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Duke's: Sporting and Natural History

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Auction Name Sporting and Natural History Total Sales (GBP) 7,331.25
Auction Date February 14, 2024 - February 14, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,610.00
Sale Number #21424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,850.00
Total Lots 39
Sold Lots 28 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,250.00
% of Lots Sold 71.79% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 7,900.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 92.80%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
250

A COLLECTION OF SHOOTING DIARIES AND SHOOTING BADGES

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,062.50
311 OVERFIELD, T. DONALD

'G.E.M. SKUES - The Way of a Man with a Trout'

1977 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 875.00
323 HOUGHTON, REV. W.,

'British Fresh-Water Fishes'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 812.50
299

FRED CARR & SON, CHAPELTOWN, PUDSEY, YORKSHIRE: A MIRRORED ADVERTISING SIGN FOR KYNOCH LTD

GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 687.50
322 ALDAM, W.H. (ED)

'A Quaint Treatise On Flees And The Art A Artyfichall Flee Making'

1876 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 625.00
309 RONALDS, ALFRED,

'The Fly-Fisher's Entomology'

1913 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 475.00
300 THORBURN, ARCHIBALD,

'British Mammals'

1920 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 350.00
307 BAINBRIDGE, GEORGE C.,

'The Fly Fisher's Guide'

1816 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 350.00
313 SCOTCHER, GEORGE

'The Fly Fisher's Legacy'

1974 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 225.00
78

A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS ANGLING POSTCARDS

GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 212.50
317 FRANCIS FRANCIS,

'A Book on Angling'

1867 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 212.50
321 TAVERNER, ERIC,

'Salmon Fishing'

1931 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 187.50
315 HALFORD, FREDERIC M.

'The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook'

1910 and 1913 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 162.50
308 PRITT, T.E.

'North Country Flies'

1886 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 150.00
306 CARROLL, W.,

'The Angler's Vade-Mecum'

1818 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 137.50
302 JOHN DREWETT

Hardy Bros. The Masters, The Men and Their Reels'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 125.00
305 PARKER RWA, MAUDE:

'Fisherman's Map of the River Wye Showing Salmon Catches and other features'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 112.50
320 STODDART, THOMAS TOD

'The Angler's Companion'

1842 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 100.00
79

A 41st ANGLING TRUST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMME

1956 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 87.50
285

GEORGE WRIGHT (1860-1942) Two foxhunting scenes

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 75.00
290

A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF POLO HORSES

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 62.50
298

TIM HOARES A set of five coloured fishing prints

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 62.50
303

FARLOWS SALMON FLIES. An Illustrated Catalogue of Farlows' Pattern Salmon Flies 1870 to 1964

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 50.00
312 VENIARD, JOHN -

'Reservoir and Lake Flies'

1970 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 37.50
314 VENABLES, BERNARD

'The Angler's Companion'

1959 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 31.25
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