Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: The Sporting and Collectors Auction, 31924, Exeter

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 19, 2024 - March 20, 2024
Page Size: 148 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonte, Canada 1848 - London 1919)

A framed and glazed photograph titled 'B' Division South African Constabulary, Pretoria, 1903

1903 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 200.00
4 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

a framed and glazed certificate to Col. S.B. Steele. C.B, M.V.O, A.D.C- Canadian Boy Scouts,

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 93.75
6 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

twelve copies Major General Sir Samuel Steele order of service and two condolence cards.

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 43.75
10 Marie-Elizabeth de Lotbiniere-Harwood Steele (1859-1951),

a collection of invitations and theatre programmes mostly inviting Lady Steele,

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 475.00
11 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919), Boer War and World War One interest

four album of signatures, birthdays, songs and poetry, the first made up by Flora Steele between 1906-1913,

1906-1913, GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 937.50
12 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919),

a group of invitations, dance cards, menus and Christmas cards from 1900-1919

1900-1919 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 750.00
13 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919):

postcards collected by Miss Flora Steele from her father trip to Scotland; sixty four clan tartan cards,

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
15 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

a collection of American Indian postcards, sent to Miss Flora Steele,

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 200.00
16 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

from Miss Flora Steele's collection Abergavenny, twenty-three photographic postcards, ... (47).

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.00
17 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

World War One interest

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 125.00
18 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

fifteen colour postcards of Folkestone from Major General Sam Steele to Lady Steele, (approximate 60).

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.00
19 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

South Africa a collection of cards sent by Col., S.B. Steele, Miss Flora Steele and Master Harwood Steele,

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 250.00
20 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

Canada a collection of postcard sent to or collected by Miss Flora Steele, (approximate 50).

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 125.00
21 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

a collection cards collected or sent to Miss Flora Steele- North America or Canada- Cowboys, Mounties, Backwoods, Outlaws etc, Troilene cards, ... (approximately 61).

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 162.50
22 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

North West and Canadian Mounted Police postcards sent or collected by Miss Flora Steele,

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.00
23 John Wallace ("Captain Jack") Crawford (1847-1917),

signed photographic postcard of Jack Crawford mounted, the note in his own hand, ...

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
24 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

a collection of postcards to include; military parade August 9th 1914, Winnipeg photographic cards, four Militia cavalry and signals camp 1912/13, ...

c.1914, 1912/13, GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 137.50
25 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

Canadian Military World War One Interest

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 200.00
38 Lady Marie-Elizabeth de Lotbiniere-Harwood Steele (1859-1951)

A Christmas Card from Lord Baden Powell- 1940,

1940 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 25.00
39 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

two photographs circa 1906 of Col. S.B. Steele in morning coat, by Elliot and Fry, London and signed photograph ' to Maye from her husband S.B.Steele',

1906 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 300.00
40 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

a large format photograph of S.B.Steele in North West Mounted Police dress uniform, circa 1880

1880 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 325.00
41 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

a large format family photograph of Colonel S.B Steele, (in the uniform of the South African Constabulary), Mrs. Steele, Flora, Gertude and Hardwood, circa 1904,

1904 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 300.00
43 Harwood Elmes Robert Steele (1897-1978)

Policing the Arctic/The Story of the conquest of the Arctic by the Royal Canadian (formerly North-West) Mounted Police, Jarrolds publisher London, 1936

1936 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 125.00
45 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919),

The Canada Club Winnipeg, 1913-14 membership card,

1913-14 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 400.00
46

Spithead Review, 1897. A lithograph printed double page plan. In Celebration of the Sixtieth Year Of The Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria', printed by Henry Lewis Portsmouth

Portsmouth 1897 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 4,000.00
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    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.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    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.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    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.
    Jeschke Jadi
    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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