Chiswick Auctions: Autographs and Memorabilia - online 8/29, 91425, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025

Page Size: 633 items in 26 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
530	Thatcher (Margaret)	Thatcher (Margaret) Colour photograph of Margaret Thatcher while delivering a speech at the White House, signed and dated "Margaret Thatcher, 17th July 1987"	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
531	Thatcher (Margaret)	Thatcher (Margaret) Typed letter signed ("Yours sincerely, Margaret Thatcher") to J. Hare	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
532	Thatcher (Margaret) & Denis	Thatcher (Margaret) & Denis Signed souvenir programme for the 1992 Finchley & Friern Barnet Conservative & Unionist Annual Dinner Dance at the Hilton National, Watford,	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
533	Thatcher (Margaret) & Denis	Thatcher (Margaret) & Denis Christmas card from Downing Street, signed in blue ink by Margaret and Denis Thatcher	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
534	Thatcher (Margaret) & George H. W. Bush	Thatcher (Margaret) & George H. W. Bush Colour photograph signed by Margaret Thatcher and George H. W. Bush	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 151.00
535	Thatcher (Margaret) & Others	Thatcher (Margaret) & Others Bottle of House of Commons Scotch Whisky signed on the label by Margaret Thatcher	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 252.00
536	Thatcher (Margaret) & Ronald Reagan	Thatcher (Margaret) & Ronald Reagan Colour photograph of Margaret Thatcher with her husband Denis and Ronald Reagan with the First Lady Nancy waving from the Truman Balcony at the White House in Washington	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 403.00
537	Thatcher (Margaret).-	Thatcher (Margaret).- Michael Cummings "For services beyond the call of duty, Sir Jim, in helping the Tories win the 1979, the 1983 and the 1987 general election!"	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 151.00
538	Thatcher (Margaret).-	Thatcher (Margaret).- Signed Books The Downing Street Years, The Path To Power and Statecraft	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
539		Titanic Interest Signatures by Edith Haisman, Beatrice Sandstorm and Eva Hart	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 189.00
540		Titanic Interest.- George Widener Stock certificate for 40 shares in the Philadelphia Traction Company, signed by the Titanic passenger ('Geo. D. Widener') in his capacity as president	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 113.00
541		Titanic Interest.- Millvina Dean Group of photographs signed by Titanic survivor Millvina Dean	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 113.00
542		Titanic Interest.- Millvina Dean Signed glossy black and white photograph of the doomed liner	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 63.00
543	Truman (Harry)	Truman (Harry) Typed letter signed ("Harry Truman") to Begum Liaquat Ali Khan	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 277.00
544	Trump (Donald)	Trump (Donald) Midas Touch. Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich - And Why Most Don't, First Edition	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
545	Walpole (Robert)	Walpole (Robert) Order of payment signed by Robert Walpole ("Walpole") and countersigned "Halifax"	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
546	Walpole (Robert)	Walpole (Robert) Fragment of a financial document authorising a payment of five hundred seventy pounds and five shillings, signed by Sir Robert Walpole	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
547	Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of)	Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of) Autograph note, unsigned	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
548	Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of)	Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of) Autograph letter signed ("Wellington") to Mrs. Ellison	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 454.00
549	Wilson (Harold)	Wilson (Harold) Typed letter signed ("Harold Wilson") on Downing Street headed paper	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
550	Wilson (Harold)	Wilson (Harold) & George Best Printed map of Manchester with instructions to reach the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, signed by Harold Wilson and George Best	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 88.00
551	Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge	Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge Group of letters by Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
552	Albert, Prince Consort	Albert, Prince Consort Large ink signature	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 113.00
553	[Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland]	[Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland] General pardon on vellum issued under the Great Seal of England, 1625	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 403.00
554	Charles III	Charles III, King of the United Kingdom Typed letter signed ("Charles") as Prince of Wales, to Professor Challis	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 302.00

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Swann
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.

Swann
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.