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Auction Name	Trafford Book Sale	Total Sales (GBP)	16,159.80
Auction Date	February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	6,751.00
Sale Number	#440	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	8,996.00
Total Lots	169
Sold Lots	117.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	11,831.00
% of Lots Sold	69.23%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	15,506.00
Unsold Lots	52	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	104.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
113		J. Baines - Sport. A collection of the shaped cards in modern album, with main interest in Rugby, plus some soccer & few other sports	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 7,130.00
112		J. Baines - Rugby. A selection of Yorkshire clubs and players, mostly West Riding, notably Halifax and Hunslet.	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 483.00
9		Autograph album, late-1940s/early-1950s, with signatures of Chico Marx, Betty Hutton, Laurel & Hardy, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Vivien Leigh,	N/A	GBP 300.00 - 350.00	GBP 460.00
109		J. Baines - Football. - Bradford City	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 368.00
110		J. Baines - Football and Rugby. An Oldham and Rochdale selection including - Oldham Athletic	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 356.50
108		J. Baines - Cricket. A selection including - England	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 299.00
111		J. Baines - Rugby. A Yorkshire selection comprising - Skipton	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 299.00
44		Autograph album with a few signatures including Laurel & Hardy and Frank Sinatra, the latter in pencil and rather faint.	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 172.50
95		Sports interest, mostly in sets including Player's - Championship Golf Courses	N/A	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 172.50
123	Churchman	Famous Golfers 1927, the set of 50, including Bobby Jones (two different) and Walter Hagen (two different).	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 172.50
160		A mainly 1900s/1920s collection addressed to the Eardley family of Stockport, with early RP Rochdale Steam & Electric Trams, RP of Norden,	1900s/1920s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 172.50
153	Wills	Sports of All Nations	1901	GBP 170.00 - 200.00	GBP 161.00
145		F. & J. Smith - Prominent Rugby Players	1924	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 155.25
8		Autograph album, mostly with signatures obtained 1919 at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, but with others added in 1961 with the Ryder Cup teams of GB	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 149.50
42		Autograph album of entertainers, 1930s/50s, including signatures of Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Deborah Kerr (signed photo	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 143.75
107		A.& B.C. Gum - Footballer Picture Cards	1966	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 143.75
43		Autograph album of entertainers, 1940s, including signatures of Billy Cotton, Gracie Fields, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner,	N/A	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 132.25
10		Two autograph albums, 1930s/40s, including signatures of Leslie Howard, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Don Bradman, Tyrone Power, Paul Robeson,	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 120.75
25		Entertainers' autographs, a selection of signed photos, mostly 10 x 8", including Bette Davis, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich,	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 120.75
135		Millhoff - Famous Golfers	1928	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	GBP 115.00
146		Taddy & Co. - V.C. Heroes - Boer War (#41-60)	N/A	GBP 130.00 - 150.00	GBP 115.00
51		Album of autographed photos of entertainers, TV presenters, etc, PC size, including James Garner, Cicely Courtneidge, Nigel Hawthorne, Lee Evans,	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 105.80
93		Motor Cycling sets comprising Lambert & Butler - Motor Cycles	1923	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 105.80
130	Huddersfield Town F.C.	Huddersfield Town Players & Officials, Season 1935-36	1935	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 105.80
168		Titanic related comprising three of the ship (including an RP by J.M. Vauxhall), a Bamforth In Memoriam card, and two RPs of the Southampton monument	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 105.80

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.