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Auction Name: Treasures in Boxes, Books & Household items
Auction Date: 02/22/2026 - 02/22/2026
Sale Number: #9552
Total Lots: 20
Sold Lots: 17.0
Lots Sold: 85.00%
Unsold Lots: 3

Total Sales (GBP): 946.68
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 515.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 840.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 585.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 960.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 98.61%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2167	Dickens, Charles	'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby',	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 334.88
2162		Collection of pictures including an Abram Games signed lithographic print, ...	N/A	GBP 15.00 - 30.00	GBP 96.60
2087	Robert Morden	a late 17th century engraved map of Gloucester Shire (Gloucestershire).	late 17th century	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 77.28
2129	Robert Morden	Six framed and glazed maps including a Robert Morden antique handcoloured map of Chester	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 77.28
2239		Two poster-style pictures on board including James Bond 007 Dr No and a Chamonix Mont Blanc travel poster	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 70.84
2240	Eliab George Earthrowl (1878-1965)	Aquatint and etching "Bucklers Hard, Hampshire"	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 70.84
2121		Set of three Oka floral prints	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 51.52
2075		Four volumes of The Nations Pictures	1901-1903	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 38.64
2122	Ted Dyer	Collection of watercolours and prints including a pair of limited edition Ted Dyer signed prints,	N/A	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	GBP 32.20
2106	Boris O'Klein	'Dirty Dogs of Paris' series etching titled 'Sus Aux Curieux',	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 19.32
2133	After Henry Thomas Alken	Pair of aquatint-type prints 'Weighing and Rubbing Down' and 'Preparing to Start',	N/A	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	GBP 15.46
2156		Large quantity of Speedway magazines in seven boxes,	1949	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 15.46
2241	After Wilhelm Melby (Dutch 1824-1882)	Colour print 'Square Riggers'	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 15.46
2099	Raoul Millais (1901-1999)	Signed limited edition print "The Huntsman"	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 7.73
2177	Robert Stanley Dent (1909-1991)	Etching "St. Mary's, Cheltenham",	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 7.73
2243	after George Wright	Two Fores's Hunting Accomplishments prints and two after George Wright	N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 7.73
2263		"A day in the life of a rugby player" cartoon print	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 7.73
2156A		Quantity of Rupert annuals, Charlie Brown dictionary, The Dandy annual, Thomas the Tank Engine	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
2242	After Alfred de Breanski Snr (1845-1928)	Colour print 'Knaresborough Castle',	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
2256		Quantity of mid century and later comic annuals to include 'Topper', 'Beano'. 'Dandy', 'Shiver and Shake', ...	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold

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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.