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Auction Name Avenue Auctions Total Sales (GBP) 10,036.00
Auction Date June 10, 2025 - June 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 3,230.00
Sale Number #61025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 5,680.00
Total Lots 96
Sold Lots 67 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,440.00
% of Lots Sold 69.79% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 7,770.00
Unsold Lots 29 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 129.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
481

A LARGE COLLECTION OF WEYMOUTH AND OTHER LOCAL FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 4,160.00
534 AFTER ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

'CAMPBELL'S TOMATO SOUP'

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 468.00
488 MARGARET THATCHER

SIGNED BOOKS 'The path to power' (two copies), 'The Downing Street years', and 'Statecraft',

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 338.00
509 BARBARA JONES

FOLLIES & GROTTOES

1953 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 286.00
510 LEWIS CARROLL

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 260.00
236 T.E. LAWRENCE ('LAWRENCE OF ARABIA')

AN ENGRAVED GOBLET by A.E. Holloway and other Lawrence memorabilia , including 'Seven pillars of wisdom' (1938 ed. with jacket)

1938 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 247.00
562 SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT, 1880-1969

FOUR SIGNED PRINTS

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 234.00
469

THREE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BONDS FOR PS100

1913 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 208.00
542

BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 208.00
496 CAMDEN, WILLIAM

'THE HISTORY OF...PRINCESS ELIZABETH, LATE QUEEN OF ENGLAND'

1675 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 195.00
505 THOMAS HARDY

THOMAS HARDY; POCKET EDITION OF PROSE AND POETRY, 27 VOLUMES

1920s GBP 60.00 - 120.00 GBP 169.00
516

FIVE VOLUMES 'THE GRAPHIC', BOUND 1870-72

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 169.00
497 JOHN HUTCHINS

THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET

1774 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.00
511 NIKOLAUS PEVSNER

THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 143.00
513

A COLLECTION OF DORSET RELATED BOOKS

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 143.00
508 'GILES' (RONALD 'CARL' GILES, 1916-1995)

THE FIRST FIFTY SERIES

1946 -1996 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 130.00
517

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 130.00
213 W. G. GRACE

A FRAMED SIGNATURE AND PHOTOGRAPH

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 117.00
473

A COLLECTION OF CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 117.00
477 ARTHUR RACKHAM (ILLUST)

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 117.00
539 AFTER MURIEL DAWSON

TWO NURSERY PRINTS AFTER MURIEL DAWSON

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
45 AFTER W.L. WYLLIE

'TRAFALGAR, 2.30PM' LIMITED EDITION PRINT

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
494 P.F. ROBINSON

RURAL ARCHITECTURE

1826 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 78.00
500 KIRBY W.F

THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF EUROPE'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 78.00
514

A QUANTITY OF MILITARY INTEREST BOOKS

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 78.00
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