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Hansons: The Derbyshire Two-Day Christmas Auction of Fine Jewels, Decorative Arts, Antiques & Sporting Memorabilia

Auction Reports

Auction Name The Derbyshire Two-Day Christmas Auction of Fine Jewels, Decorative Arts, Antiques & Sporting Memorabilia Total Sales (GBP) 21,496.58
Auction Date December 11, 2025 - December 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 11,900.00
Sale Number #121125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 19,220.00
Total Lots 84
Sold Lots 60.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 15,270.00
% of Lots Sold 71.43% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 24,470.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 87.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1162 Sylvia Peters

Sylvia Peters (1925-2016), noted announcer and presenter for BBC television. An important personal archive comprising:

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,690.40
1242 Andy Warhol (1928-1987)-

A Original screen print "Beatles" signed in black ink by Andy Warhol.

GBP 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,108.80
1216 L.S. Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976),

Great Ancoats Street,

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,647.50
1218 L.S. Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976),

St Mary's Church, Beswick,

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,581.60
1217 L.S. Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976),

Manchester Reference Library,

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,318.00
1161A HM King Charles III

HM King Charles III (b. 1948). A collection of five autograph Christmas & New Year cards [signed when Prince of Wales]

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,186.20
1165 Paul McCartney.

Sir Paul McCartney. A scarce early autograph note in the form of an owner inscription in a book of ghost stories, inscribed in pinkish-purple ballpoint pen, 'Paul McCartney.

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 988.50
1161 Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997). Autograph. Signed in bold blue ink, "Diana, with love x."

GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 659.00
1167 MILTON, John.

Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books

1678 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 659.00
1327

Football: a collection of FA World Cup 1966 Tournament memorabilia, ephemera to include:

1966 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 579.92
1336

Football: a collection of 1940s Derby County programmes home and away mostly 1948-1949 season

1948-1949 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 500.84
1241

Herbert Gurschner (Austrian-British 1901-1975) landscape with figures, woodcut in colours.

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 474.48
346 K.H Brown-

"Kawase Hasui, The Complete Woodblock Prints"

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 421.76
1320

Football: A mixed collection of football programmes to include;

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 421.76
359 Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960)

L'Attente Celebes Menado

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 369.04
1376

Cricket: a collection of ephemera to include: a late 19th century large book on Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds ...

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 276.78
1322

Football: a collection of mostly Aston Villa football club related items to include match day programmes, ...

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 263.60
1340

Football: a Derby County final tie FA cup final programme with ticket along with semi final programme V Birmingham City...

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 237.24
1377

Cricket: a quantity of mixed Don Bradman ephemera including: many fist day covers mostly hand-signed,...

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 237.24
1339

Football: a collection of Derby County programmes of the WWII war years mainly home, some away

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 224.06
1213

A RAF Voluntary Reserve Commission to Pilot Officer Wilfred George Jeffrey, dated 3 October 1944

1944 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 210.88
1236 Francis Joseph Bruguiere (1879-1945)

two photographic prints of Rosalinde Fuller 1920's.

1920's. GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 210.88
1319

Football: an FA Cup Final Programme, Man City vs Portsmouth 1934.

GBP 50.00 - 150.00 GBP 210.88
1317

Football: an FA Cup Final Programme, Arsenal vs Sheffield United 1936.

1936 GBP 50.00 - 150.00 GBP 184.52
1321

Football: a collection of mid 20th Century mixed football programmes to include Great Briton v Europe 1947;

1947 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 171.34
  • 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 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000
    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
  • 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