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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Music, Science & Natural History | House & Garden Sales | Total Sales (GBP) | 2,112.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 06, 2026 - July 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,710.00 |
| Sale Number | #060726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 2,510.00 |
| Total Lots | 18 | ||
| Sold Lots | 16.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,840.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,760.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 76.54% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Johnston | Johnston's Six Inch Globe |
mid-19th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 364.00 |
| 453 | Tropical Plants Exhibition Kew Gardens |
early 20th century | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 312.00 | |
| 463 | The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 260.00 | |
| 31 | Philips | Philips 9 inch terrestrial globe |
early 20th century | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 182.00 |
| 86 | Teck J | N Books, including: St. John's Ambulance anatomical charts |
mid-20th century | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 87 | Teck J | N Books, including: St. John's Ambulance anatomical charts |
mid-20th century | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 706 | Cruikshank George | Old Bumblehead the 18th, trying on the Napoleon Boots |
1823 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 384 | Victorian scrapbook album |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 110.50 | |
| 754 | Spy | Vanity Fair Spy prints |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 110.50 |
| 29 | Philips | British Empire Globe |
early 20th century | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 71.50 |
| 88 | Teck J; Schick Rudolph | N Books, including: St. John's Ambulance anatomical charts |
mid-20th century; c.1944 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 65.00 |
| 118 | Henley William; Retford Willian C | Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers; Bows and Bow Makers |
1973; 1964 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 376 | St John Hope William H | Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex |
1919 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 714 | Scullard Sue | Cornfield at Lark Rise |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 717 | The great mirror of folly |
18th century | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 52.00 | |
| 729 | Dickens Frank | Albert Herbert Hawkins |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 39.00 |
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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