Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Sporting and Collectors Auction, 31726, Exeter

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 17, 2026 - March 17, 2026
Page Size: 134 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
40

The Kray Twins. A group of four manuscript letters from Ronald and Reggie Kray to Violet Kray.

N/A GBP 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
41 Ronald Kray (1933 - 1995).

Ronald Kray (1933 - 1995). A collection of manuscript letters,

N/A GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 590.40
42

The Kray twins. A collection of manuscript letters

N/A GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 590.40
126

Of WWI / WWII Interest.

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 196.80
126A

SQSM William Knight MM Royal Tank Regiment a collection of photographs and ephemera from the North

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 236.16
131A 'Giles' (Ronald Carl Giles 1916-1995),

What do they call you - Snow White?',

N/A GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 1,836.80
134

Two signed Squadron Prints,

N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
135 Robert Stanford Tucks

A limited edition copy of Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tucks Pilots Flying Log.

N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
136 Karl Donitz.

Two pieces of paper bearing the signature of Karl Donitz.

N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 39.36
168 Smith P, C

Smith P, C 'Royal Navy Ships' badge' 1974, together with Whymper, F 'The Sea' and other books.

N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
214

A WWII cloth Civil Defence Corps badge. Together with ephemera including Red Cross certificates etc.

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
248 Max Miller.

A WWII era bound book of sketches by Max Miller.

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 39.36
248A

A 19th century ships correspondence ledger for the Royal Navy sloop HMS 'Hectare'

19th century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,180.80
250A

A reproduction ''Britannia Triumphant' bill announcing the victory at Trafalgar,

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 39.36
260

R & J Beck Ltd, London ' Scientific Instruments' catalogue circa 1920s,

circa 1920s, GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 45.92
261

A collection of early to late 19th century scientific book plate engravings,

late 19th century GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 39.36
262

A collection of various scientific and other ephemera relating to telescopes, compasses etc.

N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 39.36
269

Erotica. A group of mid 20th century glamour/striptease black and white negatives.

mid 20th century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.48
270

A collection of early 20th Century glass negatives.

early 20th Century GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 39.36
273 Pumphrey, Alfred,

Lantern & Dissolving Views, In Connection with Photography.

N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 157.44
276

A collection of early 20th century 3 inch diapositive lantern slides,

early 20th century GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 52.48
277

Two late 19th century red velvet and photographic table boxes, one with a view of the Tamar Bridge,

late 19th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
283

Erotica. Two late 19th/early 20th century photographic nude studies.

late 19th/early 20th century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.24
284

A late 19th century oil over photograph 'Leidh and The Swan', signed W.

late 19th century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
285

Erotica. A group of three late 19th century nude stereoscope cards by J Recknagel, Paris,

late 19th century GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.