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Auction Name The Cornish Library of John Stengelhofer: Rare Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 105,318.40
Auction Date March 07, 2024 - March 08, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 39,524.00
Sale Number #30724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 64,460.00
Total Lots 513
Sold Lots 435 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 44,519.00
% of Lots Sold 84.80% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 72,635.00
Unsold Lots 78 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 145.00%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
269 Reginald Koettlitz (1860-1916)

The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 11,495.00
270 George Francis Arthur MulockDSO, RN, FRGS (1882-1963)

The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 7,744.00
271 Captain William Colbeck (1871-1930)

The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 6,050.00
267 From Michael Barne DSO (1877-1961)

The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 5,203.00
147

(Caroline Fox and Davies Gilbert) Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. A granderised collection of the first reports thought to be Caroline Fox's own.

 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 GBP 4,961.00
273 Reginald Koettlitz(1860-1916)

The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,961.00
268 Reginald Koettlitz (1860-1916)

The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,719.00
266 From Thomas Vere Hodgson (1864-1926)

The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,598.00
300 DOYLE, Arthur Conan.

'The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

 1902 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,751.00
201 RASHLEIGH, Philip.

'Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from The Cabinet of......With General Descriptions of Each Article,'

 1797 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,509.00
272 Sir Clements Markham KCB FRS FRSGS (President of the Royal Geographical Society) (1830-1916)

The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,146.00
146

The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Annual reports. A continuous run from 1834 to 1926.

 1834 to 1926 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,210.00
131

Newquay, North Cornwall Plan Of The Building Sites on the Porth Veor Estate, 1881

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,185.80
148

(Important Cornish manuscript) 'Plans of the whole Parish of Sithney, in Cornwall. 1824' MS survey of parishes in Cornwall, showing field boundaries, with detailed tables of land use.

 1824 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 992.20
302 LE CARRE, John

'The Honourable Schoolboy'

 1977 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 992.20
316 Master Therion (Aleister Crowley)

'Magick: In Theory and Practice (being part III of Book 4) Section 2; Section 3; Section 4'

 1929 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 871.20
460 BURGESS, Anthony.

'A Clock Work Orange,'

 1962 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 871.20
340 James MCBEY (1883-1959)

Tangier, 1913

 1913 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 822.80
278 WILD, Frank.

'Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest,'

 1923, GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 726.00
246 Tony WEARE (1912-1994)

Four portfolios of botanical watercolour studies

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 701.80
151

The book of the Mannor of Ventongimps, 1683' Court Book with manuscript entries in latin, dating from 1683.

 1683-1691 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 629.20
336 M & N Hanhart (lithographers)

'Truro and the River Fal from opposite Tregothnan House,'

 [1855]. GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 629.20
161

Mines on The Great Flat Lode, Camborne, Cornwall' A 19th century plan

 19th century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 605.00
234 Nikolaus Pevsner.

'The Buildings of England'.

 [circa 2000] GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 580.80
353 HARRIS, Robert (1581-1658)

Sammelband volume of Sermons

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 580.80
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
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