• Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    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
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    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
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Collector's Auction of Toys, Postcards, Stamps, Coins, Whisky, Wine & Spirits, Medals and Militaria etc.

Auction Reports

Auction Name Collector's Auction of Toys, Postcards, Stamps, Coins, Whisky, Wine & Spirits, Medals and Militaria etc. Total Sales (GBP) 14,530.32
Auction Date March 20, 2025 - March 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,475.00
Sale Number #32025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 6,980.00
Total Lots 92
Sold Lots 89 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,645.00
% of Lots Sold 96.74% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 7,240.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 200.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1317

Postcard collection of over 350 postcards, predominantly of Indian interest

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 868.00
1638

A collection of foreign banknote

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 806.00
1631

BANK OF ENGLAND one pound PS1 banknote 17th April 1818

1818 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 682.00
1487

BANK OF ENGLAND twenty twenty pound PS20 banknotes (1970)

1970 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 GBP 595.20
1640

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USA five dollar $5 banknotes 1934 and 1981

1934 and 1981 GBP 25.00 - 40.00 GBP 558.00
1301

Scottish topographical postcard collection

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 520.80
1484

BANK OF ENGLAND six fifty pound PS50 banknotes (Series D Pictorial Issue 1981)

1981 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 471.20
1305

Photograph and postcard collection held across two albums

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 372.00
1308

Postcard collection held over multiple packets sorted by town or region

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 272.80
1658

CLYDESDALE & NORTH OF SCOTLAND BANK LIMITED, four PS20 twenty pound banknotes, 2nd May 1951

1951 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 272.80
1639

Large collection of foreign banknotes

GBP 25.00 - 40.00 GBP 248.00
1668

THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED, six PS5 five pound banknotes, 3rd January 1949

1949 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 248.00
1681

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, seven PS5 five pound banknotes, 1st July 1952

1952 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 198.40
1482

BANK OF ENGLAND consecutive pair plus another fifty pound PS50 banknotes (Series D Pictorial Issue 1981)

1981 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 186.00
1485

BANK OF ENGLAND consecutive run of five twenty pound PS20 banknotes (1970)

1970 GBP 100.00 - 140.00 GBP 186.00
1489

BANK OF ENGLAND ten ten pound PS10 banknotes (1971)

1971 GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 186.00
1657

BANK OF SCOTLAND, PS20 twenty pound banknote, 12th October 1947

1947 GBP 40.00 - 70.00 GBP 186.00
1669

THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED, six PS5 five pound banknotes, 3rd January 1951

1951 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 186.00
1411

GREAT BRITAIN GB mint stamp presentation pack collection spanning 2003-2006

2003-2006 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 173.60
1633

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND one pound PS1 treasury note

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 161.20
1660

NORTH OF SCOTLAND BANK LIMITED, four twenty pound PS20 banknotes 1st July 1943

1943 GBP 60.00 - 90.00 GBP 161.20
1682

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, eight PS5 five pound banknotes, 1st July 1953

1953 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 161.20
1304

Postcard collection comprising around 700 postcards

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 148.80
1648

THE BRITISH LINEN BANK, five pound PS5 banknote 12th January 1943

1943 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 148.80
1662

NORTH OF SCOTLAND BANK LIMITED, three PS5 five pound banknotes 1st July 1943

1943 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 148.80
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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