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Auction Info

Auction Name
Advertising and Transport
Auction Date
02/19/2026 - 02/19/2026
Sale Number
#21926
Total Lots
55
Sold Lots
51.0
Lots Sold
92.73%
Unsold Lots
4
Total Sales (GBP)
6,745.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
3,640.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
5,920.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
3,860.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
6,260.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
107.75%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2406

A good 'Blue Gillette Blades' enamel advertising wall thermometer and barometer

 N/A GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 812.50
2381 J. Le Breton -

an early 20th century chromolithographed advertising poster for 'The All-British Standard' motor car

 early 20th century GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 475.00
2399

A BP 'Motor Spirit' double-sided enamel Union Jack design advertising sign

 N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 350.00
2416

A scarce 'Temmah Gillette Type Safety Razor Blades' enamel advertising sign

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 350.00
2415

A 'Daily Telegraph and Morning Post' enamel advertising sign

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 250.00
2421

A London Transport enamel directions sign for 'Southbound Platform 2'

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 237.50
2419

A 'Buy Hudson's Soap' enamel advertising sign

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 225.00
2393

An AA 'No Race At' pictorial enamel sign

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 225.00
2420

A 'Bigg's Tobaccos' double-sided enamel advertising sign

 N/A GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 225.00
2394

A cast alloy double-sided 'Free Car Park' directional sign

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 187.50
2425

A collection of railway and transport signs

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 175.00
2407

A 'Player's Please' enamel advertising sign with rounded edge

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 162.50
2408

A 'Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa' enamel advertising sign

 N/A GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 150.00
2433

A mixed group of railwayana,

N/A GBP 60.00 - 90.00 GBP 150.00
2434

A group of Goodwood Revival memorabilia

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 137.50
2375

A collection of black and white photographs of motor racing and motor trials interest

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 137.50
2378

Rene Vincent - an original watercolour design for a Lincoln motor car advert

 N/A GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 137.50
2423

A London Transport enamel sign for 'Dagenham East'

 N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 125.00
2376

A large collection of black and white photographs of early to mid-20th century motoring interest.

 20th century GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 125.00
2417

A large 'Take No Risks Take Dominion' enamel advertising sign

 N/A GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 118.75
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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.