Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Sporting and Collectors Auction, SC47, Exeter

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 09, 2025 - December 10, 2025

Page Size: 133 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1026	An early 20th Century Southern Railway 'Smoking Strictly Prohibited' enamel sign.	early 20th Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1027	A 20th Century enamel sign 'Gentlemen'.	20th Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1028	An early 20th Century cast iron railway sign 'Warning Stop Look & Listen before Crossing the Line'.	early 20th Century	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
1029	A 20th Century double sided railway station enamel sign 'Charing Cross/Hammersmith'.	20th Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1030	A 20th Century double sided London Underground locomotive sign 'Metropolitan/District'.	20th Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1031	A 20th century double sided enamel railway sign 'Acton/Hounslow'.	20th Century	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
1032	A 20th century double sided enamel railway sign 'Aldgate/Liverpool St.'.	20th Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1034	'Ferguson's Biscuits. None Better', Two early 20th century landscape advertising posters 20 x 83.	early 20th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
1035	A 20th century rotating advertising or window display lightbox, maker Display Electrics Ltd,	20th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
1036	A Wills Gold Flake Cigarettes enamel sign.		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
1037	A Spratts Mixed Bird Seed and Parrot Food enamel sign.		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
1038	A Boot Repairs & Sussex Rubbers enamel sign.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
1039	A Wills Capstan Navy Cut Cigarettes enamel sign.		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
1040	A mid 20th Century double sided sign for 'Queens Head Hotel'.	20th Century	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
1041	A painted metal advertising sign for 'The Highwayman Inn'.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
1042	A 1975 Jack Nicholson 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest' film poster.	1975	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
1044	'Henry V' (1944), Laurence Olivier, two painted cast and crew credit boards.	1944	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
1045	ELIZABETH II, PHILIP - Portrait photograph signed to mount, 'Elizabeth R', 'Philip', 1970,	1970	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
1057	A Collection 1960s/1970s 'Gentleman's' magazines. mainly Playboy with Men Only and others.	1960s/1970s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
1059	A Royal Opera House Centenary programme.		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1060	A Danish 12 inch 'Scan-Globe', with relief moulded paper gores on a brass meridian and wooden base,		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Unknown
1064	A collection of 2012 and later Pokemon cards.	2012 and later	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
1067	A collection of 2015 and later Pokemon cards in a blue binder.	2015 and later	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
1068	A Billings boats model kit of the 36 gun 'Norske Love'.		GBP 30.00 - 60.00	Unknown
1077	A collection of DC Comic Books.		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.