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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Sporting and Collectors Auction

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Auction Name Sporting and Collectors Auction Total Sales (GBP) 16,878.88
Auction Date December 09, 2025 - December 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,200.00
Sale Number #SC47 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 13,830.00
Total Lots 133
Sold Lots 92.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 15,340.00
% of Lots Sold 69.17% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 23,130.00
Unsold Lots 41 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
455 WISDEN.

WISDEN. John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, a broken run of 67 vols.

 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,443.20
18

The Beatles. A pocket autograph album

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,115.20
614 Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, (1870-1935)

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, (1870-1935) A pair of shire horses pulling a plough,

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 984.00
744

Poland banknotes 5000 Polish Mark Piec Tysiecy Marek Polskich 1920 x 27 notes in EF/UNC condition,

 1920 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 984.00
253 Reggie Kray (1933-2000) and Frances Elsie Kray (nee Shea) (1943-1967).

Reggie Kray (1933-2000) and Frances Elsie Kray (nee Shea) (1943-1967).

 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 918.40
650

China collection in box with albums, pages, packets, covers.

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 918.40
651

Old time GB lot in cigar box with tins and packets of Queen Victoria (1d blacks, 1d reds,

 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 852.80
255 Charlie Kray (1927-2000).

Charlie Kray (1927-2000). Two manuscript letters to his parents Violet and Charlie Kray.

 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 590.40
652

Box with large quantity (hundreds) of early to mid-period covers and postal history,

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 590.40
698

A collection of mid 20th century film stars and musician autographs and studio correspondence,

 20th century GBP 450.00 - 550.00 GBP 590.40
252 Frank Samuel Mitchell 'The Mad Axeman' ( 1929- 1966).

Frank Samuel Mitchell 'The Mad Axeman' (1929-1966).

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 551.04
338

A collection of inter war military related photographs.

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 393.60
1045

ELIZABETH II, PHILIP - Portrait photograph signed to mount, 'Elizabeth R', 'Philip', 1970,

 1970 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 367.36
697

A late 19th century 'Holy Land' photograph album

 late 19th century GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 288.64
540

A collection of early 20th Century glass negatives with travel interest.

 early 20th Century GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 249.28
695

Six Victorian Carte de Visite albums and contents.

 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 223.04
714

A collection of early 20th Century and later postcards in two albums.

 early 20th Century and later GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 209.92
360

A collection of British Nursing service badges and ephemera relating to Miss Martha E Rawson,

 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 196.80
1044

'Henry V' (1944), Laurence Olivier, two painted cast and crew credit boards.

 1944 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 183.68
404

Of Boer War Interest. A panoramic sepia photograph of Ladysmith, circa 1900

 circa 1900 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 170.56
530

A collection of various magic lantern slide, including chromotrope,

 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 170.56
734

A PS500 Chinese Imperial gold loan of 1898.

 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 170.56
251 Kray, Charles

Kray, Charles 'Me and My Brothers' signed by Ronnie and Reggie Kray, Everest Books Ltd, London,

 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 157.44
1027

A 20th Century enamel sign 'Gentlemen'.

 20th Century GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 157.44
558 Jane Bown (British, 1925-2014)

Jane Bown (British, 1925-2014) 'Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev 1969' 29cm,

 1969 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 131.20
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.