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Auction Name Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobbins - Part 2 Total Sales (GBP) 267,188.20
Auction Date March 27, 2024 - March 27, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 169,320.00
Sale Number #32724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 246,830.00
Total Lots 266
Sold Lots 189 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 235,670.00
% of Lots Sold 71.05% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 340,830.00
Unsold Lots 77 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 78.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
163 Kunike (Adolf Friedrich)

Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes von seinem Ursprunge bis zu seinem Ausflusse in das schwarze Meer,

1826 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
170 Lasinio (Carlo)

[Matrimony],

1790 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,930.00
86 Cruikshank (George).- Kenrick (Thomas)

The British Stage, and Literary Cabinet, 6 vol., hand-coloured etched plates, some signed by Cruikshank

 1817-22 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,048.00
180 Mansion (Andre Leon Larue)

[Costume of the Royal Navy and Marines]

 c.1831-33 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,670.00
149 Isenring (J.B.)

Thurgegenden. Eine Sammlung Malerischer Landschaften an und in der Nahe der Thur,

1825 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,292.00
99 [Doyle (John)], "H.B.".

Political Sketches &c. 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
138 [Hayez (Francesco)]

Costumi, Vestiti alla Festa da Ballo data dal Nobilissimo Sig. Conte G. Batthyany la sera del 30 gennaio 1828, first edition,

 1828 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 5,040.00
222 Rowlandson (Thomas)

[Rustic Scenes], hand-coloured aquatint miniature panorama with original boxwood drum,

 1799 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
46 [Alken (Samuel)]

The Race and the Road to Epsom,

1851 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
47 Alken (Samuel)

[Epsom Race Course], hand-coloured lithograph panorama,

18[54; and title (2). GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
207 Pollard (James)

[Epsom], 6 colour aquatints heightened with gum arabic

 1835-36 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
225 Rowlandson (Thomas)

Etchings of Landscapes from Scenes in Cornwall, &. &c, the set of 16 hand-coloured etchings

 c.1812. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
32 Alken (Henry)

[A Trip to Ascot Races], 8 hand-coloured engraved panoramas on 4 leaves

 1827 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
76 Chalon (Henry Barnard)

Six original preliminary drawings for 'Passions of the Horse' [together with] the suite of six "proof" prints, lithogrpahs,

 [c. 1825-1827 (2) GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
243

Souvenirs de la Suisse, 75 tinted and hand-coloured lithographed plates,

c.1840. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
98 Dighton (Robert)

[Caricatures], album of 50 hand-coloured etchings

 1794-1815. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,276.00
13 [Alken (Henry)]

Doing the Thing, and the Thing Done, in a series of Sporting Plates, first issue

 1818 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,024.00
1 Ackermann (Rudolph)

The Royal Navy, 6 hand-coloured aquatints

 1848-49. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,772.00
141 Hentzy (Rodolphe)

Promenade Pittoresque dans l'Eveche de Bale aux Bords de la Birs, de la Sorne, et de la Suze, 2 vol., first edition,

 1808-09. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,772.00
58 Barenger (James)

[New Invented Borders for Rooms...Representing Field Sports in Great Variety],

1809-10. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,520.00
208 Pollard (James)

British Horse Racing

 1836 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 2,520.00
121 Geissler (J.G.G.)

and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen, Mongolischen und andern Voelkern im Russischen Reich, 4...

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,394.00
195 Russia.- Owen (Major Charles Henry)

Sketches in the Crimea,

 1856 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,394.00
209 Pollard (James)

Scenes on the Road: a Trip to Epsom and Back,

1838 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,394.00
215 Denmark.- Rieter (Jacob) & Johannes Senn.

Danske nationale Klaededragter,

1805-06 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,394.00
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • 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
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
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