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Tennants Auctioneers: Stamps, Postcards and Postal History

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Auction Name	Stamps, Postcards and Postal History	Total Sales (GBP)	21,816.00
Auction Date	October 30, 2024 - October 30, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,880.00
Sale Number	#103024	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	9,090.00
Total Lots	35
Sold Lots	33	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	5,980.00
% of Lots Sold	94.29%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	9,230.00
Unsold Lots	2	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	236.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
170	East Yorkshire Topographical Postcards.	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 4,200.00
168	West Yorkshire Topographical Postcards.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,680.00
171	Hull Postcards.	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,680.00
144	A highly unusual holding in 11 albums in a carton, part-collection part-vintage dealer's stock from the days before stockpages	GBP 500.00 - 750.00	GBP 1,440.00
149	A full container of old stockbooks and album pages from a family, with early 20th century 'new issues'	GBP 500.00 - 750.00	GBP 1,440.00
169	North Yorkshire Topographical Postcards.	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,440.00
167	UK Topographical Postcards.	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,080.00
166	Topographical Postcards.	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,020.00
165	Mixed Postcards.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 780.00
146	Interesting box of several vintage volumes from a family, with 1910 edition Ideal album, presentation album of India 1940s	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 720.00
137	Interesting grocer's box with assortment put aside over the generations, including a 19th century horizontal format Lincoln album with 100s of early issues incl. 1894 Benin set used	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 660.00
164	Yorkshire Coast Topographical Postcards.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 660.00
145	Accumulation in four cartons/containers, many 1000s of 19th-21st century issues in 66 volumes (mostly stockbooks) and loose by country in envelopes	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 504.00
148	Thousands of 19th and early 20th century stamps in several old albums, chiefly a fat Triumph album specially bound with extra blank pages	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 504.00
147	Two cartons of albums and stockbooks including France mint collection in a hingeless album highly complete from 1944-1970s incl. 1947 500fr gull over Paris	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 456.00
163	Singapore and Malaya Postcards.	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 456.00
161	Silk Postcards.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 336.00
157	Mixed Postcards.	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 300.00
143	Accumulation mainly of Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, USA and India in three large suitcases and a container.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 264.00
140	Vintage accumulation in old glassines, cigar boxes, postal history, etc, with further material that originated in an old Ideal album (Lot 125)	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 216.00
154	Advertising Postcards.	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 204.00
158	UK Topographical Postcards.	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 204.00
141	Varied accumulation filling a clear container, with a satchel crammed with album pages, stockcards, covers, etc	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 180.00
159	Yorkshire Topographical Postcards.	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 180.00
162	Mixed Postcards.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 180.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD