Auction Reports
Trafford Books
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Trafford Book Sale
- Auction Date
- 07/29/2026 - 07/29/2026
- Sale Number
- #444
- Total Lots
- 138
- Sold Lots
- 99.0
- Lots Sold
- 71.74%
- Unsold Lots
- 39
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 9,668.05
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 6,725.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 8,780.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 10,270.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 12,520.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 77.22%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | Churchill Winston S. | Secret Session Speeches |
1946 | GBP 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,380.00 |
| 23 | The German Extermination Camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau |
1944 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 414.00 | |
| 17 | Grace Princess of Monaco | My Book of Flowers |
1980 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 356.50 |
| 9 | Autograph albums |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 299.00 | |
| 19 | du Maurier Daphne | Growing Pains: The Shaping of a Writer |
1977 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 241.50 |
| 55 | Autographed photos and letters of TV and Radio actors |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 189.75 | |
| 25 | The Book of the Home |
1900 | GBP 100.00 - 130.00 | GBP 189.75 | |
| 51 | Autographs of TV actors & presenters |
N/A | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 178.25 | |
| 109 | Channel Islands cards |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 178.25 | |
| 7 | Autographs |
1940s-modern | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 166.75 | |
| 77 | Collection of Authors’ Autographs |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 166.75 | |
| 126 | Topography & Social History postcards |
1900-1950s; 1920 | GBP 90.00 - 110.00 | GBP 161.00 | |
| 104 | British Industrial Railway Locomotives |
1950s-1960s | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 155.25 | |
| 134 | Manchester area |
1900s-1920s; 1911-1917 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 149.50 | |
| 3 | Nobel Prize Winners: a collection of Autographs |
N/A | GBP 120.00 - 150.00 | GBP 149.50 | |
| 120 | Collection of postcards |
1900s-1960s | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 143.75 | |
| 73 | Navseae Friderici; Fabri Johannis | Four books of sermons and homilies |
1536 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 143.75 |
| 88 | American Comics |
1980s-1990s | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 132.25 | |
| 82 | Powell Anthony | A Dance to the Music of Time |
1975-1990 | GBP 120.00 - 150.00 | GBP 132.25 |
| 2 | Skeffington Arthur | The Letter Book of Arthur Skeffington M.P. |
1945-1962 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 126.50 |
Back
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
