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Chiswick Auctions: The Art of Nature

Auction Reports

Auction Name	The Art of Nature	Total Sales (GBP)	11,150.00
Auction Date	February 10, 2026 - February 10, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	6,850.00
Sale Number	#1302	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	10,330.00
Total Lots	27
Sold Lots	18.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	8,280.00
% of Lots Sold	66.67%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	12,530.00
Unsold Lots	9	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	88.99%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
69	Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S & Theodore Roosevelt, 1909	A handwritten autograph letter in ink from President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) to Cherry Kearton, Nairobi, British East Africa, August 29th, 1909.	1909	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,268.00
85		Handwritten Journals, 1906-1960	1906-1960	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,142.00
179	Sclater and Oldfield	Book of Antelopes, 4 vol. 1894-1900	1894-1900	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,016.00
84		A Selection of Important Manuscripts relating to Cherry Kearton Including an unpublished Autobiography		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,134.00
81		Kearton. From the Library and Collection, many signed and inscribed (80)		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 630.00
180	Crealock	Deer-Stalking..Highlands of Scotland, Ltd ed.1897	1897	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 479.00
71	Herbert Spencer and Cherry Kearton	Herbert Spencer and Cherry Kearton in the Spencer Airship No.II		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 403.00
83	Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)	Selection of Patents, Photographs and Documents relating to Cherry Kearton's Advancements in Still and Cinematograph Camera Design		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 403.00
77	Kearton Brothers	The Kearton's Personal Press Cutting's Archive		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 378.00
80	Kearton	Collection of Publishing Contracts.		GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 239.00
74	Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)	A Selection of Bird Studies c.1920s	c.1920s	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 202.00
73	Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)	Photographs of Black Footed Penguins, Dassen Island, South Africa, c.1930	c.1930	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 176.00
70	Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)	Flashlight Photograph of a Maneless African Lion c.1909	c.1909	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 126.00
78	John Kearton	Quarto album in green cloth with silver gelatin prints approx 159, showing Richard Kearton's family,		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 126.00
72	Kearton Brothers	Kearton Brothers		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 113.00
82	Richard Kearton F.Z.S, F.R.P.S	The Adventures of Jack Rabbit, first edition, 1911 and original manuscript.	1911	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 113.00
76	Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)	A Collection of six silver gelatin photographs of wildlife		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 101.00
79		A Selection of 35mm Nitrate Cine Film from the archives of Cherry Kearton		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 101.00