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Auction Name Trafford Book Sale Total Sales (GBP) 30,808.50
Auction Date December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 17,295.00
Sale Number #439 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 22,360.00
Total Lots 295
Sold Lots 206.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 22,500.00
% of Lots Sold 69.83% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 29,400.00
Unsold Lots 89 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226

UK 1902 Specimen Coin set of 13 coins including Maundy money, in the issued case, fine. Coronation issue.

 1902 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 7,590.00
22

King George VI, Winston Churchill and others: an autographed 1939 Covent Garden Opera programme signed by George VI, Winston S. Churchill,

 1939 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 943.00
227

UK 1912 Sovereign EF in gold hallmarked pendant with matching chain. Total weight 15grms.

 1912 GBP 600.00 - 700.00 GBP 816.50
225

United Kingdom 1887 Sovereign, Sydney mint, near EF.

 1887 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 GBP 724.50
231

UK 1959 Sovereign, tiny nick in rim, near EF

 1959 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 GBP 678.50
233

UK 1966 Sovereign, near EF

 1966 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 GBP 678.50
236

UK 1980 Sovereign EF

 1980 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 GBP 678.50
241

UK 2017 Proof Sovereign FDC, cased, with certificate of authenticity

 2017 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 GBP 678.50
232

UK 1966 Sovereign, wear to Queen's head o/w VF

 1966 GBP 450.00 - 550.00 GBP 667.00
234

UK 1974 Sovereign, tiny indentation on rev., o/w VF

 1974 GBP 450.00 - 550.00 GBP 667.00
237

UK 1980 Proof Sovereign FDC in the issued case.

 1980 GBP 550.00 - 650.00 GBP 667.00
228

UK 1927 Silver Proof 6-coin set in the issued case, Wreath Crown to threepence. Slightly tarnished.

 1927 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 GBP 644.00
235

Churchill Centenary Medals 1974, a set of 24 large silver-gilt medallions in presentation album together with related documents from John Pinches Ltd

 1974 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 529.00
238

United Kingdom 2000 Half-Sovereign set in a 9ct gold ring, in a Fraser Hart gift box.

 2000 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 471.50
243

Political Leaders of the World: J.F. Kennedy, .900 fine gold medallion, 6grms, EF. In Dix & Noonan box.

 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 425.50
240

UK 2002 Half-Sovereign inset in a Golden Jubilee first day cover together with a miniature medallion.

 2002 GBP 280.00 - 320.00 GBP 322.00
230

UK 1937 Specimen 15-coin set in issued case including Maundy money. Coronation issue.

 1937 GBP 160.00 - 200.00 GBP 299.00
21

An Autograph album, compiled by Florence Corney of Newcastle- on-Tyne, 1940-1949, including George Formby, Billy Cotton, Margaret Lockwood,

 1940-1949 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 264.50
244

Old Lincoln album with 19th Century to 1950s ranges; interest in Indian States, Greece with imperf Hermes heads, Crete, Germany & States, Luxembourg,

 19th Century to 1950s GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 230.00
263

British C/Wealth GVI/QE2 fine mint collection in binder, largely QE2 UM to 1991 with some better sets notably Falkland Is, Fiji, Gibraltar, St.Helena

 1991 GBP 130.00 - 150.00 GBP 212.75
14

Film Posters, late 1980s & 1990s, a collection, mostly all different but including 4 of the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough

1980s & 1990s GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 201.25
141

Churchman - Sports & Games in Many Lands

1929 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 195.50
239

Royal Mint 2000 Millennium Silver Collection boxed proof set of 13-coins in the issued case with certificate of authenticity.

 2000 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 172.50
284

Great Britain 1990s/2000s Commemoratives in sheets and part- sheets, mainly 1st Class stamps. Includes seven Smiler sheets notably SG LS2 & LS3.

 1990s/2000s GBP 180.00 - 220.00 GBP 172.50
253

George VI Commonwealth definitive sets, largely mint, comprising Aden & States, Northern Rhodesia (both mint and FU), Gambia, Nyasaland and Mauritius

 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 166.75
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    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
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
    Case Antiques
    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.
    Case Antiques
    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.
    Case Antiques
    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.
    Case Antiques
    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.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.