Hansons: The Arthur Askey Collection, 111325, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 114 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
35 [BRONTE SISTERS].

[BRONTE SISTERS]. The Works, in six volumes, comprising Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 553.56
61

Arthur's 1970s Hathaway navy and white shirt, pointed collar with single breast pocket, single cuffs

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 131.80
66

A WW1 period postcard photograph showing a small group of young Welch Regiment soldiers, including a

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 98.85
67

Pantomime: a 1925 Western Production Ltd typed and signed agreement [contract] between Carlton

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 118.62
69

A collection of early 20th Century photographs including Arthur as a child with his parents, as a

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 210.88
71

An early 20th Century 1920s and 1930s collection of Concert Party, Summer Season, Theatre and

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 144.98
72

Arthur Askey's first professional portrait postcard, circa 1925, autographed "To Muriel With All

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 65.90
73

The Babes in the Wood, a Panto, in Parvo, written by Arthur Askey 1934, original typed script with

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 98.85
74

Pantomime: Dick Whittington and His Cat, A Panto. in Parvo by Arthur Askey, original typed 1937

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 210.88
75

A collection of original 1930s Dinner and Entertainment programmes all featuring Arthur as the "

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 98.85
76

A collection of late 1930s and 40s typed short scripts, scenes, musical numbers and gags from Band

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 72.49
77

Assorted vintage Theatre Musical, Play, Opera and Pantomime Programmes including Gaiety Theatre

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 118.62
78

Arthur Askey and other composers: an archive of sheet music comprising fourteen manuscript scores in

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 540.38
79

Assorted typed lyrics for Arthurs songs and ditties, also includes a typed and hand written

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 92.26
80

Assorted manuscript sheet music, some with lyrics to Songs and Ditties performed by Arthur Askey,

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 72.49
81

Original typed script by Arthur Askey for 1936 Heart's Desire - A Ruritanian Romance in the

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.72
82

Four typed and bound original theatre scripts to include: 1. Over She Goes by Stanley Lupino,

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 59.31
91

Pepys Party Games "Arthur Askey's Playmates Limerick Party Game"., in original box published in 1953

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 26.36
94

Pepys Party Games "Arthur Askey's Playmates Limerick Party Game"., in original box published in 1953

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 85.67
95

Arthur Askey's Annual, written by Arthur Askey, Richards Murdoch and Hylton Cleaver, illus by Fred

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 32.95
98

A collection of various typed working and rehearsal scripts to include: 1936 Shiver Me Timber or The

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 171.34
99

"Band Waggon, perhaps the most popular programme of all ".... Sir Samuel Hoare in the House of

GBP 45.00 - 65.00 GBP 144.98
100

An early 20th Century framed London Palladium typed Dressing Rooms allocation sheet during BBC Radio

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 342.68
104

Collection of vintage Arthur Askey and other composers Song Books and Music Sheets, mainly 1930s and

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 72.49
108

Band Waggon: a 1939 postcard portrait of Arthur signed Lloyd 1939 and inscribed verso "oli mi own

1939 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 79.08
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