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Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Home Furnishings and Interiors Auction to include Contents from Penicuik House and Edmonston House Biggar

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Auction Name	Home Furnishings and Interiors Auction to include Contents from Penicuik House and Edmonston House Biggar	Total Sales (GBP)	4,285.44
Auction Date	October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	0.00
Sale Number	#100225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	0.00
Total Lots	76
Sold Lots	66.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	86.84%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	0.00
Unsold Lots	10	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
242		Shelf containing leather bound books to include Wiseman's Chirurgical Treatises, History of Heriots Hospital, Burns poetical Works, etc.		Not Available	GBP 434.00
261		Box containing books to include mainly hardbacks.		Not Available	GBP 396.80
248		Two boxes containing books to include British Roll of Honour, military books, Rome and Pompeii leather bound, etc.		Not Available	GBP 322.40
344	John Williams Small,	The Castles and Mansions of the Lothians,	1883	Not Available	GBP 272.80
324		Box of books to include Harrods Illustrated, he Wedderburn Book two volumes, etc.		Not Available	GBP 248.00
449		Seventeen framed bookplate engraving prints of Italian topographical views		Not Available	GBP 210.80
269		Box containing books to include Crustacea of Norway, 10 volumes, etc.		Not Available	GBP 198.40
432	CHARLES GEORGE LEWIS (1808-1880) after JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT RA (1803-1881),	The Waterloo Heroes Assembled at Apsley House, engraving		Not Available	GBP 173.60
323		Books to include leatherbound The Natural History of Animals two volumes, another Class-Mammalia, Acreocracy of Scotland 1876, etc.		Not Available	GBP 117.80
443	SIR SIMON NEVILLE LLEWELYN MARSDEN (English 1948-2012),	Statues Neus Palais Potsdam Germany photographic print		Not Available	GBP 99.20
450	After W BREWER and T GRIFFITHS,	Edinburgh 1886, print		Not Available	GBP 93.00
336		Box containing books to include Memoirs of Montrose leather bound two volumes, The Royal Crest Book Knight and Butters leather bound, etc.		Not Available	GBP 86.80
134		Set of thirteen half leather bound Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott, publ. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell of Edinburgh, printed by Morrison & Gibb.		Not Available	GBP 80.60
433	After JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SNR (British 1795-1865),	Fox Hunting, two coloured prints,	1854	Not Available	GBP 80.60
431	C HUNT after JOHN FREDERICK HERRING,	Don John and Lanercost, two horse racing themed prints,	1838	Not Available	GBP 74.40
427	After T SALMAN,	large panoramic view of Edinburgh, print		Not Available	GBP 68.20
264		Three boxes containing books to include Fiction and Non Fiction, etc.		Not Available	GBP 59.52
390		Set of eight modern prints of cats, in the Japanese ukiyo-e style		Not Available	GBP 59.52
424	After HENRY BARRAUD (1811-1874) and JOHN HAYTER RA (British 1800-1895)	The Irish House of Commons in Session, engraving		Not Available	GBP 52.08
237		Album of 1950s photographs of Singapore taken by an RAF pilot	1950s	Not Available	GBP 49.60
267		Box containing books to include Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War, 15 volumes, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, etc.		Not Available	GBP 47.12
425	After CHARLES MARTIN HARDIE ARSA (Scottish 1858-1916),	Burns In Edinburgh 1787, engraving		Not Available	GBP 47.12
259		Box containing books to include mainly Welsh interest and a North Wales photo album.		Not Available	GBP 43.40
325		Box of books to include Fishing interest, etc.		Not Available	GBP 43.40
395		Four etchings of Edinburgh to include Lady Stair's Close, Bakehouse Close, Lawnmarket etc.		Not Available	GBP 43.40

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.