Back
Duke's: Avenue Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Avenue Auction | Total Sales (GBP) | 11,908.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 10, 2026 - February 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 8,860.00 |
| Sale Number | #21026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 16,460.00 |
| Total Lots | 167 | ||
| Sold Lots | 142.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 10,040.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.03% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 18,610.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 25 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 63.99% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 527 | HENRY SHAW | DRESSES & DECORATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES |
1843 | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | GBP 572.00 |
| 528 | A GROUP OF SCRAP BOOKS |
19th century and later | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 572.00 | |
| 413 | A RECORD OF WAR AND PEACE' SIEBE, GORMAN & COMPANY LIMITED |
1940s | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 520.00 | |
| 519 | J.M.W. TURNER | J.M.W. TURNER ENGRAVINGS |
early 19th century | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 520.00 |
| 560 | ANDREW HASLEN B.1953 | HARE IN MOONLIT LANDSCAPE |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 390.00 | |
| 443 | R V - RICHARD VERSTEGEN, A RESTITUTION OF DECAYED IN TELLIGENCE IN ANTIQUITIES |
1605 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 338.00 | |
| 507 | AUGUSTUS GRIMBLE | 'THE SALMON RIVERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES' ILLUSTRATED |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 312.00 | |
| 473 | EVELYN, JOHN | 'SILVA, OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES' |
1706 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 234.00 |
| 438 | VERULAM, LORD FRANCIS | TWO WORKS - 'SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY' AND 'NEW ATLANTIS' |
1631 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 221.00 |
| 513 | A COLLECTION OF HISTORY AND LITERATURE BOOKS |
1752 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 221.00 | |
| 561 | RICHARD BAWDEN 1936-2024 | 'RIVER STOUR AT NAYLAND' |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 221.00 | |
| 470 | HARRIS, JOHN | 'LEXICON TECHNICUM' |
1716 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 182.00 |
| 547 | 'A HISTORY OF WIMBORNE MINSTER' |
1860 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 182.00 | |
| 548 | BRIGGS, RAYMOND | 'FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN' |
1977 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 182.00 |
| 410 | A COLLECTION OF EARLY 20th CENTURY POSTCARDS |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 169.00 | ||
| 440 | IRVING, WASHINGTON | 'A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS' |
1828 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 474 | GRANVILLE FELL, H. (ILLUS.) | 'THE SONG OF SOLOMON' |
1897 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 544 | MARDUS, J. C. | 'LE LIVRE DES MILLE NUITS ET UNE NUIT' |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 156.00 | |
| 452 | THE METROPOLIS OF LONDON DISPLAYED CHEATS AND VILLANIES |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 143.00 | ||
| 508 | BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT - | 'SONGS FROM THE PORTUGESE' |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 143.00 | |
| 463 | LANG, FRITZ | 'DAS SCHNAUZERBUCH' |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 130.00 | |
| 476 | VALMONT DE BOMARE, M. | 'DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE UNIVERSEL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE' |
1764 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 477 | NOLLET, ABBE | 'LECONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE' |
1771 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 559 | RICHARD BAWDEN 1936-2024 | 'ANENOMES' |
GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | GBP 130.00 | |
| 496 | ANATOLE FRANCE, FRANK C PAPE, | THE WELL OF ST CLARE |
1928 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 117.00 |
-
-
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, 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]. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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.