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Auction Name Avenue Auctions Total Sales (GBP) 8,138.00
Auction Date January 14, 2025 - January 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 3,090.00
Sale Number #140125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 5,580.00
Total Lots 81
Sold Lots 59.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,220.00
% of Lots Sold 72.84% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 7,550.00
Unsold Lots 22 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 107.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
427 ANTONIO DA TRENTO c.1508-1550:

THE TIBURTINE SIBYL AND EMPEROR AUGUSTUS

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,820.00
394 THOMAS HARDY:

THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, 2 VOLS

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 1,365.00
417

THE FOLIO SOCIETY: A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS BOOKS

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 845.00
428 EDME BOUCHARDON 1698-1762;

THE 'CRIES OF PARIS' SERIES

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 416.00
395 THOMAS HARDY:

TWO ON A TOWER, 3 VOLS

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 338.00
458 J.C. STADLER AFTER JOSEPH FARINGTON (1747-1821),

English Views

1793 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 260.00
393

SNAFFLES - BEING A SELECTION OF HIS HUNTING AND RACING PRINTS'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 208.00
419

A COLLECTION OF HISTORY BOOKS AND OTHERS

GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 169.00
515

A MID 19th CENTURY FULL-LENGTH SILHOUETTE

MID 19th CENTURY GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 156.00
466 PAUL SANDBY (1730-1809),

Welsh Views

1775 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 143.00
413 DICKENS

SETS OF DICKENS' WORKS

19th century GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 130.00
474 JOHN AUGUSTUS ATKINSON (1775-1833),

Transport and Military Scenes

1807 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
415

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MOSTLY ON ANTIQUES

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 117.00
488

AN ANTIQUE ARCHITECTURAL PRINT: 'ORTHOGRAPHICA INTERIOR PALATII DNN FALCONERIORUM'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 117.00
407

A QUANTITY OF MID 20TH CENTURY PENGUIN, PUFFIN AND PELICAN BOOKS

MID 20TH CENTURY GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 104.00
487

AN ANTIQUARIAN ENGRAVING OF STONEHENGE

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 104.00
509

COLLECTION OF CECIL ALDIN PRINTS

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 91.00
518 HUGH CASSON 1910-1999:

TWO ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHES OF SOMERSET HOUSE

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 91.00
380

GROUP OF MEDALS AND PAPERWORK RELATING TO LEADING STEWARD VICTOR A. WARE

1940-1946 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
403 RICHARD F. BURTON:

PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL-MADINAH & MECCA

1907 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 78.00
420

A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
483 JOHN BRUNSDEN:

HAYLE SANCTUARY

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 78.00
502 W. TOMKIN AFTER WILLIAM HAMILTON (1730-1803) -

Two vignettes of children playing

GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 78.00
389 CHARLES CLARK

CHARLES CLARK'S ENGRAVED ALPHABETS TWELVE DIFFERENT STYLES

early 19th century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 65.00
390

AN HMS VALIANT MENU DATED NEW YEARS EVE 1916

1916 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 65.00
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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.
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    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
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    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.