• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
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Trafford Books: Books, Autographs, Banknotes, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books, Autographs, Banknotes, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History Total Sales (GBP) 11,532.20
Auction Date November 20, 2024 - November 20, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 8,536.00
Sale Number #430 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 12,251.00
Total Lots 257
Sold Lots 163 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 12,866.00
% of Lots Sold 63.42% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 18,626.00
Unsold Lots 94 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
167

British C/Wealth QV to QE2 M&U collection in album notably Antigua QV to 6d (3) used and

1903-07 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 368.00
190

World collection with main value in GB mint Decimal including Presentation Packs (213)-2005 and Greetings Booklets (5), plus

1990s/2000s GBP 350.00 - 400.00 GBP 368.00
225

Great Britain collection in six albums, M&U, mostly QE2 with much mint decimal-2007 comprising commemorative sets, greetings booklets, few high values and some Machins. High face value.

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 GBP 345.00
118

The Bath Rose, The Southampton & Isle of Wight Rose, The Cheltenham Rose, and The Prussia and Rhineland Rose,

c.1865-70, GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 299.00
111

The Titanic -- In Memoriam poster, 15 x 18", captioned: In Memoriam, 'Titanic,' Sunk on her maiden voyage off Cape Race, April 15th, 1912,

1912 GBP 170.00 - 230.00 GBP 201.25
141

An EVII/early-GV collection, UK views and subjects

GBP 100.00 - 130.00 GBP 189.75
144

Accumulation in carton with much early/mid-period including numerous Japan, plus many European, some Dutch East Indies, and UK views & subjects with some better. Mixed condition. (abt. 1,250)

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 189.75
171

Coin Covers in six albums, mainly commemorating WW2, with inset coins to Two Pounds (6, UK) and Five Pounds (33, mostly Jersey). VF. (90). Also few other items.

GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 189.75
20

Bookmarks in eight binders,

mostly 1970s-2000s GBP 70.00 - 130.00 GBP 184.00
24

An album of Autographed photos and pages.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 166.75
224

Great Britain QE2 mint Errors and Varieties including Machins in Imperf pairs (4), various missing phosphors, missing colour (SG 981a), major perf shifts, etc. Largely UM. Cat value exceeds PS1100. (43, multiples considered as single items).

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 166.75
21

Bookmarks in nine binders and plastic sleeves, plus a further binder of calendars.

Mostly 1970s-2000s GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 155.25
143

Album of 'Book-Post' cards,

early 20th Century, GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 143.75
15

Cash's Silk Bookmarks, a collection in album and plastic sleeves, together with 20 other modern woven silk bookmarks. Fine (71)

GBP 100.00 - 130.00 GBP 132.25
16

Woven Silk Bookmarks (17), several by Thomas Stevens, plus printed silks (4) given with Sunday Companion

1924 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 132.25
164

UK 1988 banknotes signed Gill comprising Five Pounds, Ten Pounds (3, two UNC), and Twenty Pounds (4, two UNC). One Ten Pound note with much creasing,

1988 GBP 120.00 - 140.00 GBP 126.50
88

Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society publications including Curwen The Later Records Relating to North Westmorland or The Barony of Appleby,

1932 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 120.75
116

Military Autographs, a collection of covers signed by Victoria Cross winners

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 120.75
169

British C/Wealth Maritime themes collection in five albums including Coin Covers (39) with inset coins to Five Pounds (17, two GB, others Guernsey) and many UM mini-sheets. VF

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 115.00
63

Hall The Rural Houses of North Avon & South Gloucestershire 1400-1720,

1983; Fox & Raglan Monmouthshire Houses --Medieval, 1951; Calloway The Elements of Style, GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 108.10
6

Harrison Ainsworth The Good Old Times: The Story of the Manchester Rebels of '45,

1873 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 105.80
140

Accumulation

1900s-1960s GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 105.80
165

UK 1988 Fifty Pounds, signed Gill, serial D71, two examples with consecutive serial numbers, light central vertical folds o/w VF. (2)

1988 GBP 110.00 - 130.00 GBP 105.80
188

Postal History mix, pre-stamp to modern, mainly 1890s-1950s,

1890s-1950s, GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 105.80
81

Reale Galleria di Firenze Illustrata,

1817-1824 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 103.50
  • ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
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