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Auction Name | Online Sale: Modern Literature | Total Sales (GBP) | 114,409.50 |
Auction Date | June 09, 2022 - June 09, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 58,160.00 |
Sale Number | #2243 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 81,890.00 |
Total Lots | 269 | ||
Sold Lots | 252 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 61,720.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 93.68% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 86,880.00 |
Unsold Lots | 17 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 131.69% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Gregory (Isabella Augusta, | Mr. Gregory's Letter-Box |
1813-1830, first edition, William Robert Gregory's copy | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
77 | Fleming (Ian) | Casino Royale |
1953 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,250.00 |
98 | Greene (Graham) | The Man Within |
1929 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
102 | Greene (Graham) | The Ministry of Fear |
1943 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
176 | Owen (Wilfred) | Poems |
1920 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
155 | Martin (George R. R. ) | [A Song of Ice and Fire], |
1996-2011. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
175 | Orwell (George) | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
108 | Heaney (Seamus) | The Door Stands Open, |
2005 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
231 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol. |
1955-6. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
245 | Waugh (Evelyn) | Brideshead Revisited |
1945 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
183 | Powell (Anthony) | [A Dance to the Music of Time] |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,375.00 | |
184 | Powell (Anthony) | [A Dance to the Music of Time] |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,375.00 | |
236 | Waugh (Evelyn) | They Were Still Dancing, |
1931 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
91 | Frank (Anne) | The Diary of a Young Girl |
1952 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
65 | Doyle ( | The Hound of the Baskervilles, |
1902 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,187.50 |
230 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol. |
1955 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,187.50 |
58 | Crowley (Aleister) | The Works |
1905 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
101 | Greene (Graham) | The Confidential Agent |
1939 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
46 | Christie (Agatha) | The Mysterious Affair at Styles |
1921 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
47 | Christie (Agatha) | The Big Four |
1927 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
197 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
203 | Rowling (J.K.) | The Tales of Beedle the Bard |
2008 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
234 | Verne (Jules) | Around the World in Eighty Days, |
1874 [but 1873]. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
7 | Dolmen Press.- O'Grady (Desmond) | The Gododdin |
1977 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
132 | Le Carré (John) | [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol.s |
1974-80 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |