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Auction Name: Olympia Timed: Spring 2026
Auction Date: 03/29/2026 - 03/29/2026
Sale Number: #32926
Total Lots: 54
Sold Lots: 50.0
Lots Sold: 92.59%
Unsold Lots: 4

Total Sales (GBP): 32,974.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 9,425.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 13,910.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 9,905.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 14,580.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 226.16%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
78		PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIBET, CIRCA 1924-26, AND THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER, 1932 & 1938	1932 & 1938	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 6,500.00
168		PHOTOGRAPH PORTRAIT ALBUMS OF BRITISH AND INDIAN MILITARY OFFICERS AND OTHERS, CIRCA 1860-1899	CIRCA 1860-1899	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 3,120.00
62		PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA, CIRCA 1890-1901	CIRCA 1890-1901	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,120.00
79		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER, CIRCA 1890-1910	1890s to early 1900s	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 3,120.00
86		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, SAMUEL BOURNE AND FRANCIS FRITH & CO., CIRCA 1864-75	CIRCA 1864-75	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,860.00
84		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, J. C. A. DANNENBERG AND OTHERS (PHOTOGRAPHERS), CIRCA 1859-1902	CIRCA 1859-1902	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,690.00
82		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA AND ELSEWHERE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,430.00
169		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER, OF MILITARY INTEREST, CIRCA 1892-1911	CIRCA 1892-1911	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,430.00
85		TWO ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIBET AND INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY	circa 1901-2	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,105.00
167		FOURTEEN ALBUMIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS OF ARMOUR AND WEAPONS IN THE SAXON ROYAL ARMOURIES,		GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 975.00
333	SIMPSON, WILLIAM	THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE EAST	1855	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 845.00
337	NORDLUNDE, JENS	A PASSION FOR INDIAN ARMS, A PRIVATE COLLECTION	2016	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 780.00
80		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND AFGHANISTAN, 19TH/20TH CENTURY		GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 715.00
171		A CIRCULAR PARCEL-GILT PLAQUE, MID-19TH CENTURY OR LATER	1837, MID-19TH CENTURY OR LATER	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 520.00
350	NORMAN, A.B.V. ET AL	ISLAMIC ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM PRIVATE DANISH COLLECTIONS (Islamiske vaben i dansk privateje),	1982	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 416.00
334	YUCEL, UNSAL	ISLAMIC SWORDS AND SWORDSMITHS	2001	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 390.00
355		ANTIQUE FIREARMS REFERENCE BOOKS: 18 VOLUMES		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 338.00
81		TWENTY-FOUR ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, CIRCA 1900-1959	circa 1900-1950s	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 312.00
363		ARMS AND ARMOUR AT SANDRINGHAM & INDIAN ART AT MARLBOROUGH HOUSE	2007	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 286.00
83		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA AND ELSEWHERE, CIRCA 1900-1939	circa 1916-1917	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 260.00

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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.