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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Trafford Book Auction | Total Sales (GBP) | 7,760.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 10, 2026 - June 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 5,950.00 |
| Sale Number | #443 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 8,050.00 |
| Total Lots | 150 | ||
| Sold Lots | 97.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 9,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 64.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 12,120.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 53 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 64.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Freud Sigmund | Sigmund Freud |
1939 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 701.50 |
| 26 | Crippen Hawley Harvey | Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen |
1910 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 471.50 |
| 134 | McGill; Attwell | VG accumulation |
1900s-1930s | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | GBP 322.00 |
| 77 | Irving Henry; Kossoff David; Barbirolli John; Terry Ellen; Tree Herbert Beerbohm; Dench Judi; Coward Noel; Robson Flora; Adrian Max; Braden Bernard; Roberts Rachel; Conti Tom; Turner Lana; Forbes Bryan; Rank J. Arthur; Warner H.B.; Roy Harry; Thordike Syb | Entertainers’ Autographs |
1937 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 310.50 |
| 89 | Bright John;Shaftesbury Earl;Chamberlain Joseph;Morrison Herbert;Scargill Arthur;Gow Ian;Morris Alfred;Howe Geoffrey;Lee Jennie;Butler Rab;Powell Enoch;Braddock Elizabeth;Cripps Stafford;Crossman Richard;Shinwell Emanuel | Political Autographs |
1862 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 212.75 |
| 54 | Costa Sam; Fielding Fenella; Montague Lee; Delfont Bernard; Geraldo; Winters Mike; Winters Bernie; Mitchell Warren; Shapiro Helen; Loss Joe; Altman John; Barber Chris; Bresslaw Bernard; Rantzen Esther | Entertainers’ Autographs |
20th Century-1980s | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 201.25 |
| 28 | Medical Autographs |
19th Century; 1693 | GBP 140.00 - 180.00 | GBP 189.75 | |
| 74 | Chaplin Charles | My Autobiography |
1964 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 189.75 |
| 19 | Box of Autographs |
N/A | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 155.25 | |
| 60 | Signed Theatre Programmes |
1950s/80s | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 143.75 | |
| 27 | Nightingale Florence | Florence Nightingale |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 60.00 | GBP 132.25 |
| 17 | Johnson Amy | Amy Johnson signed photograph |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 126.50 |
| 25 | Medical Autographs |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 126.50 | |
| 38 | American comics |
1980s/1990s | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 126.50 | |
| 90 | Denning Lord;Hailsham Lord | Judges, Lord Chancellors and Barristers Autographs |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 126.50 |
| 195 | World postal history mix |
1843 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 120.75 | |
| 34 | Hope-Moncrieff A.R. | 6 Books, including: Romance & Legend of Chivalry |
[1912] | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 108.10 |
| 101 | Lewis Ted Kid;Rossman Mike;Cohen Robert | Boxing interest 1920s to 1980s |
1920s-1980s | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 105.80 |
| 51 | Kaye Danny; Robinson Edward G.; Moscovitch Maurice; Goldbloom Jeff; Cantor Terry; Jolson Al; Sherman Hal | Entertainers’ Autographs |
N/A | GBP 130.00 - 150.00 | GBP 103.50 |
| 30 | Jung Carl Gustav | Carl Gustav Jung |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 101.20 |
| 47 | Jolson Al; Flynn Errol; Grable Betty; Cannon Dyan; Hurley Elizabeth; Kerr Deborah; Theron Charlize; Britton Tony; Pickford Mary | Signed photos & few cuttings |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 60.00 | GBP 98.90 |
| 20 | Autograph Albums |
1930s-1970s | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 96.60 | |
| 131 | Kensitas Flowers |
1934 | GBP 150.00 - 170.00 | GBP 96.60 | |
| 21 | Autograph Albums |
1940s-1970s | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 94.30 | |
| 37 | 12 Books, including: Children’s Books published by Blackie |
c.1910-20 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 94.30 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000