Forum Auctions: Fine Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 688,862.50 |
| Auction Date | March 22, 2018 - March 22, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 327,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #1024 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 466,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 602 | ||
| Sold Lots | 502 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 399,950.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.39% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 569,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 100 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 121.01% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 272 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 |
| 182 | [Shelley (Lady Jane, née Gibson, married Sir Percy Florence Shelley, son of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley, 1820-99)] | Diary: [Cruise to Scotland]; 2nd Cruize of the Guinerva; Our First Cruize in the Flirt, autograph manuscript, |
1848, 1853 & 1860. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 9,750.00 |
| 34 | Hutson (Mrs Beulah) | [Collection of recipes], manuscript |
n.d. [c. 1680]. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 378 | Le Jeune (Paul) | Relation de se qui s'est passé en la Nouvelle France en l'anné 1636 enuoyée au R.Pere Provincial de la Compagnie de Iesus en la Province d France |
1637 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 43 | Meyer (Henry Leonard) | Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs , 7 vol. in 2, wood-engraved title-vignettes |
1842-50 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 35 | [Collection of recipes], manuscript |
n.d. [c. 1700]. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 7,500.00 | |
| 289 | Country Life, a complete run |
1897-2017. | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 | |
| 23 | Medical Recipes | [Collection of recipes, mostly medicinal], manuscript |
n.d., dated in text 1725 & first half of the 18th century. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 7,250.00 |
| 377 | Laet (Johannes de) | L'Histoire du Nouveau Monde ou Description des Indes Occidentales |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,875.00 | |
| 533 | Report from the Committee of Secrecy Appointed to take into Consideration the Treasonable Papers Presented to the House of Commons of Ireland, |
1798 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 6,875.00 | |
| 73 | Keats (John) | Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems |
1820 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
| 509 | Fisher (Jonathan) | Scenery of Ireland illustrated in a series of prints of Select Views, Castles and Abbies, |
1795 [plates dated 1792-95]. | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
| 221 | Pindar. | [Odes in Greek]. Ta Tou Pindarou Olympia, Ex editione Oxoniense |
1754 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 474 | McClintock (Admiral Sir Francis Leopold) | The Holy Bible, Admiral McClintock's copy |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 6,000.00 | |
| 57 | Milton (John) | Paradise Lost |
1669 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,625.00 |
| 573 | Hincks (William) | Irish Linen Industry |
1791 but ca. 1808-1810 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 5,500.00 |
| 393 | Gonzalez de Mendoza (Juan) | Historia de las Cosas Mas Notables, Ritos y Costumbres, del gan Reyno dela China...con un Itinerario del nuevo Mundo, |
1585 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
| 91 | Dickens (Charles) | An Entirely New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, by Mr. Wilkie Collins, called The Frozen Deep... |
1857 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 167 | Callwell (Robert, Commissioner of Irish Lights, author of "A Short History of the Lighthouses of Ireland", fl. 1860-71) | [Lighthouses and Islands of Ireland] |
1860-67 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 379 | Middleton (Christopher) | A Vindication of the Conduct of Captain Christopher Middleton, in a Late Voyage on Board His Majesty's Ship the Furnace, |
1743 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 85 | Dickens (Charles) | The Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature & Art, will have the honor of performing... a New Comedy in Five Acts, |
1851-2. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 139 | Cooke (Robert, herald, d. 1593) | The Armes of the Nobility of England R. Cooke Clarencieusx 1572 XIIII Eliz., manuscript |
1572-[1800]. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 225 | [Johnson (Richard)], | "Master Tommy Littleton, Secretary to the Court". Juvenile Trials for Robbing Orchards, telling Fibs, and other high Misdemeanours |
1772 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 539 | Stafford (Thomas) | Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and Reduced… |
1633 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 14 | Jenner (Rev. George Charles) | The Evidence at Large, as Laid Before the Committee of the House of Commons, Respecting Dr Jenner's Discovery of Vaccine Inoculation |
1805 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,375.00 |
