Bloomsbury Auctions: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 32,362.00 |
Auction Date | October 27, 2016 - October 27, 2016 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 25,700.00 |
Sale Number | #36230 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 37,720.00 |
Total Lots | 208 | ||
Sold Lots | 135 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 43,400.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 64.90% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 64,180.00 |
Unsold Lots | 73 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 50.42% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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102 | Gregory ( Pope, the Great ) | Opera |
1518 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,712.00 |
75 | Fashion.- | Fashions of London and Paris, |
1798 - 1799 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,364.00 |
209 | Fyfe (Andrew) | A System of the Anatomy of the Human Body..., |
1820 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,178.00 |
101 | Ambrose (Saint, Bishop of Milan). | [Epistolae] |
1491 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 744.00 |
163 | Kent (Rockwell) Melville (Herman) | Moby Dick or the Whale, |
1930 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 744.00 |
141 | McGonagall (William) | The Disastrous Fire at Scarborough, |
1898 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 682.00 |
155 | Rubens (Sir Peter Paul) After. | [Lion Hunt; Meleager and Atalanta], |
early-mid 17th century | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 596.00 |
143 | Cocktails.- Two Knights and a Maid, |
1928 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 521.00 | |
147 | Greenaway (Kate) | Alamanacs, |
1883-1929 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 521.00 |
164 | Arthur Rackham.- | Fables D''sope, |
1913 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 521.00 |
108 | of Rashi, Abraham ibn Ezra, Jacob Ben Asher, David Kimchi, Levi Ben Gershon and Saia Gaon. Edited by Leon di Modeno, | Bible, Hebrew. [Magna Biblia Rabbinica], With Targum and commentaries |
1617-18 but 1619. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 496.00 |
138 | Williams (John Babbington, editor ) | Leaves from the Note-Book of a New York Detective. The Private Record of J. B. |
1865 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 496.00 |
105 | Marliani (Giovanni Bartolomeo) | Urbis Romae Topographia, |
1588 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 472.00 |
134 | Smith (Adam) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, |
1796 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 434.00 |
96 | Cooke (George) | Views in London and its Vicinity, |
c.1834 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 397.00 |
99 | [Gauden (John)] | Eikon basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie, |
1648 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 397.00 |
129 | Desaguliers (John Theophilus) | A Course of Experimental Philosophy, |
1763 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 397.00 |
190 | King (Jessie M.) | Design for an art nouveau floral panel, |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 397.00 | |
10 | Bonnefons (Jean) | Basia, |
1659 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 372.00 |
125 | Miniature Book.- | Biblia, or a Practical Summary of ye Old & New Testaments, |
1727, date corrected 1728. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 372.00 |
168 | Homann (Johann Baptist) | Neue Tafel,' Orlog oder Kriegs-Schiff |
c.1730. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 372.00 |
18 | Stanley (Thomas) | The History of Philosophy, |
1701 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 348.00 |
207 | Einstein (Albert) | Relativity: The Special & the General Theory, |
1920 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 348.00 |
142 | Baker (George Pierce, editor ) | Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell: Private Correspondence |
1908 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 323.00 |
170 | Orientalism.- | A group of 19th century prints of Egypt, the Holy Land and India, |
19th century | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 323.00 |