Tennants Auctioneers: Coins & Banknotes, 14318, Leyburn
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | Treasury Series, One Pound |
August 1914 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 103.04 | ||
| 138 | Treasury Series, Assorted Warren Fisher One Pound Notes |
February 1923; July 1927; July 1925 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 154.56 | ||
| 139 | Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, Assorted Notes |
N/A | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 141.68 | ||
| 140 | Bank of England, Assorted Five Pound and Ten Pound Notes |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 167.44 | ||
| 141 | A Selection of Commemorative Banknote Presentation Sets |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 180.32 | ||
| 142 | Assorted UK Commemorative Banknotes |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | GBP 257.60 | ||
| 143 | Wm Maude | Otley Bank, One Pound |
5th July 1816; 1st July 1815 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 257.60 | |
| 144 | Jonathan Backhouse and Co. | Durham Bank, 5x Five Pound Notes |
1882; 1881; 1883 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 77.28 | |
| 145 | Stephen Tunks; Jonathan Backhouse and Co.; Lemon, Buller, Furly, Lubbock and Co. Bank; Williams Brown and Co. | Assorted Provincial Banknotes |
London | 1818-1821; 3rd April 1902; 10th March 1908; 177-; 18-- | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 206.08 |
| 146 | China, Fourth Set of Renminbi Banknote Collection |
China | N/A | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 1,030.40 | |
| 147 | China, Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 5% Gold Loan, 1913 |
China | 1913 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,060.80 | |
| 148 | Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Specimen Album |
Hong Kong | 31st of March 1980 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,796.00 | |
| 149 | Liu Jinbao | Hong Kong, Bank of China $100 |
Hong Kong | 1st January 2000; 1st May 1994 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 115.92 |
| 150 | Germany, Assorted Prisoner of War Camp and Ghetto Banknotes |
Germany | 15th May 1940 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 283.36 | |
| 151 | Prussia, 2x Ein Thaler Courant Banknotes |
Prussia; Bavaria; German East Africa | 13th February 1861; 1870; 1915; 1916 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 244.72 | |
| 152 | Samuel Squier | USA, Assorted Banknotes and Banking Documents |
USA; Connecticut | February 17th 1864; July 1st 1780; Jan 30th 1779; April 8th 1796; January 1st 1863; September 1st 1871 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 167.44 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.