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Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press and Illustrated Books
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| Auction Name | Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press and Illustrated Books | Total Sales (GBP) | 118,736.00 |
| Auction Date | February 18, 2021 - February 18, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 48,945.00 |
| Sale Number | #2190 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 69,820.00 |
| Total Lots | 306 | ||
| Sold Lots | 288 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 53,245.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 94.12% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 75,820.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 18 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 156.60% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Lord of the Rings |
1954-55 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 295 | Henley (W. E.) | The New Review |
1895 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 109 | British Prime Ministers | British Prime Ministers.- The New Houses of Parliament |
20th century | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,640.00 |
| 147 | Childers (Erskine) | The Riddle of the Sands |
1903 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
| 156 | Greene (Ward) | Lady and the Tramp |
1953 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 144 | Carr (J. L.) | How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup |
1975 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,250.00 |
| 191 | Greene (Graham) | Journey Without Maps |
1936 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,125.00 |
| 145 | Carr (J. L.) | A Month in the Country |
1980 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 22 | Mosley (James) | Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée |
1992-93 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 72 | Waller (Pickford) | Five Windsor & Newton Series 26 Sketchbooks of Art Nouveau designs |
1925-26 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 173 | Fleming (Ian) | Live and Let Die |
1954 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 189 | Greene (Graham) | The Man Within |
1929 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 251 | Orwell (George) | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 10 | Hobson (G.D.) | English Bindings 1490-1940 in the Library of J.R. Abbey |
1940 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,187.50 |
| 142 | Carr (J. L.) | A Day in the Summer |
1963 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,187.50 |
| 180 | Forster (E.M.) | Where Angels Fear to Tread |
1905 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 77 | Dean (Roger) | Curved Space Architectural Projects |
1991 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 172 | Fitzgerald (F. Scott) | The Great Gatsby |
1926 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 201 | Hamilton (Patrick) | Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky |
1935 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 250 | Orwell (George) | Animal Farm |
1945 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 48 | Brown (George Mackay) | Stone...Photographs by Gunnie Moberg |
1987 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 133 | Borges (Jorge Luis) | The Congress |
1974 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 277 | Slocum (Joshua) | Sailing Alone Around the World |
1900 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 9 | Hobson (G.D.) | Bindings in Cambridge Libraries |
1929 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 143 | Carr (J. L.) | A Season in Sinji |
1967 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 937.50 |
