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Olympia Auctions: Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria

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Auction Name	Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria	Total Sales (GBP)	17,187.50
Auction Date	December 08, 2024 - December 08, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	11,950.00
Sale Number	#10011	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	17,650.00
Total Lots	183
Sold Lots	161	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	14,310.00
% of Lots Sold	87.98%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	21,005.00
Unsold Lots	22	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	81.83%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
958	MAROZZO, ACHILLE	OPERA NOVA, CIRCA 1536	CIRCA 1536	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,250.00
841	CRIPPS-DAY, FRANCIS ET AL	10 ISSUES OF FRAGMENTA ARMAMENTARIA	1945-1956	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 1,000.00
746	LAWRENCE, T. E	CRUSADER CASTLES		GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 550.00
819	TARTAGLIA, NICHOLAS	THREE BOOKS OF THE COLLOQUIES CONCERNING THE ARTE OF SHOOTING IN GREAT AND SMALL PEECES OF ARTILLERIE		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 525.00
668	HARDING, D.F.	SMALLARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1600-1856	1997 & 1999	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 500.00
791	LAKING, SIR GUY FRANCIS	A RECORD OF EUROPEAN ARMOUR AND ARMS THROUGH SEVEN CENTURIES	1920	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 450.00
957	SCHRENCK VON NOTZING, JACABO	ARMAMENTARIUM HEROICUM AMBRASIANUM A FERDINANDO ARCHIDUCE AUSTRIAE ETC SPLENDIDE ET SUMTUOSE INSTRUCTUM	1735	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 400.00
670	BOISSONNAS, J	SAMMLUNG CHARLES BOISSONNAS, ALTE WAFFEN AUS DER SCHWEIZ	c. 1915	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 375.00
865	BOCCIA, LIONELL G	LE ARMATURE DI S. MARIA DELLE GRAZIE DI CURTATONE DI MANTOVA E L'ARMATURA LOMBARDA DEL '400	1982	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 375.00
885		ARMS & ARMOUR JOURNALS		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 375.00
718		HALLWYLSKA SAMLINGEN BESKFRIFVANDE FORTECKNING GRUPPERNA XXXIV OCH XXXV	1926	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 350.00
943		DAS LANDES-ZEUGHAUS IN GRAZ	1880	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 350.00
954	DILLON, VISCOUNT	AN ALMAIN ARMOURER'S ALBUM SELECTIONS FROM AN ORIGINAL MS IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON	1905	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 350.00
792		THE BASHFORD DEAN COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOR IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART	1933	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 325.00
956	VEGETIUS, FLAVIUS	DE RE MILITARI LIBRI QUATUOR; POST OMNIUM EDITIONES OPE VETERUM LIBRORUM CORRECTI	1585	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 325.00
669	WEGELI, RUDOLF	INVENTAR DER WAFFENSAMMLUNG DES BERNISCHEN HISTORISCHEN MUSEUMS IN BERN	1920-1955	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 300.00
853	DRUMMOND, JAMES	SCULPTURED MONUMENTS IN IONA & THE WEST HIGHLANDS	1881	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 300.00
742	TRAPP, OSVALD GRAF E SCALINI, MARIO	THE ARMOURY OF THE CASTLE OF CHURBURG	1995-1996	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 275.00
784	DEAN, BASHFORD	THE COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOR OF RUTHERFORD STUYVESANT, 1843-1909	1914	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 275.00
609	BERK, WOLFGANG	WILLIAM TRANTER	1975	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 237.50
672	BURTON, RICHARD F	THE BOOK OF THE SWORD	c. 1915	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 212.50
763		ARMI ANTICHE ten issues,	1954-1964	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	GBP 212.50
846		LES DISCOURS MILITAIRES AND LES QUESTIONS MILITAIRES	1617-1622	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 212.50
883		LANDESZEUGHAUS LANDESMUSEUM JOANNEUM		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 212.50
783	BRETT, EDWIN J	A PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE RECORD OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARMS AND ARMOUR TO WHICH APPENDED 133 PLATES SPECIALLY DRAWN FROM THE COLLECTION AT OAKLANDS, ST. PETER'S, THANET, AND BURLEIGH HOUSE, LONDON	1894	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 200.00

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Sotheby's
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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

Sotheby's
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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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