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Tooveys: Advertising and Transport

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Auction Name	Advertising and Transport	Total Sales (GBP)	6,745.00
Auction Date	February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,640.00
Sale Number	#21926	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,920.00
Total Lots	55
Sold Lots	51.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	3,860.00
% of Lots Sold	92.73%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	6,260.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	107.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2406		A good 'Blue Gillette Blades' enamel advertising wall thermometer and barometer	N/A	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 812.50
2381	J. Le Breton -	an early 20th century chromolithographed advertising poster for 'The All-British Standard' motor car	early 20th century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 475.00
2399		A BP 'Motor Spirit' double-sided enamel Union Jack design advertising sign	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 350.00
2416		A scarce 'Temmah Gillette Type Safety Razor Blades' enamel advertising sign	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 350.00
2415		A 'Daily Telegraph and Morning Post' enamel advertising sign	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 250.00
2421		A London Transport enamel directions sign for 'Southbound Platform 2'	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 237.50
2393		An AA 'No Race At' pictorial enamel sign	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 225.00
2419		A 'Buy Hudson's Soap' enamel advertising sign	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 225.00
2420		A 'Bigg's Tobaccos' double-sided enamel advertising sign	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 225.00
2394		A cast alloy double-sided 'Free Car Park' directional sign	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 187.50
2425		A collection of railway and transport signs	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 175.00
2407		A 'Player's Please' enamel advertising sign with rounded edge	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 162.50
2408		A 'Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa' enamel advertising sign	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 150.00
2433		A mixed group of railwayana,	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 150.00
2375		A collection of black and white photographs of motor racing and motor trials interest	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 137.50
2378		Rene Vincent - an original watercolour design for a Lincoln motor car advert	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 137.50
2434		A group of Goodwood Revival memorabilia	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 137.50
2376		A large collection of black and white photographs of early to mid-20th century motoring interest.	20th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 125.00
2423		A London Transport enamel sign for 'Dagenham East'	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 125.00
2379		A 1946 American chromolithographed advertising poster for a De Soto sedan motor car	1946	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 118.75
2417		A large 'Take No Risks Take Dominion' enamel advertising sign	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 118.75
2371		A collection of automobilia related ephemera	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 112.50
2372		A French Lincoln V8 and V12 sales brochure	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 112.50
2397		A large 'Pratts From The Golden Pump' enamel advertising sign	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 106.25
2422		A London Underground enamel bull's eye sign for 'Liverpool Street'	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 106.25

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.