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Duke's: The Spring Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Spring Auction | Total Sales (GBP) | 16,627.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 4,620.00 |
| Sale Number | #1139 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 8,330.00 |
| Total Lots | 22 | ||
| Sold Lots | 17.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 6,370.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.27% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 10,830.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 5 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 153.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | TITANIC INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF SHIP'S PLANS |
N/A | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 10,400.00 | |
| 330 | FLEMING, IAN - | ‘LIVE AND LET DIE’ |
1954 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,235.00 |
| 333 | EFENDI, TURABI - | ‘TURKISH COOKERY BOOK’ |
1864 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,170.00 |
| 144 | WINSTON CHURCHILL INTEREST: A PACK OF CONGRESS PLAYING CARDS |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 546.00 | |
| 338 | SHAW, BERNARD - | ‘ST JOAN’ |
1924 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 546.00 |
| 331 | BLOME, RICHARD - | ‘THE GENTLEMAN’S RECREATIONS’ |
1710 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 442.00 |
| 340 | A LATE 18TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN VETERINARY ‘QUACK CURE’ RECIPE BOOK |
1793 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 442.00 | |
| 328 | ROBERT MORDEN (C.1650-1703) | Dorsetshire |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 390.00 |
| 335 | KHAYYAM, OMAR - | ‘THE RUBAIYAT’ |
1909 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 390.00 |
| 123 | WILLIAM HODGES (1744-1797) | ' A View of part of the Palace of the late Nabob Suja at Dowla' |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 234.00 |
| 336 | LAWRENCE, T.E. - | ‘SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM’ |
1935 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 221.00 |
| 329 | JOHN SPEED (1552-1629) | 'Leicester both Countye and Citie described...' |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | GBP 169.00 |
| 142 | A COLLECTION OF ROYAL MEMORABILIA |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 130.00 | |
| 334 | FLEMING, IAN - | ‘FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE |
1957 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 143 | A COLLECTION OF MENUS FROM STATE OCCASIONS HELD IN THE CITY OF LONDON AT GUILDHALL AND MANSION HOUSE |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 117.00 | |
| 122 | AFTER PAOLO FARINATI (C.1524-C.1606) | 'The Descent from the Cross' |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 39.00 |
| 124 | AFTER GEORGE CRUIKSHANK (1792-1878) | Installation of a Knight of the Bath' |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 26.00 |
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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 -
