Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Sporting and Collectors Auction, SC46, Exeter

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 12, 2025 - August 13, 2025

Page Size: 123 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
58		The Krays. A collection of nineteen manuscript condolence letters and cards			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,638.00
59		The Kray Twins and Family. Collection of photographs and ephemera, dating between 1957 to 1974.			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,890.00
60	Ronald Kray	Reggie Kray (1933-2000). A four page manuscript letter to Violet Kray, dated '30.04.69'			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,016.00
61	Ronald Kray	Ronald Kray (1933 - 1995). A gun licence, serial number 00917 issued by Bethnal Green Borough Office			GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
63	Hayward, J F	The Art of The Gunmaker.			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 37.80
78	Wilkinson, F,	'Small Arms' Ward Locke & Company Limited, London 1967.			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 37.80
212		A collection of inter war military related photographs.			GBP 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
218	Barrett, C , R, B.	'History of The XIII Hussars' volume one, 1911 Blackwood & Sons			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 25.20
219	Kipling, A, L. & Kipling H, L.	Head Dress Badges of The British Army', Frederick Muller, 1973			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 44.10
221		A collection of military photographs.			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 31.50
226		Three WWII silk 'Escape' Maps of Europe.			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 201.60
232		A 1914 Princess Mary Christmas tin , containing original .303 pencil and greeting card			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 94.50
279		An early 20th Century cloth bound autograph book belonging to Lena Smythe.			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 126.00
302		Fleet Air Arm interest: An album of vintage photographs of aircraft and battleships,			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 113.40
309	Davis B,	Badges & Insignia of the Third Reich 1933-1945, London 1992.			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
317		A collection of thirty eight WWI aerial photographs,			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 113.40
318		A large collection of early 20th Century and later glass lenses.			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 69.30
320	NAUTICAL. WILLMOTT, J. E.	A Short History of the Firm of Thomas Walker and Son Limited Birmingham, Nautical Instrument Makers,	Birmingham:	1951	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 18.90
334	Walden Hammond, photographer (1888-1970).	A black and white photograph of a female nude, circa 1920's/30s.		circa 1920's/30s.	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 50.40
335		A collection of mostly mahogany magic lantern slide holders.			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 12.60
336		A collection of five single slip magic lantern slides relating to food and drink.			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
337		A collection of three 'Punch and Judy' single slip magic lantern slides.			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
338		Two double slip magic lantern slides.			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 12.60
339		A set of six Robinson Crusoe related magic lantern slides.			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 12.60
340		A collection of magic lantern slides telling the nursery rhyme 'This is the House that Jack Built'.			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold

Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.

Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.

Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.

Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
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