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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Sporting and Collectors Auction

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Auction Name	Sporting and Collectors Auction	Total Sales (GBP)	16,878.88
Auction Date	December 09, 2025 - December 10, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	9,200.00
Sale Number	#SC47	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	13,830.00
Total Lots	133
Sold Lots	92.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	15,340.00
% of Lots Sold	69.17%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	23,130.00
Unsold Lots	41	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	72.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
455	WISDEN.	WISDEN. John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, a broken run of 67 vols.		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,443.20
18		The Beatles. A pocket autograph album		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,115.20
614	Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, (1870-1935)	Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, (1870-1935) A pair of shire horses pulling a plough,		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 984.00
744		Poland banknotes 5000 Polish Mark Piec Tysiecy Marek Polskich 1920 x 27 notes in EF/UNC condition,	1920	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 984.00
253	Reggie Kray (1933-2000) and Frances Elsie Kray (nee Shea) (1943-1967).	Reggie Kray (1933-2000) and Frances Elsie Kray (nee Shea) (1943-1967).		GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 918.40
650		China collection in box with albums, pages, packets, covers.		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 918.40
651		Old time GB lot in cigar box with tins and packets of Queen Victoria (1d blacks, 1d reds,		GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 852.80
255	Charlie Kray (1927-2000).	Charlie Kray (1927-2000). Two manuscript letters to his parents Violet and Charlie Kray.		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 590.40
652		Box with large quantity (hundreds) of early to mid-period covers and postal history,		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 590.40
698		A collection of mid 20th century film stars and musician autographs and studio correspondence,	20th century	GBP 450.00 - 550.00	GBP 590.40
252	Frank Samuel Mitchell 'The Mad Axeman' ( 1929- 1966).	Frank Samuel Mitchell 'The Mad Axeman' (1929-1966).		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 551.04
338		A collection of inter war military related photographs.		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 393.60
1045		ELIZABETH II, PHILIP - Portrait photograph signed to mount, 'Elizabeth R', 'Philip', 1970,	1970	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 367.36
697		A late 19th century 'Holy Land' photograph album	late 19th century	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 288.64
540		A collection of early 20th Century glass negatives with travel interest.	early 20th Century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 249.28
695		Six Victorian Carte de Visite albums and contents.		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 223.04
714		A collection of early 20th Century and later postcards in two albums.	early 20th Century and later	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 209.92
360		A collection of British Nursing service badges and ephemera relating to Miss Martha E Rawson,		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 196.80
1044		'Henry V' (1944), Laurence Olivier, two painted cast and crew credit boards.	1944	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 183.68
404		Of Boer War Interest. A panoramic sepia photograph of Ladysmith, circa 1900	circa 1900	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 170.56
530		A collection of various magic lantern slide, including chromotrope,		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 170.56
734		A PS500 Chinese Imperial gold loan of 1898.		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 170.56
251	Kray, Charles	Kray, Charles 'Me and My Brothers' signed by Ronnie and Reggie Kray, Everest Books Ltd, London,		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 157.44
1027		A 20th Century enamel sign 'Gentlemen'.	20th Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 157.44
558	Jane Bown (British, 1925-2014)	Jane Bown (British, 1925-2014) 'Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev 1969' 29cm,	1969	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 131.20

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.