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Duke's: Sporting and Natural History

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Auction Name Sporting and Natural History Total Sales (GBP) 1,930.50
Auction Date October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,520.00
Sale Number #100225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,820.00
Total Lots 54
Sold Lots 32.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,460.00
% of Lots Sold 59.26% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,580.00
Unsold Lots 22 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
158 PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (1788-1867)

'Golden Eagle, Young (Plate II)'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 234.00
251 AFTER R. H. MOORE (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

Six studies of greyhounds

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 221.00
109

AN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR 'ALLCOCKS TACKLE'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 156.00
245 *LEIGHTON MAYBURY (b.1929)

'Red Rum'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 104.00
221 AFTER LIONEL DALHOUSIE ROBERTSON EDWARDS (1878-1966)

Nine hunting prints

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
216 *LIONEL EDWARDS (1878-1966)

'Cerne Abbas - The Cattistock Hunt'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
106 AFTER JAMES POLLARD (1792-1867)

'Bottom Fishing'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 78.00
270 AFTER JOHN HASSALL (1868-1948)

'A Lie'

GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 65.00
243 AFTER CECIL ALDIN (1870-1935)

'The Devon and Somerset Looking Towards Cloutsham'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 65.00
230 *CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE 'SNAFFLES' (1884-1967)

'The One to Carry Your Half-Crown'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
156 JOHN GOULD (1804-1881)

Studies of ducks

GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 65.00
142

AN ELEY GAME ADVISORY SERVICE POSTER

circa 1950s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 65.00
107 AFTER JOSEPH FARQUHARSON (1846-1935)

'Salmon Fishing on the Dee'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 45.50
248 LUCAS, JOCELYN:

THE HUNT AND WORKING TERRIER

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
240 *LEESA SANDY-LUMSDAINE (1935-1985)

Horse racing scene

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
237 AFTER WILLIAM SAMUEL HOWITT (C.1765-1822)

A pair of fox hunting prints

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
236 AFTER CHARLES WALTER SIMPSON (1885-1971)

'Across the Plough'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
229 *CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE 'SNAFFLES' (1884-1967)

'Sandown'

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 39.00
226 THOMAS IVESTER-LLOYD (1873-1942)

Hunting scene with terriers

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 39.00
225 FRANK ALGERNON STEWART (1877-1945)

'The Cattistock Hunt'

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 39.00
219 *MALCOLM SCHOLES (CONTEMPORARY)

'The South Dorset Hunt'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
215 SHIRLEY PACE (20TH CENTURY)

Study of a horse's head

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
208 AFTER HENRY CALVERT (BRITISH, 1798-1868)

'The Cheshire Hunt'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
249

'MORE SHIRES AND PROVINCES BY "SABRETACHE"'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
247 ALDIN, CECIL:

HUNTING SCENES

1936 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
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