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Auction Name: Weekly Antiques, Collectables & Effects
Auction Date: 11/03/2025 - 11/03/2025
Sale Number: #110325
Total Lots: 130
Sold Lots: 102
Lots Sold: 78.46%
Unsold Lots: 28

Total Sales (GBP): 2,487.55
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: Inf%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
30		A small enamel sign marked Railway Express Agency and another for the London Underground (2)		Not Available	GBP 252.80
31		Two enamel signs, Rolex Submarina Watch and Huskey Motor Oil (2)		Not Available	GBP 240.16
711		Mixed lot of various books to include children's, leather bound etc		Not Available	GBP 189.60
33A		Enamel signed marked Its Dangerous to Drop Lighted Matches, Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance		Not Available	GBP 82.16
660	F G AFLALO (Ed):	A BOOK OF FISHING STORIES, London, J M Dent and Sons, 1913.Half calf with marbled	1913	Not Available	GBP 60.67
605		A large box of various leather bound books		Not Available	GBP 53.09
154		A box of vintage Ladybird books		Not Available	GBP 53.09
861		A set of four sporting prints		Not Available	GBP 53.09
606		Box of various books to include Norfolk interest, ornithology etc		Not Available	GBP 48.03
271		A St Andrews Hall, Norwich advertising poster for Clara Butt, Thursday February 27th 1902 together	1902	Not Available	GBP 48.03
237		Steven Brooks, Spring Tide Blakeney Cut, photographic print, framed and glazed		Not Available	GBP 44.24
930		Reproduction Old Master still life, unframed		Not Available	GBP 40.45
263	David Shepherd,	badgers, coloured print, framed and glazed		Not Available	GBP 40.45
29		Mick Cawston two coloured prints Duck and Spoilt, framed and glazed		Not Available	GBP 40.45
702	W S GILBERT:	FIFTY 'BAB' BALLADS - MUCH SOUND AND LITTLE SENSE, London, George Routledge, 1884. In	1884	Not Available	GBP 37.92
775		Three etchings by H Rayner, framed		Not Available	GBP 37.92
604		A box of various books largely relating to shipping		Not Available	GBP 37.92
25		A pair of reproduction oleograph portraits in gilt frames, various beer labels and other assorted		Not Available	GBP 35.39
661	JOZEF ISRAELS AND ALEXANDER TEIXERIA DE MATTOS (Transl):	SPAIN - THE STORY OF A JOURNEY	1900	Not Available	GBP 35.39
262		A small pressed metal advertising sign for Kensitas Cigarettes		Not Available	GBP 35.39

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Swann
Illustration Art
December 4, 2025

Swann, Dec. 4: William Wallace Denslow (1856-1915). Pen and ink illustration for the first edition of Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chicago: George M. Hill, 1900), page 33. $60,000 to $80,000.

Swann, Dec. 4: Jerry Pinkney (1939-2021). The Great Minu, African folk tale complete book, group of 15 illustrations. 1974. $12,000 to $16,000.

Swann, Dec. 4: Charles Schulz (1922-2000). Peanuts, Snoopy's brother Spike Christmas Cactus illustration. 1989 $8,000 to $12,000..

Swann
Illustration Art
December 4, 2025

Swann, Dec. 4: James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). Dean Cornwell in his studio. Watercolor and pencil on board. 1920. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann, Dec. 4: Charles Samuel Addams (1912-1988). Study for "Movie Scream," 1947. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann, Dec. 4: Edmund Dulac (1882-1953). "Q was a quaint dainty queen." Watercolor and ink on paper. 1906. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann
Illustration Art
December 4, 2025

Swann, Dec. 4: Albert Hirschfeld (1903-2003). Camelot. Pen and ink on board. 1960. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Dec. 4: Maurice Sendak (1928-2012). "Chicken Soup" sketch. Ink on paper. Circa 1962. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Dec. 4: Kay Nielsen (1886-1957). But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Pastel on board. Circa 1955. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann
Illustration Art
December 4, 2025

Swann, Dec. 4: Julian De Miskey (1898-1976). Equestrian riding across 5th Avenue. Mixed media on board. Circa 1930. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Dec. 4: Walt Disney Studios. Pinocchio "When You Wish Upon A Star" Jiminy Cricket Courvoisier animation cel. Gouache on celluloid over airbrushed background on board. 1940. $2,000 to $2,500.

Swann, Dec. 4: Arnold Lobel (1933-1987). "I will tell you a story while we are waiting," graphite on tracing paper. 1976. $1,500 to $2,000.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Pliny. Historia naturalis, the Macclesfield copy, printed on vellum, Rome: Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1470. $900,000 to $1,200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Aristotle. The fine Doheny set of Aldo's editio princeps, Venice, 1495–1498. $400,000 to $600,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Euclid. The Norman copy of one of the most influential, enduring, and beautiful books in the history of science, Venice, 1482. $100,000 to $150,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Chants de Maldoror, Paris, Albert Skira, 1934. €30,000 to €40,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Braque le Patron, Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1945. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Soleil des eaux, Paris, Matarasso, 1949. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Des Hirondelles et de quelques oiseaux connus, méconnus, ou inconnus décrits par le Comte de Buffon et Dado, Fontfroide, 1988. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:
ALDE, Dec. 3:Ne coupez pas mademoiselle ou les erreurs des P.T.T., Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Pélican, Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Quatre histoires de blanc et noir, Paris, s.n., 1926. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu, Paris, Ambroise Vollard, 1931. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Hommage à Pablo Picasso, Paris, s.n., 1966. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Qu'est-ce que Thérèse ? C'est les maronniers en fleurs, Paris, Le Soleil Noir, 1974. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 3:Traité des Excitants Modernes, Paris, Yves Rivière, 1989. €6,000 to €8,000.
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