Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper
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| Auction Name | Online: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 103,729.50 |
| Auction Date | June 26, 2025 - June 26, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 58,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #1007 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 85,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 308 | ||
| Sold Lots | 264 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 72,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.71% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 104,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 44 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 99.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Testamenti Novi |
1547 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,276.00 | |
| 64 | Novum Testamentum Illustratum |
1542 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,142.00 | |
| 130 | Music miscellany.- Collection of letters and signatures, including: W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Clara Schuman, Henry Wood, Sibelius (Autograph note) |
v.d. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,142.00 | |
| 22 | Urban (Sylvanus) | The Gentleman's Magazine, 13 vol. |
1754-87 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 230 | Tyndale (Walter) | An Artist in the Riviera |
circa 1912 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 189 | Kinglake (Alexander William) | The Invasion of the Crimea |
1863 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 25 | Collection of Poems (A) | Collection of Poems (A) ... by Several Hands |
1775 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 66 | Vermilius (Peter Martyr) | Primum Librum Mosis... |
1569 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 193 | Pepys (Samuel) | The Diary of Samuel Pepys |
1893-1903 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 100 | Guillermus | Parisiensis Postilla Guillermi super epistolas et evangelia |
1513 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 119 | Henry VIII's longest serving minister.- Howard (Thomas, third duke of Norfolk, magnate and soldier, 1473-1554) Grant ... to Sir Roger Townsend |
1543 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 179 | Dickens (Charles) | The Works... |
1897-99 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
| 59 | Sloane (William Milligan) | Life of Napoleon Bonaparte |
1896 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,197.00 |
| 202 | Shakespeare (William) | The Complete Plays |
2023 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,134.00 |
| 298 | De Grasse (Comte F.J.P., Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) | Memoire du Comte de Grasse |
circa 1782 or | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,134.00 |
| 79 | Ludolf (Lob) | Psalterium Davidis, Ethiopic and Latin text |
1701 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,071.00 |
| 38 | Gibbon (Edward) | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
1816 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 49 | Alison (Archibald) | History of Europe during the French Revolution |
1833-42 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 86 | Braithwaite (Capt. John) | The History of the Revolutions in the Empire of Morocco |
1729 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 178 | Dickens (Charles) | Characters from Charles Dickens |
1870 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 293 | Thornton (Edward) | The History of the British Empire in India |
1841 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 11 | Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The), containing The Old Testament and the New |
1678 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 945.00 | |
| 30 | Gilpin (William) | Observations on the River Wye |
1800 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 283 | Nieuhoff (Jan) | An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces |
1669 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 67 | Gregory (Saint, of Nazianzus) | Opera, Graece & Latine |
1609 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 819.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
