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Cotswold Auction Company: Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables | Total Sales (GBP) | 123,259.02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 02, 2026 - June 02, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #60226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 262 | ||
| Sold Lots | 205.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 57 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | Inf% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 408 | Arrowsmith John | The London Atlas of Universal Geography |
1842 | Not Available | GBP 13,524.00 |
| 411 | Bowen Emmanuel (1694-1767) | A Complete Atlas or Distinct View of the Known World |
1752 | Not Available | GBP 10,046.40 |
| 409 | Blome Richard | A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World |
1670 | Not Available | GBP 9,660.00 |
| 418 | Anderson James | The Constitutions of the Free-Masons |
1723 | Not Available | GBP 7,084.00 |
| 369 | Curtis William | Flora Londinensis; or, Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London |
1777; 1798 | Not Available | GBP 3,864.00 |
| 434 | Blacker W. | W Blacker's Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dying |
1842-1843 | Not Available | GBP 3,864.00 |
| 372 | Edwards Sydenham; Lindley John | The Botanical Register consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants |
1815-1829 | Not Available | GBP 3,735.20 |
| 370 | Elwes Henry John; Fitch W H | A Monograph of the Genus Lilium |
1880 | Not Available | GBP 3,477.60 |
| 328 | Carroll Lewis; Tenniel John | Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1877; 1899 | Not Available | GBP 2,962.40 |
| 374 | Comber Tho | 10 Books, including: The Book of Common Prayer |
1674; 1703; 1704; 1701; 1759; 1702; 1846; 1799; 1845 | Not Available | GBP 2,962.40 |
| 420 | Purcell Henry | A Choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinet |
1696 | Not Available | GBP 2,447.20 |
| 367 | Scaligeri Josephi; Buchanan George; Wyther George | 8 Books, including: Catullus |
1680; 1631; 1615 | Not Available | GBP 2,318.40 |
| 314 | Plantin Christopher | N Books, including: The Book of Common Prayer |
17..2; 1762; 1648 | Not Available | GBP 1,932.00 |
| 341 | The Illustrated London News |
1848-1859 | Not Available | GBP 1,932.00 | |
| 315 | N Books, including: Blackstone's Commentaries |
1741 | Not Available | GBP 1,803.20 | |
| 389 | Ligon Richard | A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes |
1673 | Not Available | GBP 1,610.00 |
| 331 | Virguli Maronis P.; Ruaeus Caroulus; Orrery John; Boyle Charles; Pliny the Younger; Hampton Mr; Polybius; Burnet Bishop | N Books, including: P Virguli Maronis Opera interpretatione et Notis Illustravit Caroulus Ruaeus |
1751; 1756; 1734 | Not Available | GBP 1,223.60 |
| 365 | Sale George | The Koran |
1764 | Not Available | GBP 1,159.20 |
| 430 | N Books, including: All the Several Ordnances and Orders Made by the Lords and Commons |
1644-1649 | Not Available | GBP 1,159.20 | |
| 403 | Snape Andrew | The Anatomy of An Horse |
1686 | Not Available | GBP 1,094.80 |
| 415 | Austen Jane | The Novels |
1833; 1837; 1839; 1841 | Not Available | GBP 1,094.80 |
| 336 | Bacon Francis; Fielding Henry; Shakespeare William; Buffon | The Works of Francis Bacon; The Works of Henry Fielding; The Works of Shakespeare; The System of Natural History |
1803; 1762; 1740; 1795 | Not Available | GBP 966.00 |
| 360 | Bradley R; Hartlib Samuel; De La Quintinye Monsieur; Mawe Thomas; Mortimer John | N Books, including: The County Gentleman and Farmers Monthly Director |
1736; 1724; 1710; 1732; 1787; 1712 | Not Available | GBP 966.00 |
| 337 | Johnson Samuel | The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; Historia Sacra |
1783; 1705 | Not Available | GBP 875.84 |
| 363 | Record Robert; Dee John; Wingate Edmund; Dodson James; Bonneycastle John; Euclidis; Simson Robert; Fraiter Robert; Brown George | N Books, including: Record's Arithmetick |
1668; 1751; 1800; 1723; 1747; 1818; 1717/18 | Not Available | GBP 837.20 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000