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Auction Name	Lang's Auction	Total Sales (GBP)	15,688.65
Auction Date	November 08, 2025 - November 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	4,810.00
Sale Number	#110825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	6,585.00
Total Lots	51
Sold Lots	51.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	4,810.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	6,585.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	238.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
222	1920 Creek Chub "Patents Pending" Catalog	c1920	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,091.00
220	1916 Creek Chub Catalog	1916	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,537.50
568	Early Talbot Reel Catalog	c1910	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,014.75
223	1924 Creek Chub Catalog	1924	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 891.75
176	1904 "Shakespeare Fine Fishing Tackle" Catalog	1904	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 707.25
449	South Bend Tri-Fold Store Display	1950s	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 645.75
560	1891 T.H. Chubb Catalog	1891	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 615.00
221	1923 Creek Chub "Christmas Trio" Circular	1923	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 584.25
239	Deluxe 1926 Tales of the Angler's Eldorado - Zane	1926	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 584.25
225	Early Creek Chub "Picture" Letterhead	1921	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 553.50
164	Framed Louis Rhead Flies & Trout Art	1908	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 522.75
224	Early Creek Chub "Picture" Letterhead	1918	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 522.75
228	1922 Creek Chub Illustrated Envelope	1922	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 461.25
562	1888 Thos H. Chubb Catalog	1888	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 430.50
563	1918 Bristol Steel Fishing Rods Catalog	1918	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 369.00
583	3 Edward Vom Hofe Catalogs	1920	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 369.00
226	1927 Creek Chub Brochure	1927	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 276.75
567	Early Jack Welch Business Card	1930s/40s	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	GBP 276.75
581	1923 Edward Vom Hofe Catalog	1923	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	GBP 246.00
582	1935 Edward Vom Hofe Catalog	1935	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	GBP 209.10
173	Megan Boyd Salmon Fly & Book	1993	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 184.50
578	1936 Edward Vom Hofe Catalog	1936	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	GBP 184.50
585	3 Abbey & Imbrie Catalogs	1911, 1920 and 1929	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 184.50
566	1905 Bristol Rod Catalog	1905	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 172.20
565	1911 Thomas J. Conroy Catalog	1874	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	GBP 159.90

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.
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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