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Sale Name
Sothebys : L02963
Auction Date
01/01/2002 - 01/01/2002
Year of Sale
2002
Sale Number
#L02963
Total Lots
93
Sold Lots
93
Lots Sold
100.0%
Unsold Lots
0
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
2,130,020.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
Inf%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
3,820,900.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
84 AN HISTORIC FRENCH FIRST EMPIRE OFFICER'S SWORD

GBP - 336,650.00
13 RUNDELL & BRIDGE A CEREMONIAL SWORD FOR A MEMBER OF THE EGYPTIAN CLUB,

1798

 GBP - 270,650.00
79 NELSON'S PURSE CONTAINING THIRTEEN AND ONE THIRD GUINEAS IN GOLD, FROM THE ADMIRAL'S PERSONAL EFFECTS CARRIED ABOARD HMS VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH; PASSED TO ALEXANDER DAVISON

DECEMBER 1805

 GBP - 270,650.00
67 THE HORATIO NELSON DIAMOND ANCHOR BROOCH, ENGLISH

1801

 GBP - 160,650.00
85 NELSON, FRANCES, Viscountess remarkable, highly revealing and significant series of some seventy-two autograph

GBP - 138,650.00
19 A PAIR OF DERBY TWO-HANDLED WINE COOLERS

1798

 GBP - 94,650.00
14 A DIRK FOR A MEMBER OF THE EGYPTIAN CLUB,

1798

 GBP - 59,750.00
87 ALEXANDER DAVISON'S GOLD AND PINE HMS VICTORY SNUFFBOX, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1805,

GBP - 57,360.00
78 A VERY RARE SEVEN-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK GOOSE RIFLE BY HENRY NOCK

1796

 GBP - 50,190.00
80 HAMILTON, EMMA, Lady Remarkable autograph letter signed ("My Dear Sir your aflicted but gratefull Emma"), to Alexander Davison, pouring out her heart about the loss of her beloved nelson, her inconsolable misery, and her bitter feelings about frances, lady nelson, and william

GBP - 31,070.00
76 NELSON, HORATIO Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte"), to Alexander Davison ("I hope to get at their fleet")

GBP - 31,070.00
3 ALEXANDER DAVISON'S MEDAL FOR THE BATTLE OF THE NILE 1798, IN GOLD

GBP - 28,680.00
62 NELSON, HORATIO Brief autograph letter signed, to Alexander Davison, about the death of his father

GBP - 28,680.00
20 A RARE DERBY 'NELSON OF THE NILE' BLUE GROUND CHOCOLATE CUR COVER AND STAND

1798

 GBP - 26,290.00
8 ALEXANDER DAVISON'S MEDAL FOR THE BATTLE OF THE NILE,

1798

 GBP - 26,290.00
70 NELSON, HORATIO AND ALEXANDER DAVISON.

GBP - 23,900.00
49 A PAIR OF DERBY PINK GROUND CIRCULAR DISHES,

1797-1800

 GBP - 23,900.00
17 NAPLES AND SICILY-SAINT-NON, JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD, abbe de. Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile.

1781-1786

 GBP - 20,315.00
63 H.W. MORTIMER A SILVER-MOUNTED D.B. FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION SWORD-PISTOL

1805-6

 GBP - 20,315.00
32 A PAIR OF DERBY PINK GROUND ICE PAILS AND COVERS,

1797-1800

 GBP - 19,120.00
77 NELSON, HORATIO Wrapper for Nelson's Final Codicil

GBP - 16,730.00
11 H.W. MORTIMER & SON, GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, 89 FLEET ST.T A FLINTLOCK FOUR-SHOT VOLLEY PISTOL OF 'DUCK'S FOOT' TYPE,

1807-1812

 GBP - 14,340.00
27 EARL ST. VINCENT'S MEDAL, 1800, IN GOLD

GBP - 13,145.00
66 NELSON, HORATIO Autograph letter signed ("ever your obliged faithful and affectionate Nelson & Bronte"), to Lord Minto

GBP - 11,950.00
23 DAVISON, ALEXANDER papers of davison relating to lord nelson,

GBP - 11,950.00
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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