Auction Reports
Duke's
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Book Auction
- Auction Date
- 07/24/2026 - 07/24/2026
- Sale Number
- #1148
- Total Lots
- 210
- Sold Lots
- 157.0
- Lots Sold
- 74.76%
- Unsold Lots
- 53
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 103,806.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 22,070.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 42,190.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 27,520.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 52,470.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 197.84%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1047 | Greene Graham | Brighton Rock |
1938 | GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 45,000.00 |
| 1035 | Fleming Ian | Casino Royale |
1953 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 1049 | Greene Graham | The Return of A.J. Raffles |
N/A | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 9,000.00 |
| 1048 | Greene Graham | The Collected Edition |
1970-1977 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 5,125.00 |
| 1069 | James Henry | 38 Books, including: The Siege of London |
1884; 1898 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 2,250.00 |
| 1114 | Rehberg Frederick | Lady Hamilton’s Attitudes |
1797 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,687.50 |
| 1075 | Kerouac Jack | Visions of Cody |
1959 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 1030 | Dali Salvador | Hidden Faces; Postface to Hidden Faces |
1973 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,187.50 |
| 1036 | Fleming Ian | Diamonds Are Forever |
1956 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 1020 | Burgess Anthony | Tremor of Intent |
1966 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 1018 | Burgess Anthony | Enderby Outside |
1968 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 1032 | Dinnage Paul | The Girls from La Vie Parisienne |
1961 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 1172 | Woolf Virginia | Monday or Tuesday |
1921 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 1206 | Cartier-Bresson Henri | THE DECISIVE MOMENT |
1952 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 1148 | Thomson Hugh | Cranford; The Ballad of Beau Brocade; Our Village; Days with Sir Roger de Coverley; Coridon's Song; Peg Woffington; The History of Henry Esmond; Scenes of Clerical Life; Silas Marner; Evelins |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 1150 | Tolkien J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings; The Hobbit |
1961; 1962 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 1023 | Carroll Lewis | Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There |
2011 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 1037 | Fleming Ian | For Your Eyes Only |
1960 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 1058 | Hardy Thomas | Two on a Tower |
1902 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 1028 | Craddock Harry | The Savoy Cocktail Book |
1930 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 550.00 |
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. -
