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Auction Name Books, Ephemera, Autographs, Photographs, Cigarette Cards, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. Total Sales (GBP) 7,657.85
Auction Date April 17, 2024 - April 17, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 5,490.00
Sale Number #425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 7,640.00
Total Lots 169
Sold Lots 102 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 8,947.00
% of Lots Sold 60.36% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 12,552.00
Unsold Lots 67 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
64

Motor Car Showroom Brochures and some leaflets, including commercial vehicles, 1930s to 1960s, including Ford, Daimler, Humber, MG, Fiat and others.

1930s to 1960s GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 264.50
131

Sport - Bowls, a collection of bowling greens, largely UK, 1900s to 1960s, plus few RPs of bowls teams, housed in two albums. Many RPs noted.

1900s to 1960s GBP 160.00 - 200.00 GBP 241.50
80 Ogdens Ltd

Sporting & Other Girls , 'A Forward', postcard size.

1898 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 218.50
81 Ogdens Ltd

Sporting & Other Girls , 'Mustn't touch it with the Hands'.

1898 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 218.50
69

Cigarette & Trade Card collection in several albums and loose;

GBP 80.00 - 110.00 GBP 189.75
8 Charles Atlas

Health and Strength stapled booklets,

1950s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 166.75
71 Anglo-Confectionery Ltd

Walt Disney Characters ; and Primrose Confectionery Popeye

1971 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 166.75
50 John Fisher

An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington, 1896,

1897 GBP 150.00 - 180.00 GBP 161.00
120

Bexley Heath collection including Welling; with 30 street scenes (some with trams), 1911 Cricket Team,

GBP 130.00 - 150.00 GBP 161.00
150

Assortment in carton including large stockbook with much useful GVI Commonwealth mint, a collection of M&U Australia from 1913, collection of Malta,

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 143.75
144

World collection in ten SG 22-ring albums, all periods, M&U, with main interest in British Commonwealth from 19th Century, USA from 1860s,

19th Century, 1860s, GBP 100.00 - 130.00 GBP 138.00
65

Motoring softbacks & ephemera including 1929 Leyland Motors visit to Ypres souvenir; eighteen Showroom Brochures and leaflets including Bentley

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 126.50
96

Early to modern collection in six assorted albums, plus two albums of cigarette & trade cards, and a small photo album;

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 120.75
108

Devon topography, EVII to early QE2 with many PU. Includes Woody Bay post office, early court card of Topsham, some street scenes, many villages,

GBP 70.00 - 90.00 GBP 120.75
114

Glamour and Romance with many artist signed including Harrison Fisher (5), Kirchner (2, one creased), Boileau (3), and various others

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 120.75
146

World Collection in five Portland albums including two volumes of British Commonwealth, with some 19th Century but chiefly 1900s to 1970s,

19th Century but chiefly 1900s to 1970s, GBP 90.00 - 110.00 GBP 120.75
149

20th Century ranges in binder with main interest in UM thematic sets, chiefly Fauna & Flora, both C/Wealth and Foreign with better noted.

GBP 100.00 - 140.00 GBP 120.75
163

Commonwealth & Foreign covers & cards from 1880s, chiefly 20th Century with some interest in Pacific Islands, Burma, India, Iraq WW2 censored,

1880s GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 120.75
145

World ranges in seven fine stockbooks and a 'Tower' album, with interest in mid-period Germany mint or UM, British C/Wealth from 19th Century

19th Century GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 115.00
14

The Illustrated London News

1951, 1953, 1954 GBP 100.00 - 130.00 GBP 110.40
5

Antiquarian selection including W. Romaine Twelve Discourses upon the Law and the Gospel

1793 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 105.80
152

British C/W ranges in three large stockbooks, with interest in Papua New Guinea, South Africa including 1886/87 New Republic 1d & 2d mint (latter UM)

1886/87 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 105.80
129

Shipping accumulation with many P. & O., Cunarders, White Star and other passenger liners, New Zealand Shipping Co. (8), and other merchant vessels.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 103.50
130

Shipping accumulation with many Cunard/White Star, Canadian Pacific, Royal Mail, Anchor Line and other merchant ships.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 103.50
132

Sport - Bowls, a collection of RPs, largely close-ups of teams and tournament winners, including two Victorian cabinet photos.

GBP 120.00 - 140.00 GBP 103.50
  • Sotheby’s
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    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
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    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
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
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