Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 480,663.50 |
| Auction Date | January 22, 2020 - January 22, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 251,850.00 |
| Sale Number | #1053 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 363,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 243 | ||
| Sold Lots | 205 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 358,050.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.36% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 514,650.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 38 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 93.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | Kalendarium cum Tabulis Astronomicis |
Tabula Regionum | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 50,000.00 | |
| 106 | Raymond of Peñafort. | Summa de casibus poenitentiae et matrimonio |
c.1270. | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 40,000.00 |
| 172 | Fitzgerald (F. Scott) | The Great Gatsby |
1925 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 27,500.00 |
| 108 | [Laurentius Puldericus (clericus Neapolitanus)] | [Breviarum decreti] |
c. 1450. | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 21,250.00 |
| 131 | Thucydides. | The hystory, writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan, of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, |
1550 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 |
| 52 | Sovereign Military Order of Malta Gli Statuti della Sacra Religione di S. Gio: Gierosolomitano. |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 | ||
| 164 | Melville (Herman) | Moby-Dick, or The Whale, |
1851 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 |
| 201 | Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1866 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
| 16 | Turberville (George) | The Booke of Falconrie or Hawking... |
1611 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 235 | Jansson (Jan) | Novus atlas, sive theatrum orbis terrarum |
1659 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 143 | First New Testament printed at Oxford Bible, Turkish Domini nostri Iesu Christi Testamentum Novum. |
1666 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 | |
| 168 | Wilde (Oscar) | The Sphinx |
1894 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,625.00 |
| 215 | Paine (James) | Plans, Elevations, Sections, and other Ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the Corporation of Donacaster |
1751 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 5,625.00 |
| 24 | Fellowes (William Dorset) | A Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Packet The Lady Hobart on an island of ice in the Atlantic Ocean... |
1803 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
| 120 | Wheatley (Dennis, writer, 1897-1977) | An archive of manuscripts, typescripts and others including Wheatley's unpublished first novel "Julie's Lovers", |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,250.00 | |
| 130 | Erasmus (Desiderius) | Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte, quicke, wittie and sentencious sayinges, translated by Nicolas Udall |
1542 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
| 50 | Giambullari (Pier Francesco) | Historia dell'Europa... nella quale ordinatamente si trattano le cose successe in questa parte del mondo dall'anno Dccc fino al 913 Di nostra Salute... |
1566 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 202 | Mendham (Edith) Hood (Thomas) | Plea of the Midsummer Fairies |
c.1890. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 232 | Murray (James) and George Marston. | Antarctic Days, one of 280 copies signed by the authors and Ernest Shackleton, plates, some colour and tipped in |
1913 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 109 | [Bartolus de Saxoferrato (continental jurist of Medieval Roman Law, 1313-57)] | [Tractatus minoricarum] |
c. 1450. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,375.00 |
| 89 | Brooke (Rupert), Robert Graves, Edward Thomas etc Gosse (Sir Edmund, writer, 1849-1928) | 11 Autograph Letters signed to John Drinkwater, |
1913 - 1926 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 3,900.00 |
| 122 | Freud (Sigmund, founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939) | Autograph Letter signed in German, to "Mr. Rubin" |
1928 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,900.00 |
| 230 | Zompini (Gaetano) | Le arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia |
1785 1787. | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 46 | Homer. | Iliad [and Odyssey] |
1525 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 51 | Caravia (Alessandro) | Naspo Bizaro. nuouamente restampato, con la zonta de lamento chel fà per hauerse pentio de hauer sposao Cate Bionada Biriotta |
c.1570-1575. | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
