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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Photographs, Autographs, Documents and Ephemera

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Photographs, Autographs, Documents and Ephemera	Total Sales (GBP)	1,319,950.96
Auction Date	October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	299,800.00
Sale Number	#100825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	449,850.00
Total Lots	327
Sold Lots	253.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	418,650.00
% of Lots Sold	77.37%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	623,150.00
Unsold Lots	74	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	211.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
258		Einstein's Violin. A German violin formerly belonging to Albert Einstein, late 19th century		GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	GBP 1,087,040.00
270	Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965).	A framed display, two signed Winston Churchill items		GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 20,224.00
232	Howard (Elizabeth Dominica).	Manuscript volume of Roman Catholic prayers and devotions, 1698	1698	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 7,331.20
113		Topographical Glass Plate Negatives. A fine collection of approx. 2,000 half-plate negatives		GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,320.00
254	Turner (Dawson, 1775-1858).	An important family scrap album, c. 1828-42	c.1828-42	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 6,320.00
257		World War II German Surrender Document. Signed, photostat Instrument of Surrender...,		GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,308.80
110		The Abyssinian War, 1868. An album of photographs containing 78 photographs taken in Abyssinia, 1868	1868	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 5,056.00
233		Instrument of Government. The Articles signed by his Highness Oliver Cromwel..., G. Horton, 1653	1653	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,803.20
234		Bill of Rights. The Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons...,		GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,550.40
245		Phlebotomy Licence. A rare manuscript Licence for Elizabeth Wilkinson, Norwich, 1729	1729	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,171.20
290		Housman (Alfred Edward, 1859-1936), English poet classical scholar. Autograph Letter Signed		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 3,412.80
297	Lincoln (Abraham, 1809-1865),	16th president of the United States, Brown ink signature...,		GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,033.60
324		Woolf (Virginia, 1882-1941), Autograph Letter Signed, 'Virginia', 21 April [1938]	[1938]	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,033.60
213	Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965).	Chartwell chair, c. 1922	c.1922	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,907.20
240	Marshall (James).	Some Observations on the Yellow Fever.		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,907.20
321		Victorian Autographs. An album containing approximately 270 autographs		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,907.20
215	Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965).	Signed map of Dunkirk To Berlin, June 1940 - July 1945		GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,780.80
260		Einstein's Copy of Descartes & Spinoza. Renati des Cartes et Benedicti de Spinoza..., 1843	1843	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,780.80
271	Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965).	Signed studio portrait by Vivienne, c. 1950	c.1950	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,780.80
313	Sassoon (Siegfried, 1886-1967),	English poet, writer and soldier. Autograph Letter Signed, 1938	1938	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,654.40
314	Sassoon (Siegfried, 1886-1967).	Autograph Letter Signed, 'S. S.', Heytesbury House, 9 January 1946		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,654.40
229	Hitler (Adolf, 1889-1945).	A signed, early NSDAP document, 'Adolf Hitler', mid-April 1926		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,528.00
42	Crawford (Frederick Hugh, 1861-1952).	An archive relating to Fred Crawford, unionist hero...		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,401.60
264		Brooke (Rupert Chawner, 1887-1915), English poet. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Rupert Brooke'		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,401.60
256	Turner (Mary Dawson).	One Hundred Etchings, 'not published', [Great Yarmouth, c. 1830]	c.1830]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,275.20

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.