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Chorley's: The W. H. Smith Archive - Timed Auction

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Auction Name	The W. H. Smith Archive - Timed Auction	Total Sales (GBP)	21,550.00
Auction Date	August 31, 2025 - August 31, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,330.00
Sale Number	#9377	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	8,290.00
Total Lots	32
Sold Lots	32	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	5,330.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	8,290.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	259.95%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
33		Five W. H. Smith enamel advertising signs	circa 1930	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 6,375.00
68		A tiled W. H. Smith advertising sign 'Books on Poultry Keeping'		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,937.50
51		Two W. H. Smith enamel advertising signs		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,812.50
32		A W. H. Smith Newsboy advertising sign		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,750.00
43		Various complete, partially complete and fragmentary tiled display signs		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,075.00
55		A double sided enamelled metal W. H. Smith sign of 'The Newsboy'		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,050.00
48		A W. H. Smith painted 'Newsboy' hanging sign		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 925.00
49		A large tiled W. H. Smith advertising sign		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 825.00
63		A large leaded glass W. H. Smith & Son shop sign	circa 1900	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 775.00
26		A tiled W. H. Smith advertising sign		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 525.00
44		A large enamel advertising sign for W. H. Smith	circa 1930	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 525.00
31		Two cast iron advertising signs for W. H. Smith services		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 412.50
76		A near complete set of Newsbasket magazines	1908-1976	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 375.00
77		A set of Newsbasket Magazines	1908-1967	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 362.50
75		W. H. Smith Company publications		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 300.00
53		Two ovoid W. H. Smith & Son reverse painted blue glass signs		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 275.00
62		A collection of W. H. Smith in-store category signs in relief		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 275.00
52		A W. H. Smith & Son acrylic sign		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 262.50
36		Sundry W. H. Smith small signage		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 218.75
66		A leaded and stained glass sign depicting the W. H. Smith Newsboy		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 187.50
1		A large brown painted lead store or shop sign for W. H. Smith & Son	circa 1900	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 168.75
73	Williams (Eric)	The Wooden Horse	1949	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 168.75
79		A collection of Newsbasket Magazines	1908-1914	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 137.50
64		Three W. H. Smith card advertising posters	circa 1930	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 131.25
78		A set of Newsbasket Magazines	1908-1966	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 118.75

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