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Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Edinburgh Collector's Auction: Toys, Postcards, Stamps, Coins, Whisky, Wine & Spirits, Medals & Militaria

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Auction Name Edinburgh Collector's Auction: Toys, Postcards, Stamps, Coins, Whisky, Wine & Spirits, Medals & Militaria Total Sales (GBP) 2,026.16
Auction Date September 04, 2025 - September 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,005.00
Sale Number #90425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,740.00
Total Lots 21
Sold Lots 18 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,135.00
% of Lots Sold 85.71% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,950.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1430

AUSTRALIA stamp and postal history collection held across four well annotated Stanley Gibbons The Utile Hinged Leaf green albums

1876-1903 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 396.80
1408

An album of Ogdens Tabs 'General Interest Series' cigarette cards to include jockies, horses, boxers, dogs, cyclists, swimmers, beauties, etc.

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 210.80
1414

Postcard collection held over five albums comparing around 450 postcards

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 198.40
1417

Football programmes to include European Cup Final 1960 Eintracht Frankfurt vs Real Madrid, European Cup Final Atletico Madrid vs Fiorentina 1962, ...

1960s GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 198.40
1818

WWII war time photograph album containing around 90 photographs of Libya and Egypt

1940s GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 161.20
1411

Twelve early Daguerreotype style photographs, mostly bust length portraits,

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 148.80
1416

Around seventy-five A&J Donaldson Limited of Glasgow Sports Favourites and other footballer cards

GBP 40.00 - 70.00 GBP 111.60
1410

Postcard collection held across two albums and loose comprising over 350 postcards

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 105.40
1415

Large cigarette card collection to include PLAYERS The Kings and Queens of England 1066-1935, Coronation of King George VI, WILLS Railway Engines, ...

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 105.40
1409

John Players & Sons Golf set of twenty-five cigarette cards,

GBP 40.00 - 70.00 GBP 80.60
1403

17th century document 'proclamation under the Royal Signet of Charles II dated 26th October 1962,

1682 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 68.20
1406

GREAT BRITAIN GB stamp collection, mostly first day covers FDCs spanning 1957-2014,

1957-2014 GBP 40.00 - 70.00 GBP 52.08
1413

Large cigarette card collection comprising over 4,000 cards

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 37.20
1421

Edwardian postcard album containing around 180 postcards, most of English topographical interest.

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 37.20
1405

Postcard collection held in a red leatherette covered album comprising around 90 postcards

GBP 25.00 - 40.00 GBP 31.00
1418

Two boxes of Scottish topographical postcards sorted by region

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 31.00
1419

Two boxes of postcards, one of American interest, the other London topographical.

GBP 25.00 - 40.00 GBP 27.28
1420

Three boxes of postcards to include a cigar box containing boats and ships, a box of modern and a box of mixed interest.

GBP 25.00 - 40.00 GBP 24.80
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    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
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    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.
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    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.
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    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
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