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Gorringes

Auction Info

Auction Name
Weekly featuring Coins and Commemorative Medals
Auction Date
12/15/2025 - 12/15/2025
Sale Number
#151225
Total Lots
50
Sold Lots
30.0
Lots Sold
60.00%
Unsold Lots
20
Total Sales (GBP)
4,764.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
2,120.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
3,010.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
4,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
5,760.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
82.72%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1704 After John Speed (1552-1629)

a hand coloured engraved map of Britain, after John Norden, a hand coloured engraved map of Sussex, together with a map of Wiltshire,

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 975.00
2130

A collection of 19th century franked envelopes with some Victoria stamps and world stamps, early

19th century GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 598.00
1677 After Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778),

'Veduta dell Arco di Tito',

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 338.00
1389

An extensive collection of Folio Society editions (100 plus): Politics, Poetry, History, Exploration, Literature & more.

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 208.00
1351 Moore, Henry, Hedgecoe , John. (ed).

Henry Moore.

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 208.00
1738 Douglas Hofmann (b.1945),

'Interlude',

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 195.00
1401

A Lyon's Tea enamel advertising sign,

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 182.00
1728 Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956),

Game of life series, comprising, Mum can I have an ice cream, ...

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 143.00
1752 John Muafangejo (1934-1987),

'The love is approaching but too much of anything is very dangerous',

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 123.50
1730 Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956),

'Ma can we have our ball back?',

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 117.00
1741 After Michaelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, 1760-1801),

a set of four 18th century architectural

1777/1778 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 117.00
1733 Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956),

'Bearer of Love',

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 117.00
1729 Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956),

'Won't somebody play with me',

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 117.00
1737 Doug Hyde (b.1972),

'Whispering Sweet Nothings',

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 110.50
1691 William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931),

'Our Fathers', each signed in pencil to the margin, a set of four etchings

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 104.00
1732 Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956),

Game of life series, 'Boy and Ball',

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 97.50
1300 Fauconnier, Henr.

The Soul of Malaya... photo plates; gilt cloth. 1931;

1931; GBP 100.00 - 140.00 GBP 97.50
1371 Locke, John.

Mr. Posthumous Works : Viz. I. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. II. ...

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 97.50
1731 Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956),

Game of life series, 'In the Crowd',

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 91.00
1736 Mark Spain (b.1962)

, 'The green dress II',

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 84.50

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  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000