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Hansons: November Medals, Militaria & Firearms Auction.

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Auction Name	November Medals, Militaria & Firearms Auction.	Total Sales (GBP)	33,773.75
Auction Date	November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	21,000.00
Sale Number	#111225b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	28,720.00
Total Lots	40
Sold Lots	33.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	23,660.00
% of Lots Sold	82.50%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	32,280.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	104.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
166A	A rare WW2 D-Day Top Secret O.N.1. Appendix VII Annexe A. Assault Beach Defence Maps.		GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 4,217.60
154	An original and rare WW2 era 'Dambusters' Bomber Command Operational Target Map for the Dam on River Mohne, Gunne, framed and glazed.	WW2 era	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 3,426.80
167	A very rare collection of WW2 Top Secret D-day Operation Neptune panoramic coastal reconnaissance photograph booklets, which include 5 books from Booklet A through to Booklet E.		GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 3,426.80
162	An exceptionally rare and original 'Top Secret' WW2 D-Day Landing Craft map for Omaha Beach.		GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 2,372.40
168	An extraordinary, and extremely rare WW2 Top Secret Operation Neptune Force "S" Orders document, Abridged Version, and marked as copy number 81.	WW2	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 2,372.40
166	A small collection of very rare WW2 Operation Neptune related documents.		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,240.60
147	A rare WW2 1944 dated Top Secret D-Day landing map covering the Defences at Ouistreham.	1944	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,845.20
163	An exceptionally rare and original 'Top Secret' WW2 D-Day Landing Craft map for Juno Beach.		GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,845.20
145	A rare WW2 1944 dated Top Secret D-Day landing map covering the Defences at Luc-Sur-Mer.	1944	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,713.40
161	An exceptionally rare and original 'Top Secret' WW2 D-Day Landing Craft map for Sword Beach.		GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,713.40
164	An exceptionally rare and original 'Top Secret' WW2 D-Day Landing Craft map for Utah Beach.		GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,581.60
165	An exceptionally rare and original 'Top Secret' WW2 D-Day Landing Craft map for Gold Beach.		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,581.60
169	A very rare, WW2 pre D-Day Top Secret Appendix VII, Annexe D.	WW2 pre D-Day	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,318.00
21	A rare WW1 era Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force group, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Flying Officer Archibald Laurie Findlay (1886-1965).	WW1 era	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,186.20
143	An extraordinary and scarce hardbound WW1 diary, written by 19598 Pte John Bradley of the 26th (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Bankers).		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 593.10
156	An original and scarce late WW2 era Bomber Command Operational Target Map for Bergen, framed and glazed.	WW2 era	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 474.48
132	A rare and emotive archive of Air Raid casualties, Mortuary Records, and other documentation relating to civilian war dead in the Lambeth area of London.		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 395.40
160	A good limited edition WW2 aviation print, entitled 'Tragedy at the Eder', combined with original WW2 relics from the downed 'Dambuster' 617 Squadron Avro Lancaster ED937 AJ-Z, commanded by Squadron Leader Henry Eric Maudslay DFC.		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 395.40
146	A scarce WW2 era RAF escape map, printed on fine tissue paper, and showing the areas of Southern England, Northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 237.24
141	An early WW2 photograph album containing a large quantity of snapshot photographs, many showing scenes in Upper Topa, India (now part of Pakistan), and Rawalpindi, while British soldiers were stationed there.	early WW2	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 197.70
142	2 x identical post WW2 silk maps, covering the areas of Roma-Sarajevo, with Tunis to Palermo on the reverse.	post WW2	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 184.52
140	A small collection of WW1 and WW2 militaria, including trench art, silk postcards and badges.		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 98.85
133	A selection of rare WW1 era 'Pressograms', sometimes referred to as Press Telegrams.	WW1 era	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 52.72
135	A selection of rare WW1 era 'Pressograms', sometimes referred to as Press Telegrams.	WW1 era	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 46.13
136	A selection of rare WW1 era 'Pressograms', sometimes referred to as Press Telegrams.	WW1 era	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 46.13

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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.