Tooveys: Stamps, Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera, 22526, West Sussex

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 25, 2026 - February 25, 2026

Page Size: 274 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3204	An original watercolour and ink by Dudley Buxton for the postcard 'Yes darling I'm all ears',	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 93.75
3205	An original watercolour and ink by Dudley Buxton for the postcard 'Oh, I'm happy when I'm hiking!'	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 56.25
3206	An original watercolour and ink by Percy H. Matthews of a Tom Browne postcard titled 'Taking a mean advantage', signed	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
3207	An original watercolour and ink by William Stocker Shaw for the postcard 'I'm Seeing Red', signed	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 93.75
3208	An original watercolour and ink by William Stocker Shaw for the postcard 'But I've bent my little stick of rock', signed	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 87.50
3209	A group of three original watercolours with ink by William Stocker Shaw for postcard design	N/A	GBP 180.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
3210	An original watercolour and ink by William Stocker Shaw for the postcard 'Here's a Char-a-Bang-Full of Pretty Bits',	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
3211	A group of three novelty die-cut postcards by Donald McGill, together with four further novelty postcards by McGill,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 31.25
3212	A group of three Inter-Art archive images featuring Felix the Cat, probably illustrated by Dudley Buxton, together with 17 postcards by Reg Carter.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
3213	A collection of approximately 51 postcards of advertising interest,	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
3214	A collection of 23 postcards, all featuring telephones.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
3215	A collection of approximately 84 postcards the majority comic humorous postcards,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
3216	A collection of approximately 56 patriotic postcards,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
3217	A group of seven Art Nouveau colour postcards,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 150.00
3218	A collection of 44 postcards, the majority comic humorous or artist postcards,	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
3219	A collection of 35 postcards featuring maps, together with four Bourneville advertising Reward Cards.	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
3220	A collection of approximately 60 postcards,	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 62.50
3221	A collection of approximately 74 postcards of music and opera interest,	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
3222	A collection of approximately 57 postcards of actors and actresses, the majority film stars and issued by Picturegoer.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 40.00
3223	A collection of approximately 210 artist postcards, the majority of Britain and Continental Europe,	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
3224	A collection of approximately 132 postcards, the majority artist or children,	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
3225	A collection of approximately 108 postcards of toys, teddy bears, dolls and games.	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
3226	A collection of 47 postcards and postcard-size photographs of the Festival of Britain, 1951.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 62.50
3227	A collection of approximately 55 postcards of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley,	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 56.25
3228	Two albums containing approximately 248 postcards the majority of Shoreham-by Sea and its West Sussex environs,	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 687.50

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.