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Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale

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Auction Name	Trafford Book Sale	Total Sales (GBP)	30,808.50
Auction Date	December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	17,295.00
Sale Number	#439	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	22,360.00
Total Lots	295
Sold Lots	206.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	22,500.00
% of Lots Sold	69.83%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	29,400.00
Unsold Lots	89	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	104.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	UK 1902 Specimen Coin set of 13 coins including Maundy money, in the issued case, fine. Coronation issue.	1902	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 7,590.00
22	King George VI, Winston Churchill and others: an autographed 1939 Covent Garden Opera programme signed by George VI, Winston S. Churchill,	1939	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 943.00
227	UK 1912 Sovereign EF in gold hallmarked pendant with matching chain. Total weight 15grms.	1912	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	GBP 816.50
225	United Kingdom 1887 Sovereign, Sydney mint, near EF.	1887	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 724.50
231	UK 1959 Sovereign, tiny nick in rim, near EF	1959	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 678.50
233	UK 1966 Sovereign, near EF	1966	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 678.50
236	UK 1980 Sovereign EF	1980	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 678.50
241	UK 2017 Proof Sovereign FDC, cased, with certificate of authenticity	2017	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 678.50
232	UK 1966 Sovereign, wear to Queen's head o/w VF	1966	GBP 450.00 - 550.00	GBP 667.00
234	UK 1974 Sovereign, tiny indentation on rev., o/w VF	1974	GBP 450.00 - 550.00	GBP 667.00
237	UK 1980 Proof Sovereign FDC in the issued case.	1980	GBP 550.00 - 650.00	GBP 667.00
228	UK 1927 Silver Proof 6-coin set in the issued case, Wreath Crown to threepence. Slightly tarnished.	1927	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	GBP 644.00
235	Churchill Centenary Medals 1974, a set of 24 large silver-gilt medallions in presentation album together with related documents from John Pinches Ltd	1974	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 529.00
238	United Kingdom 2000 Half-Sovereign set in a 9ct gold ring, in a Fraser Hart gift box.	2000	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 471.50
243	Political Leaders of the World: J.F. Kennedy, .900 fine gold medallion, 6grms, EF. In Dix & Noonan box.		GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 425.50
240	UK 2002 Half-Sovereign inset in a Golden Jubilee first day cover together with a miniature medallion.	2002	GBP 280.00 - 320.00	GBP 322.00
230	UK 1937 Specimen 15-coin set in issued case including Maundy money. Coronation issue.	1937	GBP 160.00 - 200.00	GBP 299.00
21	An Autograph album, compiled by Florence Corney of Newcastle- on-Tyne, 1940-1949, including George Formby, Billy Cotton, Margaret Lockwood,	1940-1949	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 264.50
244	Old Lincoln album with 19th Century to 1950s ranges; interest in Indian States, Greece with imperf Hermes heads, Crete, Germany & States, Luxembourg,	19th Century to 1950s	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 230.00
263	British C/Wealth GVI/QE2 fine mint collection in binder, largely QE2 UM to 1991 with some better sets notably Falkland Is, Fiji, Gibraltar, St.Helena	1991	GBP 130.00 - 150.00	GBP 212.75
14	Film Posters, late 1980s & 1990s, a collection, mostly all different but including 4 of the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough	1980s & 1990s	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 201.25
141	Churchman - Sports & Games in Many Lands	1929	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 195.50
239	Royal Mint 2000 Millennium Silver Collection boxed proof set of 13-coins in the issued case with certificate of authenticity.	2000	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 172.50
284	Great Britain 1990s/2000s Commemoratives in sheets and part- sheets, mainly 1st Class stamps. Includes seven Smiler sheets notably SG LS2 & LS3.	1990s/2000s	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 172.50
253	George VI Commonwealth definitive sets, largely mint, comprising Aden & States, Northern Rhodesia (both mint and FU), Gambia, Nyasaland and Mauritius		GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 166.75

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000