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Bonhams: The Beaulieu Sale Collectors' Motor Cars & Automobilia

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Auction Name The Beaulieu Sale Collectors' Motor Cars & Automobilia Total Sales (GBP) 66,771.20
Auction Date September 13, 2024 - September 14, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 47,660.00
Sale Number #29333 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 70,110.00
Total Lots 261
Sold Lots 244 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 55,200.00
% of Lots Sold 93.49% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 80,780.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.66%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
209

Autocar, November 1895 to June 1938,

1895-1938 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,096.00
214

The Motor, 1902-1938, a near complete run,

1902-1938 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,328.00
414

A pair of Tecalemit Official Car Valeting Station enamel signs,

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,048.00
258

A collection of motoring photographs,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,792.00
213

Motorsport and Brooklands Gazette, July 1924 to December 1949

1924-1949 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,280.00
259

An album of motoring photographs,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,216.00
231

Brooklands assorted race programmes and BARC yearbooks,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,152.00
324

A rare BP Aviation Spirit 'Union Jack' enamel sign, 1920s,

1920s GBP 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 GBP 1,152.00
201

A Bentley Eight Litre Instruction Book,

1939 GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,024.00
330

A large 'Shell' enamel sign,

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 896.00
333

A '"BP" Motor Spirit' double-sided enamel sign, 1925,

1925 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 896.00
398

Three small enamel advertising signs,

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 832.00
243

An archive of research, correspondence, photographs and notes from the offices of Anthony S.Heal and Oliver S.Heal,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 704.00
327

A 'Ford Agence Service' double-sided enamel sign, dated 1947,

1947 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 640.00
368

A Martini enamel sign,

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 576.00
321

A Pratts Motor Oil enamel sign, by Bruton, dated 12/29

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 550.40
169

Assorted pre and post-War sales brochures and literature for mainly British marques,

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 537.60
340

A Wills's Flag Cigarettes enamel sign,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 537.60
353

A Rowntree's Pastilles enamel sign,

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 537.60
116

A Southdown Coach Services poster for 'London and the South Coast', 1950s,

1950s GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 512.00
421

A large 'Pirelli' double-sided illuminating garage sign,

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 512.00
312

A Craven A enamel sign,

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 486.40
256

FIAT Tipo S61 No 42 1937-1940, a photo album chronicling Anthony S Heal's ownership of the FIAT,

1937-1940 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 448.00
370

A large Swan Vestas enamel sign,

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 448.00
375

A Fresh Palethorpes' To-day enamel advertising sign,

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 448.00
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    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
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    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.
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    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:
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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