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Olympia Auctions: Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria

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Auction Name	Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria	Total Sales (GBP)	17,187.50
Auction Date	December 08, 2024 - December 08, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	11,950.00
Sale Number	#10011	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	17,650.00
Total Lots	183
Sold Lots	161.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	14,310.00
% of Lots Sold	87.98%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	21,005.00
Unsold Lots	22	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	81.83%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
958	MAROZZO, ACHILLE	OPERA NOVA, CIRCA 1536	CIRCA 1536	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,250.00
841	CRIPPS-DAY, FRANCIS ET AL	10 ISSUES OF FRAGMENTA ARMAMENTARIA	1945-1956	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 1,000.00
746	LAWRENCE, T. E	CRUSADER CASTLES		GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 550.00
819	TARTAGLIA, NICHOLAS	THREE BOOKS OF THE COLLOQUIES CONCERNING THE ARTE OF SHOOTING IN GREAT AND SMALL PEECES OF ARTILLERIE		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 525.00
668	HARDING, D.F.	SMALLARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1600-1856	1997 & 1999	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 500.00
791	LAKING, SIR GUY FRANCIS	A RECORD OF EUROPEAN ARMOUR AND ARMS THROUGH SEVEN CENTURIES	1920	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 450.00
957	SCHRENCK VON NOTZING, JACABO	ARMAMENTARIUM HEROICUM AMBRASIANUM A FERDINANDO ARCHIDUCE AUSTRIAE ETC SPLENDIDE ET SUMTUOSE INSTRUCTUM	1735	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 400.00
670	BOISSONNAS, J	SAMMLUNG CHARLES BOISSONNAS, ALTE WAFFEN AUS DER SCHWEIZ	c. 1915	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 375.00
865	BOCCIA, LIONELL G	LE ARMATURE DI S. MARIA DELLE GRAZIE DI CURTATONE DI MANTOVA E L'ARMATURA LOMBARDA DEL '400	1982	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 375.00
885		ARMS & ARMOUR JOURNALS		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 375.00
718		HALLWYLSKA SAMLINGEN BESKFRIFVANDE FORTECKNING GRUPPERNA XXXIV OCH XXXV	1926	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 350.00
943		DAS LANDES-ZEUGHAUS IN GRAZ	1880	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 350.00
954	DILLON, VISCOUNT	AN ALMAIN ARMOURER'S ALBUM SELECTIONS FROM AN ORIGINAL MS IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON	1905	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 350.00
792		THE BASHFORD DEAN COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOR IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART	1933	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 325.00
956	VEGETIUS, FLAVIUS	DE RE MILITARI LIBRI QUATUOR; POST OMNIUM EDITIONES OPE VETERUM LIBRORUM CORRECTI	1585	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 325.00
669	WEGELI, RUDOLF	INVENTAR DER WAFFENSAMMLUNG DES BERNISCHEN HISTORISCHEN MUSEUMS IN BERN	1920-1955	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 300.00
853	DRUMMOND, JAMES	SCULPTURED MONUMENTS IN IONA & THE WEST HIGHLANDS	1881	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 300.00
742	TRAPP, OSVALD GRAF E SCALINI, MARIO	THE ARMOURY OF THE CASTLE OF CHURBURG	1995-1996	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 275.00
784	DEAN, BASHFORD	THE COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOR OF RUTHERFORD STUYVESANT, 1843-1909	1914	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 275.00
609	BERK, WOLFGANG	WILLIAM TRANTER	1975	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 237.50
672	BURTON, RICHARD F	THE BOOK OF THE SWORD	c. 1915	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 212.50
763		ARMI ANTICHE ten issues,	1954-1964	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	GBP 212.50
846		LES DISCOURS MILITAIRES AND LES QUESTIONS MILITAIRES	1617-1622	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 212.50
883		LANDESZEUGHAUS LANDESMUSEUM JOANNEUM		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 212.50
783	BRETT, EDWIN J	A PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE RECORD OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARMS AND ARMOUR TO WHICH APPENDED 133 PLATES SPECIALLY DRAWN FROM THE COLLECTION AT OAKLANDS, ST. PETER'S, THANET, AND BURLEIGH HOUSE, LONDON	1894	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 200.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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