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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Military & Aviation History, Medals & Militaria

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Auction Name	Military & Aviation History, Medals & Militaria	Total Sales (GBP)	53,574.64
Auction Date	October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	20,600.00
Sale Number	#100925	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	31,230.00
Total Lots	82
Sold Lots	59.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	28,670.00
% of Lots Sold	71.95%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	43,730.00
Unsold Lots	23	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	122.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
20		Battle of Britain. Spitfire Pilot's Logbook, Sergeant S Baxter, 222 Sqd, Killed in Action 14/9/1940		GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 13,904.00
44		Royal Flying Corps. Nieuport test pilots' logbook kept by Major B.H. Barrington-Kennett 1911-12		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,803.20
1		Aviation Photographs. A superb collection of WWII and later aircraft photographs		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 4,550.40
11		Aviation slides. 20,000 original Kodachrome colour slides of airliners		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,286.40
9		Aviation postcards. A comprehensive collection of 4500 Airliner and Airline postcards		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,654.40
144		Pilot's Notes. Pilot's Notes belonging to Squadron Leader Ray Hanna AFC & Bar		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,769.60
14		Aviation slides. A large collection of civil and military 35 mm slides		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,390.40
21		Buhler (Robert, 1916-1989). For High Performance Lubrication By Shell, 1938	1938	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,327.20
38		Miles Aircraft Archive. An Archive relating to Frederick G. Miles..., circa 1930-1950	circa 1930-1950	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,327.20
18		Aviation slides. The Trevor Crozier military and civil aircraft slide collection, circa 1960-2017	circa 1960-2017	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,264.00
8		Aviation photographs. RAF and USAAF black and white press photographs, circa 1950-1980s	circa 1950-1980s	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 948.00
33	Gardner (James, 1907-1995).	For High Performance Lubrication By Shell, 1939, lithographic poster	1939	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 948.00
22		Dambusters. A large collection of signed aviation FDCs (approximately 400), mostly 617 Squadron		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 884.80
45		Short & Harland Ltd. Photograph Album, circa 1930-40	circa 1930-40	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 884.80
253		WWII POW Diaries. Two Wartime Logs, Lt J. A. Ferrigan, Oflag 79, Bavaria, Germany and P.G. 21		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 884.80
15		Aviation slides. A large private collection of approximately 26,000 original 35 mm colour slides		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 733.12
43		RNAS Logbook. WWI Royal Naval Air Service logbook kept by Flight Officer R.A.H. Shelford		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 733.12
7		Aviation negatives. A collection of approximately 3,500 black and white negatives		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 707.84
151		Red Arrows. A scrap album compiled by Ray Hanna circa 1965		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 682.56
12		Aviation slides. 6000 original Kodachrome and some Fuji colour slides		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 632.00
6		Aviation & Military ephemera. A mixed collection of aviation and military ephemera		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 606.72
247		Trench maps. WWI British trench maps, 27 linen-backed maps of the Western Front circa 1916-17		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 556.16
39		Pioneer aviation. A large collection of pioneer age postcards (approximately 300)		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 530.88
123		Aviation ephemera. A large album compiled by Squadron Leader Ray Hanna and other related ephemera		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 530.88
13		Aviation slides. A large collection of civil and military 35 mm colour aircraft slides, circa 1990s	circa 1990s	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 505.60

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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.