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Cotswold Auction Company: Pictures, Antiques and Interiors - Two Day Sale

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Auction Name	Pictures, Antiques and Interiors - Two Day Sale	Total Sales (GBP)	3,195.53
Auction Date	October 14, 2025 - October 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,780.00
Sale Number	#9422	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,910.00
Total Lots	44
Sold Lots	33.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,530.00
% of Lots Sold	75.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	4,160.00
Unsold Lots	11	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	76.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
239		AA ( Automobile Association ) circular Barnstaple enamel motoring road sign,		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 515.20
223		Early 20th century Wills Westward Ho! cigarettes enamel advertising sign	Early 20th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 218.96
238		Tin square advertising sign ' Use England's Glory matches '		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 206.08
376		18th century hand-coloured engraving of the racehorse Pumkin	1777	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 206.08
224		Early 20th century Wills Capstan cigarettes enamel advertising sign	Early 20th century	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 193.20
387	After Ed Org (b.1955)	Wychwood Brewery poster for 1997	1997	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 193.20
222		Early 20th century Wills Gold Flake cigarettes enamel advertising sign	Early 20th century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 167.44
228		Pratts enamel double sided advertising sign		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 154.56
200		Pratts enamel double-sided advertising sign ' Pratts petrol and oils '		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 128.80
211		Vintage railway's enamel ' Waiting Room ' sign		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 109.48
379	Kate Wyatt (contemporary)	Elweard		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 96.60
381	After David Roberts	After David Roberts (1796-1864) Lithograph	1839	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 77.28
383	After David Roberts (1796-1864)	Petra, classical ruined building with figures in foreground		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 77.28
230		Mid 20th century hardboard car number plate shop display advertising sign	Mid 20th century	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 70.84
232		Railway's cast iron sign ' Warning - Stop, look & listen before crossing the line ',		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 64.40
386	After Ed Org (b.1955)	Three signed Wychwood Brewery posters		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 64.40
143	Ed Org	450 greetings cards		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 57.96
214		United States Rubber wooden and metal tyre repair perpetual date calendar sign,		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 51.52
249		Two Pratts aluminium advertising signs		GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 51.52
257		Quantity of PHQ postcards and various other postcards	1980's and later	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 51.52
219		Three reproduction enamel motoring signs		GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 45.08
244		Two Pratts aluminium advertising signs,		GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 45.08
247		Two Pratts aluminium circular advertising signs,		GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 45.08
248		Two Pratts aluminium rectangular advertising signs		GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 45.08
142	Ed Org	350 greetings cards		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 38.64

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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.