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John Nicholson Fine Art Auctioneer

Auction Info

Auction Name
Books and Manuscripts
Auction Date
07/02/2013 - 07/02/2013
Sale Number
#2886058
Total Lots
417
Sold Lots
0
Lots Sold
0.00%
Unsold Lots
417
Total Sales (GBP)
0.00
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)
51,075.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
NaN%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99

Karachi Brigade Manoeuvres,

1905 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
135 MAYHEW (Horace)

editor: Letters left at the Pastry cook's...,

1854 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Unknown
136 Edward Johnston & Co.,

One Hundred Years of Coffee,

1942 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 Unknown
137 MARSHALL (A. B.)

The Book of Ices,

1860 GBP 35.00 - 60.00 Unknown
138 [ROBERTS (G.)& PORTER (H.)]

Cups and their Customs

1863 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
139 HINDLEY (C.)

Tavern Anecdotes and Sayings,

1875 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
140 HAMMOND (R.)

The Electric Light in our Homes,

1884 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
141 SOYER (Alexis)

The Modern Housewife or Menagerie,

1853 GBP 70.00 - 140.00 Unknown
142

The Racing Pigeon, [Weekly]

1925 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
143 MANSON (J. B.)

Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers,

1925 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
144 BEACH THOMAS (Sir W.)

Country Life,

1952 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
391 SKELTON (R. A.)

Two Hundred and Fifty Yeats of Map-Making in the County of Sussex,

1970 GBP 70.00 - 140.00 Unknown
400 KEYNES (G.)

A Bibliography of William Blake,

1921 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
399 JEUDWINE (Wynne)

Art and Style in Printed Books,

1979 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
398 BRAND HOLLIS (Thomas)

Memoirs of...,

1808 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
397 [HAYM (N.)]

Notizia de' Libri Tati...,

1726 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
396 NIXON (H.)

Broxbourne Library. Styles and Designs of Bookbindings,

1956 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
395 ROUSE (J.)

Beauties and Antiquities of the County of Sussex,

1825 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
394 HORSFIELD (T.)

The History,

1835 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
393 LOWER (M.)

The Worthies of Sussex,

1865 GBP 120.00 - 160.00 Unknown
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) - [Opera omnia]. Bologna: Bellagamba, Benacci, Bonomi, Tebaldini, Ferroni, 1599-1668. €22.000-€28.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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