Auction Reports
Duke's
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Avenue Auction
- Auction Date
- 08/04/2026 - 08/04/2026
- Sale Number
- #80426
- Total Lots
- 118
- Sold Lots
- 77.0
- Lots Sold
- 65.25%
- Unsold Lots
- 41
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 7,169.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 3,990.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 7,110.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 6,810.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 12,140.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 59.06%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Hardy Thomas | 10 Books, including: Winter Words |
1930; 1906 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,820.00 |
| 495 | A Collection of Motoring Ephemera |
1912; 1954 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,170.00 | |
| 492 | An 1860s Album of Cartes de Visite Photographs |
1860s; 1729 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 312.00 | |
| 18 | Frost W.E.; Brown M.E.; Harris J.R.; Maitland; Campbell | The Trout; An Angler's Entomology; Freshwater Fishes |
1952; 1967; 1992 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 221.00 |
| 505 | Menpes Mortimer 1855-1936 | St Mark's Square, Venice |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 58 | Righyni R.V. | Salmon Taking Times; Grayling; Fishing Reflections |
1965; 1968; 1995 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 86 | Guicciardini Francesco | The History of Florence |
1566 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 520 | Blampied Edmund 1886-1966 | Horse and Cart Driving Through Water |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 30 | Brookes R | 2 Books, including: The Natural History of Fishes and Serpents |
1763; 1799 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 84 | Bowdich T.E; Maurice F.G. | Voyage dans le pays d'Ashcantie; Traite des engrais |
1819; 1806 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 117.00 |
| 73 | Hardy Thomas | Thomas Hardy: Various Titles |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 117.00 |
| 65 | A Partial Run of Observer’s Books |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 104.00 | |
| 493 | A Collection of 1970s - 1980s 'Omni' Magazine |
1970s-1980s | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 104.00 | |
| 4 | Pritt T.E.; Huxley T.H. | N Books, including: The Book of the Grayling |
1880; 1992 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 87 | Dinsdale Alfred | Television (Seeing by Wire or Wireless) |
1926 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 22 | Edmonds; Lee | Brook and River Trouting |
1980 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 91.00 |
| 21 | Kelson George M.; Coleby RJW | N Books, including: The “Land and Water” Salmon Flies 1886-1902 |
1993 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 91.00 |
| 92 | Erasmus Desiderius | Desid. Erasmi Roterodami Colloquia |
1550 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 78.00 |
| 72 | The Folio Society; A Collection of Various Titles |
1950s-60s | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 78.00 | |
| 64 | Scrope William; Rowland Ward; Bromley-Davenport W.; Harewood Harry; Haig-Brown Alan; Hawker | 18 Books, including: The Art of Deer-Stalking |
1879; 1923; 1886; 1915; 1835; 1953; 1913; 1844 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 78.00 |
Back
-
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
