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Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper
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| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 678,271.96 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 28, 2026 - May 28, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 366,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #52826 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 525,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 264 | ||
| Sold Lots | 231.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 443,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 637,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 33 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 106.45% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Hymnologia Damulica |
1723 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 26,480.00 | |
| 14 | Trubar Primus | Der catechismus mit kurtzen ausslegungen symbolum Athanasij |
1561 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 22,508.00 |
| 11 | Colonna Francesco | La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo |
1545 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 19,860.00 |
| 93 | Austen Jane | Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion |
1818 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 19,860.00 |
| 98 | Byron George Gordon Noel Lord | A Political Ode |
1880 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 19,860.00 |
| 4 | Foresti da Bergamo Jacobus | De claris mulieribus |
1497 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 18,536.00 |
| 207 | Gauss Carl Friedrich | Demonstratio Nova Theorematis Omnem Functionem Algebraicam Rationalem Integram |
1799 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 15,888.00 |
| 172 | Keats John | Poems |
1914 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 14,564.00 |
| 7 | Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme |
1504 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 13,240.00 | |
| 242 | Tagliacozzi Gaspare | De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo |
1597 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 13,240.00 |
| 124 | Carnegie Dale | How to Win Friends and Influence People |
1936 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,592.00 |
| 250 | Lootsman Jacobsz | The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour |
circa 1695-1700 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,592.00 |
| 5 | Aristotle | Opera |
1497 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 9,930.00 |
| 185 | Gould John | A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds |
1861 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 9,268.00 |
| 193 | Rodrigues Joao Barbosa | Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium |
1903 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 9,268.00 |
| 113 | Jackson Shirley | The Haunting of Hill House |
1960 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,944.00 |
| 168 | Brooke Rupert | The Collected Poems |
1919 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,944.00 |
| 228 | Newton Isaac | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica |
1714 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,944.00 |
| 184 | Gould John | The Birds of Asia |
circa 1859-1863 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,620.00 |
| 235 | Kepler Johannes | Ad Vitellionem paralipomena |
1604 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,620.00 |
| 85 | Boyer Abel | The Political State of Great Britain |
1723 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,355.20 |
| 166 | Morris William; Wyatt A.J. | The Tale of Beowulf |
1895 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,355.20 |
| 122 | Brittain Vera | Testament of Youth |
1933 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,958.00 |
| 226 | Loomis Elias | Dai Weiji Shiji [Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus] |
1859 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,958.00 |
| 230 | De Dominis Marcantonio | De radiis visus et lucis in vitris perspectivis et iride |
1611 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,958.00 |
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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 83 – Westall & Owen. Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, 1st edition, 1828. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 88 – Blume. Rumphia, Botanicae de plantis Indiae Orientalis, 1835-1848. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 101 – Michaux. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1810-1812. £700-1,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 102 – Miller & Shaw. Cimelia Physica, 1796 [but c. 1816]. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 104 – Parkinson. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 159 – Plancius. Orbis Terrarum..., double hemisphere map, 1594-99. £5,000-8,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 217 – Illuminated Medieval Manuscript. From a Breviary, 14th/15th c. £3,000-4,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 224 – The newe Testament … By Wylliam Tyndall…, 1549. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 238 – Douay-Rheims Bible. 3 volumes, 1582/1609/1610. £7,000-10,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 336 – Ashendene Press. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 1903. £1,000-1,500.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 393 – Sassoon. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, signed limited edition, 1931. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 402 – Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems, 1st edition in d.j., 1936. £400-600. -
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Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: Timberlake, Henry: A DRAUGHT OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY on the West Side of the Twenty Four Mountains, Commonly Called "Over the Hills". $18,000 to $22,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Manuscript orderly book detailing day to day activities of multiple Virginia regiments in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary,1776-1777. $7,000 to $8,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper, Random House, New York, 1965. Signed 1st Edition. $3,800 to $4,200.Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed. $1,800 to $2,200.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book. $1,400 to $1,800.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA. $800 to $1,200.Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio. $800 to $1,200.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare 1931 TN Grasslands Steeplechase Book, Gallatin. $800 to $1,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers. $700 to $800.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: 2 World War I Posters, “Our Colored Fighters” and “No Slacker”. $800 to $1,000.