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Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Collector's Auction to include Toys, Postcards, Stamps, Coins, Whisky, Wine & Spirits, Medals & Militaria

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Auction Name	Collector's Auction to include Toys, Postcards, Stamps, Coins, Whisky, Wine & Spirits, Medals & Militaria	Total Sales (GBP)	6,647.64
Auction Date	March 19, 2026 - March 19, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,425.00
Sale Number	#31926a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,130.00
Total Lots	82
Sold Lots	61.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	4,540.00
% of Lots Sold	74.39%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	6,910.00
Unsold Lots	21	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	96.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1319		Four WWII era military interest photograph albums complied by C W Glendinning containing images of Iraq circa 1937/1939	circa 1937/1939	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 396.80
1564		CLYDESDALE BANK set of five banknotes 2009 David Thorburn to include one hundred pounds PS100 banknote 7th June 2009 Charles Rennie Mackintosh W/HS 010730, fifty pound PS50 banknote 16th August 2009 Elsie Inglis W/HS 003846, twenty pound PS20 banknote 11t	2009	GBP 200.00 - 240.00	GBP 396.80
1560		BANK OF SCOTLAND set of banknotes 17th September 2007 Sir Walter Scott to include one hundred pound PS100 banknote AA359823, ...	2007	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 347.20
1698		First Anglo-Sikh War interest, the personal diary of J Barber who served with 16th Regiment of Foot (Bedfordshire) and the 78th Highlanders Regiment of Foot (Became Seaforth Highlanders) in India 1845.	1845	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 322.40
1566		CLYDESDALE BANK PLC banknotes to include twenty pound PS20 banknote 9th April 1999 Glasgow City of Architecture and Design A/AM 794653 SC356,...	1999	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 272.80
1584		Banknote collection to include EAST AFRICA one shilling token money banknote No56297 and ten cents banknote No88478.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 272.80
1582		UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND one pound PS1 treasury note, first Bradbury issue, B/1 056155, TR10e.	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 235.60
1583		UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ten shillings treasury note, first Bradbury issue, A/9 243420, TR1a.	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 210.80
1316		Vintage enamelled metal advertisement sign 'Mitchell's Tam O' Shanter The Favourite Dark Flake'	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 173.60
1577		Irish banknotes to include NORTHERN BANK twenty pound PS20 banknote 8th October 1999 Don Price CC4888672 NI635, ...	1999	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	GBP 173.60
1318	TOM CURR (Scottish, 1887-1959),	Vintage advertisement poster for Portobello Bathing Pool, the original image	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 161.20
1315		Vintage enamelled metal advertisement sign "Mitchell's Prize Crop Cigarettes Perfection of Quality"	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 148.80
1578		SOUTH AFRICA banknote collection to include SOUTH AFRICA RESERVE BANK Nelson Mandela 200, 100, 50, 20 and 10 rand banknotes (1000 rand total).	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 148.80
1337		Shoebox containing real photographic printed picture postcards of steam locomotives to include Kilsyth, Dwight D Eisenhower, Sir Nigel Gresley, Union of South Africa, ...	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 136.40
1561		ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND consecutive pair of fifty pound PS50 polymer banknotes 27th May 2020, ...	2020	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 136.40
1562		ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND five polymer banknotes to include fifty pound PS50 banknote 27th May 2020 AA866701,...	2020	GBP 100.00 - 120.00	GBP 136.40
1298		Football interest, a New York Scottish American Society and United Scottish Societies menu card for a dinner hosted in honour of Scottish International Soccer Team on Thursday 19th May 1949 held at Barbizon Plaza Hotel New York,	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 124.00
1575		BANK OF ENGLAND banknotes to include twenty pound PS20 banknote Merlyn Lowther AA10 029510,...	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 124.00
1580		UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND one pound PS1 treasury note, second Bradbury issue, M/51 44450, TR14a.	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 117.80
1312		Vintage enamelled metal advertisement sign for Nitram Ltd by Patent Enamel Company Limited of Birmingham	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 111.60
1567		CLYDESDALE BANK PLC twenty pound PS20 banknote 30th September 1997 Goodwin F/BH 739115 SC355a,...	1997	GBP 80.00 - 90.00	GBP 111.60
1338		Two postcard albums containing around 300 humours risque postcards by artists Taylor, Fitzpatrick, Chas and possibly others. (~300)	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 105.40
1571		BANK OF ENGLAND Queen Elizabeth II polymer banknotes to include fifty pound PS50 banknote Sarah John AD17 765671,...	N/A	GBP 90.00 - 110.00	GBP 105.40
1581		UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ten shilling treasury note, second Bradbury issue, B/35 79293, TR2a.	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 105.40
1314		Vintage enamelled metal advertisement sign Nitrolim "Suitable for all Crops Supplies Ammonia and Lime' by Brilliant Sign Company of London	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 99.20

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.