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Chorley's: Fine Art and Antiques | The Cricket Auction II

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Auction Name Fine Art and Antiques | The Cricket Auction II Total Sales (GBP) 25,610.00
Auction Date January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 13,670.00
Sale Number #12726 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 21,330.00
Total Lots 224
Sold Lots 187.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 21,000.00
% of Lots Sold 83.48% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 32,910.00
Unsold Lots 37 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 77.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
178 William Ward (1766-1826) after Thomas Weaver (1774-1843)

Portrait of Thomas William Coke Esqr. M.P. for Norfolk

 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,300.00
726

[The Eton Ramblers' Cricket Club] to include a quantity of materials relating to the Eton Ramblers comprising 59 issues of Results and Averages,

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,040.00
536 [Ward (Edward)]

The Dancing Devils: or, the Roaring Dragon,

1724 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 845.00
769

[Cricket, signed Cabinet Photographs] A signed and mounted photograph of Tom Richardson [(1870--1912) played for Surrey CCC]

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 715.00
543

[18th Century Periodicals] to include: Urban (Sylvanus) [Cave (Richard)] The Gentleman's Magazine, four volumes, 8vo, varied bindings,

 1743 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 585.00
639

[British Sporting Patents, Golf] A collection of late 19th and early 20th Century patents relating to the game or sport of golf and golfing accessories, clubs and balls (qty)

 late 19th and early 20th Century Not Available GBP 585.00
184 After Jean Baptiste-Oudry (1686-1755)

A set of ten engravings from La Fontaine's 'Fables choisies'

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 546.00
189 A set of ten engravings of Classical statues

18th Century Italian, various engravers including Nicolas Dorigny and Claude Randon

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 546.00
520

[Law and Government] to include Hanway (Jonas), Proposal for County Naval Free-Schools, to be Built Upon Waste Lands,

 1783], GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 494.00
183 Geoffroy-Stain-Hilaire (Estienne); Cuvier (Frederic)

Ten coloured lithographs from 'Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes avec les figures originales d'apres des animaux vivants' [Natural History of Mammals with Original Pictures after Living Animals],

1819 -- 1842 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 455.00
732 Colman (Sir Jeremiah)

The Noble Game of Cricket illustrated & described from pictures, drawings and prints in the collection of Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., at Gatton Park, Surrey,

1941 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 416.00
755 John Wisden

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1941, 1942, 1947-1952, 1954, 1955, original limp cloth wrappers (10)

 1941-1955 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 390.00
180 After John Trumbull (1756-1843)

Durand (A. B., engraver)

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 364.00
541 Duigenan (Patrick)

Pranceriana,

1775-1779 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 364.00
169 ARR Colin See-Paynton (born 1947)

Sudden Movement

 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 325.00
674 Lillywhite (Frederick)

The Twenty-first Edition of the Original Lillywhite's Guide to Cricketers,

1865 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 325.00
177

A historical genealogical tree of the Royal Family of Scotland and the name of Stewart [Stuart] for 1000 years back to the present generation, engraving,

 1750 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 286.00
515

A large collection of Dictionaries (31) to include: Skinner (Stephen) Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae,

1671 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 286.00
574

[inc] [Cricketing Advertising Posters] To include Daily Mirror 'Gloster Batsman's Great feat',

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 286.00
763 John Wisden

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1911, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1928 variously rebound and with original wrappers with the exception of 1923 (8)

 1911-1928 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 286.00
535 [Anon]

The Aviary: Or, Magazine of British Melody,

[c.1745] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 260.00
644

[British Sporting Patents, Tennis & Badminton] A collection of late 19th and early 20th Century patents relating to the game or sport of Tennis and Badminton

 late 19th and early 20th Century Not Available GBP 260.00
760 John Wisden

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1892 rebound lacking front wrapper, 1894 rebound with original wrappers, 1895 rebound with original wrappers, 1896 rebound with original wrappers (4)

 1892 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 260.00
527

[18th Century Periodicals] to include Cumberland (Richard) The Observer,

1786-1791 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 234.00
542 [Miller (Anna Riggs)]

Letters from Italy,

 1777 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 234.00