Hansons: The Derbyshire Spring Fine Art Auction to include: A single owner collection of works by John Hardman & Co. & George Collin (Derby County) Sporting Memorabilia, 40226, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 02, 2026 - April 02, 2026

Page Size: 83 items in 4 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
57		Derby County Football Club - George Collin interest: player contract for Derby County season 1932-1933 regarding George Collin	1932-1933	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 118.62
58		George Collin interest: player contract for 1939-1940 season with Burton Town	1939-1940	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 105.44
59		Derby County football - George Collin and other player interest photos to include: Tommy Cooper	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 125.21
60		Derby County football, original action and player photographs from the 1930s relating to George Collin	1930s	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 79.08
61		The Sunderland contract for ex Derby County Football Club player George Collin	N/A	GBP 900.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,713.40
63		Derby County Football Club - George Collin interest: photographs of George Collin playing cricket for Spondon Cricket Club and some leisure down time playing golf - 1930s.	1930s	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 26.36
64		Derby County Football Club - George Collin interest: a contract and club agreement for player George Collin	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 98.85
65		Derby County Football Club - George Collin interest: a player contract for 1936 season	1936	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 105.44
66		Derby County - George Collin interest: a player contract for 1933-1934 season	1933-1934	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 98.85
67		Derby County Football Club - George Collin interest: original signed photographs of early George Collin and England with club players signed	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.72
68		George Collin interest: a player contract 1938-1939 for George Collin at Port Vale FC	1938-1939	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 65.90
69		Derby County team photographs 1927-1928 season and early 1930s original photographs by W.W. Winters and A. Wilkes & Son;	1927-1928	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 52.72
70		Ex Derby County player 1920s/30s life after football items to include his time as a fire officer with Rolls Royce: to include photographs	1920s/30s	GBP 60.00 - 70.00	GBP 52.72
76		Royal Interest: a personal archive of ephemera owned by ex Squadron Leader J.H. Dickson of The Royal Air Force and captain of "The Queens Flight"	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
77	by J. Mortimer Esq F.R.S	"The Whole Art Of Husbandry" or The Way Of Managing And Improving Of The Land Vol 1	1761	GBP 100.00 - 120.00	GBP 85.67
78		Three interesting books to include: "Sunbeam" RYS Voyages And Experiences In Many Waters by Earl Brassey	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 65.90
85		A vintage Cadbury's Chocolate blue and white enamelled steel advertising sign, reads: CADBURY'S CHOCOLATE DELICIOUS WHOLESOME.	N/A	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
86		City of Westminster: A cast aluminium street sign for 'Regent Street W1' and the additional numbers sign situated at the Oxford Circus	N/A	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
87		City of Westminster: A cast aluminium street sign for 'Tenison Court W1'. With a raised black painted border	N/A	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
140	John Hardman & Co	John Hardman & Co - A collection of mixed folios showing a range of designs to include a plan for the baptistry floor in Lowe House	N/A	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
141	John Hardman & Co	John Hardman & Co - A Collection of small format folios containing various designs;	N/A	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
142	John Hardman & Co	John Hardman & Co., three late 19th Century pen and wash stained glass Aisle window designs for Church of the Sacred Heart	late 19th Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 171.34
143	John Hardman & Co	John Hardman & Co, a pen and wash drawing stained glass design for St Mary's Church Cold Spring New York	N/A	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 342.68
144	John Hardman & Co	John Hardman & Co., a late 19th Century pen and wash preliminary stained glass design for the west window St Patrick's Basilica Waimate Canterbury New Zealand	late 19th Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 303.14
145	John Hardman & Co	John Hardman & Co - A Quantity of assorted folios featuring a range of designs for English Church Buildings to include St Vincent De Paul Altrincham	N/A	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 355.86

Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.

Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.

Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.

Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950