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Auction Name	Weekly Antiques, Collectables & Effects	Total Sales (GBP)	736.91
Auction Date	January 19, 2026 - January 19, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	0.00
Sale Number	#11926	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	0.00
Total Lots	40
Sold Lots	27.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	50.00
% of Lots Sold	67.50%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	60.00
Unsold Lots	13	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	1228.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
229		Four cock fighting prints	Not Available	GBP 101.12
222	C Bygrave	Three coloured etchings by C Bygrave (3)	Not Available	GBP 88.48
250		Coloured engraving	Not Available	GBP 50.56
159		A group of various 19th Century framed engravings mainly animal subjects	Not Available	GBP 48.03
148		A monochrome engraving of a fly catcher	Not Available	GBP 35.39
227		Study of a pig, reproduction print, framed	Not Available	GBP 35.39
26		A collection of various British, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and other first day covers, also an	Not Available	GBP 31.60
85		Postcard album to include shipping, some railway and others	Not Available	GBP 31.60
248	Gerald Cooper	Floral study by Gerald Cooper, print, framed	Not Available	GBP 27.81
33		A vintage Shell Petrol advertising picture, framed and glazed	Not Available	GBP 25.28
34		Day up David Talks, coloured print Norwich Market	Not Available	GBP 25.28
40	After George Morland	After George Morland Feeding the Pigs, coloured print	Not Available	GBP 25.28
228		A pair of hunting prints and a horse print	Not Available	GBP 22.75
6		Box of various vintage maps to include Ordnance Survey and others	Not Available	GBP 18.96
224	Adele Botley	Two prints by Adele Botley	Not Available	GBP 18.96
252		Contemporary watercolour style print, framed	Not Available	GBP 18.96
266		A set of six oak framed prints of butterflies	Not Available	GBP 18.96
704		Five photographic prints	Not Available	GBP 18.96
38	Marius Forrester	Marius Forrester, coloured print of a still life of flowers	Not Available	GBP 15.17
39	After Ludovici	After Ludovici coloured print The Bell Inn	Not Available	GBP 15.17
655		An illuminated political and physical globe	Not Available	GBP 12.64
808	Elaine Marshall	Coloured engraving by Elaine Marshall, framed	Not Available	GBP 12.64
825		Reproduction Saxton map of Norfolk and view of sheep with oast houses beyond, oil on board, gilt	Not Available	GBP 12.64
48	Weston Colvill	A framed photograph Weston Colvill and a further wooden box (2)	Not Available	GBP 6.32
256		Print of a steam frame, gilt framed	Not Available	GBP 6.32

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000