Forum Auctions: The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham | Total Sales (GBP) | 220,116.40 |
| Auction Date | October 30, 2025 - October 30, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 144,380.00 |
| Sale Number | #1189 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 206,220.00 |
| Total Lots | 250 | ||
| Sold Lots | 202.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 237,880.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.80% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 336,220.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 48 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 65.47% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | Lewis (Captain Meriwether) & Captain William Clarke | North America.- Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and across the American Continent |
1814 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 17,780.00 |
| 207 | Shackleton (Ernest H.) | Polar.- The South Polar Times |
1907-14 & 2010 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,160.00 |
| 71 | Coryate (Thomas) | Europe.- Coryats Crudities: Hastily gobled up in five months travells |
1611 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 146 | Leichhardt (Dr. Ludwig) | Australia.- Journal of an Overland Expedition to Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington |
1847 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 180 | Oxley (John) | Australia.- Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales |
1820 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 198 | [Robinson (Francis Whitfield)] | Australia.- A 360-degree photograph panorama of Sydney (November 1885) |
12th November 2019 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 220 | Sturt (Captain Charles) | Australia.- Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia |
1849 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 6 | Anonymous photographer (Australian, circa 1890s) | Australia.- Gold mining.- Kalgoorie Gold Mines Western Australia |
[probably circa 1890s] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 4,826.00 |
| 15 | Barrow (John) | China.- Travels in China |
1804 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 29 | Bligh (William) | Voyages.- A Voyage to the South Sea |
1792 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 118 | Hill (M.S., active Sydney Australia 1880s) | Australia.- The City of Sydney |
1888 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 111 | Hacke (William, editor) | Voyages.- A Collection of Original Voyages: I. Capt. Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe |
1699 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,556.00 |
| 101 | Frejus (Roland de) | Africa.- The Relation of a Voyage made into Mauritania, in Africk ... to Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta, &c. |
1671 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 187 | Pease (A. E.) | Africa.- Big Game Hunting.- Travel & Sport in Africa |
1902 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 241 | Webb (Rev. Arthur J.) | South Pacific Ocean.- Fiji.- The History of Fiji |
1885 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 72 | [Crouch (Nathaniel)], "R, B," | Africa.- A View of the English Acquisitions in Guinea, and the East-Indies ...with a Description of the Isle of St.Helena... |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 91 | Ellis (Henry) | China.- Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China |
1817 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 169 | Murray (George) | Polar.- The Antarctic Manual for the use of the Expedition of 1901 |
1901 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 231 | Wood (Herbert) | Central Asia.- The Shores of Lake Aral |
1876 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 41 | Bryden (H. Anderson) | Big Game Hunting.- Great and Small Game of Africa |
1899 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
| 191 | Pike (Zebulon Montgomery) | North America.- Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America |
1811 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 237 | Ward (F. Kingdon) | Asia.- On the Road to Tibet |
1910 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 196 | Rees (Thomas) | Voyages.- A Journal of Voyages and Travels |
1822 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 140 | La Loubere (Simon de) | South East Asia.- A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam |
1693 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 151 | Lucas (Captain Thomas J.) | Africa.- Pen & Pencil Reminiscences of a Campaign in South Africa |
[1861] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
