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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: The Sporting and Collectors Auction

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Auction Name The Sporting and Collectors Auction Total Sales (GBP) 25,400.00
Auction Date March 19, 2024 - March 20, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,850.00
Sale Number #31924 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 15,340.00
Total Lots 148
Sold Lots 116 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 13,460.00
% of Lots Sold 78.38% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 20,600.00
Unsold Lots 32 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 123.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
46

Spithead Review, 1897. A lithograph printed double page plan. In Celebration of the Sixtieth Year Of The Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria', printed by Henry Lewis Portsmouth

1897 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 4,000.00
654

Tennis Postcards, an album to include approximately 384 cards- 1913 Davis Cup, early Wimbledon, Duke of York, Pre and Post War players

1913 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,125.00
11 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919), Boer War and World War One interest

four album of signatures, birthdays, songs and poetry, the first made up by Flora Steele between 1906-1913,

1906-1913, GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 937.50
765

A collection of early 20th century postcards of European Royalty.

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 875.00
12 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919),

a group of invitations, dance cards, menus and Christmas cards from 1900-1919

1900-1919 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 750.00
1130

An UK quad film poster for 'The Terminator' (1984), artwork by Mike Francis

1984 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 500.00
10 Marie-Elizabeth de Lotbiniere-Harwood Steele (1859-1951),

a collection of invitations and theatre programmes mostly inviting Lady Steele,

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 475.00
773

An album of Tennis postcards approximately 360 cards, photographic, comic, romantic and educational, mostly relating to women playing tennis, but also golf and cricket.

GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 475.00
729

Cigarette and trade cards, an accumulation of sets and part sets, in eight albums and a box of loose Brooke Bond, including

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 437.50
756

Cigarette, reprints and trade cards, an accumulation of sets and part sets, in 17 modern albums;

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 437.50
774

An album of early 20th century theatre postcards approximately 96 together with approximately 96 coloured topographical scenes, 60 shipping/ ferries, 84 scenes of Ceylon, (336).

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 437.50
45 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919),

The Canada Club Winnipeg, 1913-14 membership card,

1913-14 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 400.00
1136

An UK quad film poster for 'The Rocky Picture Horror Show' (1975)

1975 GBP 70.00 - 90.00 GBP 375.00
47 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919),

a pack of playing cards with pink backs and South African Constabulary insignia Northern Division, five further packs of playing cards, a 1902 calendar ...

1902 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 350.00
744

Postcards, Military, a modern album of Boer and Great War cards, including 54 Raphael Tuck Oilettes; 111 others

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 350.00
40 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

a large format photograph of S.B.Steele in North West Mounted Police dress uniform, circa 1880

1880 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 325.00
644

Percy G.H. Fender cricket archive

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 325.00
740

Postcards, Topography, a modern album of London and South East, including many real photographs

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 325.00
749

Postcards, UK Topography, three modern albums and loose,

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 325.00
768

Topographical postcards album to include approximately 360 cards of mostly of English towns and Villages ...

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 325.00
1126

Dario Argento's 'Inferno' (1980) X Certificate Horror Original First Release British Quad film poster , printed by W. E. Berry

1980 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 325.00
1127

An UK quad film poster for 'Alien' (1979); together with a press book for the same

1979 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 325.00
1273

A silk Stevenograph portrait of 'Buffalo Bill' woven by T Stevens, Coventry, together with a 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West' postcard (2)

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 325.00
39 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

two photographs circa 1906 of Col. S.B. Steele in morning coat, by Elliot and Fry, London and signed photograph ' to Maye from her husband S.B.Steele',

1906 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 300.00
41 Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919)

a large format family photograph of Colonel S.B Steele, (in the uniform of the South African Constabulary), Mrs. Steele, Flora, Gertude and Hardwood, circa 1904,

1904 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 300.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Dedication copy. Est: €120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: €25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: €80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: €60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: €18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: €28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: €9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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