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Auction Name Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera Total Sales (GBP) 32,412.33
Auction Date April 17, 2018 - April 17, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 10,370.00
Sale Number #41718 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 16,250.00
Total Lots 161
Sold Lots 148 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 11,220.00
% of Lots Sold 91.93% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 17,560.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 184.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3175 HM Queen Elizabeth and HRH Prince Philip

AUTOGRAPHS. A pair of black and white photographs signed by HM Queen Elizabeth and HRH Prince Philip

1962 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,490.00
3149

Three albums containing approximately 570 postcards, the majority of motoring, cycling, railway, aviation, military or social history interest or of British topographical views

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 2,116.50
3195

TRAVEL JOURNAL. A journal by Miss Turner titled 'Notes and Jottings from England to China', dated 1893-1894

1893-1894 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,867.50
3181 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Antony Armstrong-Jones

AUTOGRAPHS. A pair of black and white photographs signed by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Antony Armstrong-Jones

1962 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,618.50
3189 BEATRIX POTTER.

BEATRIX POTTER. An early 20th century watercolour and ink frieze reproducing the 28 illustrations in The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,618.50
3190 Lionel Frederick Southwell Sotheby, William Edward Southwell Sotheby.

FIRST WORLD WAR. Two diaries, one by 2nd Lt Lionel Frederick Southwell Sotheby, the other by his father William Edward Southwell Sotheby.

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,618.50
3150

An album containing approximately 328 postcards, the majority of Japan, but a few of China and Hong Kong

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 871.50
3138

A collection of approximately 81 postcards of French Indo-China

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 622.50
3125

A collection of 27 photographic postcards of railway stations

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 597.60
3176 Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh

AUTOGRAPHS. A black and white photograph signed by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and dated 1962

1962 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 473.10
3182 f Princess Margaret

AUTOGRAPH. A black and white photograph of Princess Margaret with an emboldened signature

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 473.10
3118

A colour lithographed advertising postcard by Alphonse Mucha 'Collection Lefèvre-Utile', depicting Sarah Bernhardt sitting in a tree.

circa 1904 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 448.20
3159

An album containing approximately 200 postcards, the majority topographical views

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 448.20
3198

PHOTOGRAPHS. A leather-bound musical photograph album with chromolithographed leaves titled 'The Seaside Album'

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 448.20
3221

PHOTOGRAPHS. An album containing 55 photographs, of Continental Europe and North Africa,

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 448.20
3121

A collection of approximately 60 novelty postcards, the majority fantasy heads.

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 423.30
3085

Nine albums containing approximately 1500 postcards of Arundel, West Sussex, and its environs

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 398.40
3096

A collection of approximately 54 postcards of Sussex

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 348.60
3179 Louis Mountbatten

AUTOGRAPH. A black and white photograph signed by Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and dated 1962

1962 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 348.60
3093

A collection of 15 photographic postcards of Sussex

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 323.70
3183 Queen Mary

AUTOGRAPH. A black and white photograph signed by HM Queen Mary and dated 1950

1950 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 323.70
3193

BRIDAL TOUR. A vellum-bound journal by John Batten dated May 1841

1841 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 323.70
3228

AUTOGRAPHS. A sketch of a rabbit sporting a bow tie signed by James Stewart and 'Harvey', with a black and white photograph from the film

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 323.70
3185 William Hewett

CORRESPONDENCE. A collection of seventeen autographed letters signed by William Hewett to his younger sister Betsy,

circa 1758-1759. GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 298.80
3203

PHOTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 64 photographs relating to Admiral Sir Arthur Moore

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 298.80
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    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.
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    Auction 151
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    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.
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    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.
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    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
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    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.
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    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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