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Chorley's: The March Auctions 2025: Asian Art, Ceramics, Books & Manuscripts

Auction Reports


Auction Name	The March Auctions 2025: Asian Art, Ceramics, Books & Manuscripts	Total Sales (GBP)	122,343.75
Auction Date	March 25, 2025 - March 25, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	53,870.00
Sale Number	#32525	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	81,510.00
Total Lots	198
Sold Lots	154.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	67,040.00
% of Lots Sold	77.78%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	100,530.00
Unsold Lots	44	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	121.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
401		Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible	circa 1455	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 48,750.00
429		The Archive of Lady Mary Pamela Madeline Sibell Strickland	(1895-1991)	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 10,000.00
434		Christ, in a large initial...	[1325]	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 8,750.00
433		Two leaves from a portable Antiphonal [Iberian peninsula (probably Spain)	12th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 4,375.00
414	Davis (Richard)	A New Map of the County of Oxford from an Actual Survey...	1797	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,250.00
302		[Binding] The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testament	1769	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 2,125.00
399	Bodenehr (Gabriel, publisher)	Atlas Curieux oder Neuer und Compendieuser Atlas...	[after 1704]	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,875.00
320		Surrealism A large collection of volumes on Surrealism and by Surrealist Authors to include Sylvester (David) Renee Magritte: Catalogue Raisonne	1992	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,250.00
417		Manuscript Cookery and Home Remedy Books 18th and 19th Century...	18th and 19th Century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,250.00
375	Ellis (John)	Ellis's English Atlas: or, a compleat chorography of England and Wales: in fifty maps	1768	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,187.50
405		A Topographical Map of Hartford-Shire [Hertfordshire] From and Actual Survey	1782	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,062.50
276		The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, [Cambridge] 1660 bound with The Holy Bible containing the Books of the Old & New Testament	1674	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,000.00
410	Greenwood (C & I)	Map of the County of Somerset from an actual Survey made in the Years 1820 & 1821	1822	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 875.00
261	Bowen (Emmanuel) and Kitchin (Thomas)	The large English Atlas: or a new set of Maps of all the counties in England and Wales	n.d. [circa 1755]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 812.50
267	Elwes (Henry John)	The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland	1906-1912	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 812.50
334		Outsider Art/Art Brut A large collection of volumes to include: Feilacher (Johann) Walla!, Museum Gugging	2012	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 750.00
337		Dada volumes to include Orchard (Karin) Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue Raisonne	2000	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 750.00
402	Greenwood (C & J)	Map of the County of Gloucester from an actual survey made in the year 1823	1824	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 750.00
247	Cervantes (Miguel de)	Fine Modern Bindings to include: The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha	1922	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 687.50
335		Outsider Art / Art Brut A large collection of volumes to include volumes on Outsider Art, Art Brut...	-1972	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 687.50
336		Outsider Art / Art Brut A large collection of volumes to include a series of Insita catalogues, Dubuffet (Jean) Almanach de l'Art Brut	2016	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 687.50
418	[O'Brien, Sir Henry Lucius]	Three Manuscript volumes including...		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 687.50
400	Higden (Ranulphus)	[Caxton] Polychronicon...	1482	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 687.50
333		Andre Breton a selection of works by and on Andre Breton to include Breton (Andre) Les Manifestes du Surrealisme suivis de Prolegomenes a un Troisieme Manifeste du Surrealisme ou non dur Surrealisme en ses Oeuvres vives et d'ephemerides Surrealistes	1946	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 625.00
431		Two Islamic Manuscripts including An Arabic prayer book Ottoman Turkey	18th-19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 625.00

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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