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Auction Name Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobbins - Part 2 Total Sales (GBP) 267,188.20
Auction Date March 27, 2024 - March 27, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 169,320.00
Sale Number #32724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 246,830.00
Total Lots 266
Sold Lots 189 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 235,670.00
% of Lots Sold 71.05% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 340,830.00
Unsold Lots 77 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 78.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
163 Kunike (Adolf Friedrich)

Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes von seinem Ursprunge bis zu seinem Ausflusse in das schwarze Meer,

1826 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
170 Lasinio (Carlo)

[Matrimony],

1790 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,930.00
86 Cruikshank (George).- Kenrick (Thomas)

The British Stage, and Literary Cabinet, 6 vol., hand-coloured etched plates, some signed by Cruikshank

 1817-22 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,048.00
180 Mansion (Andre Leon Larue)

[Costume of the Royal Navy and Marines]

 c.1831-33 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,670.00
149 Isenring (J.B.)

Thurgegenden. Eine Sammlung Malerischer Landschaften an und in der Nahe der Thur,

1825 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,292.00
99 [Doyle (John)], "H.B.".

Political Sketches &c. 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
138 [Hayez (Francesco)]

Costumi, Vestiti alla Festa da Ballo data dal Nobilissimo Sig. Conte G. Batthyany la sera del 30 gennaio 1828, first edition,

 1828 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 5,040.00
222 Rowlandson (Thomas)

[Rustic Scenes], hand-coloured aquatint miniature panorama with original boxwood drum,

 1799 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
46 [Alken (Samuel)]

The Race and the Road to Epsom,

1851 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
47 Alken (Samuel)

[Epsom Race Course], hand-coloured lithograph panorama,

18[54; and title (2). GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
207 Pollard (James)

[Epsom], 6 colour aquatints heightened with gum arabic

 1835-36 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
225 Rowlandson (Thomas)

Etchings of Landscapes from Scenes in Cornwall, &. &c, the set of 16 hand-coloured etchings

 c.1812. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
32 Alken (Henry)

[A Trip to Ascot Races], 8 hand-coloured engraved panoramas on 4 leaves

 1827 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
76 Chalon (Henry Barnard)

Six original preliminary drawings for 'Passions of the Horse' [together with] the suite of six "proof" prints, lithogrpahs,

 [c. 1825-1827 (2) GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
243

Souvenirs de la Suisse, 75 tinted and hand-coloured lithographed plates,

c.1840. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
98 Dighton (Robert)

[Caricatures], album of 50 hand-coloured etchings

 1794-1815. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,276.00
13 [Alken (Henry)]

Doing the Thing, and the Thing Done, in a series of Sporting Plates, first issue

 1818 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,024.00
1 Ackermann (Rudolph)

The Royal Navy, 6 hand-coloured aquatints

 1848-49. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,772.00
141 Hentzy (Rodolphe)

Promenade Pittoresque dans l'Eveche de Bale aux Bords de la Birs, de la Sorne, et de la Suze, 2 vol., first edition,

 1808-09. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,772.00
58 Barenger (James)

[New Invented Borders for Rooms...Representing Field Sports in Great Variety],

1809-10. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,520.00
208 Pollard (James)

British Horse Racing

 1836 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 2,520.00
121 Geissler (J.G.G.)

and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen, Mongolischen und andern Voelkern im Russischen Reich, 4...

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,394.00
195 Russia.- Owen (Major Charles Henry)

Sketches in the Crimea,

 1856 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,394.00
209 Pollard (James)

Scenes on the Road: a Trip to Epsom and Back,

1838 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,394.00
215 Denmark.- Rieter (Jacob) & Johannes Senn.

Danske nationale Klaededragter,

1805-06 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,394.00
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