Duke's: The Paul Whitfield Collection: A Lifetime of British Cinema and Cult Film Memorabilia, 1143, Dorchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 27, 2026 - May 27, 2026
Page Size: 100 items in 4 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

An American Werewolf in London

1981 Not Available GBP 130.00
2

The Collector

1965 Not Available GBP 26.00
3

2 Books, including: And Soon the Darkness

1970; 1971 Not Available GBP 19.50
4

2 Books, including: Friday the 13th Part II

1981; 1985 Not Available GBP 19.50
5 Cronenberg David

The Brood

1979 Not Available GBP 13.00
6

The Wicker Man

1973; 1974 Not Available GBP 338.00
7

Ten Little Indians

1975 Not Available GBP 13.00
8

Wuthering Heights

1970 Not Available Not Sold
9

License to Kill

1989 Not Available Not Sold
10 Franklin Richard

2 Books, including: Link

1986; 1983 Not Available GBP 13.00
11 Savini Tom

2 Books, including: Night of the Living Dead

1990; 1981 Not Available GBP 13.00
12 Carpenter John

2 Books, including: The Fog

1980; 1995 Not Available GBP 312.00
13 Romero George

2 Books, including: Dawn of the Dead

1978; 1990 Not Available GBP 143.00
14 Romero George

Day of the Dead

1985 Not Available GBP 91.00
15 de Palma Brian

Blow Out

1981 Not Available Not Sold
16 Bysouth Brian

The Living Daylights

1987 Not Available GBP 156.00
17

Licence to Kill

1989 Not Available GBP 19.50
18 Weir Peter

2 Books, including: Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975; 1989 Not Available GBP 65.00
19

2 Books, including: Unman, Wittering and Zigo

1971; 1969 Not Available GBP 13.00
20

2 Books, including: An American Werewolf in London

1981; 1972 Not Available GBP 156.00
21

Friday the 13th Part 2

1981 Not Available GBP 32.50
22

Straw Dogs

1971 Not Available GBP 91.00
23 Cronenberg David

2 Books, including: The Brood

1979; 1981 Not Available GBP 26.00
24 Romero George

Day of the Dead

1985 Not Available GBP 78.00
25

Fright

1971 Not Available GBP 26.00
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] 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: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.