Duke's: Avenue Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Avenue Auction | Total Sales (GBP) | 9,516.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 14, 2026 - April 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 3,210.00 |
| Sale Number | #41426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 5,590.00 |
| Total Lots | 89 | ||
| Sold Lots | 68.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 4,740.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 76.40% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 8,320.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 21 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.38% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 517 | F.M. LIEBMANN | CHENES DE L'AMERIQUE TROPICALE |
1869 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 975.00 |
| 392 | AN OLD HANDWRITTEN 'RECEIPT FOR WIND' |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 845.00 | |
| 471 | C.S. LEWIS | THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE |
1950 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 494.00 |
| 508 | JANE AUSTEN | SEVEN TITLES, ILLUSTRATED BY MAXIMILIEN VOX |
1933-34 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 338.00 |
| 536 | EUGEN SANDOW 1867–1925 | 'SANDOW'S ILLUSTRATED HEALTH LIBRARY' |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 338.00 |
| 522 | A COLLECTION OF FRAMED MAPS |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 312.00 | |
| 549 | A QUANTITY OF MUSIC/THEATRE EPHEMERA |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 312.00 | |
| 512 | ARISTOTLE | ARISTOTLE'S COMPLEAT MASTERPIECE IN THREE PARTS |
1762 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 260.00 |
| 513 | BELL'S EDITION, THE POETS of GREAT BRITAIN COMPLETE FROM CHAUCER TO CHURCHILL' |
1770s-80s, | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 260.00 | |
| 525 | A COLLECTION OF PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 260.00 | |
| 519 | THOMAS HAWKINS; | THE BOOK OF THE GREAT SEA-DRAGONS |
1840 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 247.00 |
| 476 | AGATHA CHRISTIE | A COLLECTION OF AGATHA CHRISTIE NOVELS |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | GBP 208.00 |
| 543 | TWO EDWARDIAN POSTCARD ALBUMS, CONTAINING SOME DORSET |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 208.00 | |
| 521 | JOHN WRIGHT | THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | GBP 182.00 |
| 563 | DAVID HOCKNEY | DAVID HOCKNEY, MENU FOR LANGAN'S BRASSERIE |
1975 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 182.00 |
| 482 | FRIDTJOF NANSEN | 'FARTHEST NORTH' |
1898 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 169.00 |
| 528 | AN ALBUM OF INDIAN COLONIAL PHOTOGRAPHS |
1910s-20s, | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 169.00 | |
| 530 | WITCHCRAFT INTEREST: A POSTCARD OF THE St OSYTH 'WITCH SKELETON' |
19th century | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 156.00 | |
| 539 | AN EDWARDIAN ANTI-SUFFRAGIST POSTCARD |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 156.00 | |
| 544 | A COLLECTION OF FOOTBALL WORLD CUP EPHEMERA |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 156.00 | |
| 548 | FOOTBALL: A COLLECTION OF FA WORLD CUP PROGRAMMES |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 156.00 | |
| 547 | FOOTBALL: A COLLECTION OF FIRST DIVISION PROGRAMMES, 1960s-70s |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 143.00 | |
| 603 | ROBERT MORDEN | MAP OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 143.00 |
| 607 | ANTHONY BENJAMIN (1931-2002) | Untitled |
(19)70 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 143.00 |
| 546 | SIX EDWARDIAN POSTCARD ALBUMS, SOME ISLE OF WIGHT INTEREST |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 130.00 |
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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: 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 -
