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Gorringes: Spring Fine Sale

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Auction Name	Spring Fine Sale	Total Sales (GBP)	25,462.50
Auction Date	March 14, 2023 - March 14, 2023	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	17,330.00
Sale Number	#31423	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	24,570.00
Total Lots	21
Sold Lots	20.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	20,330.00
% of Lots Sold	95.24%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	29,570.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	86.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
11	Dickens, Charles -	A Christmas Carol, in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas	1843	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 8,125.00
1	Lady Anne Blencowe	Manuscript Cookery Book of Lady Anne Blencowe	late 17th / early 18th cents.	GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,000.00
8	Roberts, David -	The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia.	1855-56	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,500.00
12	Lear, Edward (1812-1888) -	Views in Rome and its Environs: Drawn from Nature on Stone, title with lithographed vignette of Ostia, "list of subjects" list	1841	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,250.00
10	Tolkien, J.R.R -	The Lord of the Rings, 3 vols, 1st editions	1955; 1956	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,187.50
9	Cook, Capt. James and King, Capt. James -	A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere ... (i.e. Cook's Third Voyage).	1784	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,062.50
5	Tolkein, John Ronald Reuel -	The Lord of the Rings trilogy	1955	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,000.00
16	Lionel Jeffries	A collection of 13 autograph letters and telegrams to Lionel Jeffries, from 20th century film and theatre celebrities, consisting		GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 750.00
3	Scott, Robert Falcon	Scott's Last Expedition,	1913	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 687.50
4		[Eithiopic Coptic Church text, (?) Gospel Book]	(?late 18th/early 19th cent.)	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 687.50
6	Angelo, Henry -	The School of Fencing with ... the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art. First edition.	1787	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 625.00
13		A large Persian calligraphic manuscript page, 19th century, 133 x 54cm	19th century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 625.00
2	Grahame, Kenneth -	The Wind in the Willows	1908	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 575.00
7	Shoberl, Frederick, editor -	The World in Miniature: Turkey ...	1821	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 525.00
20		Two albums of albumen photographic views of Japan and Ceylon, c.1891-92		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 525.00
299		A 20th century Philips 19 inch terrestrial globe, diameter 54cm, height 103cm	20th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 400.00
19		Two British Quad film Posters	1970, 1972	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 375.00
18	Ingrid Bergman	a signed black and white photograph, inscribed, "To Jeff, Ingrid Bergman, 1948", ["Jeff" being Lionel Jeffries] 23.5 x 18.5cms; and a further image of Ingrid Bergman and Lionel Jeffries, t	1948	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 325.00
15	Lionel Jeffries (1926-2010) -	a collection of 88 mainly black and white photographs of stills of Jeffries, from the films and filming of the actor/director, including		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 150.00
17	Lionel Jeffries	Three signed black and white photographs of the actor/ director and 52 various other images showing him on set and between rehearsals, covering a large number of films, with theatre and othe		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 87.50

Sotheby’s
Year in Review

Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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