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Auction Name: Bishton Hall November Jewellery, Silver, Ceramic, Collectible, Antique, Toys & Textiles.
Auction Date: 12/01/2025 - 12/01/2025
Sale Number: #120125
Total Lots: 22
Sold Lots: 16.0
Lots Sold: 72.73%
Unsold Lots: 6

Total Sales (GBP): 997.73
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 760.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 1,210.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 1,095.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 1,715.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 58.18%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
395		Approximately 270 mainly early 20th century postcards to include WWI examples in an album	early 20th century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 210.88
396		Three albums of coin covers, Stamps of the world, The History of World War II and The British Isles		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 118.62
181	John Hamilton, Robert Taylor, Alan Fearnley	Approximately twenty seven unframed prints, various titles relating to warfare		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 118.62
86		An L&C Hardtmuth's "KOH-I-NOOR" pencils, enamel on metal sign in blue with yellow & white writing.		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 105.44
87		A "Watermans ideal fountain pen" enamel on metal sign in red & white.		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 98.85
162	SHACKLETON, E. H.	The Heart of the Antarctic		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 72.49
90		A Pietra Dura table top globe on brass stand with central compass		GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 46.13
188	Alan Ingham	"At the Home Farm" "In The Heart of the Fells"		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 46.13
172	After Hans Jacob Hansen RSW,	Oriental scenes, colour prints, a pair, Sailing boats,		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 32.95
199b	after Russell Flint	A pair of prints Spanish girls at wash house.		Not Available	GBP 29.00
174	Orme after Chalon "Sancho"	A coloured engraving by Orme after Chalon "Sancho", pub Aug 29th 1814,	1814	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.36
187		Three cricketing related prints Warwickshire cricket club		GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 26.36
390		A quantity of "Viz" magazines and annuals		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 26.36
197	Stock after Frith	A black and white engraving by Stock after Frith "Claude Duval"		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 13.18
391		Various prints and other pictures to include Pears style print,		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 13.18
189	C. Dupechez	"Promenade Gardine Lake Garda" and "Varazze Italian Riviera",		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 13.18
389		Fighting Ships by Sam Willis, published Quercus, The Louvre by Konody and Brockwell, pub T.C. ...		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
392		A set of six early 19th century style coloured engravings of London views, damge to glass on one.	early 19th century	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
393		A quantity of 1960's Antique Collector and Collector's Guide magazines	1960's	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	Not Sold
177	After Rembrandt,	After Rembrandt, engraving of figures by a doorway		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold

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Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.