Sothebys: Atlases, Travel and Natural History including The Properties of The Trustees of Sir Leonard J. Milburn, Bt., deceased The Royal Scottish Geographical Society Bell Mead Educational Trust and The Melvin Milligan Burton Collection, HARE,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 26, 1992 - June 26, 1992
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | MONSON (Lord FREDERICK JOHN) | VIEWS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ISERE AND THE HIGH ALPS | 1840 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102 | ROSSINI (LUIGI) | LE ANTICHITA ROMANE | Rome | 1819-1823 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 8,690.00 |
| 103 | ROSSINI (LUIGI) | LE ANTICHITA ROMANE | Rome | 1829 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 8,470.00 |
| 104 | STANFIELD (CLARKSON) | SKETCHES ON THE MOSELLE | 1838 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,430.00 | |
| 105 | CARPENTER (PERCY) | HOG HUNTING IN LOWER BENGAL | 1861 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,200.00 | |
| 106 | SWITZERLAND | Zurich | c.1830 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 9,900.00 | |
| 107 | FORBES (JAMES) | ORIENTAL MEMOIRS | 1813 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 108 | LEAR (EDWARD) | VIEWS IN THE SEVEN IONIAN ISLANDS | 1 December 1863 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,430.00 | |
| 109 | MALCOLM (Colonel Sir JOHN) | THE HISTORY OF PERSIA | 1815 |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 770.00 | |
| 110 | MAYER (LUIGI) | VIEWS IN TURKEY IN EUROPE AND ASIA | 1801-[1806] |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 111 | O'BRIEN (Captain C.) | A SERIES OF FIFTEEN VIEWS IN CEYLON | 1864 |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 | |
| 112 | ROBERTS (DAVID) AND LOUIS HAGHE | THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT, AND NUBIA | 1842-1843 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 5,060.00 | |
| 113 | COOK (Captain JAMES)---HAWKESWORTH (JOHN) | AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES . . . FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE | 1773 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,520.00 | |
| 114 | COOK (Captain JAMES) | VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD | 1784 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,300.00 | |
| 115 | COOK (Captain JAMES) AND Captain JAMES KING | A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN . . . FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE | 1784-1785 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,300.00 | |
| 116 | WHITE (JOHN) | JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES | 1790 |
USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 117 | VANCOUVER (Captain GEORGE) | VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND ROUND THE WORLD | 1798 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 5,500.00 | |
| 118 | DIXON (Captain GEORGE) | A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD | 1789 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,520.00 | |
| 119 | PORTLOCK (Captain NATHANIEL) | A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD | 1789 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,300.00 | |
| 120 | HEARNE (SAMUEL) | A JOURNEY FROM PRINCE OF WALES'S FORT IN HUDSON'S BAY, TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN | 1795 |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 121 | TENCH (WATKIN) | A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT AT PORT JACKSON | 1793 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 6,050.00 | |
| 122 | BACKHOUSE (JAMES) | A NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES | Hamilton | 1843 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | BARRINGTON (GEORGE) | THE HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES | 1810-[1811] |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 124 | BENNETT (GEORGE) | WANDERINGS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, BATAVIA, PEDIR COAST, SINGAPORE, AND CHINA | 1834 |
GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 715.00 | |
| 125 | BEAUVOIR (LUDOVIC, marquis de) | AUSTRALIE | Paris | 1869 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 126 | BISCHOFF (JAMES) | SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | 1832 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 605.00 | |
| 127 | BLIGH (WILLIAM) | A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA ... IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE BOUNTY | 1792 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,210.00 | |
| 128 | [CALLANDER (JOHN)] | A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE | 1788 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 | |
| 129 | COLLINS (Lieutenant-Colonel DAVID) | A ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 1798 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 990.00 | |
| 130 | DARWIN (CHARLES) PHILIP PARKER KING AND ROBERT FITZROY | NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE | 1839 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,290.00 | |
| 131 | FLINDERS (MATTHEW) | A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS | 1814-[1829] |
USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 132 | Bonwick (JAMES) | THE LAST OF THE TASMANIANS; OR, THE BLACK WAR OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | 1870 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 352.00 | |
