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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
- Auction Date
- 11/21/2024 - 11/21/2024
- Sale Number
- #1158
- Total Lots
- 394
- Sold Lots
- 313
- Lots Sold
- 79.44%
- Unsold Lots
- 81
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 1,095,840.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 499,100.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 713,600.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 666,800.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 955,600.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 114.68%
Top twenty five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
182 | Middle East.- A private collection of 98 pieces of Islamic calligraphy |
17th-19th century | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 175,000.00 | |
272 | Trapaud (Elisha) | Twenty Views of India |
1788 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 60,000.00 |
24 | Amulet or Prayer Roll against Disease and Demons.- Incipient nomine sancta Jhesu Christi, manuscript |
?late 14th or early 15th century. | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 | |
163 | Roberts (David). | The Holy Land |
1842-49. | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
70 | Smith (Adam) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., |
1776 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
306 | Darwin (Charles, editor) | The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle |
1839-42. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
28 | Prayerbook for the English Market.- Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript |
probably second quarter 15th century. | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 | |
168 | Flinders (Matthew) | A Voyage to Terra Australis |
1814 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
137 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
62 | Milton (John) | Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books |
1669 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
152 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Hobbit |
1942 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
6 | Pindar. [Odes]. | Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. Kallimachou hymnoi, editio princeps |
1513 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
261 | Daniell (Thomas & William) | Five views of India |
circa 1795-1808 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
359 | Jewelled Binding.- Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) | Maud |
1855 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
172 | Sloane (Sir Hans) | A Voyage to the Islands of Madera |
1707-25. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
278 | Campbell (Sir Alexander, Governor of Jamaica) | A Memoir Relative to the Island of Jamaica |
1782 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
159 | Pownall (Thomas) | A Topographical Description of Such Parts of North America as are |
1776 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
265 | Himalayas.- Fraser (James Baillie) | Nine plates from 'Views in the Himala Mountains', |
1820 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
158 | Mante (Thomas) | The History of the Late War in North-America |
1772 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
71 | Ricardo (David) | On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation |
1817 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
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