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Auction Name	Toys & Transport \| House & Garden Sales	Total Sales (GBP)	14,209.00
Auction Date	February 23, 2026 - February 23, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	6,510.00
Sale Number	#22326	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	9,610.00
Total Lots	55
Sold Lots	51.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	6,710.00
% of Lots Sold	92.73%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	9,910.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	143.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
181	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for RAMSGATE	N/A	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 546.00
161	A London Transport lithograph advertising poster	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 520.00
182	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for HITHER GREEN	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 520.00
157	A mid-19th century Bradshaw's Railways of Great Britain	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 494.00
164	A British Railways original advertising poster	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 494.00
183	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for KIDBROOKE	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 494.00
185	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for SWANLEY	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 494.00
159	A 1930s Australia Orient Line lithograph travel poster	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 468.00
192	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for BICKLEY	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 468.00
184	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for PENGE WEST	N/A	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 442.00
188	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for ELTHAM PARK	N/A	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 442.00
167	A BR(S) enamel railway sign; BRITISH RAILWAYS ADISHAM STATION	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 416.00
180	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for MARTIN MILL	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 416.00
189	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for CROFTON PARK	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 416.00
190	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for TULSE HILL	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 416.00
177	A double sided hanging BR(S) enamel railway sign; WAY OUT & WAITING ROOMS	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 390.00
186	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for HERNE HILL	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 390.00
191	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for SWANLEY	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 390.00
160	A 1930s Orient Line Australia lithograph travel poster	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 364.00
169	A BR(S) enamel railway sign; TUNBRIDGE WELLS TRAINS LEAVE THIS STATION	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 364.00
187	A Southern Railway enamel platform target sign for NEW ELTHAM	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 364.00
174	A Southern Railway enamel sign; TRAIN SERVICE	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 312.00
176	A BR(S) enamel railway sign; GENTLEMEN	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 312.00
178	A Southern Railway glass lamp tablet for GODSTONE	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 312.00
179	A Southern Railway glass lamp tablet for QUEENS ROAD	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 312.00

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.