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Bonhams: London: Espionage. Fact & Fiction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | London: Espionage. Fact & Fiction | Total Sales (GBP) | 101,427.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 28, 2026 - May 28, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 86,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #32384 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 125,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 28 | ||
| Sold Lots | 20.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 105,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 71.43% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 152,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 66.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | James Bond: The Scubacraft |
circa 2015 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 51,200.00 | |
| 27 | Fleming Ian | The Complete Works |
2008 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 25,600.00 |
| 6 | Rear Window |
1954 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,328.00 | |
| 1 | Invade Mecum; Through-way Town Plans of France |
1943-1944; 1944 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,816.00 | |
| 28 | Putzu Arnoldo | Get Carter |
1971 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,816.00 |
| 9 | Connery Sean | Sean Connery: Two early career handwritten letters |
1953-1954 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,920.00 |
| 11 | Fleming Ian | Goldfinger |
1959 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,536.00 |
| 10 | Fleming Ian | Dr. No |
1958 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 24 | The Man with the Golden Gun |
1974 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,408.00 | |
| 35 | Williams Greg; Craig Daniel; Wilson Michael G.; Broccoli Barbara | James Bond Archives Art edition |
2021 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 4 | Marshall Bruce; Tickell Jerrard; Churchill Peter; Rigby Francoise; Martelli George; Neave Airey; Braddon Russell; Wheatley Dennis | 10 Books, including: The White Rabbit |
1952; 1949; 1953; 1954; 1960; 1954; 1956; 1959 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,280.00 |
| 12 | Goldfinger |
1964 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 | |
| 21 | This Gun for Hire |
1942 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,216.00 | |
| 8 | Kipling Rudyard; Austen Jane | Limits and Renewals; Sense and Sensibility |
1932; c.1930-40 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,152.00 |
| 15 | Fleming Ian | The Spy Who Loved Me |
1962 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 960.00 |
| 13 | Fleming Ian | Thunderball |
1961 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 537.60 |
| 16 | Fleming Ian | On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
1963 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 409.60 |
| 17 | Fleming Ian | You Only Live Twice |
1964 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 409.60 |
| 23 | Fleming Ian | The Man with the Golden Gun |
1965 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 409.60 |
| 7 | North by Northwest |
1959 | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | GBP 332.80 |
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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.