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Auction Name	Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera	Total Sales (GBP)	94,863.75
Auction Date	November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	25,175.00
Sale Number	#111225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	40,005.00
Total Lots	308
Sold Lots	270.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	28,000.00
% of Lots Sold	87.66%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	44,590.00
Unsold Lots	38	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	212.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3333	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,500.00
3337	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,500.00
3332	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,000.00
3335	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 4,000.00
3336	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,000.00
3330	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,750.00
3334	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,750.00
3328	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,500.00
3329	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,500.00
3079	A group of 14 type cigarette cards relating to cricket		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,250.00
3080	A group of 20 type cigarette cards relating to sport		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 3,000.00
3139	A collection of 44 photographic postcards of transport interest		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,875.00
3331	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,750.00
3166	A collection of approximately 81 postcards of Shoreham-by-Sea		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 937.50
3268	A collection of approximately 620 postcards in nine albums		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 812.50
3321	FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES. A collection of approximately 97 football programmes circa 1962-1990	circa 1962-1990	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 812.50
3081	A collection of 30 type cigarette cards relating to the military		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 687.50
3249	An extensive collection of approximately 1300 postcards of Lincoln collected by publisher		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 687.50
3067	A Hook of Holland 'Footballers' cigarette card circa 1898 titled 'J. Sowerby' of Hull F.C. Note: this card was not listed in The Cartographic Society of Great Britain's journal's list issue 371 May/June 2025	circa 1898	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 600.00
3253	A collection of approximately 200 postcards of southern Scotland		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 575.00
3208	A collection of approximately 137 postcards of canals		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 550.00
3127	An album containing 26 Donald McGill postcards and proofs	1933	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 500.00
3222	A collection of approximately 430 foreign postcards		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 500.00
3244	An album containing approximately 252 postcards of seaside towns		GBP 180.00 - 240.00	GBP 500.00
3072	A type collection of 8 'Star Girls' cigarette cards circa 1900	circa 1900	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 475.00

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.