Sothebys: The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part VI
Auction Reports
Auction Name | The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part VI | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,103,020.00 |
Auction Date | October 20, 2016 - October 20, 2016 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 549,200.00 |
Sale Number | #L16416 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 830,550.00 |
Total Lots | 200 | ||
Sold Lots | 145 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 770,600.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 72.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,145,250.00 |
Unsold Lots | 55 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 96.31% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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12 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | UNRECORDED AUTOGRAPH SKETCH-LEAF FOR THE FIFTH PIANO CONCERTO IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP.73 ("EMPEROR"), DEDICATED TO THE ARCHDUKE RUDOLF, CONTAINING THEMES AND IDEAS FOR THE MAIN MATERIAL OF THE FIRST AND LAST MOVEMENTS |
GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | GBP 377,000.00 | |
42 | Dumas, Alexandre | LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES. |
1844 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 72,500.00 |
109 | [Lear, Edward] | A BOOK OF NONSENSE. BY DERRY DOWN DERRY. |
1846 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 43,750.00 |
186 | [Wilde, Oscar] | THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A TRIVIAL COMEDY FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE. |
1899 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 38,750.00 |
30 | Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge] | EXERCISE BOOK DETAILING NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOR RECIPIENTS OF THE NURSERY ALICE |
GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 | |
118 | Melville, Herman | MOBY-DICK; OR, THE WHALE. |
1851 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 25,000.00 |
185 | Wilde, Oscar | THE SPHINX. |
1894 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 23,750.00 |
175 | Twain, Mark [Clemens, S.L.] and Charles Dudley Warner | THE GILDED AGE. A NOVEL. |
1874 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 22,500.00 |
67 | Haggard, H. Rider | KING SOLOMON'S MINES. |
1885 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 20,000.00 |
94 | Keats, John | LAMIA, ISABELLA, THE EVE OF ST. AGNES, AND OTHER POEMS. |
1820 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 20,000.00 |
78 | Homer | ILIAS; ULISSEA. BATRACHOMYOMACHIA. HYMNI XXXII. |
APRIL 1524 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 18,750.00 |
28 | Christie, Agatha | THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN. |
1928 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
150 | Spender, Stephen | NINE EXPERIMENTS... BEING POEMS WRITTEN AT THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. |
GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 | |
1 | [Chambers, Robert] | TWO WORKS, COMPRISING: |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 15,000.00 | |
122 | Milne, A.A. | COMPLETE SET OF WINNIE-THE-POOH BOOKS. |
1924-1928 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 |
41 | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | THE LOST WORLD. |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 | |
5 | Kepler, Johannes | EPITOME ASTRONOMIAE COPERNICANAE. |
1635 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
129 | Montgomery, Lucy Maud | ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. |
1908 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
40 | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | FIRST EDITIONS OF "THE ADVENTURES..." AND "THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES": |
GBP 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,625.00 | |
51 | The Germ | THE GERM: THOUGHTS TOWARDS NATURE IN POETRY, LITERATURE AND ART [ART AND POETRY: BEING THOUGHTS TOWARDS NATURE CONDUCTED PRINCIPALLY BY ARTISTS]. |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 10,625.00 | |
80 | Hugo, Victor | LES MISÉRABLES. |
1862 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
114 | [Malory, Thomas] | [LE MORTE D'ARTHUR] THE MOST ANCIENT AND FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE RENOWNED PRINCE ARTHUR KING OF BRITAINE. |
1634 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
48 | Flaubert, Gustave | MADAME BOVARY. MOEURS DE PROVINCE. |
1857 | GBP 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 9,375.00 |
180 | Verne, Jules | TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEAS. |
1873 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
197 | Yeats, W.B. | THE GREEN HELMET AND OTHER POEMS. |
1912 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |