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Auction Name: Stamps, Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera
Auction Date: 02/25/2026 - 02/25/2026
Sale Number: #22526
Total Lots: 274
Sold Lots: 188.0
Lots Sold: 68.61%
Unsold Lots: 86

Total Sales (GBP): 55,591.20
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 18,870.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 29,880.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 31,080.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 47,510.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 117.01%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3400	PHOTOGRAPHS. An album containing approximately 480 small-format photographs of Hong Kong, circa 1930s	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 3,750.00
3393	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 3,000.00
3396	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,750.00
3395	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,375.00
3389	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,375.00
3394	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,125.00
3391	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,125.00
3390	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,125.00
3388	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,000.00
3392	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs,	N/A	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,875.00
3158	A collection of Taddy cigarette cards	N/A	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 1,187.50
3156	A collection of overseas cigarette cards	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 1,000.00
3151	A part-set of 42 (of 50) Wills 'Cricketers' cigarette cards circa 1896,	N/A	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 875.00
3352	AUTOGRAPH. An autograph letter signed (a.l.s.) by Charles Dickens, addressed to 'My Dear Smith' [H.P. Smith] on 'Office of the Daily News' headed paper, circa 1846	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 812.50
3189	A large collection of cigarette and trade cards in albums and loose,	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 812.50
3159	Two albums containing an extensive collection of approximately 700 'Photographic Cards' cigarette cards issued by Allen & Ginter, Duke's, Kinney Bros and Kimball.	N/A	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 750.00
3353	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer. A certificate of naturalization to an alien signed 'W.S. Churchill' as Home Secretary on 15th September 1911	N/A	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 750.00
3368	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 23 postcards, most autographed,	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 687.50
3228	Two albums containing approximately 248 postcards the majority of Shoreham-by Sea and its West Sussex environs,	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 687.50
3354	ROYALTY. A mounted black and white presentation photograph of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Cecil Beaton	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 625.00

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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.