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Auction Name	Antiques and 20th Century Interiors	Total Sales (GBP)	9,753.08
Auction Date	March 26, 2026 - March 27, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,640.00
Sale Number	#32626	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	6,210.00
Total Lots	37
Sold Lots	33.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	3,890.00
% of Lots Sold	89.19%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	6,640.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	146.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
277		A Great Western Railway brass cabside numberplate 4081.	N/A	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,316.20
211		United Kingdom Treasury £1 Note with Printing Error.	N/A	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,940.60
192		East African Currency Board Bank Notes - GVI - QEII x 12.	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 1,439.80
293		Football Association Challenge Cup Programme 1926.	1926	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 776.24
278		A Great North Eastern Railway Brass Body Side Crest	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 626.00
285		Chinese Government 5% Bonds.	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 350.56
320	After Charles Pears	After Charles Pears, Barking Reach by Underground.	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 313.00
196		Falkland Islands and Seychelles Bank Notes x2.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 275.44
315	Nancy Smith	Nancy Smith (1881-1962), four posters.	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 225.36
202		East African Currency Board Bank Notes QE2 x3.	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 187.80
283		Terry's Chocolate of York, nine point of sale advertising cards.	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 187.80
187		Lee (Kerry), map of London, The Bastion of Liberty, circa 1950.	circa 1950.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 150.24
190		Scottish, Channel Island and Isle of Man Bank Notes x15.	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 75.12
207		English £10 Bank Notes x6.	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 75.12
212		Commonwealth Bank Notes x8.	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 75.12
213		Great Britain Bank Notes x18.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 75.12
322	Philip WEST	Philip WEST (1949-1997) A Collection of Signed Prints	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 75.12
205		English £5 Bank Notes x7 Plus 10/- Notes x3.	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 62.60
245		The Millennium Collection of GB FDCs and Coin Covers.	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 50.08
191		English £1 Bank Notes x12.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 43.82
408	After Katsushika Hokusai.	After Katsushika Hokusai. Japanese woodblock print.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 43.82
416	Utagawa Hiroshige	Utagawa Hiroshige, Hamamatsu, woodblock print.	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 43.82
193		Guernsey, Ireland and Scotland Bank Notes x8.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 37.56
281		Cigarette Cards etc.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 37.56
303		Glastonbury Festival Free Press Lionel Richie 'Is It Moooo You're Looking For' (2015)	2015	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 37.56

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.