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Hansons: October Newark Fine Art & Antiques

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Auction Name	October Newark Fine Art & Antiques	Total Sales (GBP)	908.27
Auction Date	October 11, 2025 - October 11, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	645.00
Sale Number	#101125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	980.00
Total Lots	37
Sold Lots	15.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	1,555.00
% of Lots Sold	40.54%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,400.00
Unsold Lots	22	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	37.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
273	Mukul Dey (1895-1990; Indian),	Corner in Calcutta, dry point etching on paper; signed in the margin		GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 316.25
240		Folio society books, including two Graham Greene box sets, Hans Andersons Fairy Tales etc		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 120.18
315		A Vintage Chinese starfield cigarettes advert, vintage Chinese poster, seated woman woodblock print,		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 101.20
100		A collection of 43 Marvel comics, 1960s and 1970s including Thor, Batman action comics, etc.	1960s and 1970s	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 69.57
186		Assortment of 1980s ephemera relating to the Mens Indian Cricket team comprising of 1984 National	1980s	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 50.60
316	Frank Bruno	Three framed Frank Bruno (boxer) fight promotion posters; framed and a bag of assorted posters		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 50.60
296		A collection of framed music posters including 'The Grateful dead x 2, Dr Feelgood, a framed Beatles		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 37.95
149		Eastern items, a pair of Indian prints, hand mirror with soapstone handle, back set with stones,		GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 31.62
234		152 Commando magazines, 193 Battle war picture magazines and 24 other various.		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.30
236		Commando magazines		Not Available	GBP 25.30
111		One volume, General George Hanger, to all Sportsmen, Farmers and Game Keepers, The Rat Catching		GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 22.77
227		Large quantity of post cards		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 18.97
227A		A Sandeman advertising print, one other mid 20th century advertising print, four Le Blond/Baxter	mid 20th century	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 12.65
279		A folder of botanical engravings, a French print and a collection of French illustration magazines.		GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 12.65
297		A canvas art print of Lil Peep, a 1970s style mirror, a poster of Alcatraz penitentiary, Jane		GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 12.65

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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.