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Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
113		J. Baines - Sport. A collection of the shaped cards in modern album, with main interest in Rugby, plus some soccer & few other sports		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 7,130.00
112		J. Baines - Rugby. A selection of Yorkshire clubs and players, mostly West Riding, notably Halifax and Hunslet.		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 483.00
9		Autograph album, late-1940s/early-1950s, with signatures of Chico Marx, Betty Hutton, Laurel & Hardy, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Vivien Leigh,		GBP 300.00 - 350.00	GBP 460.00
109		J. Baines - Football. - Bradford City		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 368.00
110		J. Baines - Football and Rugby. An Oldham and Rochdale selection including - Oldham Athletic		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 356.50
108		J. Baines - Cricket. A selection including - England		GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 299.00
111		J. Baines - Rugby. A Yorkshire selection comprising - Skipton		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 299.00
123	Churchman	Famous Golfers 1927, the set of 50, including Bobby Jones (two different) and Walter Hagen (two different).		GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 172.50
95		Sports interest, mostly in sets including Player's - Championship Golf Courses		GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 172.50
44		Autograph album with a few signatures including Laurel & Hardy and Frank Sinatra, the latter in pencil and rather faint.		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 172.50
160		A mainly 1900s/1920s collection addressed to the Eardley family of Stockport, with early RP Rochdale Steam & Electric Trams, RP of Norden,	1900s/1920s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 172.50
153	Wills	Sports of All Nations	1901	GBP 170.00 - 200.00	GBP 161.00
145		F. & J. Smith - Prominent Rugby Players	1924	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 155.25
8		Autograph album, mostly with signatures obtained 1919 at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, but with others added in 1961 with the Ryder Cup teams of GB		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 149.50
107		A.& B.C. Gum - Footballer Picture Cards	1966	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 143.75
42		Autograph album of entertainers, 1930s/50s, including signatures of Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Deborah Kerr (signed photo		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 143.75
43		Autograph album of entertainers, 1940s, including signatures of Billy Cotton, Gracie Fields, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner,		GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 132.25
10		Two autograph albums, 1930s/40s, including signatures of Leslie Howard, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Don Bradman, Tyrone Power, Paul Robeson,		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 120.75
25		Entertainers' autographs, a selection of signed photos, mostly 10 x 8", including Bette Davis, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich,		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 120.75
135		Millhoff - Famous Golfers	1928	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	GBP 115.00

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
Forum Auctions
Online: India
Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Online: India
Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000

Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000

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