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Auction Name Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items Total Sales (GBP) 31,095.60
Auction Date December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 15,910.00
Sale Number #120425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 24,330.00
Total Lots 272
Sold Lots 247.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 17,750.00
% of Lots Sold 90.81% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 27,190.00
Unsold Lots 25 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 114.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
145 FLEMING IAN.

Moonraker.

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,360.00
150

17th CENTURY PAPAL BINDING. A document wallet

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,800.00
158 BLYTON ENID.

Child Whispers.

GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,680.00
142 POTTER BEATRIX.

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes.

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,140.00
155 SCOTT SIR WALTER.

Landscape Illustrations of the Novels of the Author of Waverley.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,080.00
64 V(ON) THUN CAPT.

A Book of Flags & Pennants, manuscript & hand drawn throughout with index & very

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 1,020.00
152 COLLODI CARLO.

The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio ...

GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 780.00
153 (TIPHAIGNE DE LA ROCHE CHARLES F.).

Giphantia or A View of What Has Passed, What is Now Passing &

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 720.00
146 FLEMING IAN.

The Spy Who Loved Me.

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 576.00
62

Astronomy - Commonplace Book. Early 19th century quarto vol., some blank leaves but substantially

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 480.00
116 BATCHELOUR GABRIEL RICHARDSON.

Of the State of Europe ... Containing the Historie & Relation of the Many Provinces Hereof.

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 456.00
255 SMITH ALEXANDER H. ("ANTIQUE SMITH").

Manuscript forgeries of the hand & signature of Robert

Not Available GBP 456.00
159 BLYTON ENID.

Real Fairies.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 420.00
141 BONTE L. Q. & G. W.

A B C in Dixie, A Plantation Alphabet.

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 384.00
157 (RITSON JOSEPH & DOUCE FRANCIS).

Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus, A Choice

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 360.00
108 BUCK SAMUEL & NATHANIEL.

Loose collection of 112 eng.

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 336.00
151 DARWIN CHARLES.

The Descent of Man & Selection in Relation to Sex.

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 336.00
81

PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND. 14 fldg., mainly linen, maps of Palestine & the Middle East,

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 312.00
274 HEDDLE M. FORSTER.

The Mineralogy of Scotland.

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 288.00
65

Wakefield & District. 8 pamphlets & other items bound together in a single vol.

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 264.00
68 SANDFORD FRANCES & STEBBING SAMUEL.

A Genealogical History of the Kings & Queens of England &

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 264.00
229

Cock-Fighting & Game Fowl. 10 various vols.

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 264.00
59

Cumbria/Penrith Area. Field Drainage Plans, Sections & Costings.

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 240.00
140 CANT JAMES.

The Muses Threnodie or Mirthful Mournings on the Death of Mr.

Not Available GBP 240.00
149 MARKHAM ROBERT.

Colonel Sun, A James Bond Adventure.

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 240.00
  • Sotheby’s
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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
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
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