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Gorringes: Weekly House & Gardens Sale featuring Music, Science & Natural History

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Auction Name	Weekly House & Gardens Sale featuring Music, Science & Natural History	Total Sales (GBP)	5,122.00
Auction Date	December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,460.00
Sale Number	#120825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,530.00
Total Lots	31
Sold Lots	27.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,700.00
% of Lots Sold	87.10%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	3,860.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	132.69%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
512		Juvenile Drama: five boxes of toy theatre printed and coloured reproduction character printed back grounds		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 975.00
418		Five 19th century reverse glass painted prints to include after Amiconi, 'See Europe Here!',	19th century	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 624.00
520	Thackeray, William Makepeace	Thackeray, William Makepeace - The Works of ....	1878-79	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 546.00
786	Ronald Searle (1920-2011),	'Rat Race', signed in pencil, limited edition 80/99, Michel Casse,		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 312.00
842		Ten assorted modern silver mounted photograph frames including three pairs,		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 312.00
787	Ronald Searle (1920-2011),	'The Clown', signed in pencil, limited edition 92/99, Michel Casse,		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 286.00
794	After Paul Sandby RA (1731-1809),	an album of etchings and prints, various landscape and figural studies,		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 286.00
525		A case and a half of Noval, LB Port (seventeen bottles, boxed)		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 234.00
785	Ronald Searle (1920-2011),	'Atlas', signed and dated '79 in pencil, limited edition 25/99, Michel		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 195.00
414	Peter Baldwin.	Five card toy theatres and a book The World of Toy Theatres, by Peter Baldwin.		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 156.00
416		A collection of antique reference books on furniture, treen, Charles Horner, Lowestoft		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 123.50
508		Two early 20th century stamped leather books with illuminated pages, calligraphy and floral designs	early 20th century	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 110.50
462	Quiller-Couch, Sir Artur; Dulac, Edmund.	Sleeping beauty and Other Fairy Tales...; Picture Book for the French Red Cross.		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 104.00
753		Vanity Fair Twelve caricatures, To include nine by SPY (Leslie Matthew Ward)		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 104.00
471	Kinglake, Alexander William -	The Invasion of the Crimea... down to the death of Lord Raglan.	1863-87.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 84.50
740	After John Speed (1552-1629),	hand coloured engraved map of Yorkshire		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 84.50
465		The Vanity Fair Album... with biographical and critical notices. (first series), vol.1		GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 78.00
533		Masayuki Miyata Kirie (paper cut) Art Collection. (Limited portfolio edition).		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 71.50
469	Stoker, Bram.	Dracula	1913	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 65.00
531	Treves, Toby.	Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonne of Oil Paintings and Three Dimensional Works.		GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 65.00
758		Four hunting interest prints after Snaffles, Munnings and Aldin to include 'The Finest View in Europe' and 'The Huntsman',		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 65.00
784	John Tennent (b.1926),	'Guillemot Ledge', signed in pencil, limited edition 22/85, colour		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 65.00
771	Robert Ryan (b.1962),	'We are all part of each other...' signed and numbered 3/200 to the margin,		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.00
523		A collection of Ordnance Survey maps, including; Pathfinder 1:25,000 second series,		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 39.00
468	Webster, Sir Charles. Frankland, Noble.	Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany, 1939-1945.	1961	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 32.50

Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.