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
207	Ustinov, Peter.,	Dear Me, Hardback, the frontispiece with autograph inscription		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 131.80
208		Assorted typed lyric sheets, manuscript music including musical arrangements for piano - The Bee		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 131.80
209	Powell, Enoch	Powell, Enoch (1912-1998), TLS, House of Commons headed notepaper, 21st December 1973	1973	GBP 45.00 - 55.00	GBP 131.80
210		Assorted books from Arthur Askey's library mainly hardbacks including Autobiographies, TV, Radio,		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 263.60
211	John Worsley (British, 1919-2000)	Arthur Askey as Nelson; caricature depicting Askey aloft Nelson'		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 184.52
212		Assorted late 20th Century black and white photographs of Arthur Askey,	late 20th Century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 131.80
213		A black and white photograph [8 x 10"] of Arthur being presented to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 144.98
214	Thatcher, Margaret	Thatcher, Margaret (1925-2014) Prime Minister 1979-1990, A.L.S, 10 Downing Street paper, 2nd Aug		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 144.98
215	Thatcher, Margaret	PLEASE NOTE THIS LETTER IS FACSIMILE Thatcher, Margaret 10 Downing Street paper, facsimile		GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 65.90
216	Thatcher, Margaret	Thatcher, Margaret (1925-2014) Prime Minister 1979-1990, T.L.S, 10 Downing Street The Prime Minister		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 289.96
217	Thatcher, Margaret	Thatcher, Margaret (1925-2014) Prime Minister 1979-1990, T.L.S, 10 Downing Street The Prime		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 131.80
218		Arthur Bowden Askey CBE - Commander of the Order of the British Empire, his Royal Warrant signed		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 553.56
219		A collection of various typed working scripts for 1981/2 BBC Radio 2 show "The Arthur Askey Show -	1981/2	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 289.96
220		A collection of black and white press photographs of Arthur at various theatre and social events		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 59.31

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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.

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.
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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.