Auction Reports
Gorringes
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Weekly featuring Coins and Commemorative Medals
- Auction Date
- 12/15/2025 - 12/15/2025
- Sale Number
- #151225
- Total Lots
- 50
- Sold Lots
- 30.0
- Lots Sold
- 60.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 20
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 4,764.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 2,120.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 3,010.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 4,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 5,760.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 82.72%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1704 | After John Speed (1552-1629) | a hand coloured engraved map of Britain, after John Norden, a hand coloured engraved map of Sussex, together with a map of Wiltshire, |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 975.00 |
| 2130 | A collection of 19th century franked envelopes with some Victoria stamps and world stamps, early |
19th century | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 598.00 | |
| 1677 | After Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), | 'Veduta dell Arco di Tito', |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 338.00 |
| 1389 | An extensive collection of Folio Society editions (100 plus): Politics, Poetry, History, Exploration, Literature & more. |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 208.00 | |
| 1351 | Moore, Henry, Hedgecoe , John. (ed). | Henry Moore. |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 208.00 |
| 1738 | Douglas Hofmann (b.1945), | 'Interlude', |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 195.00 |
| 1401 | A Lyon's Tea enamel advertising sign, |
N/A | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 182.00 | |
| 1728 | Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956), | Game of life series, comprising, Mum can I have an ice cream, ... |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 143.00 |
| 1752 | John Muafangejo (1934-1987), | 'The love is approaching but too much of anything is very dangerous', |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 123.50 |
| 1730 | Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956), | 'Ma can we have our ball back?', |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 117.00 |
| 1741 | After Michaelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, 1760-1801), | a set of four 18th century architectural |
1777/1778 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 117.00 |
| 1733 | Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956), | 'Bearer of Love', |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 117.00 |
| 1729 | Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956), | 'Won't somebody play with me', |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 117.00 |
| 1737 | Doug Hyde (b.1972), | 'Whispering Sweet Nothings', |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 110.50 |
| 1691 | William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931), | 'Our Fathers', each signed in pencil to the margin, a set of four etchings |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 1732 | Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956), | Game of life series, 'Boy and Ball', |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 97.50 |
| 1300 | Fauconnier, Henr. | The Soul of Malaya... photo plates; gilt cloth. 1931; |
1931; | GBP 100.00 - 140.00 | GBP 97.50 |
| 1371 | Locke, John. | Mr. Posthumous Works : Viz. I. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. II. ... |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | GBP 97.50 |
| 1731 | Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956), | Game of life series, 'In the Crowd', |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 91.00 |
| 1736 | Mark Spain (b.1962) | , 'The green dress II', |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 84.50 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.