Lyon and Turnbull: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs | Total Sales (GBP) | 342,897.00 |
Auction Date | October 11, 2017 - October 11, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 173,370.00 |
Sale Number | #501 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 254,000.00 |
Total Lots | 651 | ||
Sold Lots | 470 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 239,560.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 72.20% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 351,940.00 |
Unsold Lots | 181 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.43% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
143 | R. Scott - Brook & Co., and others | Pattern & Decoration, 5 books |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 20,000.00 | |
641 | St. Helena, Persia, Islands in the E. Indies, Mauritius, Euphrates, Penang & Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) |
c. 1815-17 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 16,250.00 | |
515 | Photographs - China, Japan, Egypt, Yemen, Germany, Austria & Italy |
LATE 19TH CENTURY | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 | |
252 | Gentleman's Magazine - Sylvanus Urban |
1731-1844. | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 | |
149 | Strutt, Joseph - Fine Extra-Illustrated Work | A Biographical Dictionary containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers from the Earliest Period … to the Present Time |
1785 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
296 | Album Amicorum, 1581-1585 |
1581-1585 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 7,750.00 | |
519 | China, Photographs - Shanghai, Huangpu River, Moganshan, Hangzhou |
AROUND 1900 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 6,875.00 | |
518 | China, Photographs - Shanghai and the Xinhai Revolution |
EARLY 20TH CENTURY | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 | |
520 | China, 230 Photographs, 1910-1917 |
1910-1917 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 | |
488 | De Moivre, Abraham | The Doctrine of Chances, or a Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play. |
1718 | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
10 | Plinius Secundus, Gaius | Historia naturalis. |
1483 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
43 | Bewick, Thomas | The Wild Bull... |
1789 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
206 | [Drummond de Melfort, Guy, Comte de] | [Traité sur La Cavalerie. |
1776 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
513 | Photographs - Beijing, Shanghai, Chongquing & Hangzhou |
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 | |
161 | Jaillot, Charles Hubert Alexis - Sanson d'Abbeville, Nicolas, and others | A collection of 16 maps from Jaillot's Atlas Nouveau |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,500.00 | |
458 | Saudi Arabia: Photographs and Documents of Saudi Royalty and the King Khalid Military City |
n.d. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 3,500.00 | |
521 | China, 535 photographs, |
c. 1919-41 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,500.00 | |
457 | Saudi Arabia: King Saud's visit to the United States, 1957, a collection of photographs |
1957 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,000.00 | |
11 | Plutarch | Ta sôzomena syngrammata. |
1572 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
493 | Lagrange, Joseph Louis | Méchanique Analytique. |
1788 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
160 | India - Arrowsmith, Aaron | To Mark Wood Esq. |
1804 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
450 | Collection of 352 photographs of Aswan Dam Construction, Egypt & Sudan |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,250.00 | ||
14 | Stephanus Byzantinus | Peri poleon. |
1502 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
177 | Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. |
1998 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
138 | Bey, Max Herz | La Mosquée du Sultan Hassan au Caire. |
1899 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |