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Auction Name Cinema, Entertainment and Music Memorabilia Total Sales (GBP) 71,105.00
Auction Date November 09, 2017 - November 09, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 51,760.00
Sale Number #19216 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 70,870.00
Total Lots 249
Sold Lots 131 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 78,410.00
% of Lots Sold 52.61% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 108,200.00
Unsold Lots 118 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 65.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
115 Monroe, Marilyn & others

Commemorative programme from the New York Birthday Salute event celebrating the birthday of John F. Kennedy on may 19

 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 7,440.00
177 Beatles

An early Parlophone publicity postcard signed and inscribed on the verso "Love to Joan

 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,968.00
208 McCartney, Paul

Autograph letter signed ('Paul') to a recipient named Linda

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,968.00
106 Lee, Bruce

A 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book containing annotations

 1960s GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 3,720.00
202 Lennon, John

Back cover of the 1963 Beatles first LP release on Parlophone Records 'Please Please Me'

 1963 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,720.00
203 Lennon, John

With The Beatles

 1964 GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,224.00
222 Shostakovich, Dimitri

Autograph music quotation signed ('D.Shostakovich')

 1974 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,108.00
237 Violinists

Large collection of letters and clipped signatures by prominent violinists and conductors. Including: Jan Kubelik (autograph letter signed in German to an admirer

 1901 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 2,108.00
34 Houdini, Harry

A green

 1915 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,860.00
249 1966 World Cup Winning Squad

Vintage Union Jack pole flag signed by sixteen of the 1966 FIFA World Cup winning England football squad

 1966 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,736.00
215 Presley, Elvis

The King's second studio album signed by Elvis himself in white ink on the RCA Victor label

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,612.00
114 Monroe, Marilyn

Cheque signed ('Marilyn Monroe') for the sum of $108.60 payable to the New York Telephone Company

 1959 GBP 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 GBP 1,488.00
141 Wizard of Oz

Colour landscape photograph of Dorothy

 1939 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,240.00
204 Lennon, John

Off-white album page signed and inscribed "Good luck! This is the best I could do! John Lennon!!!! 1965" in blue biro pen ink

 1965 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,178.00
213

Photograph Collections

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 992.00
5

Autograph Album - Incl. Damien Hirst

 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 930.00
216 Presley, Elvis

Holiday on ice' Musical Memories Record Card signed by Elvis Presley in blue ballpoint pen ink

 1959 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 930.00
15

Autograph Collection - Hollywood Stars

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 806.00
167 Sullivan, Arthur

Autograph music quotation signed ('Arthur S. Sullivan')

 GBP 700.00 - 800.00 GBP 744.00
176 Beach Boys

Large, full length colour magazine photograph of the Beach Boys

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 682.00
29 Newman, Arnold

Man Ray

 1948 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 620.00
184

Collection - Musicians

 1927 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 620.00
189 Du Pre, Jacqueline & Daniel Barenboim

Souvenir programme of a concert held at the Royal Festival Hall on April 7th

 1964 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 620.00
226 Springsteen, Bruce

Born to Run,

 2016 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 620.00
67 Chaplin, Charles

Black and white photograph of Charlie Chaplin from 'The Vagabond

 1916 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 558.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.
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