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Tooveys: Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera

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Auction Name	Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera	Total Sales (GBP)	88,177.13
Auction Date	August 20, 2025 - August 20, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	28,610.00
Sale Number	#82025	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	43,455.00
Total Lots	288
Sold Lots	222	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	40,890.00
% of Lots Sold	77.08%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	60,220.00
Unsold Lots	66	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	146.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3106		A collection of cigarette and trade cards in eighteen albums and loose		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 3,984.00
3333		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,486.00
3331		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,237.00
3329		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,988.00
3325		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,739.00
3327		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,739.00
3335		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,739.00
3328		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,490.00
3324		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,365.50
3326		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,365.50
3322		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,116.50
3336		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 26 signed photographs by Hollywood greats		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,116.50
3337		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 180 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,116.50
3340		THEATRE. An archive of material relating to the life and career of noted costume designer and maker, Ray Diffen		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,116.50
3323		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,992.00
3330		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,992.00
3150		An album containing approximately 238 postcards of railway interest		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,867.50
3307	Cassius Clay	AUTOGRAPH. A black and white photograph signed by Cassius Clay		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,494.00
3338		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 25 signed photographs and a signed magazine		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,245.00
3310	Princess Margaret,	AUTOGRAPHS. A pair of black and white photographs signed by Princess Margaret		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,182.75
3332		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 36 signed photographs		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 996.00
3306	John Everett Millais	AUTOGRAPH. A mounted letterhead sheet of paper signed in ink by John Everett Millais within a doodle of an artist's palette and brushes		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 871.50
3317		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 20 signed photographs		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 871.50
3128		Two postcards with early Isle of Mann rejected censorship stamps both featured in 'The Mail of Mann' by Robert Kelly		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 747.00
3360		GLASS SLIDES. A large and extensive collection of approximately 800 mid-20th century photographic glass slides	mid-20th century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 684.75

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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.