of Common Prayer,

n.d. late 19th Century GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 384.60
777 Barrie (J.M.)

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens from the Little White Bird, illustrated by Arthur Rackham

n.d. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 243.58
766

A collection of books on bookbinding and bookselling to include Harrison (Frederick) Books about Books

1943 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 217.94
769

A selection of books on and by T.E. Lawrence to include Letters to T.E.,

1988 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 217.94
773

English Countryside interest to include Leighton (Clare) Four Hedges A Gardener's Chronicle

1970 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 205.12
762

A Holy Bible and Book of Common prayer The Holy Bible,

1845 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 179.48
797 English School, 19th Century

A Silhouette Depicting Three Members of the Merriman Family of Kinsale

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 166.66
767 Davenport (Cyril)

English Embroidered Bookbindings

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 115.38
795 David Young Cameron (1865-1945)

The Royal Scottish Academy and National Gallery of Scotland

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 89.74
760

Travel and History: bindings, to include: Stanley (Arthur Penrhyn) Sinai and Palestine

1868 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 76.92
772

A collection of private press volumes to include Power (Alan) and others, In Place of Toothpaste Eric Ravilious,

2004 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 64.10
253 Buffon (Conte de)

Storia Naturale degli Uccelli illustrato con 1008 incisioni di Francois-Nicolas Martinet,

2010 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 44.87
768

A collection of books on wood engravings, woodcuts, typography and printing to include Morely-Fletcher (F) Wood-block Printing,

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 38.46
774

Private Press fiction and non-fiction to include Lee (Laurie) Cider with Rosie

1956 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 38.46
252

Ceramics & Porcelain A collection of books to include Carver (Martin) The Birth of a Borough,

2011 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 25.64
254

Gold & Jewellery A collection of Books to include Harrison (Stephen) et al, Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique,

2009 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 25.64
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    6 February 2025
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: MUNSTER (Sebastian). Cosmographiae universalis lib. VI. Basilea
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: ORTELIUS (Abraham). Typus Orbis Terrarum. [Antwerp, 1587]
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: BRION DE LA TOUR (Louis). Atlas Monde. Paris, Desnos ou Jaillot, [1783 - An XIII-1799].
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    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: ORTELIUS (Abraham). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Anvers, Christophe Plantin, 1579.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: VISSCHER (Nicolas Joannes). Theatrum praecipuarum urbium [...]
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyage au Levant.
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    6 February 2025
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: AZARA (Félix de). Voyages dans l'Amérique Méridionale.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: JOUTEL (Henri). Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. de la Sale […]
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: LA SALLE (René Robert Cavelier de) ; TONTI (Henri de). Dernières découvertes dans l’Amérique Septentrionale
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    6 February 2025
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: NOLIN (Jean-Baptiste) ; CORONELLI (Vincenzo). L'Amérique septentrionale, ou, la partie septentrionale des Indes Occidentales […]
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: [Caroline du Sud]. A large draft of South Carolina from Cape Roman to Port Royal.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: PÉRON (François) ; FREYCINET (Louis de). Voyage de découverte aux terres australes.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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