Back

Chiswick Auctions: Autographs & Memorabilia

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Autographs & Memorabilia	Total Sales (GBP)	183,059.00
Auction Date	January 31, 2026 - January 31, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	110,600.00
Sale Number	#13125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	157,530.00
Total Lots	591
Sold Lots	323.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	185,450.00
% of Lots Sold	54.65%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	263,250.00
Unsold Lots	268	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	69.54%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
527	Philip II, King of Spain 29 Letters signed. Madrid 1559-61	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 9,450.00
208	[Garland (Judy)] Dominion Theatre, 1957	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 6,300.00
296	Lewis (C.S.) Correspondence with Edward Donohoe, 1950	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,284.00
42	Autograph Albums.- Incl. Paul McCartney, George Michael & Others c. 1980s	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,032.00
421	Diplomacy Interest.- Thomas Parker Porter Large collection of letters and documents	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,032.00
114	Autograph Collection.- Miscellaneous Notable people of the 18th, 19th and 20th century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 3,780.00
356	Lennon (John) In His Own Write, signed copy	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,780.00
427	Everest Interest & Mountaineering Collection of letters and ephemera	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,780.00
499	Diana, Princess of Wales Autograph letter signed ("Diana")	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,780.00
500	Diana, Princess of Wales & Princes William and Harry Signed Royal presentation photograph	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,780.00
511	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Signed Order of Maria Theresa, 1800	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,528.00
264	Star Wars Interest.- Carrie Fisher & Harrison Ford	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 3,276.00
286	Dickens (Charles) Signed cheque, 1860	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 3,276.00
403	Atomic Bomb Mission, 1945 Strike Orders for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Missions	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 3,276.00
532	Royal Interest. - Children of King Edward VII Collection of drawings presented to Jeannie Mackay (18	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,150.00
497	Diana, Princess of Wales Signed photograph	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,024.00
84	Autograph Collection.- Aristocracy, Political, the Church, Navy & Military c.19th & c.20th	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,520.00
313	Autograph Album.- 1967-1968 Incl. the Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 2,520.00
581	London 2012 Olympics Unused official 2012 London Olympics torch designed by Barber & Osgerby	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,520.00
502	Diana, Princess of Wales Signed photograph	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,394.00
113	Autograph Collection.- Miscellaneous Cinema, Stage, Sport, Music & Politics	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,268.00
455	Rickover (Hyman G.) Typed letter to Lieutenant General Groves	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,268.00
287	Doyle (Arthur Conan) Group of autograph letters and notes	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,142.00
498	Diana, Princess of Wales Signed black and white engagement photo	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,016.00
501	Diana, Princess of Wales Handwritten birthday card to Mr Amies	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,016.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
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.