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Cotswold Auction Company: Cricket Books and Ephemera from the Christopher Saunders Collection

Auction Reports

Auction Name Cricket Books and Ephemera from the Christopher Saunders Collection Total Sales (GBP) 10,452.12
Auction Date April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 5,810.00
Sale Number #9601 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,805.00
Total Lots 220
Sold Lots 194.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 6,485.00
% of Lots Sold 88.18% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,950.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 95.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
171

Melbourne cricket club annual reports

 N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 515.20
115

James Lillywhite's Cricketers'  Annuals -  1877 , lacking covers, 1871, boards stained,  1886 orange boards,

N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 412.16
98

Bound copies of tour programmes

 N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 360.64
141a

postcards of teams and grounds,

 N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 360.64
56

The Somerset County Cricket Club year book 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's

 N/A GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 257.60
175

Essex county cricket

 N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 257.60
32

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Year Book from 1893

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 231.84
101

The First Danish Cricket Book - Haandborg I Cricket Og Langbold. udgivet af "

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 231.84
6 Packham, Roger and Wilson, Martin

'From Commons to Lord's A Chronology of Cricket, 1700-1799'

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 167.44
96 Arlott and Ackroyd

"A Celebration of Cricket,  Wine, Poetry and Place"

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 154.56
97

Facsimile editions of various tours

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 154.56
163

Wisdens Almanac 1932, 1941, 1951, 1952 and 1954

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 154.56
105 Bradman, Donald

" Farewell to Cricket"

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 141.68
79

Yorkshire County Cricket Club, a page taken from an album signed by 12 Yorkshire players from 1909

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 128.80
40 Perera, S.S

. 'The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket 1832-1996'

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 109.48
52

Canterbury Cricket Association annual reports and balance sheets

 N/A GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 109.48
77 Standing, Percy Cross

'The Cricketer's Birthday Book'

 N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 109.48
18 Cardus, Neville & Arlott, John '

The Noblest Game'

 N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 96.60
42

Tour brochures 1970's to include official souvenir of Indian tour to Sri Lanka 1974,

N/A GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 96.60
137

Three folders, various autograph sheets of various teams

 N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 96.60
183 B.A.T.

Various editions of The Cricketers Manual

 N/A GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 96.60
209

Quantity Vanity Fayre, Spy and Eight prints

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 96.60
19 Barlow, R.G.

'Forty Seasons of First Class Cricket'

 N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 90.16
184

Various early 20th century publications on ball games

 N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 90.16
10 Sewell, E.J.D.

'The Log of a Sportsman',

 N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 83.72