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Chiswick Auctions: Autographs and Manuscripts - Timed Online
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs and Manuscripts - Timed Online | Total Sales (GBP) | 178,641.92 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 95,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #52426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 133,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 521 | ||
| Sold Lots | 294.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 171,020.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 56.43% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 239,690.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 227 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 74.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 267 | Oscar Wilde | Autograph letter signed |
n.d. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 13,120.00 |
| 461 | Green Rosa Hannah | Autograph Album |
c. 1895-1937 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 12,464.00 |
| 474 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Autograph letter signed |
1979 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 9,840.00 |
| 282 | John Lennon; Ringo Starr; George Harrison | Signed Cheque |
N/A | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,560.00 |
| 228 | Mark Hamill; Carrie Fisher; Harrison Ford; David Prowse; Ian McDiarmid; Billy Dee Williams; Kenny Baker; Peter Mayhew; Anthony Daniels; Phil Fondacaro; Jeremy Bulloch; Warwick Davis; James Earl Jones | Return of the Jedi Poster |
N/A | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,248.00 |
| 366 | Vandyk | Signed photograph |
1929 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,985.60 |
| 93 | Various | Religion, Legal World, Academia, etc 19th-20th century |
1903 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 4,198.40 |
| 94 | Various | Royalty & Aristocracy, Politics & Diplomacy, Military & Naval 19th-20th century |
1852; 1896; 1920s | GBP 300.00 - 450.00 | GBP 4,198.40 |
| 313 | Paul McCartney | 1964: Eyes of the Storm |
2023 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,673.60 |
| 81 | Autograph Collection.- Miscellaneous 19th-20th century |
N/A | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 3,411.20 | |
| 259 | Tagore Rabindranath | Autograph letter signed |
1913 | GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 3,411.20 |
| 463 | Charles I | Indenture signed as Prince of Wales |
1624 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,886.40 |
| 74 | Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Group of letters |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,624.00 | |
| 475 | Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Collection of cards, letters and volumes |
1936; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1951; 1956 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,492.80 |
| 264 | Wells H.G. | Group of autograph letters signed |
1924-1933 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,099.20 |
| 283 | Stephen Verona; John Lennon | She Said So/I Feel Fine |
1966 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,099.20 |
| 383 | Guy Gibson | Ink signature |
1944 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,099.20 |
| 49 | Autograph Album |
early 20th century | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,968.00 | |
| 367 | Churchill Winston Spencer | Typed letter signed |
1917 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,836.80 |
| 67 | Rodney Ian Shirley Bax; Francis John Vernon Hereward Dashwood; Baroness Elles; Jane Fawcett; Philip Stuart Milner-Barry; Miriam Louisa Rothschild; Howard Frank Trayton Smith; Pamela Joy Tamblin; Jean Alys Barker | Letters to Mr Richardson from Bletchley Park operatives |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,705.60 |
| 266 | Woodgate Herbert | Archive of theatre scripts and papers |
c. 1920s- 1930s | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,705.60 |
| 104 | Kate Jackson; Howard Jones; Al Jarreau; Jeremy Irons; Illinois Jacquet; Tom Jones; Wanda Jackson; Billy Idol; Norah Jones; John James; Anne Jeffreys; Geraldine James; Van Johnson; Enrique Iglesias; James Earl Jones; Patricia Kaas; Howard Keel; Kevin Kline | Actors & Entertainers |
N/A | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,574.40 |
| 77 | Collection of Autographs, Letters, and Photographs |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,443.20 | |
| 315 | Freddie Mercury | Signed album page |
N/A | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,443.20 |
| 369 | Winston Spencer Churchill | Typed letter signed |
1953 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,443.20 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.