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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
2 October
Beatrix Potter:
The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
2 October
Beatrix Potter:
The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
2 October
Beatrix Potter:
The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
2 October
Beatrix Potter:
The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.
Gonnelli:
Auction 63
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 7th-9th 2025

Gonnelli: The Arabian Nights - Alf Laylah wa-Laylah. 1862. Starting price € 25.000

Gonnelli: Depero futurista. 1927. Starting price € 9.000

Gonnelli: Dalì, Alchimia dei Filosofi. 1976. Starting price € 3.800

Gonnelli:
Auction 63
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 7th-9th 2025

Gonnelli: Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. 1480. Starting price € 4.800

Gonnelli: Cassini, De cometa. 1653. Starting price € 10.000

Gonnelli: Cataldi, Trattato della quadratura del cerchio etc. 1612. Starting price € 8.000

Gonnelli:
Auction 63
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 7th-9th 2025

Gonnelli: Cavalieri, Geometria indivisibilibus. 1635. Starting price € 15.000

Gonnelli: Diophantus, Arithmeticorum libri sex. 1670. Starting price € 15.000

Gonnelli: Fontana, Novae coelestium observationes. 1646. Starting price € 10.000

Gonnelli:
Auction 63
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 7th-9th 2025

Gonnelli: Galileo, Sidereus nuncius. 1610. Starting price € 100.000

Gonnelli: Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nonagentae. 1532. Starting price € 7.000

Gonnelli: Jansson's Waterworld. 1657. Starting price € 20.000
$<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Newton (Sir Isaac). <i>Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light.</i> €3,000 to €4,000.$

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Corner-stone Document of Irish Freedom: 1916 PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC. €100,000 to €150,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. Forus Feasa ar Éirinn. €15,000 to €20,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Irish Provincial Printed 18th Century Herbal. K'eogh (John). Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom… €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Somerville (E.OE.) The Discontented Little Elephant. Inscribed presentation copy. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Broadside: “Great News from Dublin, Giving a True Account of the Seizing of a Ship coming from Ireland, with Fifty Commissions from the late King James…” €800 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Welch (Rbt.) Photographer: Six photographic prints of the Titanic. €800 to €1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Modern Irish Masterpiece. O’Brien (Flann). At Swim-Two-Birds. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Newton (Sir Isaac). Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Authors First Publication. Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems. €1,000 to €1,500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Heaney (Seamus). Remembering Malibu. €3,500 to €5,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Bulldog Spirit: The Churchill Sale
30th September 2025

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £20,000 to £30,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). A V for Victory Cartier silver pendant. £2,000 to £3,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: British School, mid 20th century (After Graham Sutherland) Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. £2,000 to £3,000.

Chiswick Auctions
Bulldog Spirit: The Churchill Sale
30th September 2025

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). Signed typed letter, 1963. £1,500 to £2,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). The Collected Works, 38 vol., Centenary Limited Edition. £3,000 to £4,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). Photographic half-length portrait, signed ("Winston Churchill, 1953"). £2,000 to £3,000.

Auction Reports

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments including the Michael Finnemore Collection
Auction Date: 09/09/2025 - 09/09/2025
Sale Number: #9386
Total Lots: 14
Sold Lots: 11
Lots Sold: 78.57%
Unsold Lots: 3

Total Sales (GBP): 44,671.80
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 22,570.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 31,060.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 23,920.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 33,010.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 135.33%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5		A FINE MATCHED PAIR OF REGENCY 21 INCH TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBES	1799, 1815/1825	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 26,480.00
1		A FINE REGENCY 2.75 INCH TERRESTRIAL POCKET GLOBE	1818	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 7,944.00
4		A WILLIAM IV 15-INCH FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBE	CIRCA 1830 AND LATER	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,177.60
3		A VICTORIAN 12 INCH LIBRARY TABLE GLOBE	MID 19th CENTURY	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,250.80
6		AN ENGLISH 5.5 INCH CELESTIAL NAVIGATIONAL 'STAR' GLOBE	EARLY 20th CENTURY	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,118.40
2		A 2.75 INCH TERRESTRIAL POCKET GLOBE IN A TURNED MAHOGANY CUPOLA-SHAPED CASE	19th CENTURY	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,456.40
52	LEE, RONALD A.	'THE KNIBB FAMILY * CLOCKMAKERS...'	1964	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 529.60
8		A VICTORIAN PRINTED CARD 'WHITE'S PLANE SPHERICAL GLOBE'	1839	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 344.24
53	WHITE, GEORGE	ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCKS'	1989	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 238.32
55		LANDMARK HOROLOGICAL AND OTHER SINGLE OWNER AUCTION CATALOGUES		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 92.68
51		REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO SUNDIALS - TWO VOLUMES:		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 39.72
7	CARY, GEORGE AND JOHN	'CARY'S IMPROVED MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES...'	1832	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
50		REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO GLOBES AND MAPS - ELEVEN VOLUMES:		GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
54	MERCER, VAUDREY	'THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF EDWARD JOHN DENT...'	1977	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
1 October
Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Sherley (Anthony). Sir Anthony Sherley his Relation of His Travels into Persia, 1st edition, 1613. £10,000 to £15,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Buc'hoz (Pierre-Joseph). Premiere [seconde] Centurie des Plances Enluminees, 2 volumes, 1775-81. £8,000 to £12,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Chinese Export School. An album of 25 fine large botanical studies in watercolour, circa 1830-40. £7,000 to £10,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
1 October
Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: World. Schedel (Hartmann), Secunda etas Mundi, Nuremberg: 1493. £5,000 to £8,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Anderson (J. & G. A. Boulenger). Zoology of Egypt, 1898-1907. £3,000 to £4,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Donovan (Edward). Natural History of the Insects of India, 1st edition, 1800. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
1 October
Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Wolley (John). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catalogue..., 1864-1907. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Wolley (John). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catalogue..., 1864-1907. £1,500 to £2,000.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Shackleton (Ernest). South, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1919. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
1 October
Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Bell (Robert Anning, 1863-1933). Collection of 71 ex-libris by Robert Anning Bell. £300 to £500.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 vols in 3, 1st quarto edition, 1855-56. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: M'Cormick (Robert). Voyages of Discovery, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1884. £800 to £1,200.
Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
17 and 18 Oct

Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
17 and 18 Oct

Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
17 and 18 Oct
Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
30th September 2025

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Dickens: "Phiz" Original Drawings to Little Dorrit. 1857. £25,000 to £35,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Shaw (George) & Nodder (Frederick P.) The Naturalist's Miscellany, 24 vols., 1789 – 1813. £4,000 to £6,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Photographic. Afghanistan - Military [1878-80]. Photographic albumen prints. £3,000 to £4,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Tuke Correspondence [Tea, Coffee & Cocoa] etc. 1732-1852. Over five hundred letters. £1,000 to £1,500.

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Indian Mutiny. Dodgson. Als' Lucknow 26th.Sept. 1857. £1,200 to £1,500.
Sotheby’s
By a Lady
1-15 October 2025

Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.