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Gorringes: Weekly House and Garden Sale

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Auction Name	Weekly House and Garden Sale	Total Sales (GBP)	6,188.00
Auction Date	August 04, 2025 - August 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,640.00
Sale Number	#80425	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,440.00
Total Lots	59
Sold Lots	50	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	4,100.00
% of Lots Sold	84.75%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	6,090.00
Unsold Lots	9	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	101.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1387	Hasted, Edward	Atlas for the first edition of Kent (4 vols., 1778-99). 31 d-page maps (only)	1778-99	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 390.00
1388	Shakespeare, William	Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer Night's Dream ...		GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 390.00
1753	Sir William Hamilton RA (1730-1803)	five coloured engraved plates from 'Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities'		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 390.00
1752	Sir William Hamilton RA (1730-1803)	four square coloured engraved plates from 'Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities'		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 312.00
1371		Collins New Naturalist Series 38 various vols. from no.1 to no.85	(1945)- (1999)	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 286.00
1733	After Cecil Aldin (1870-1935)	set of six colour hunting interest prints, to include 'Breaking cover', 'The Breakfast' and 'Full Cry'		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 260.00
1750	Yoshitora (Act. 1830s-80s)	woodblock triptych, three courtesans in full attire standing under cherry blossoms,	published by Sensei in 1859	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 247.00
1421	Edward Ralph Bickersteth (1904-1965)	three green Morocco leather and gilt tooled albums of photographs relating to ERB's Eton and Cambridge education and sporting achievements and travel 1918--1923		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 221.00
1739	George Finch Mason (1850-1915)	'Cyllene Wins! The Newmarket Stakes, 1898'		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 221.00
1369	Le Carre, John	The Little Drummer Girl		GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 208.00
1341		Ephemera, a miscellany, includes The New House Estate (Lawshall, nr. Bury St. Edmunds)		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 195.00
1411	Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Lord of the Rings.		GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 182.00
1287	George W. Bacon,	New Large Scale Atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey with Plan of Towns		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 156.00
1426		Four 1920s Slazengers tennis 'flicker' books,	1920s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 130.00
1395	Mogg, Edward	Paterson's Roads ... all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales ...		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 123.50
1375		Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland ... vols.I-III only (ex.4)		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 117.00
1380	Fitzgerald, Edward	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... illus. in colour and line by Rene Bull.		GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 117.00
1428		Bickersteth family related photograph albums, 19th/20th century	19th/20th century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 117.00
1382	Critchett, B.	The Post Office and London Directory for 1832 ...		GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 110.50
1731	Valda Bailey (contemporary)	Still lifes and studies of trees, each signed in pencil / ink and limited edition, seven photographic prints		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 110.50
1389		Charles Booth's London Poverty Maps.		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 104.00
1682	Abraham Ortelius (Flemish, 1527--1598)	hand coloured engraved map, 'Alexandri Magni Macedonis Expeditio',	Antwerp, circa 1624	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 104.00
1423		A collection of Victorian and later scrap books containing decoupage, newspaper cuttings and cutout prints		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 91.00
1758	Federico Fellini,	'8 1/2' mid century Polish movie poster, 100 x 67cm		GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 91.00
1255	Greene, Graham	The Honorary Consul	1973	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 84.50

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.
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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