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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
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