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

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 17, 2026 - March 17, 2026

Page Size: 134 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
428		A quantity of various football programmes dating from the late 1970s to early 2000s comprising	late 1970s to early 2000s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.24
433		A collection of 1960s and later football programmes.	1960s	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 19.68
439	COOK, Theodore Andrea.	A History of the English Turf, 6 vols., London: H.	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.48
440		Wisden Cricketers Almanac.	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 118.08
441		A collection of mid 20th Century football related autographs.	mid 20th Century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 170.56
442		A 1987 Ryder Cup Team Patrons Concorde Tour album, with signatures,	1987	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 144.32
443	Donald Campbell (1921-1967)	A page from an autograph book dated '11.6.66' 5x7.	11.6.66	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 65.60
450		1936 Olympic Postcards in three albums.	1936	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 59.04
451		A collection of early 20th century postcards, mainly GB and foreign topographical including Egypt,	early 20th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.36
452		A collection of early 20th Century postcards.	early 20th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 590.40
453		A collection of 20th Century and later postcards.	20th Century and later	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 65.60
454		A collection of early 20th Century and later postcards in two albums.	early 20th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 111.52
455		A collection of Hollywood related photographs and postcards in three albums.	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.24
456		A collection of Ogdens cigarette cards in Ogdens photograph albums.	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 104.96
457		A mixed collection of early 20th Century cigarette cards.	early 20th Century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 13.12
458		A quantity of early 20th century and later GB and World postcards,	early 20th Century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.36
459		A collection of Topical Times Football cards,	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 13.12
460		An extensive collection of early 20th Century and later Scilly Isles related postcards.	early 20th Century	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 78.72
461		Two annotated photo albums documenting a 1938 family holiday to Switzerland.	1938	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
462		An early with Century photograph album showing mainly Devon locations.	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
463		A collection of early 20th Century postcards relating to the French Foreign Legion.	early 20th Century	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 65.60
514		An 1814 Bideford Provincial PS1 bank note. Framed, 22cm, 31cm.	1814	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 91.84
677		RAILWAYS. London and South Western Railway, Ilfracombe line.	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.48
679		A 20th Century double sided railway station enamel sign 'Charing Cross/Hammersmith'.	20th Century	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 78.72
680		A 20th century double sided enamel railway sign 'Aldgate/Liverpool St.'.	20th Century	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 111.52

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.