Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 650,040.00 |
| Auction Date | July 16, 2020 - July 16, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 378,350.00 |
| Sale Number | #1060 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 526,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 236 | ||
| Sold Lots | 206 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 423,850.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 589,350.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 30 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 110.30% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | Ptolomaeus (Claudius) | Cosmographia |
1475 | GBP 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | GBP 231,250.00 |
| 104 | Schoener (Johann) | Opera mathematica |
1551 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 37,500.00 |
| 112 | Lucian of Samosata. | Dialogoi |
1496 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
| 189 | Remarque (Erich Maria) | All Quiet on the Western Front |
1929 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 22,500.00 |
| 102 | Jenner (Edward) | An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae |
1798 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 225 | Rogers (Bruce) | Holy Bible (The) |
1935 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 |
| 148 | [Edgar (Thomas, editor)] | The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or |
1632 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 11,875.00 |
| 113 | Castiglione (Baldassare) | Il Libro del Cortegiano |
1528 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
| 123 | Esther Scroll |
c.1720. | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 9,750.00 | |
| 182 | James (M.R.) | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary |
1904 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 8,750.00 |
| 191 | Stoker (Bram) | Dracula |
1897 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 45 | Chapman (John) and Peter André. | A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey |
1777 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 7,250.00 |
| 125 | [Memorandum and notebook of a South Yorkshire cloth merchant] |
1772-73. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 | |
| 212 | Gontcharova (Natalia, 1881-1962) | Original designs for title page |
c.1921. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 234 | [Voight (Hans Henning)], "Alastair". | Herod |
c.1922. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 199 | More (Sir Thomas, Saint) | A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke of the Beste State of a Publique Weale |
1906 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
| 88 | Hornor (Thomas, English land surveyor, artist, and inventor, 1785-1844), attributed to. | Sketchbook with 51 landscape drawings and tree studies |
circa 1820s | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 34 | Cook (Capt. James) | A Voyage towards the South Pole |
1777 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 11 | Teesdale (Henry, publisher) | A New General Atlas of the World |
1831 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,375.00 |
| 151 | Blackmore (Richard) | Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem |
1695 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,375.00 |
| 217 | Nicholson (William) | London Types |
1898 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,375.00 |
| 226 | Rogers (Bruce) | Holy Bible (The) |
1935 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,375.00 |
| 78 | [Orlowski (Aleksandr)] | Russian Cries |
1809 c.1824. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 37 | Cook (Capt. James) Parkinson (Sydney) | A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas |
1784 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 121 | Napoleon Bonaparte Lancival (J .Ch. J. Luce de) | Éloge de M. A. de Noé |
1805 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