| 133 | GILES (ERNEST) | AUSTRALIA TWICE TRAVERSED | 1889 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 134 | GREY (GEORGE) | JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN THE NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA | 1846 |
GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,980.00 | |
| 135 | GRIFFITH (CHARLES) | THE PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT OF NEW SOUTH WALES | Dublin | 1845 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 330.00 |
| 136 | HARCUS (WILLIAM) | SOUTH AUSTRALIA: ITS HISTORY, RESOURCES, AND PRODUCTIONS | Adelaide | 1876 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 137 | HAYDON (G.H.) | FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN AUSTRALIA FELIX | Hamilton | 1846 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 138 | HENDERSON (JOHN) | EXCURSIONS AND ADVENTURES IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 1854 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 139 | HUNTER (Captain JOHN) | AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND | 1793 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 140 | JESSOP (WILLIAM ROWLESTONE HENRY) | FLINDERSLAND AND STURTLAND | 1862 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 141 | JONES (Rev. HENRY BERKELEY) | ADVENTURES IN AUSTRALIA | 1853 |
USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 142 | JUKES (JOSEPH BEETE) | NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGE OF H.M.S. FLY | 1847 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,430.00 | |
| 143 | JUST (P.) | AUSTRALIA | Dundee | 1859 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 144 | LANCELOTT (F.) | AUSTRALIA AS IT IS: ITS SETTLEMENTS, FARMS AND GOLD-FIELDS | 1852 |
USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 145 | LANG (JOHN DUNMORE) | AN HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES | 1834 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 146 | LEICHHARDT (LUDWIG) | JOURNAL OF AN OVERLAND EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA, FROM MORETON BAY TO PORT ESSINGTON | 1847 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 990.00 | |
| 147 | MACDONALD (JOHN GRAHAM) | JOURNAL OF ... AN EXPEDITION FROM PORT DENISON TO THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA AND BACK | Brisbane | 1865 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,620.00 |
| 148 | MITCHELL (THOMAS LIVINGSTONE) | JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION INTO THE INTERIOR OF TROPICAL AUSTRALIA | 1848 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 | |
| 149 | OXLEY (JOHN) | JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES | 1820 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,200.00 | |
| 150 | PHILLIP (ARTHUR) | THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY | 1789 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 151 | PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM | [c. 1870s?] |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 152 | READ (C. RUDSTON) | WHAT I HEARD, SAW, AND DID AT THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS | 1853 |
USD 300.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 153 | SARGENT (G. E.) | FRANK LAYTON : AN AUSTRALIAN STORY | [c.1866] |
USD 300.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 154 | TORRENS (ROBERT) | COLONIZATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 1835 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 330.00 | |
| 155 | STURT (CHARLES) | NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,200.00 | ||
| 156 | WILLS (WILLIAM JOHN) | A SUCCESSFUL EXPLORATION THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA, FROM MELBOURNE TO THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA | 1863 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 157 | [WILSON (WILLIAM)] | A MISSIONARY VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN | 1799 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 158 | MCIAN (JAMES) AND ROBERT RONALD MCIAN | THE CLANS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS | 1845-1847 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 159 | LE VACHER DE CHARNOIS (JEAN CHARLES) | RECHERCHES SUR LES COSTUMES ET SUR LES THEATRES DE TOUTES LES NATIONS | Paris | 1790 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 990.00 |
| 160 | PYNE (WILLIAM HENRY) | THE COSTUME OF GREAT BRITAIN | 1808 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 605.00 | |
| 161 | [WALKER (GEORGE)] | THE COSTUME OF YORKSHIRE | 1814 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 162 | [RECHBERG (CHARLES, comte de) AND GEORGE BERNHARD DEPPING.] | LES PEUPLES DE LA RUSSIE | Paris | 1812-1813 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 3,850.00 |
| 163 | HAMILTON (ADOLF lUDVIG) | ARTILLERY AND FORTIFICATION | [Strasbourg?] | 1765-1766 |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 164 | DUNDAS (HENRY, Secretary for War) | LOYAL VOLUNTEERS | 1794-1798 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 495.00 | |
| 165 | ROWLANDSON (THOMAS) | LOYAL VOLUNTEERS OF LONDON & ENVIRONS | 1798-1799 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 4,950.00 | |
| 166 | BRADFORD (WILLIAM) | SKETCHES OF THE COUNTRY, CHARACTER, AND COSTUME,IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN | 1809-1810 |
GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 715.00 | |
| 167 | HOSTE (PAUL, SJ) | L'ART DES ARMEES NAVALES | Lyon | 1697 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 168 | VAN KEULEN (GERARD) | MARITIME FLAGS | Amsterdam | [c.1780] |
GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 880.00 |
| 169 | CESAROTTI (SERAFINO) | AN UNTITLED ALBUM CONTAINING 12 NEO-CLASSICAL MURAL SUBJECTS, FINELY HAND-COLOURED IN WATERCOLOURS AND GOUACHE | Rome | c.1800? |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,860.00 |
| 170 | CAMPBELL (COLEN) | VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS | [1725-]1725 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 171 | CLAUDE LORRAIN | LIBER VERITATIS | Hurst | [1777]-1819 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,950.00 |
| 172 | DECKER (PAUL) | FURSTLICHER BAUMEISTER | Augsburg | 1711-1716 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 173 | [KIP (JOHANNES)] | BRITANNIA ILLUSTRATA | David Mortier | 1709 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,850.00 |
| 174 | LE GENDRE (JEAN GABRIEL) | DESCRIPTION DE LA PLACE DE LOUIS XV QUE L'ON CONSTRUIT A REIMS | Paris | 1765 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | 2,420.00 |
| 175 | JONES (OWEN) AND JULES GOURY | PLANS, ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS, AND DETAILS OF THE ALHAMBRA | 1841-1845 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 176 | [LANDI (GIUSEPPE ANTONIO)] | RACOLTA DI ALCUNE FACCIATE DI PALAZZI E CORTILI DE PIU RIGUARDEVOLI DI BOLOGNA | Bologna | [c.1750] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 177 | LE BRUN ([CHARLES]) | RECUEIL DE DIVERS DESSEINS DE FONTAINES ET FRISES MARITIMES | Paris | [c.1760] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 178 | THURAH (LAURIDS DE) | DEN DANSKE VITRUVIUS | Copenhagen | 1746-1749 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 179 | PLUMIER (CHARLES) | L'art de tourner en perfection | France | c.1750 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 180 | VITRUVIUS POLLIO (MARCUS) | I DIECI LIBRI DELL' ARCHITETTURA | Venice | 1556 |
GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 880.00 |
| 181 | VITRUVIUS POLLIO (MARCUS) | VITRUVIUS. . .ZEHN BUCHER VON DER ARCHITECTUR | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,760.00 | ||
| 182 | ALBERTI (LEON BATTISTA) | I DIECI LIBRI DI ARCHITETTURA | Rome | 1784 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 605.00 |
| 183 | AVILER (AUGUSTIN CHARLES D') | COURS D'ARCHITECTURE | 1743 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 | |
| 184 | BAROZZI DA VIGNOLA (GIACOMO) | REGOLA DELLI CINQUE ORDINI D'ARCHITETTURA | Bologna | [1635, but c. 1660?] |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 185 | BAYER (H.), W. GROPIUS AND I. GROPIUS | BAUHAUS | GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 880.00 | ||
| 186 | [BELIDOR (BERNARD FORREST DE) | ARCHITECTURA HYDRAULICA | St Petersburg | 1853 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,155.00 |
| 187 | [BRISEUX (CHARLES ETIENNE)] | ARCHITECTURE MODERNE ou l'art de bien batir pour toutes sortes de personnes | Paris | 1728-[1729] |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 605.00 |
| 188 | CIAMPINI (GIOVANNI) | VETERA MONUMENTA | Rome | 1747 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 990.00 |
| 189 | CORTONA, ACCADEMIA ETRUSCA | Rome | 1754 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 495.00 | |
| 190 | DU PERAC (ETIENNE) | I VESTIGI DELL'ANTICHITA DI ROMA raccolti et ritratti in perspettiva | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 990.00 | ||
| 191 | DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (HENRI LOUIS) | ELEMENS DE L'ARCHITECTURE NAVALE | Paris | 1758 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 192 | FLORIANI DA MACERATA (PIETRO PAOLO) | DIFESA ET OFFESA DELLE PIAZZE | Venice | 1654 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 660.00 |
| 193 | FONTANA (GIACOMO) | LES EGLISES DE ROME LES PLUS ILLUSTRES ET VENEREES | Turin, Rome and Naples | [1887] |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 |
| 194 | FALDA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) | LI GIARDINI DI ROMA | Rome | [c.1683] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 3,080.00 |
| 195 | FERRERIO (PIETRO) AND GIOVANNI BATTISTA FALDA | PALAZZI DI ROMA | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 196 | FORTIFICATION | France | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 660.00 | ||
| 197 | FALDA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) AND ALESSANDRO SPECCHI | IL NUOVO TEATRO DELLE FABRICHE, ET EDIFICII, IN PROSPETTIVA DI ROMA MODERNA | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,400.00 | ||
| 198 | FALDA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) AND GIOVANNI FRANCESCO VENTURINI | LE FONTANE DI ROMA | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 7,700.00 | ||
| 199 | FOUSSIER (ERNEST) | NOUVEAUX MODELES DE TENTURES | Dourdan | [c.1870] |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 200 | FISCHER VON ERLACH (JOSEPH EMMANUEL) | ANFANG EINIGER VOSTELLUNGEN DER VORNEHMSTEN GEBAUDE SO WOHL INNERHALB DER STADT ALS IN DENEN VORSTADTEN VON WIEN | Augsburg | [1719] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,640.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.