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Duke's: Avenue Auction

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Auction Name Avenue Auction Total Sales (GBP) 3,328.00
Auction Date May 13, 2025 - May 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,430.00
Sale Number #51325 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,220.00
Total Lots 85
Sold Lots 57.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,920.00
% of Lots Sold 67.06% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 6,870.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
704 IRVING, WASHINGTON -

'THE ALHAMBRA'

1870 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 364.00
650

A LARGE QUANTITY OF BLANDFORD RELATED SCRAPS, NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS, POSTCARDS AND BOOKS

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 156.00
714

A COLLECTION OF SORTING, NATURE AND WILDLIFE BOOKS

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 156.00
695 MANELLI, FRANCESCO DI AMARETTO:

'IL DECAMERON DI BOCCACCIO'

1761 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
707

THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPERE'

1847 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
710

FOLIO SOCIETY: A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS VOLUMES

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 130.00
689

A GRAND TOUR STYLE SKETCH ALBUM, WITH BRASS CLASP, EARLY 19th CENTURY

EARLY 19th CENTURY GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 117.00
742 SAMUEL & NATHANIEL BUCK:

DORSET CASTLES AND MONUMENTS

GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 117.00
677

A LARGE COLLECTION OF WATCH AUCTION CATALOGUES

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
705 CHARLES DICKENS

THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS

late 19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 91.00
702

A QUANTITY OF ART AND OTHER BOOKS

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
729 DAPHNE CONSTANCE ALLEN, 1899 - 1985:

ILLUSTRATIONS TO MATTHEW ARNOLD'S 'THE FORSAKEN MERMAN'

c.1913 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
692

BLACK'S GENERAL ATLAS OF THE WORLD'

1862 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 91.00
683 STEPHENSON, JOHN:

UNDERSTANDING THREADLINES'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
717 H.F. WITHERBY (Ed)

THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS

1943 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 78.00
721

MAP OF PARIS, PRINTED ON CLOTH

1837 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 65.00
697 E SOMERVILLE,

SLIPPER'S ABC OF FOX HUNTING

1903 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 58.50
720 JOHN NORDEN;

MAP OF 'HAMSHIRE' (HAMPSHIRE) , ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM HOLE

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 58.50
674

A COLLECTION OF WATCH AUCTION CATALOGUES

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00
684 FRANCIS DAY,

THE FISHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

1880-1884 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 52.00
703

A SHORT AND FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OFaEU|MR THOMAS CHUBB'

1747 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 52.00
801 ARTHUR HENRY KNIGHTON HAMMOND 1875-1970:

HARBOUR SCENE

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 52.00
660

EIGHT MANUSCRIPT DIARIES, 1897-1904

1897-1904 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 45.50
696 TWAIN, MARK:

TWO TITLES - 'THE INNOCENTS ABROAD' AND 'THE NEW PILGRIMS' PROGRESS'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 45.50
89 GILES NORMAN:

'BICYCLE, SLIGO, 81'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 45.50
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