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Auction Name	Toys & Models, Sporting & Fishing.	Total Sales (GBP)	1,944.88
Auction Date	December 05, 2025 - December 05, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,240.00
Sale Number	#120525	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,810.00
Total Lots	26
Sold Lots	19.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	1,940.00
% of Lots Sold	73.08%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,780.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	69.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3212	Heartbeat Two Signed Scripts		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 322.00
3223	BR(SR) And Southern Railway Photographs		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 193.20
3209	Sunlight Soap Enamel Advertising Sign		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 180.32
3215	Various Autographs	1985	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 180.32
3206	J F Smith & Co (Stockton) Two Folders		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 141.68
3014	Rugby League Official Souvenir Programme Australia v Wales Dec 30th 1933	1933	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 115.92
3089	A Hardy Halford Knockabout Split Cane Fly Rod	1937	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 103.04
3208	Smoke BDV Enamel Advertising Sign		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 103.04
3205	Various Cigarette Cards		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 90.16
3213	James Stewart Signed Harvey Programme,		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 90.16
3217	Concorde Related Items		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 64.40
3221	BR(NE) And LNER Railway Photographs		GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 64.40
3222	BR(NE) And LNER Railway Photographs		GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 64.40
3009	Leeds United Signed Photograph		GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 51.52
3219	SS Huntington Hills An Interesting Contemporary Photographic Record		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 51.52
3004	Joe Calzaghe Autographed Poster		GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 38.64
3220	BR Railway Photographs		GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 38.64
3207	Pedigree Building Enamel Adverting Sign		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 25.76
3211	Gracie Fields Signed Photographs	1979	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 25.76

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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