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Auction Name	Toys, Dolls, Models, Antiques & Interiors	Total Sales (GBP)	962.14
Auction Date	November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	650.00
Sale Number	#9457	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,010.00
Total Lots	27
Sold Lots	17.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	1,035.00
% of Lots Sold	62.96%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	1,610.00
Unsold Lots	10	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	59.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
164		Three Goodyear advertising posters ' Stick-on-soles, what pretty feet '		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 206.08
354	after J.G.Keulemans	Set of nine coloured lithographs of various species of Bee-eater birds after J.G.Keulemans, framed		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 96.60
353	After Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)	Pair of hand-coloured engravings depicting butterflies, caterpillars and plants		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 83.72
672		Hornby companion series volumes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7A and 8 together with other train related books		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 83.72
352	After Hans Burgkmair the Elder (German, 1473-1531)	Woodcut print From 'The Triumphs of Emperor Maximilian I'		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 77.28
355	After John Opie (British, 1761-1807)	Aesculapius, Flora, Ceres and Cupid honouring the bust of Linnaeus		GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 64.40
674		Meccano instructions to include No.1a, 2a, 3, 4a, 7 and 8, 4, 6, 0, 3a, Meccano leaflets No.15, 6, ...		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 64.40
165		Collection of stamps and first day covers	early 20th century	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 38.64
673		Quantity of mainly 1970's Meccano instructions and book of models to include multi-kit Crane	1970's	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 38.64
390	After Horatius Flaccus (Quintus)	Woodcut From Opera cu(m) quibusdam Annota(i)o(n)ib(us), Imaginbusque pulcherrimis, aptisque ad Odaru(m)( conce(i)tus & sente(n)tias,	possibly 16th century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.06
205	Monsieur de Royaumont	"The History of the Old and New Testament , extracted out of the Sacred Scripture and Writings of the Fathers...."	1699	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.76
224		Mauchline ware photograph or CDV album, the cover decorated with a scene of Lewes,		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.76
351	Natalia Zaloznaya (Belarus, b.1960)	Screenprint "From the Life of the Triangle", limited edition		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.76
358	G. Nain (19th century)	Sketch showing the remains of the Russian Imperial Theatre		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 25.76
227		Cruickshank's Comic Almanack for 1884	for 1884	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 23.18
356	Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011)	'Pheasant Shoot'		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 23.18
402		Group of 19th century engravings and etchings, Comprising: two after Alphonse Legros (1837-1911), titled Peasants in Church	19th century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 23.18

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.
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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.