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Gorringes: Weekly House and Garden, featuring Music and Science

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Auction Name	Weekly House and Garden, featuring Music and Science	Total Sales (GBP)	8,098.13
Auction Date	June 16, 2025 - June 16, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,030.00
Sale Number	#61625	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,815.00
Total Lots	30
Sold Lots	26.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,210.00
% of Lots Sold	86.67%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	3,085.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	262.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
761	Edmund Wiiralt, and Johnn Friedlaender	A folio of etchings, a lithograph and four black and white photographs to include Edmund Wiiralt, tiger, and Johnn Friedlaender, Fre Sol Bleu		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 5,250.00
734	After Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (Franco/Flemish, 1636-1699),	Still lifes of flowers, set of six colour etchings, etched by Nicolas de Poilly		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 498.75
510		A Bass & Co Pale Ale advertising poster, Gold Medal Paris Exhibition 1867	1867	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 262.50
735	Andrew Skilleter	a large collection of watercolours on card, Original illustrations from Cinderella and Snow White, with two accompanying books		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 262.50
273		A Geographica 8 inch globe on a turned ebonised wood stand		GBP 150.00 - 180.00	GBP 210.00
418	Symmons, Charles -	The Life of John Milton.	1810	GBP 120.00 - 160.00	GBP 183.75
412	[Cook, James]	A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World, performed in ... the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772 (etc.)	1784]	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 170.63
733	After Paul Sandby RA (1731-1809),	Views of Windsor Castle and Windsor to include 'Gate Under Queen Elizabeth's Picture Gallery',	1812	GBP 100.00 - 125.00	GBP 144.38
435	Castiglione, Baldassare -	Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier ... and a New Version of the Same into English.	1727].	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 131.25
758	Grace Appleyard,	Still life of flowers, inscribed to the mount Grave Appleyard, Holmer House, Hebden Bridge House, 1827		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 111.56
420	The Easton Press	The Easton Press - Collector's Editions, 25 vols.	1970's/80's	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 105.00
712	James Valentine (1815-1880),	'Group of Natives, St Kilda',	circa 1860-1880	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 85.31
447		The Holy Bible, or, Divine Treasury ... with the Apocrypha ...	1804	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 72.19
429	Tissot, Samuel Auguste -	Del Morbo Negro Dissertazione ... Tradotta nell' Italiano Idioma.	1778	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 65.63
409	Lawrence, T.E. -	Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph.	1935	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.50
423	Folio Society	A collection of eighteen Folio Society books to include St Peter's Umbrella and the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 52.50
441	Kelly, Bernard -	The Mind & Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins ...	1935	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.50
449	Manning, Rev. Owen & Bray, William -	The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey.	1974	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 52.50
760	after John Macwhirter, and After Cruikshank,	A collection of prints and watercolours to include 'The incessant roar of headlong tumbling floods', and 'A Dandy fainting or an exquisite in fits'		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 52.50
427	Milton, John -	The History of Britain, that part especially now called England ... to the Norman Conquest ...	1671	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 45.94
407	Boyd, William - ; Fleming, Ian -	Solo. 2008; Goldfinger. 1970	2008; 1970	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 39.38
451	Moreau, Charles -	Les Nouveaux Meubles Modernes en Bois Massif.	(ca.1930)	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 39.38
481	Shackleton, Ernest H. -	The Heart of the Antarctic: being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 ... vol.1	1909	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 39.38
518	Andersen, Hans Christian -	Fairy Tales. De Luxe Edition 1912; Yeats, William Butler - Poems. (?1914)	1912; (?1914)	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.38
738		A pair of Contemporary prints on canvas, Chinese junks and figures		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.38

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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