Gorringes: Weekly House & Gardens Sale featuring Militaria & Medals
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Weekly House & Gardens Sale featuring Militaria & Medals | Total Sales (GBP) | 6,155.50 |
| Auction Date | October 20, 2025 - October 20, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 4,080.00 |
| Sale Number | #102025 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 6,170.00 |
| Total Lots | 74 | ||
| Sold Lots | 60.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 5,420.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.08% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 8,320.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 14 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 73.98% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1536 | [Markham, Gervase | A Way to Get Wealth ... the eighth time corrected ... |
1653 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 442.00 |
| 1611 | An Edwardian decorated photograph album relating to Oriel College, University of Oxford & Westminster School, |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 260.00 | ||
| 1752 | Anthony Gross (Slade school, 1905-1984), | 'Poissons', |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 247.00 | |
| 1745 | Ogata Gekko (1859-1920), | Wisteria and carp, |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 221.00 | |
| 1358 | Attributed to G F Watts (1817-1904) | a pencil sketch design for the Elcho Shield, National Rifle Association prize for Long Range Shooting, sketch, framed together with two clippings from a related article |
c.1861 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 208.00 |
| 1494 | David, Andrew (editor) | The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages ... 3 vols. |
1988-97. | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 208.00 |
| 1751 | Erik Desmazieres (French, b.1948), | 'Study of a Crab', |
1991 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 195.00 |
| 1795 | Frank Brangwyn RA RWS RBA (Welsh, 1867-1956), | 'Breaking up the Caledonia', together with a hardback book, Masters of Etching No.1 Frank Brangwyn and two modern woodcutters booklets |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 195.00 | |
| 1797 | After Henry Thomas Alken (1784-1851), | a set of four hunting interest lithographs, to include 'The Meeting', 'Full Cry' and 'The Death', |
1820s | GBP 40.00 - 70.00 | GBP 182.00 |
| 1798 | After Wendy Parkyn (contemporary), | Incoming Tide', |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 169.00 | |
| 1487 | Joppien, Rudiger & Smith, Bernard | The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages ... 3 vols (in 4). |
1985-88. | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 1793 | Frank Brangwyn RA RWS RBA (Welsh, 1867-1956), | a collection of six etchings and prints, signed in pencil, to include 'The Show' and 'The Beggars', |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 156.00 | |
| 1544 | Forester, C.S. | The African Queen. |
1935 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 143.00 |
| 1490 | Septuagenarian | Fox Hunting Sixty Years Ago. Described in the account of two celebrated runs in Leicestershire & Warwickshire from Billesdon Coplow and Epwell Gorse ... |
GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 123.50 | |
| 1535 | [Surtees, John | Sporting Novels], subscriber's edition, 6 vols. |
?ca.1900 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 123.50 |
| 1753 | Anthony Gross (Slade school, 1905-1984), | 'Honeysuckle & Wild Orchid', |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 123.50 | |
| 1613 | Kent 18th Century Taxation |
18th Century | GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | GBP 117.00 | |
| 1520 | An unusual sampler by Nicholas Scott, |
1801 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 110.50 | |
| 1538 | Trollope, T(homas) Adolphus | A Summer in Brittany, edited by Franses Trollope |
1840 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 1580 | Valencia folio of twelve engravings with book |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 104.00 | ||
| 1582 | Society of Dilettanti; | Specimens of Antient Sculpture, Aegyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: selected from different collections in Great Britain. vol. 1 (only, of 2). |
1809 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 1735 | After John Frederick Lewis RA (1804-1876), | 'La Plaza de San Francisco, Seville', |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 104.00 | |
| 1302 | Four early 20th century photograph albums of military, naval and aviation interest, |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 97.50 | ||
| 1491 | Britton, John | Cathedral Antiquities of Great Britain, 6 vols., |
variously dated: 1814-35 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 91.00 |
| 1539 | Dickens, Charles | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. |
1839 | GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | GBP 91.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
