Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 160,045.40 |
| Auction Date | July 31, 2025 - July 31, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 80,010.00 |
| Sale Number | #1010 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 113,390.00 |
| Total Lots | 294 | ||
| Sold Lots | 282 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 82,730.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 95.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 117,270.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 12 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 136.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282 | Blackwell (Elizabeth) | A Curious Herbal, Containing Five Hundred Cuts, of the most useful Plants, which are now used in the Practice of Physick |
1739 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 18 | Heresbach (Conrad) | Fovre bookes of husbandrie... |
1586 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 31 | Periodicals.-Museum Rusticum et Commerciale... |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | ||
| 32 | N[orden] (J[ohn]) | Surveying.-The Surueyors dialogue |
1607 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 70 | Mongez (Antoine) | Tableaux, statues, bas-reliefs et camees, de la Galerie de Florence |
1819 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
| 260 | Moxon (Joseph) | Perspective.-Practical Perspective, or Perspective made easie |
1670 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
| 161 | Newton (Sir Isaac) | Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John |
1733 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 166 | Charnock (John) | Maritime.-An History of Marine Architecture |
1800-02 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 157 | Blome (Richard) | The Gentlemans Recreation |
1686 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 164 | [Steel (David)] | Maritime.-The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship |
1794 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 14 | [Fitzherbert (John)] | The Boke of hvsbandry |
1548 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 168 | Serres (Dominick and John Thomas) | Maritime.-Liber Nauticus |
1805-06 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 170 | Barrow (Sir John) | Maritime.-The Life of George Lord Anson |
1839 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 179 | Dean (H[enry]) | Magic & Conjuring.-The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or, Hocus Pocus in Perfection |
[?1790] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 200 | Fossati (Giorgio) | Raccolta di Varie Favole... |
1744 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 228 | Shakespeare (William) | Nonesuch Press.-Shakespeare (William) The Works |
1929-33 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 19 | Heresbach (Conrad) | Boies Penrose copy.-The VVhole art and trade of husbandry |
1614 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
| 8 | Dickson (R.W.) | Practical Agriculture; or, A Complete System of Modern Husbandry |
1805 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 38 | Ringsted (Josiah) | The Farmer. Comprehending the several most interesting objects and beneficial practices in the culture of wheat, rye, Barley... |
[?1781] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 46 | Young (Arthur) | The Farmer's Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms |
1770 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 56 | Cutler (Thomas W.) | Ornament and Design.-A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design |
1880 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 64 | [Gough (Richard)] | Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain Applied to Illustrate the History of Families, Manners, Habits, and Arts |
1786-96 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 93 | Malcolm (James Peller) | London.-Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London |
1811 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 242 | Palladio (Andrea) | Architecture.-Architecture, in Four Books |
1736 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 28 | Mascall (Leonard) | Trees & apples.-A Booke of the Arte and Maner How to Plant and Grasse all Sortes of Trees, How to Set Stones and Sowe Pepins |
1582 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
