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Hansons: London August Summer Auction

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Auction Name	London August Summer Auction	Total Sales (GBP)	3,667.99
Auction Date	August 29, 2025 - August 29, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,420.00
Sale Number	#82925	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,370.00
Total Lots	39
Sold Lots	16	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	3,380.00
% of Lots Sold	41.03%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	5,450.00
Unsold Lots	23	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	67.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
74		Photographic interest A fine extensive carte Visite album inc. people of the world, Indian interest,		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,977.00
103	Salvador Dali	A Salvador Dali signed print,		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 395.40
70		A scrapbook of containing a large quantity of Victorian and Edwardian lace paper backed valentines		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 224.06
83	Poe (Edgar Allan) & Rackham (Arthur) Illus.,	Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,	1935	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 224.06
71	Pogany (Willy) Illustrator, Omar Khayyam	"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The First and Fourth Renderings in English		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 184.52
135		A collection of illuminated Middle Eastern/Arabic manuscript pages (as found). (qty)		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 158.16
136		A collection of Urdu/Persian illustrated manuscript pages. (qty)		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 158.16
105		A large art school study and a collection of various art school prints , other botanical prints		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 55.36
75	Churchill (Winston S.); Churchill (Randolph S.) [Edited];	Europe Unite, Speeches 1947 & 1948,	1947 & 1948,	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 52.72
78	Shakespeare (William) & [Duval, Georges; Trad.],	Oeuvres Dramatiques de William Shakespeare,	undated	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 52.72
111	Ernest Proctor	A collection of Ernest Proctor 1885-1935 full scale large stained glass window studies some signed		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 52.72
187		A large collection of vintage Olympic lithograph prints		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 32.95
73	Black (Adam & Charles) Publishers:	A collection of publications in decorative cloth bindings		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.36
91	BINDINGS: Bernis (Cardinal de),	"Poesies Diverses du Cardinal de Bernis Avec un Notice bio-bibliographique par Ferdinand Drujon",	1882	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 26.36
90	BINDINGS: Cain (Georges),	"Le Long des Rues, Ouvrage Orne de 124 Illustrations et de Plans Anciens et Modernes",	1912	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 23.72
190		*A large collection of theatre programs		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 23.72

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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.