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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood

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Auction Name: Sporting and Collectors Auction
Auction Date: 12/09/2025 - 12/10/2025
Sale Number: #SC47
Total Lots: 133
Sold Lots: 92.0
Lots Sold: 69.17%
Unsold Lots: 41

Total Sales (GBP): 16,878.90
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 9,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 13,830.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 15,340.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 23,130.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 72.97%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
455	WISDEN.	WISDEN. John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, a broken run of 67 vols.	N/A	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,443.20
18		The Beatles. A pocket autograph album	N/A	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,115.20
614	Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, (1870-1935)	Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, (1870-1935) A pair of shire horses pulling a plough,	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 984.00
744		Poland banknotes 5000 Polish Mark Piec Tysiecy Marek Polskich 1920 x 27 notes in EF/UNC condition,	1920	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 984.00
650		China collection in box with albums, pages, packets, covers.	N/A	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 918.40
253	Reggie Kray (1933-2000) and Frances Elsie Kray (nee Shea) (1943-1967).	Reggie Kray (1933-2000) and Frances Elsie Kray (nee Shea) (1943-1967).	N/A	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 918.40
651		Old time GB lot in cigar box with tins and packets of Queen Victoria (1d blacks, 1d reds,	N/A	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 852.80
255	Charlie Kray (1927-2000).	Charlie Kray (1927-2000). Two manuscript letters to his parents Violet and Charlie Kray.	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 590.40
698		A collection of mid 20th century film stars and musician autographs and studio correspondence,	20th century	GBP 450.00 - 550.00	GBP 590.40
652		Box with large quantity (hundreds) of early to mid-period covers and postal history,	N/A	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 590.40
252	Frank Samuel Mitchell 'The Mad Axeman' ( 1929- 1966).	Frank Samuel Mitchell 'The Mad Axeman' (1929-1966).	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 551.04
338		A collection of inter war military related photographs.	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 393.60
1045		ELIZABETH II, PHILIP - Portrait photograph signed to mount, 'Elizabeth R', 'Philip', 1970,	1970	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 367.36
697		A late 19th century 'Holy Land' photograph album	late 19th century	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 288.64
540		A collection of early 20th Century glass negatives with travel interest.	early 20th Century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 249.28
695		Six Victorian Carte de Visite albums and contents.	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 223.04
714		A collection of early 20th Century and later postcards in two albums.	early 20th Century and later	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 209.92
360		A collection of British Nursing service badges and ephemera relating to Miss Martha E Rawson,	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 196.80
1044		'Henry V' (1944), Laurence Olivier, two painted cast and crew credit boards.	1944	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 183.68
404		Of Boer War Interest. A panoramic sepia photograph of Ladysmith, circa 1900	circa 1900	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 170.56

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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 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.