Forum Auctions: The Edge Hall Library
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| Auction Name | The Edge Hall Library | Total Sales (GBP) | 703,375.00 |
| Auction Date | October 12, 2017 - October 12, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 260,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #1017 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 372,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 311 | ||
| Sold Lots | 307 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 263,950.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 98.71% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 377,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 186.23% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Gould (John) | The Birds of Great Britain |
1862-73. | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 52,500.00 |
| 213 | Rousseau (Jean Jacques) | Les Confessions |
1782 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 45,000.00 |
| 152 | Richardson (John) and others. | Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America |
1829-37. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
| 204 | Fox Talbot (William Henry) | A group of nine salt prints from paper negatives |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 26,250.00 | |
| 291 | Ricardo (David) | On the Principles of Political Economy |
1817 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 23,750.00 |
| 7 | Arrowsmith (John) | The London Atlas of Universal Geography |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 21,250.00 | |
| 187 | Martin (John) | Illustrations to Paradise Lost |
circa 1824-1827. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 21,250.00 |
| 118 | Rabel (Daniel) | Theatrum Florae |
1622 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 |
| 111 | Curtis (William) | The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 | |
| 151 | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
1848-67 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 | |
| 167 | Boyle (Robert) | New Experiments Physico-Mechanical touching the Spring of the Air... |
1662 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 |
| 126 | Doubleday (Edward) | and John O. Westwood. The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera |
1846-52. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
| 274 | Dickens (Charles) | Great Expectations |
1861 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 10,625.00 |
| 31 | Turgot (Michel Etienne) | Plan de Paris |
c.1739. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 99 | Gray (George Robert) | The Genera of Birds |
1837-44-49. | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 56 | Fellows (Charles) | A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc |
1827 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 235 | Corneille (Pierre) | Heraclius |
1664 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 6,875.00 |
| 132 | Wilkes (Benjamin) | One Hundred and Twenty Copper-Plates of English Moths and Butterflies |
1773 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 273 | Dickens (Charles) | A Tale of Two Cities |
1859 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 140 | Curtis (John) | British Entomology |
1823-40. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,625.00 |
| 207 | Silvy (Camille) | Trophée de Chasse |
c 1858-59. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 5,500.00 |
| 113 | Elwes (Henry John) | A Monograph of the Genus Lilium |
1877- 1880. | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
| 102 | Newton (Alfred) | The Ibis |
1859-70 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 137 | L'Obel (Matthias de) | Plantarum seu Stirpium Icones |
1581 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 311 | Wilson (Walter) | Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel Defoe |
1830 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
