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Auction Name Entertainment Memorabilia Total Sales (GBP) 277,314.00
Auction Date December 13, 2017 - December 13, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 196,600.00
Sale Number #24241 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 275,150.00
Total Lots 163
Sold Lots 104 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 351,700.00
% of Lots Sold 63.80% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 480,550.00
Unsold Lots 59 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 57.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
160

John Lennon: A completed 'Valentine Awards 1969' polling form for 'Disc And Music Echo',

1969 GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 23,750.00
149

John Lennon: An original drawing, 'The Fat Budgie',

1965 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 22,500.00
93

Motörhead/Phil ('Philthy Animal') Taylor: An original Camco drum kit with shark motif bass drumskins,

1970's GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 18,750.00
44

Doctor Who: a full-size silver coloured Dalek ('Mk 3', 1965-1969) constructed for use in various BBCTV episodes,

1960's, circa 1990 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 17,500.00
52

Bob Marley: An iconic knitted rasta hat owned and worn by Bob Marley in his video for 'Is This Love',

1977-78 GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
147

John Lennon: An original drawing, untitled, of two duelling swordsmen,

1964 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
142

The Beatles: An autographed copy of the album Please Please Me,

1963 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 10,625.00
54

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: An autographed restaurant Guestbook,

1969 GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 GBP 9,375.00
150

John Lennon: An original drawing, untitled, of a boy in a boat with the Wumberlog bird on his head,

1965 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 9,375.00
148

John Lennon: An original drawing entitled 'Treasure Ivan',

1964 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
102

George Michael: An Armani suit worn on the '25' Live' tour, 2006-2008,

GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
87

Punk: Five original Vivienne Westwood/Malcolm McLaren T-shirts,

1976-77 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,750.00
113

David Bowie: A suit and tie worn in the video for Absolute Beginners,

1986 GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
60

Bob Dylan: A black felt Stetson hat and hat box,

circa 1990's GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
66

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: An embroidered tour jacket worn and owned by Danny Federici,

circa 1975 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
163

John Lennon: A sketch on a paper bag,

1970s GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
36

The Snowman: An Animation cel of The Snowman flying with James,

1982 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,500.00
37

Doctor Who: A screen-used prosthetic full head mask worn by 'The Watcher' for use in the BBCTV Doctor Who episode Longopolis,

1981 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,500.00
166

The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 6 Disc Super Deluxe (Anniversary Edition) box set, donated and dedicated by Sir Paul McCartney,

2017 Not Available GBP 3,375.00
80

Coldplay: An autographed 'Gold' sales award for the CD and cassette, Parachutes,

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,125.00
130

The Rolling Stones: A 'Gold' sales award for the single (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction,

1965 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,125.00
45

Beetlejuice : A screen used mask for the character 'Barbara Maitland',

1988 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,750.00
101

George Michael: A 'police' shirt worn during the '25 Live' tour,

2006-2008 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,750.00
73

Led Zeppelin: A 'Gold' sales award for the album Led Zeppelin II,

1970 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,625.00
14

Various film stars and musicians: A collection of individually signed notecards from the 'Tiberio' restaurant, London,

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,500.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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