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Dreweatts: Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments | Total Sales (GBP) | 9,175.32 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 5,190.00 |
| Sale Number | #9584 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 7,630.00 |
| Total Lots | 7 | ||
| Sold Lots | 7.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 5,190.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 7,630.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 120.25% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | A VICTORIAN 18 INCH TERRESTRIAL FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBE |
1840 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 5,031.20 | |
| 702 | A GEORGE IV 18 INCH TERRESTRIAL LIBRARY TABLE GLOBE |
1823 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,383.20 | |
| 706 | AN UNUSUAL GEORGE III EBONISED FRAMED MANUAL REVOLVING WHEEL CALENDAR |
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18th CENTURY | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 662.00 | |
| 732 | EVANS, JEREMY; CARTER, JONATHAN AND WRIGHT, BEN | 'THOMAS TOMPION, 300 YEARS' |
2013 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 556.08 |
| 731 | MERCER, VAUDREY | 'THE FRODSHAMS, THE STORY OF A FAMILY OF CHRONOMETER MAKERS' |
1981 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 211.84 |
| 730 | MERCER, VAUDREY | THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF EDWARD JOHN DENT…' |
1977 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 185.36 |
| 729 | REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO GLOBES AND MAPS - ELEVEN VOLUMES |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 145.64 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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 -
