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| Auction Name | Avenue Auction | Total Sales (GBP) | 3,835.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 07, 2026 - July 07, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,510.00 |
| Sale Number | #70726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 2,670.00 |
| Total Lots | 57 | ||
| Sold Lots | 28.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 3,090.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 49.12% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 5,380.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 29 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 71.28% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 388 | Old Parchment and Paper Documents |
17th century | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 975.00 | |
| 379 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Football Club Programmes |
1947-1956 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 845.00 | |
| 440 | Dayes Edward 1763-1804; Pollard; Jukes; Dodd | N Books, including: Bloomsbury Sq. and Hanover Sq. |
1780-89 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 416.00 |
| 412 | A QUANTITY OF ART MONOGRAPHS AND CATALOGUES |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 208.00 | |
| 420 | Harris J | An Antiquarian Map of the Isle of Wight |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 182.00 |
| 399 | Coleridge | The Rime of Ancient Mariner |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 143.00 |
| 404 | Lawrence D. H. | The Lost Girl |
1920; 1936; 1940 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 400 | Milne A.A. | The House at Pooh Corner |
1928 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 415 | A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 91.00 | |
| 422 | A SET OF LARGE SCALE OS MAPS OF THE POOLE AREA |
early 20th century | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 91.00 | |
| 385 | Rolls-Royce Bulletin |
1930-1939; 1930s; 1923 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 65.00 | |
| 419 | Morden Robert; Blaeu | An Antiquarian Map of Dorsetshire; Blaeu's map of Dorset; Weymouth looking towards St. John's Church |
circa 1857 | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | GBP 65.00 |
| 416 | Potter Beatrix; Goodall John | A COLLECTION OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 58.50 |
| 291 | Japanese Prints on Silk |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 52.00 | |
| 417 | Saxton Christopher | Eboracensis - The West Riding of Yorkshire |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 393 | Midget Series Dictionaries |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 39.00 | |
| 394 | Bowers Q. David | Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments |
1972 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 39.00 |
| 405 | Dickens' Works |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 39.00 | |
| 470 | Morgan Fred; Harvey Maurice | Sweethearts; Garden Scene; Bertha and Beonna |
1905 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 39.00 |
| 447 | Wood Roland | A VICTORIAN STYLE GILT COMPOSITION FRAME |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 32.50 |
| 411 | Rose Peter | N Books, including: British Jigsaw Puzzles |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 414 | Warden William; Lane Margaret; Kennaway James; Bentley Phyllis; Waugh Evelyn | Letters Written... His Majesty's Ship The Northumberland |
1816; 1964 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 453 | Thorburn Archibald; Harrison J.C.; Edwards Lionel | N Books, including: Red and Black Grouse |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 471 | Harding J D; Lucas David; Moreland; Turner | The Grand Canal Venice; Crossing the Brook; Roche Abbey, Yorkshire |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 448 | Muller L; Sadler Walter Dendy | A Tavern Smoking Club |
1901 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 19.50 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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