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Auction Name	Derby October Four-Day Antiques & Collectors: Including Silver, Jewellery, Watches & Antiques	Total Sales (GBP)	850.11
Auction Date	October 21, 2025 - October 21, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	920.00
Sale Number	#102125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,370.00
Total Lots	53
Sold Lots	20.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	11,830.00
% of Lots Sold	37.74%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	16,070.00
Unsold Lots	33	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	5.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3333	Lord & Lady Loch	A photo album of The Travels of Lord & Lady Loch in the late 1800s	late 1800s	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 144.98
3367	Christopher Lee	A mounted signed first day cover by Christopher Lee titled "Tales of Terror", with photograph above.		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 98.85
2038		Three 17th Century framed hand tinted maps by Robert Morton of Somersetshire, Shropshire and Cornwall	17th Century	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 79.08
2042	Boris O'Klein	A selection of nine Boris O'Klein (1893-1985) anthropomorphic hand coloured etchings		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 79.08
3429	Geoff Boycott	A Geoff Boycott Century of Centuries Yorkshire County Cricket Club signed and framed handkerchief	1977	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.72
3325		A collection of early to mid 20th Century cigarette cards in original packs and albums	early to mid 20th Century	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 46.13
3341		WWI/WWII interest to include WWI soldiers bible		GBP 60.00 - 70.00	GBP 46.13
3316		An album of early 20th Century cigarette cards to include Ogdens, Wills, Players and an album...	early 20th Century	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 32.95
2022		Three framed Stevengraphs to include The First Point, The Meet and Full Cry		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 29.00
2025		Four early 19th Century framed fashion prints, c1828.	c1828.	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 29.00
3402		A late 18th Century William Hogarth etching, a late 19th Century copy of The Bleak House		GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 29.00
3405		A collection of Biggles books, mid 20th Century, minus dust covers.	mid 20th Century,	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 29.00
3324		Isle Of Man TT motor bike racing interest to include programmes, The Motorcycle magazines ...		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 26.36
3392		Three Lord of the Rings panoramic prints, 33cm x 95cm, by G.B Posters Ltd	G.B Posters Ltd	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 26.36
3431		A collection of 20th Century hardback books, mostly war including WWII German interest ...	20th Century	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 26.36
3328		Cigarette- / Post-cards - a box containing various albums of vintage cigarette cards		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 23.72
3334		British World Flowers by Sowerby's book (few torn pages and with wear).		GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 15.82
3335		Young horologist interest:- A vintage 34 piece build a clock in original box by Zerlegbare		GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 15.82
3317		Collectors lot containing two comedy golf prints, playing cards, ...		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 13.18
3368		A framed and glazed Aston Martin Racing 24 Heures Du Mans poster, 14/15th June 2008	2008	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 6.59

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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.