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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Coins & Commemorative Medals | House & Garden Sales | Total Sales (GBP) | 2,028.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 29, 2026 - June 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,260.00 |
| Sale Number | #290626 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,830.00 |
| Total Lots | 27 | ||
| Sold Lots | 21.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,580.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.78% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,280.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 6 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 88.95% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2050 | Bank of England bank notes |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 338.00 | |
| 1293 | Farley John; Hunter A | The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant; Receipts in Modern Cookery |
1792; 1820 | GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | GBP 195.00 |
| 2216 | Handwritten letter by Sir Robert Peel |
1841 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 156.00 | |
| 1301 | The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India, 1911 |
1914 | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | GBP 130.00 | |
| 1675 | Philipson Robin; Redpath Anne | Compote of fruit; Corsican Village |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 1743 | Pair of Victorian ornithological hand coloured prints |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 130.00 | |
| 2049 | Bank of England banknotes |
1945 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 117.00 | |
| 1296 | Boswell James | The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson |
1785 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 1283 | Challenge Globe |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 78.00 | |
| 1292 | Hughson D; Hunter A | The New Family Receipt-Book; Receipts in Modern Cookery |
1817; 1820 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 78.00 |
| 1294 | Pryor William | Virginia Woolf and the Raverats: a different sort of friendship |
2003 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 78.00 |
| 1300 | Heylyn Peter | Cosmography in Four Books |
1677 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 71.50 |
| 1728 | Le Brun Charles 1619-1690 | The Battle of Arbela |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 65.00 |
| 1746 | Edwards Lionel 1878-1966 | Folio of twelve prints |
N/A | GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | GBP 65.00 |
| 1298 | Forshaw Joseph M | Parrots of the World |
1978; 1981 | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | GBP 58.50 |
| 1273 | Gatke Heinrich; Sowerby John E; Lestiboudois Thom; Hayter-James Jane | 8 Books, including: Heligoland as an Ornithological Observatory |
1895; 1855; 1840; 1991; 1894-1936 | GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 1333 | Mogg’s Excursionist Map of 15 Miles Round London |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 52.00 | |
| 1410 | Dominion of Canada |
1882 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 52.00 | |
| 1295 | Munnings Alfred | The Autobiography |
1951-52 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 32.50 |
| 1297 | Hoole Samuel | Aurelia; or, the Contest: an heroi-comic poem, in four cantos |
1783 | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 1719 | Gentleman David 1930- | Ravine |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 19.50 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000