Hansons: The Arthur Askey Collection, 111325, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025

Page Size: 114 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
170	Callaghan, James	Callaghan, James (1912-2005) British Prime Minister 1976-79, A.L.S, Whitehall Home Secretary		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 171.34
172	Coward, Noel	Coward, Noel (1899-1973), TLS on Actor's Orphanage Easter Week Effort note paper., " Love from Judy"		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 131.80
173		Pantomime: a collection of black and white photographs of Arthur Askey in various Pantomime		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 237.24
174		A London Palladium commemorative brass plaque which reads: ARTHUR ASKEY "BIG HEARTED MARTHA"		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 197.70
178		A London Palladium commemorative brass plaque which reads: ARTHUR ASKEY BABES IN THE WOOD LONDON		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 210.88
179		A London Palladium commemorative brass plaque which reads: ARTHUR ASKEY ROBINSON CRUSOE LONDON		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 184.52
180		A London Palladium commemorative brass plaque which reads: ARTHUR ASKEY JACK AND THE BEANSTALK		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 98.85
181		A London Palladium commemorative brass plaque which reads: ARTHUR ASKEY JACK AND THE BEANSTALK		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 197.70
182		Pantomime: Cinderella, original typed script for Birmingham Hippodrome 1970/71 production with		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 125.21
183	Sir Lawrence Olivier	Sir Lawrence Olivier (1907-1989)., hand written note addressed to Mr Askey Dear Mr Askey You must		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 98.85
184		A folio of typed and hand written letters to Arthur Askey regarding Charitable appearances,		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 79.08
185	Sabrina [Norma Ann Sykes,	Sabrina [Norma Ann Sykes, 1936-2016], handwritten letter to Arthur, 3 pages, Hilton San Juan		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 250.42
186		A London Palladium Variety Show commemorative brass plaque which reads: ARTHUR ASKEY LONDON		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 112.03
187		Pantomime: Babes in the Wood., original typed script for Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol 1975/6	1975/6	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 263.60
188	Sir Paul McCartney/Wings	Sir Paul McCartney/Wings: a telegraph from Paul and Linda McCartney to Arthur Askey which reads:		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,054.40
189		A black and white, 7.5 x 9.5", press photograph of HRH The Prince of Wales, now HM Charles III		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 131.80
190		The Askey's Visitor book with autographs dating from 1965 to 1970 actors, famous personalities and		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,186.20
193		" For years they have clamoured for my LIFE STORY - I've said all in good time. Suddenly somebody		GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 118.62
195		Assorted notebooks and loose papers handwritten by Arthur Askey including gags, sketches, Limericks,		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 210.88
197	Arthur Askey	"Before Your Very Eyes"., an Autobiography, Arthur's handwritten manuscript, in jotter,		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 210.88
199	Arthur Askey	"Before Your Very Eyes"., an Autobiography, hardback, The Woburn Press, published		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 105.44
201		Commemorative Copy of Arthur Askey "Before Your Very Eyes"., an Autobiography, The Woburn Press,		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
204		An Aynsley presentation cabinet plate the centre transfer printed with photograph of Arthur Askey,		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 85.67
205		ARTHUR ASKEY O.B.E - THIS IS YOUR LIFE (broadcast 25th December 1974, 2nd appearance) hosted by	1974	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,449.80
206		Tribute Luncheon to ARTHUR ASKEY, 17th October 1974 Savoy Hotel his 50 Years in Showbusiness to		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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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.

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

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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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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.
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