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Auction Name Monthly Antiques, Pictures & Collectibles including Wines and Spirits Total Sales (GBP) 1,449.50
Auction Date November 08, 2025 - November 08, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,310.00
Sale Number #110825 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,930.00
Total Lots 29
Sold Lots 23.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,080.00
% of Lots Sold 79.31% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,970.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.81%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90 Robert Gillmor (1936-2022)

Three original ornithological book illustrations in pen and ink, signed

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 429.00
78 Peter Smith (British, contemporary),

"Tuppenny Pennysaurus: Remarque Edition"

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 195.00
123 Peter Collins (1923-2001),

female nude studies on 25 full sheets

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 110.50
60 Govinder Nazran (1964-2008),

"Big in Japan"

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 65.00
22 Lionel Edwards (1878-1966),

Pair of hunting lithographs in colours, signed in pencil, Fine Art Guild

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 54.60
61 Graham Clarke (British, b.1941),

"Mowers" and "Hoppers Hurst"

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 54.60
79 Alan Salisbury (20th century),

Alan Salisbury (20th century), etching, dated 1969,

1969 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 52.00
318

Box containing a quantity of ephemera, two silver photograph frames, number of small photographs,...

Not Available GBP 49.40
308

Box containing quantity of early cigarette cards including Cop's Clips noted Footballers from 1910

1910 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 41.60
50 Alison Neville (British, b.1945),

"Kings College Chapel, Cambridge"

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
93 Peter Scott (1909-1989),

Killdeer, limited edition print

dated 6.2.57 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 39.00
99 Circle of Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819),

Balsamina Foemina Flore Rubro / albo et ru bro variegato (plate 220) and "Carduus morina" (plate 312)

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
127 Les Bunyan (British),

"Knot in Flight", photographic print on aluminium

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 36.40
56

Gilbert and George 'Top Tots Cast the Gilbert and George Centre, London 2024, signed poster,

2024 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 32.50
88 Valerie Daniel (Britsh, 20th century),

"Begonias", limited edition etching with aquatint, numbered

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 32.50
72 Martin Leman RBA RWS (b.1934),

"The Flowers in my Cabin"

GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 28.60
51 Alison Neville (British, b.1945),

"Madrass Interior, Marrakesh

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 26.00
94 C.A. Graves (British, 19th century),

Rural, countryside scene, signed and dated 1891, 43x28cm,

1891 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 26.00
104

"Thomas Topham, The Strong Man. Performing one of his astonishing feats of strength in Spa-fields

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
108 HOGARTH (W) 1697 -1764);

HUDIBRAS SET OF 12 PLATES; H OVERTON & HOOLE

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 26.00
21 Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935),

Ptarmigan, limited edition lithograph in colours

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 23.40
313

Postcard album including foreign scenes and boy scout camps

Not Available GBP 13.00
317

Postcard album an a number of jigsaws including a Victory Supercut jigsaw of the Queen of the Seven Seas,

Not Available GBP 10.40
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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.