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Bonhams: Deeds Not Words. A Women's Suffrage Collection

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Auction Name Deeds Not Words. A Women's Suffrage Collection Total Sales (GBP) 193,062.40
Auction Date November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 63,000.00
Sale Number #31671 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 104,500.00
Total Lots 61
Sold Lots 61.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 63,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 104,500.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 184.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

for 'The Suffragette' newspaper, [c.1913-1914]

 [c.1913-1914] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 46,080.00
35 PHILLIPS (MARY) -- HOLLOWAY COMMONPLACE BOOK

Notebook kept by Mary Phillips in Holloway, July to August 1908

 1908 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 21,760.00
33 PHILLIPS (MARY)

Correspondence to militant suffragette Mary Phillips (1880-1969) from the leaders of the WSPU, 1907-1916

 , 1907-1916 GBP 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 20,480.00
14 HICKS (LILIAN & AMY)

Papers of Lilian Hicks and her daughter Amy, including letters written from Holloway & Aylesbury Prisons, 1912

 1912 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,680.00
52 TERRERO (JANIE) -- HOLLOWAY PRISON

Manuscript letter book compiled after her imprisonment in Holloway, 1912 [post-1918]

 1912 [post-1918] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,632.00
75

Some 95 comic, photographic and graphic postcards on pro- and anti-suffrage themes

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 5,632.00
67 Edited by Christabel Pankhurst.

The Suffragette, c.1118 issues, 8 November 1912-8 October 1915

 1912-1915 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,120.00
2

Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1909]

 [1909] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,864.00
23 PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)

Autograph letter signed to Rachel Barrett, with related items, [c.1908-1912]

 [c.1908-1912] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 4,864.00
24

Postcard album of 50 portrait postcards, 30 signed, of WSPU and WFL members, c.1910

 c.1910 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,352.00
73

Rare series of six humorous postcards by Reg Carter of Southwold, with 11 others

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 4,352.00
26 PEARSON (ANNIE SEYMOUR)

Autograph letter written on prison-issue toilet paper, January 1913

 1913 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,096.00
37

Group of 36 photographs from Mary Phillips' collection, [c.1908-1914]

 c.1908-1914 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,096.00
53 PEARSON (ANNIE SEYMOUR)

Scrapbook compiled by Annie 'Nance' Seymour Pearson, [first quarter twentieth century]

 [first quarter twentieth century] GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
34 PHILLIPS (MARY)

Papers from the collection of Mary Phillips (1880-1969), including TLS from Emmeline Pankhurst

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
48 MORRIS (WILLIAM)

News from Nowhere, NORAH DUVAL'S COPY, SIGNED BY 1910; and another, EMILY DUVAL'S COPY, SIGNED BY HOLLOWAY PRISONERS

 1910 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
66 Edited by Frederick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence

Votes for Women, vol. 1-4 & 6, October 1907-December 1913

 1913 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
70

Collection of 59 postcards, all RPPCs

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,816.00
41

The Trial of the Suffragette Leaders,

 [1909] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,432.00
27 JOHN (NANCY A., editor)

Holloway Jingles. Written in Holloway Prison during March and April, 1912. FIRST EDITION, LILIAN KELSALL'S COPY, [1912]

 1912 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,304.00
43 PANKHURST (SYLVIA)

The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst: the Suffragette Struggle for Women's Citizenship, FIRST EDITION

 , 1935 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,664.00
51

A complete set of WSPU playing cards, belonging to Mary Phillips

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,664.00
68 Edited by Christabel Pankhurst.

Britannia. Edited by Christabel Pankhurst, c.95 issues, 15 October 1915-13 December 1918

 1915-1918 GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,664.00
28

Charge sheet for Mary Phillips, and two others, 1908-1914

 1908-1914 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,536.00
78

Comical manuscript menu card titled "U Men!", with three printed Christmas cards, [c.1908-1909]

 [c.1908-1909] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,536.00
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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