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Tooveys: Prints, Maps and Posters

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Auction Name Prints, Maps and Posters Total Sales (GBP) 19,241.48
Auction Date October 30, 2024 - October 30, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,570.00
Sale Number #103024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 14,970.00
Total Lots 97
Sold Lots 77 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 11,660.00
% of Lots Sold 79.38% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 18,260.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
56 Barbara Hepworth

December Forms'

circa 1970 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 3,237.00
45 Graham Sutherland

The Meadow Chapel'

circa 1928 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,988.00
32 John Rocque

A Topographical Map of the County of Surrey in which is expressed all the Roads, Lanes, Churches, Noblemen and Gentlemen's seats &c. &c.'

circa1787 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 933.75
89 S.G. Burrard

India and Adjacent Countries' (Sheets 23, 24, 29 & 30 From The Survey of India)

circa 1925-1928 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 809.25
96 Edward Stanford (Publisher)

Railway, Canal and Road Map of India, 1912'

c.1912 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 684.75
27 Moses Harris

Plates from 'The Aurelian, or Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies'

circa 1840 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 547.80
50 Henry Moore

Elephant Skull, plate XXVII

circa 1970 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 547.80
93 F. Bianconi

Mapa Comercial de Guatemala' (Map of the Central American Country)

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 423.30
30 Francesco Bartolozzi, after Marcantonio Franceschini

Bacchanal of Putti

circa 1765 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 373.50
2 John Speed

Oxfordshire described with y Citie and the Arms of the Colledges of y Famous University Ao 1605' (Map of the County)

1605 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 348.60
8 John Stockdale

A New Plan of London XXIX Miles in Circumference' (Map of the City)

1790s GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 348.60
63 Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ajar

circa 1967 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 348.60
70 Peter Blake

Wooden Puzzle Series: Everly Brothers

2015 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 348.60
88 C. & J. Greenwood

Map of the County of Surrey from an Actual Survey'

1823 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 348.60
37 W.F. Sedgwick, after Hans Holbein, Isaac Oliver, Nicholas Hilliard and others

Miniature Portraits of Royalty and Notable Persons

circa 1910 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 323.70
3 John Speed

Cambridgeshire described with the devision of the Hundreds, the Townes situation with the Armes of the Colleges of that Famous Universiti' (Map of the County)

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 298.80
23 After John Constable

The Watering Hole

circa 1834 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 273.90
46 Georges Rouault

Crucifixion

early 20th century GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 273.90
51 Lilian Neilson

Fox in Blue'

95 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 249.00
62 Tom Phillips

Humument Pages

late 20th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 249.00
20 Christopher Saxton and John Speed

Norfolk, a Countie Florishing & Populous Described and Devided with the Armes of Such Noble Families as have Borne the Titles Therof'

circa 1676, GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 224.10
95 After William Hamilton

Allegorical Scenes of the Months of the Year

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 224.10
36 After Canaletto

A West View of London with the Bridge, taken from Somerset Gardens'

20th century GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 199.20
80 Dominic Bon de Sousa Pernes

Gandalf' (Tolkien Lord of the Rings Poster)

circa 1969 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 199.20
90 Automobile Association of Bengal (publishers)

India and Adjacent Countries' (Map of Darjeeling, Sheet 78)

1927 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 199.20
  • Freeman’s | Hindman
    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
  • Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
    Le Neptune Oriental
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    VALENTINER
    Atlas des Sonnensystems.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
  • Doyle
    Stage & Screen
    November 14 & 15
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A studio-sanctioned Darth Vader Touring Costume from The Empire Strikes Back. $50,000 to $100,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An original Al Hirschfeld's illustration of the cast of On Golden Pond. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The largest trove of personal Grace Kelly letters to come to market. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An Important Archive of Musical Manuscripts of Truman Capote and Harold Arlen's House of Flowers. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The archive of an original Merrily We Roll Along Broadway cast member. $5,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Jerry Herman's Yamaha Model C7 Ebonized Grand Piano. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A large group of Jerry Herman musical posters. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Group of awards presented to Jerry Herman. $300 to $400.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Six pages of original art for "The MAD Game of Basebrawl," a complete story published in MAD #167, pages 31-36, June 1974. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A MAD book made for Al Jaffee, containing original art and writings from many MAD contributors. 2011. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A Jaffee-themed MAD Fold-In - "What honor should the creator of the MAD Fold-Ins be given?" $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: MAD Fold-In - "What developing news story has many Americans totally transfixed?" $800 to $1,200.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD