Tooveys: Antiquarian and Collectors Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antiquarian and Collectors Books | Total Sales (GBP) | 48,878.73 |
| Auction Date | October 04, 2016 - October 04, 2016 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 23,295.00 |
| Sale Number | #1450 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 36,335.00 |
| Total Lots | 292 | ||
| Sold Lots | 249 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 27,475.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.27% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 42,725.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 43 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3150 | ASTLEY, Thomas. | A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels: in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America:. Also the Manners and Customs of the Several Inhabitants. |
1745-1747. | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,450.00 |
| 3055 | DOYLE, Arthur Conan. | The Hound of the Baskervilles, Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. |
1902 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,592.50 |
| 3096 | HARDY, Thomas | [Wessex Edition, The Works: in Prose and Verse.] |
1917-1926. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,592.50 |
| 3092 | UBALDUS, Guido. | An illuminated manuscript document addressed to Guido Ubaldus apparently granting him a doctorate by the university, city and state, including Locatelli. |
circa 1585. | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,347.50 |
| 3144 | CASSIN, John. | Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. |
1856 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,347.50 |
| 3230 | NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. | Report from the Select Committee on Transportation. |
1812 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,225.00 |
| 3036 | BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord. | Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt. |
1812 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 980.00 |
| 3088 | LYON, George Francis. | [A bound collection of proof plated from William Edward Parry's 'Journal of a Second Voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage'. |
1824 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 918.75 |
| 3147 | MAISTRE, J (publisher). | Recueil des Plans de Ports & Rades de la Mer M:diterran:e de la Mer Noire & de la Mer d'Azof. |
1851-1854. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 857.50 |
| 3229 | THORNTON, Robert John. | Elementary Botanical Plates, Illustrative of the Science of Botany. |
1810 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 857.50 |
| 3056 | FLEMING, Ian. | Moonraker. |
1955 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 796.25 |
| 3067 | BRUCE, James. | Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. |
1790-1791. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 735.00 |
| 3204 | FORBES, Edwin. | Life Studies of the Great Army. |
1874 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 735.00 |
| 3244 | GIBBON, Edward. | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. |
1776-1788. | GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 735.00 |
| 3091 | MAXWELL, Donald. C. B. MORTLOCK. | Famous London Churches. |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 673.75 | |
| 3161 | BRADLEY, Richard. | A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature. |
1721 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 673.75 |
| 3100 | BAXTER, W. | British Phaenogamous Botany; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. |
1834-1843. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 612.50 |
| 3237 | KING, Stephen. | Carrie. |
1974 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 612.50 |
| 3284 | R. JOHNSTON and Simon KELLY. | Untamed, the Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. |
2006 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 588.00 |
| 3102 | PLATE GLASS. | The Plate-Glass-Book: By a Glass-House Clerk, the third edition, enlarged. |
1760 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 465.50 |
| 3114 | HARRISON, Florence (illustrator). Christina ROSSETTI. | Poems. |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 441.00 | |
| 3165 | PINELLI, Bartolomeo. | Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi. |
1809 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 441.00 |
| 3166 | [WESTMACOTT, Charles Molloy] 'Bernard BLACKMANTLE'. | The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous: Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. |
1825-1826. | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 441.00 |
| 3170 | ALASTAIR (illustrator). Oscar WILDE. | The Sphinx. |
1920 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 441.00 |
| 3018 | BINDINGS. | The Works of Lord Byron. |
1823 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 392.00 |
