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Olympia Auctions: Olympia Timed: Spring 2026

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Auction Name	Olympia Timed: Spring 2026	Total Sales (GBP)	32,974.50
Auction Date	March 29, 2026 - March 29, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	9,425.00
Sale Number	#32926	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	13,910.00
Total Lots	54
Sold Lots	50.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	9,905.00
% of Lots Sold	92.59%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	14,580.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	226.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
78		PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIBET, CIRCA 1924-26, AND THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER, 1932 & 1938	1932 & 1938	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 6,500.00
62		PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA, CIRCA 1890-1901	CIRCA 1890-1901	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,120.00
79		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER, CIRCA 1890-1910	1890s to early 1900s	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 3,120.00
168		PHOTOGRAPH PORTRAIT ALBUMS OF BRITISH AND INDIAN MILITARY OFFICERS AND OTHERS, CIRCA 1860-1899	CIRCA 1860-1899	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 3,120.00
86		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, SAMUEL BOURNE AND FRANCIS FRITH & CO., CIRCA 1864-75	CIRCA 1864-75	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,860.00
84		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, J. C. A. DANNENBERG AND OTHERS (PHOTOGRAPHERS), CIRCA 1859-1902	CIRCA 1859-1902	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,690.00
82		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA AND ELSEWHERE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY	N/A	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,430.00
169		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER, OF MILITARY INTEREST, CIRCA 1892-1911	CIRCA 1892-1911	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,430.00
85		TWO ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIBET AND INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY	circa 1901-2	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,105.00
167		FOURTEEN ALBUMIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS OF ARMOUR AND WEAPONS IN THE SAXON ROYAL ARMOURIES,	N/A	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 975.00
333	SIMPSON, WILLIAM	THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE EAST	1855	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 845.00
337	NORDLUNDE, JENS	A PASSION FOR INDIAN ARMS, A PRIVATE COLLECTION	2016	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 780.00
80		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND AFGHANISTAN, 19TH/20TH CENTURY	N/A	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 715.00
171		A CIRCULAR PARCEL-GILT PLAQUE, MID-19TH CENTURY OR LATER	1837, MID-19TH CENTURY OR LATER	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 520.00
350	NORMAN, A.B.V. ET AL	ISLAMIC ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM PRIVATE DANISH COLLECTIONS (Islamiske vaben i dansk privateje),	1982	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 416.00
334	YUCEL, UNSAL	ISLAMIC SWORDS AND SWORDSMITHS	2001	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 390.00
355		ANTIQUE FIREARMS REFERENCE BOOKS: 18 VOLUMES	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 338.00
81		TWENTY-FOUR ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA, CIRCA 1900-1959	circa 1900-1950s	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 312.00
363		ARMS AND ARMOUR AT SANDRINGHAM & INDIAN ART AT MARLBOROUGH HOUSE	2007	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 286.00
83		PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA AND ELSEWHERE, CIRCA 1900-1939	circa 1916-1917	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 260.00
343	BALASUBRAMANIAM, R.	THE SAGA OF INDIAN CANNONS	2008	GBP 25.00 - 30.00	GBP 195.00
353		BRITISH REGIMENTAL, MILITARY AND UNIFORM REFERENCE BOOKS: 37 VOLUMES	N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 195.00
335	DE SILVA, P.H.D.H. & WICKRAMASINGHE, S.	ANCIENT SWORDS, DAGGERS & KNIVES IN SRI LANKAN MUSEUMS	2006	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 156.00
339	PANT, G.N.	STUDIES IN INDIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE	1970	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 156.00
354		BATTLE OF WATERLOO AND CONFLICT RELATED REFERENCE BOOKS: 17 VOLUMES	N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 156.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000

Forum, 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]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000

Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000

Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000

Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000

Forum, 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