Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 74,402.95 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 06, 2026 - August 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 39,940.00 |
| Sale Number | #80626 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 57,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 211 | ||
| Sold Lots | 178.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 47,940.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.36% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 68,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 33 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 108.62% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Arndt Johann | De Vero Christianismo |
1751 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 5,334.00 |
| 82 | Shebbeare John | N Books, including: Letters on the English Nation |
1755 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 183 | Einstein Albert | Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie |
1916 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
| 44 | Franklin John | Warrant signed authorising payment to J. King W. Lynn, W. Bramish, J.T. Pyke and others |
1839 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 58 | Coryate Thomas | Coryats Crudities |
1611 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 199 | Newton Isaac | Opera quae exstant omnia |
1779-1785 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 81 | Lennox Charlotte | N Books, including: Shakespear illustrated: or the novels and histories, on which the plays of Shakespear are founded |
1753 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 42 | Burges Charles James Saville Montgomerie (c.1816-1856) | Red Book of Beauport |
1833 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 163 | Mattioli Pietro Andrea | De plantis epitome utilissima |
1586 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 51 | 75 Books, including: Collection of artists letters |
N/A | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,206.50 | |
| 184 | Descartes Rene | Specimina philosophiae |
1656 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 153 | Records of Eighteenth Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin |
1909-13 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 181 | Darwin Charles | Insectivorous Plants |
1888 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 117 | James Henry | Stories Revivied |
1885 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 123 | Shelley Percy Bysshe | Poems |
1920 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 118 | Eminent philanthropists, patriots, and reformers |
[c.1890] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 889.00 | |
| 196 | Sala Angelo | Opera Medico-Chymica quae extant omnia |
1650 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 7 | Kircher Athanasius | Iter extaticum II. Qui & mundi subterranei prodromus dicitur |
1657 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 59 | Sidney Philip | The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia |
1613 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 214 | da Orta Garcia | Histoire des Drogues, Espiceries, et de Certains Medicamens Simples |
1602 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 1 | Agenda secundum rubricam eccesie cathedralis Saltzeburgensis |
1511 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 4 | Lucanus Marcus Annaeus | De bello civili libri decem |
1545 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 5 | Virgilius Maro Publius | Aeneidos |
16th century | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 100 | Polwhele Richard | The History of Devonshire |
1797-1806 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 24 | Delanglade Frederick | A lys et 12 poemes magiques sur l'œuvre d'art |
1950s | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 698.50 |
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