Back

Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Vintage Cameras and Photography - Photographs and Letters

Auction Reports

Auction Name Vintage Cameras and Photography - Photographs and Letters Total Sales (GBP) 285,570.00
Auction Date April 11, 2019 - April 11, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 73,230.00
Sale Number #41119 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 108,870.00
Total Lots 252
Sold Lots 207 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 111,080.00
% of Lots Sold 82.14% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 161,670.00
Unsold Lots 45 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 176.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
266

China. A group of four personal photograph albums relating to the London Missionary Society and the creation of Peking Union Medical College

 circa 1907-15 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 93,600.00
97 Chimmo (William, 1828-1891)

A manuscript journal in 2 volumes

 1841-48 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 30,000.00
340

The Cottingley Fairies. Frances and the Fairy Ring

 1917 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 13,200.00
344

The Cottingley Fairies. Alice and the Fairies, photograph of Frances 'Alice' Griffiths, taken by her cousin Elsie Wright, July 1917,

 circa 1920 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,480.00
139 Freud (Sigmund, 1856-1939)

Autograph letter signed, 'Freud', 39 Elsworthy Road, London, NW3,

1938 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
342

The Cottingley Fairies. Fairy with Posy

 1920 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,800.00
291

Middle East. A group of approximately 320 photographs of Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and India by Ella K. Maillart

 circa 1930s and later GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 4,320.00
343

The Cottingley Fairies. The Fairy Bower

 1920 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,320.00
345

The Cottingley Fairies. Iris and the Gnome, photograph of Elsie Wright, taken by her cousin Francis Griffiths, September 1917,

circa 1920 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,320.00
247 Andujar (Claudia, born 1931)

A group of five photographs of Xicrin Indians of Brazil

 circa 1970 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 4,080.00
338

The Cottingley Fairies. Frances Griffiths’ folding quarter-plate `Cameo' camera manufactured by W. Butcher & Sons, London

 1915-1920 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,080.00
143

Jack the Ripper. 'Reminiscences of Ex Detective Chief Inspector F.G. Abberline, C.I.D Scotland Yard. The Mysterious Disappearance of a Lady Supposed Decoyed away from Home for Robbery and Perhaps Murdered, and her Strange Adventure'

 circa 1920 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 3,840.00
339

The Cottingley Fairies. Frances and the Fairy Ring

 1917 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
335

The Cottingley Fairies. A rare original contact print photograph of 'Fairy with a Posy'

 1920 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
105 Henry III

Henry III Deed. Crown grant (letters patent), given at Woodstock,

1247 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,000.00
341

The Cottingley Fairies. Frances and the Flying Fairy

 1920 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,880.00
309

Prince of Wales's Tour of India and the East

 1921-1922. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,760.00
220

India. An album of 43 mounted photographs

 circa 1860s GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,520.00
164 Wesley (John, 1703-1791)

Autograph letter signed, 'J. Wesley', Bristol,

1777 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,280.00
203

Burma. An album of approximately 66 mounted (and some loose) albumen prints

 circa 1860s/1870s GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,220.00
297 Ella K. Maillart

North Africa & Asia. A collection of approximately 250 small-format photographs by Ella K. Maillart

 circa 1930s GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,220.00
237 Sutcliffe (Frank Meadow, 1853-1941)

Excitement

 1888 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,160.00
188

Magic lantern slides. A group of approximately 200 magic lantern slides,

early 20th century GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 2,040.00
285

India. A photographic archive relating to the Honourable Colonel and Mrs St John in India

 circa 1920s GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 2,040.00
120 Alcock (John William, 1892-1919)

Autograph letter signed, 'J. Alcock', The Royal Aero Club letterhead,

 1919 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,860.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
Ask Questions