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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Photography & Cameras, Historical Autographs & Documents

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Photography & Cameras, Historical Autographs & Documents	Total Sales (GBP)	251,579.64
Auction Date	May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	107,680.00
Sale Number	#52125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	158,160.00
Total Lots	480
Sold Lots	379.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	130,930.00
% of Lots Sold	78.96%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	191,880.00
Unsold Lots	101	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	131.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
257	Alcock (John Rutherford, 1809-1897).	Alcock (John Rutherford). An album of original drawings and prints of Japan, ,	c. 1859-63	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 20,224.00
230		Seychelles. A superlative private collection of Seychelles postcards, ,	c. 1903 and later	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 8,848.00
316	Newton (Isaac, 1642-1727),	Newton (Isaac, 1642-1727). Document Signed, 'Is. Newt[on]'	28 June 1705	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 8,216.00
42		Seychelles. A very fine collection of 25 photographs taken by Colonel Lambert Playfair...and others		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 6,825.60
43		Shanghai Panorama. 'View of the Foreign Settlement at Shanghai. Taken by D. Satow...'	1895	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 6,320.00
411	Sun Yat-sen & Sir James & Lady Cantlie.	Chinese Revolution 1911: Sun Yat-sen & Sir James & Lady Cantlie. An important archive		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,550.40
263		Battle of Spion Kop. A manuscript eye-witness account..., ,	1901	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 4,044.80
22	Gower (Abel Anthony James, 1836-1899?),	Gower (Abel Anthony James, 1836-1899?) salted paper print from a glass negative		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,792.00
12		China. An album of 24 photographs of Shanghai and Peking	c. 1870s/1880s	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 3,286.40
40		Seychelles. A Messageries Maritimes album of 46 mounted photographs	c. 1895	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,286.40
321	Wesley (John, 1703-1791),	Wesley (John, 1703-1791), Church of England clergyman... Autograph Letter Signed		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,286.40
11		China. A photograph album of 50 views of West Lake, Hangchow (Hangzhau)		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,907.20
75	Hurley (Frank, 1885-1962).	Hurley (Frank, 1885-1962). Endurance Steaming through Loose Pack Ice	1914-12-01	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,907.20
298	Audubon (John James, 1785-1851),	Audubon (John James, 1785-1851), French-American artist..		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,780.80
474	Wilson (Edward Adrian, 1872-1912)	Wilson (Edward Adrian, 1872-1912). A pair of Christmas cards from Edward & Mary Wilson, 1910 & 1911		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 2,780.80
45	Claudet (Anton Fran	Claudet (Anton Francois, 1797-1867). A group of 4 hand-tinted stereoscopic daguerreotypes		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,654.40
104	Salgado (Sebasti	Salgado (Sebastiao, 1944- ). Mali, vintage gelatin silver print,	1985	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 2,528.00
297	Victoria (1819-1901),	Victoria (1819-1901), , Queen of the United Kingdom & Ireland. Still life	1890	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,401.60
41		Seychelles. A photograph album from the second class cruiser, HMS Bonaventure	1896	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,275.20
319	Wallace (Alfred Russel, 1823-1913).	Wallace (Alfred Russel, 1823-1913). Autograph Letter Signed, Alfred R. Wallace', 21 March 1894	1894	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,275.20
118		Ambrotype. Quarter-plate ambrotype of two slate workers with their tools, ,	c. 1860	GBP 100.00 - 120.00	GBP 2,148.80
305	Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870),	Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870), English novelist. Autograph Letter Signed	13 February [1843]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,148.80
306	Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870),	Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870), English novelist. Autograph Letter Signed, London, 9 December 1869	1869	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,022.40
105	Simpson (Cortlandt James Woore).	Simpson (Cortlandt James Woore). British North Greenland Expedition... 45 photographs, ,		GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,952.00
326	Lyell (Charles, 1797-1875)	Lyell (Charles, 1797-1875). Autograph Letter Signed, 'Cha. Lyell'	no year	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,896.00

Sotheby’s
Year in Review

Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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