Forum Auctions: Natural History: the remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Natural History: the remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026 | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,304,894.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 25, 2026 - March 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 683,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #1195 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 968,150.00 |
| Total Lots | 326 | ||
| Sold Lots | 301.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 743,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,049,750.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 25 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 124.30% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | Frisch (Johann Leonard) | Birds.- Vorstellung der Vogel Deutschlandes |
[1736]-1763 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 100,800.00 |
| 310 | Ventenat (Etienne Pierre) | Botany.- Australia.- Redoute (P.J.).- Jardin de la Malmaison |
1803-04[-05] | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 75,600.00 |
| 249 | Poiteau (A.) | Pomology.- France.- Pomologie Francaise. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultives en France |
1846 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 69,300.00 |
| 152 | Gould (John) | Birds.- The Birds of Great Britain |
1862-1873 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 52,920.00 |
| 18 | Bateman (James) | Orchids.- Central America.- The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala |
[1837-43] | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 50,400.00 |
| 121 | Elliot (Daniel Giraud) | Zoology.- Felines.- A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of the Cats |
[1878]-1883 | GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 180 | Jacquin (Nicolai Josephi) | Botany.- Florae Austriacae, sive Plantarum Selectarum in Austriae Archiducatu |
1773-78 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 221 | Malherbe (Alfred) | Birds.- Woodpeckers.- Monographie des Picidees, ou histoire naturelle des Picidees, Picumninees, Yuncines ou Torcols |
1861-62 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 32,760.00 |
| 244 | [Pennant (Thomas)] | Zoology.- The British Zoology. Class I. Quadrupeds. II. Birds |
1776 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 27,720.00 |
| 117 | Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) | Botany.- Pomology.- Redoute (P.J.).- Traite des Arbres et Arbustes que l'on cultive en pleine terre end Europe |
[?1852] | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 25,200.00 |
| 307 | Valentijn (Francois) | Asia.- Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien, vervattende een Naaukeurige en Uitvoerige Verhandelinge van Nederlands Mogentheyd |
1724-26 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 22,680.00 |
| 20 | Bauer (Francis) | Botany.- Delineations of Exotick Plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew |
1796-[1803] | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 94 | de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent) | Butterflies.- Sepp (Jan Christian).- [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld] |
[1800-40] | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 9 | Andrews (Henry) | Botany.- The Botanist's Repository, for New, and Rare Plants |
1797[-1815] | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 85 | Darwin (Charles) and others | Voyages.- Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle |
1839 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 175 | Houtte (Louis van) | Botany.- Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe |
1845-80 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 30 | Bivort (A.J.D) | Pomology.- Album de Pomologie |
1847-51 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 257 | Regnault (Nicolas Francois) | Botany.- La Botanique |
1774 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 113 | Dresser (Henry Eeles) | Birds.- A History of the Birds of Europe |
1871-96 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 11,970.00 |
| 166 | [Hill (John)] | Botany.- Gardening.- Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening |
1757 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,970.00 |
| 267 | Rumpf (Georg Eberhard) | Botany.- Herbarium Amboinense... |
1750-41-43-50-55 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 144 | Gaimard (Paul) | Scandinavia.- Voyage en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et au Feroe |
1842-55 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 217 | Lister (Martin) | Conchology.- Historiae sive synopsis methodicae Conchyliorum et tabularum anatomicarum |
1770 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 312 | Verschaffelt (Alex and Ambroise) | Botany.- Nouvelle Iconographie des Camellias |
1848-60 | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 69 | Plants of Western Japan.- Japanese scroll.- [Chushoto okonomi no bunezu] |
[late-18th - early-19th century] | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
