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Auction Name Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera Total Sales (GBP) 63,554.76
Auction Date August 24, 2022 - August 24, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 24,905.00
Sale Number #82422 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 38,685.00
Total Lots 343
Sold Lots 316 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 26,525.00
% of Lots Sold 92.13% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 41,145.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 154.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3383

An album containing approximately 200 postcards of Liphook, Bramshott and their Hampshire environs

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 3,237.00
3419

AUTOGRAPHS. A large collection of approximately 440 autographed photographs and leaves of actors, presenters, singers and other performers, the majority postcard-size, all mid-late 20th century

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,992.00
3393

A collection of cigarette and trade cards in 14 albums

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,182.75
3146

DITCHLING. A collection of approximately 105 postcards of Ditchling, East Sussex

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,058.25
3281

SOUTHWICK. A collection of 32 postcards of Southwick

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 871.50
3131

CLAYTON. A group of 4 photographic postcards of the march of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies on Monday 21 July 1913 at Clayton, showing the Suffragists on the NUWSS Great Suffragist Pilgrimage including one of the horse and wagon, all pub

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 809.25
3384

A large collection of various postcards in albums and loose, the majority British topography

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 809.25
3276

SHOREHAM-BY-SEA. A collection of 21 postcards of the Bungalow Town at Shoreham, the majority showing storm damage.

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 622.50
3277

SHOREHAM-BY-SEA. A collection of 33 postcards of Shoreham, West Sussex

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 622.50
3130

CHICHESTER. A collection of approximately 82 postcards of Chichester and its West Sussex environs

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 597.60
3126

CHAILEY. A collection of approximately 79 postcards of Chailey, North Chailey and South Chailey, East Sussex

GBP 180.00 - 240.00 GBP 572.70
3172

HASSOCKS. A collection of approximately 62 postcards of Hassocks and its Sussex environs

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 547.80
3291

SUSSEX AVIATION. A collection of 15 photographic postcards relating to Mr O.C. Morison and of Sussex aviation interest

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 547.80
3315

An album of approximately 200 postcards, some of Sussex interest

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 547.80
3157

EASTBOURNE. A collection of approximately 90 postcards of Eastbourne, East Sussex

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 448.20
3186

HENFIELD. A collection of approximately 105 postcards of Henfield, West Sussex

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 448.20
3414

EPHEMERA. A collection of various ephemera

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 448.20
3282

SOUTHWICK. A collection of 38 postcards of Southwick

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 423.30
3107

BOGNOR REGIS. A collection of approximately 64 postcards of Bognor Regis, West Sussex

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 398.40
3177

HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS. A collection of approximately 97 postcards of Hastings, St Leonards and Fairlight Glen

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 398.40
3225

LINDFIELD. A collection of approximately 59 postcards of Lindfield, West Sussex

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 398.40
3244

PEACEHAVEN. A collection of approximately 83 postcards of Peacehaven and its East Sussex environs

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 398.40
3284

STEYNING. A collection of approximately 131 postcards of Steyning and its West Sussex environs, the majority views of the Sussex Downs.

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 398.40
3119

BURGESS HILL. A collection of 42 postcards of Burgess Hill, West Sussex

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 373.50
3127

CHICHESTER. A collection of 31 photographic postcards of social history interest in the Chichester area, by Malcolm McNeille, D.W. Baker, Kelf & Son and others

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 373.50
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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