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

Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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