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Auction Name Avenue Auction Total Sales (GBP) 9,620.00
Auction Date December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,840.00
Sale Number #120225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 8,770.00
Total Lots 106
Sold Lots 79.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 6,030.00
% of Lots Sold 74.53% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,680.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
609

A COLLECTION OF CINEMATOPOGRAPHY

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 2,600.00
547

AN ALBUM OF ENGLISH BANK NOTES

GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 910.00
548

AN ALBUM OF WORLD BANKNOTES

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 364.00
553

AN ALBUM OF WORLD BANKNOTES

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 312.00
631

A QUANTITY OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, INCLUDING 'ALL THE YEAR ROUND'

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 286.00
549

AN ALBUM OF WORLD BANKNOTES

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
550

AN ALBUM OF WORLD BANKNOTES

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
555

AN ALBUM OF WORLD BANKNOTES

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
556

AN ALBUM OF WORLD BANKNOTES

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
629

A QUANTITY OF UFO AND SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 247.00
595 H.C. ('HARRY') BECK:

LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 234.00
552

AN ALBUM OF WORLD BANKNOTES

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 208.00
642

A LARGE QUANTITY OF EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 208.00
655

A PAIR OF MID 19th CENTURY FULL-LENGTH SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS

MID 19th CENTURY GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 195.00
625

A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE GARDENING BOOKS

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 169.00
554

AN ALBUM OF WORLD BANKNOTES

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
607

A QUANTITY OF MOTOR RACING EPHEMERA

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 130.00
525

A NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PS1 NOTE

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 117.00
628 0SCAR WILDE:

THE HAPPY PRINCE, AND OTHER TALES

1935 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 104.00
352

TWO UNFRAMED JAPANESE PRINTS

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 91.00
636

A QUANTITY OF DORSET BOOKS

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 91.00
619 MARGARET THATCHER

MARGARET THATCHER: SIGNED COPIES, THE PATH TO POWER and THE DOWNING STREET YEARS

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
634

A COLLECTION OF NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 78.00
715 HOWARD PHIPPS RWA, SWE:

'A CORNER OF THE GARDEN'

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 78.00
551

AN ALBUM CONTAINING AN ASSORTMENT OF GERMAN BANKNOTES

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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