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Auction Name: Bishton Hall February Silver, Jewellery, Antiques, Toys & Textiles Auction.
Auction Date: 02/22/2026 - 02/22/2026
Sale Number: #22226
Total Lots: 24
Sold Lots: 18.0
Lots Sold: 75.00%
Unsold Lots: 6

Total Sales (GBP): 1,625.09
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 810.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 1,270.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 1,010.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 1,590.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 102.21%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
263		A Vintage Enamel sign - 'Bilston Basic Slag' orange ground with green lettering	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 329.50
262		'Newhampton Road West post office.' and 'post office for money order, savings bank, parcel post, telegraph insurance and annuity	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 276.78
261		An antique double sided enamel 'FLAT TO LET' sign for John Layton & son auctioneers and estate agents of Wolverhampton	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 144.98
342		Mining interest - A late 19th century photograph album relating to mining.	late 19th century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 144.98
258		A vintage brewery interest enamel sign advertising Banks's traditional draught beers	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 131.80
260		A 19th century double sided enamel sign - 'Agent for P&P. Campbell dyers Perth / Agent for the Perth	19th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 92.26
454		A set of eight oak framed and glazed Hogarth plates- The Rakes Progress with relevant	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 72.49
344	Hitler (Adolf) -	Hitler's Mein Kampf	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 65.90
245	After Giovani Battista Piranesi - (1758 - 1810) -	'A sua eccellenza monzig giovanni potenziani	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 65.90
480		A collection of 1970s era football related comics and magazines. mostly 'shoot!' comics, other	1970s	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 59.31
380		Four albums of 1920's and 1930's era cigarette cards. to include footballers, boxing interest,	1920's and 1930's	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 52.72
259		A late 19th/ early 20th century advertising plaque for John Thompson water tube boilers ltd. of	late 19th/ early 20th century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.90
440		Postcard album & autograph book	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 32.95
350		Three boxed framed and glazed Japanese scenic prints; to include a mountainous scene, marked	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 29.00
343		A collection of WWI, WWII and other Military related ephemera. To include a quantity of 'The war	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 26.36
348		A selection on Antiquarian and Vintage books; to include a pair of leather spined examples entitled	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 23.72
382		A collection of vintage scouting ephemera. to include various postcards and letters - one signed	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 19.77
479		A selection of framed cigarette cards and sweet cards;	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 19.77
356A	to include Henry G Walker (British 1876-1932)	A selection of signed prints and prints etc;	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
405		3x prints of gundogs, slight damage to frames & backs.	N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	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.