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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Motoring, Cycling, Maritime and Railway History - Books and Prints

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Auction Name Motoring, Cycling, Maritime and Railway History - Books and Prints Total Sales (GBP) 55,740.78
Auction Date November 07, 2017 - November 07, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 30,370.00
Sale Number #110717 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 45,910.00
Total Lots 304
Sold Lots 243 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 38,280.00
% of Lots Sold 79.93% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 57,420.00
Unsold Lots 61 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 97.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
125

An Album of Historic Racing Postcards. 153 postcards, depicting for the most part pre-1914 publicity images of period racing cars either in repose or racing at speed.

 pre-1914 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,151.00
319

1924 Bentley Le Mans Victory.

 1924 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,792.50
239

The Autocar, Volumes 26, 27, 29 & 30

 1911-1913 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,553.50
318

1921 Bentley Three Litre.

1921 GBP 400.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,553.50
267

The Sports Car - The M.G. Owners" Magazine.

1935-1939 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,314.50
107

The Light Car (Iliffe & Sons Limited). A good quantity of loose issues of this very rare weekly motoring journal,

 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,123.30
268

Motor Sport. A complete hardbound run

 1924-1939 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,075.50
121 Géo Ham (Georges Hamel 1900-1972)

* 1955 24-Heures Le Mans Poster. A poster advertising the "11-12 Juin 1955 Le Mans" race,

1955 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,027.70
97

* Glass Plate Negatives. Held in nine stiff whole-plate boxes, they all represent pre-1910 competition motoring and speed trials.

 GBP 350.00 - 550.00 GBP 979.90
433

Cycle Catalogues. A collection of assorted brochures,

 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 884.30
438

Cycling Postcards. An album of approximately 300 postcards.

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 836.50
320

1925 Bentley Three Litre.

 1925 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 764.80
333

Automotor Journal. A complete bound Volume IV (October 1899 to Sep 1900),

 1899-1900 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 645.30
307

1928 Bentley 4 1/2-Litre.

 1928 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 597.50
98

The Motor. 25 loose copies of the weekly magazine, mostly with their covers/advertisements,

 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 573.60
96

* London to Brighton Run. A selection of VCC dinner menus from 1946,

 1946, GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 549.70
148

AC Brochures. A 1923 monochrome illustrated brochure with 30pp and a sepia illustrated front card cover.

 1923 GBP 130.00 - 160.00 GBP 549.70
271

The Automobile Engineer: A Technical Journal Devoted to the Theory and Practice of Automobile Construction.

1910 to 1920 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 549.70
427

Bicycle Photographs. A group of approximately 70 photographs featuring bicycles, late 19th and early 20th century,

 19th and early 20th century, GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 549.70
432

* Manufacturers" Letters & Receipts. A folder containing an assortment of material,

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 525.80
435

* Edwardian & Later Photographs. About 130 photographs of various sizes and categories,

 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 525.80
192

* 1903 International Motorcycle Meeting held at Canning Town, London on July 19th.

 1903 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 501.90
347 Wimpffen (Janos L).

Open Roads & Frontengines, World Championship Sports Car Racing in Photographs, 1953-1961,

2005 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 501.90
112

The Automotor Journal, Vol. 13, January to June, 1908. A single quarto hardback volume of this "Illustrated Weekly Journal", sub-titled "A Record and Review of Applied Automatic Locomotion", in the F. King & Co. publisher's mustard-coloured cloth bi

 1908 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 478.00
199

Grand Album Illustre de L'Industrie Automobile.

1900, 1901 and 1902 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 478.00
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