Auction Reports
Bonhams
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Contents of Monreith House. A Historical Seat of Clan Maxwell Part II
- Auction Date
- 07/09/2026 - 07/09/2026
- Sale Number
- #32598
- Total Lots
- 44
- Sold Lots
- 42.0
- Lots Sold
- 95.45%
- Unsold Lots
- 2
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 61,696.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 27,150.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 41,450.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 28,150.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 42,850.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 143.98%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | Cherry-Garrard Apsley | The Worst Journey in the World |
[1922] | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,960.00 |
| 272 | Maxwell Herbert (1845-1937) | Monreith Garden Flowers |
N/A | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,040.00 |
| 237 | Collection of c.150 volumes |
c.150 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,840.00 | |
| 240 | Chaucer Geoffrey | The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet |
1598 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 268 | Maxwell Herbert; Maxwell Gavin; Maxwell Aymer; Percy Earl | 100 Books, including: Sixty Years a Queen |
various dates | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 243 | Elwes H J; Elwes H A | The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland |
1906-1913 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 264 | Maxwell Mary; Brown John; Keble John | Bible; The Christian Year |
1898; 1900; 1907 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 260 | Stevenson Robert Louis | Works |
1906-1907? | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 249 | Johnson Samuel | A Dictionary of the English Language |
1765 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,920.00 |
| 248 | Hutcheson Francis | A System of Moral Philosophy |
1755 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,792.00 |
| 255 | Renaudot Eusebe; Sulayman Al-Tajir; Abu Zayd Hasan Ibn Yazid Sirafi | Anciennes relations des Indes et de la Chine de deux voyageurs mahometans |
1718 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,536.00 |
| 317 | Wymer Reginald Augustus (1849-1935) | Military uniforms from 1660 |
N/A | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,536.00 |
| 250 | Johnson Samuel | The Works of the English Poets, with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical |
1790? | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 261 | Stow John; Strype John | A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster |
1720 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 263 | Christison John; Christison Colin; Christison & Son; Jessop Wm; Wilson John | 12 Books, including: Clauchan-Park on Mid Martin |
1813; 1816; 1817; 1820; 1829; 1830; 1832; 1838 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 251 | Lilford Thomas Littleton Powys | Coloured Figures of Birds of the British Islands |
1885-1897 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,216.00 |
| 246 | Fraser William | N Books, including: The Lennox |
1874-1881 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 236 | Ruskin John | Roadside Songs of Tuscany |
1885 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 258 | Shaw George Bernard | Group of 6 works |
various dates | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 832.00 |
| 245 | Fraser William | The Book of Caerlaverock; The Maxwells of Pollock |
1873; 1863 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 832.00 |
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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 83 – Westall & Owen. Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, 1st edition, 1828. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 88 – Blume. Rumphia, Botanicae de plantis Indiae Orientalis, 1835-1848. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 101 – Michaux. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1810-1812. £700-1,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 102 – Miller & Shaw. Cimelia Physica, 1796 [but c. 1816]. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 104 – Parkinson. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 159 – Plancius. Orbis Terrarum..., double hemisphere map, 1594-99. £5,000-8,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 217 – Illuminated Medieval Manuscript. From a Breviary, 14th/15th c. £3,000-4,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 224 – The newe Testament … By Wylliam Tyndall…, 1549. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 238 – Douay-Rheims Bible. 3 volumes, 1582/1609/1610. £7,000-10,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 336 – Ashendene Press. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 1903. £1,000-1,500.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 393 – Sassoon. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, signed limited edition, 1931. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 402 – Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems, 1st edition in d.j., 1936. £400-600. -
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Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: Timberlake, Henry: A DRAUGHT OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY on the West Side of the Twenty Four Mountains, Commonly Called "Over the Hills". $18,000 to $22,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Manuscript orderly book detailing day to day activities of multiple Virginia regiments in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary,1776-1777. $7,000 to $8,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper, Random House, New York, 1965. Signed 1st Edition. $3,800 to $4,200.Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed. $1,800 to $2,200.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book. $1,400 to $1,800.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA. $800 to $1,200.Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2ndCase Antiques, Aug. 1: A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio. $800 to $1,200.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare 1931 TN Grasslands Steeplechase Book, Gallatin. $800 to $1,000.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers. $700 to $800.Case Antiques, Aug. 1: 2 World War I Posters, “Our Colored Fighters” and “No Slacker”. $800 to $1,000.