Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Halsdon House. The Collection of Charlie & Shirley Watts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Halsdon House. The Collection of Charlie & Shirley Watts | Total Sales (GBP) | 46,602.24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 16,620.00 |
| Sale Number | #9639 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 26,780.00 |
| Total Lots | 143 | ||
| Sold Lots | 135.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 17,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 94.41% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 28,820.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 161.70% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 614 | Nelson Horatio | Letter signed with his right hand "Horatio Nelson" |
1795 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 7,872.00 |
| 744 | Johns W.E. | N Books, including: Biggles |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,411.20 |
| 615 | Caesar Gaius Julius | Observations of Ships returning to and Sailing from Spithead and other Remarks |
1655; 1735-1759 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,968.00 |
| 723 | Two autograph books |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 1,443.20 | |
| 643 | Felix Jungmann et Cie.; Pinet F. | Les Belles Fourrures; Chaussures |
1913; 1922 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,115.20 |
| 609 | Aspin Jehoshaphat | The Naval and Military Exploits which have distinguished The Reign of George The Third... |
1820 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,049.60 |
| 709 | Mingaud Francois | The Noble Game of Billiards |
1830 | GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,049.60 |
| 670 | John Templer; Charlotte Bronte; C. P. M. Sharpe; Gilbert Watson; Lowell Thomas; Robert W. Service; O. Henry | 8 Books, including: Jaggers Swoops Again |
1937; ND (c.1910); ND (c.1924); 1903; 1933; 1916; 1940; ND (c.1913) | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 852.80 |
| 738 | The Illustrated London News Panorama of London and the River Thames |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 787.20 | |
| 602 | James Stanier Clarke; John McArthur | The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K. B. |
1809 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 590.40 |
| 689 | 9 Books, including: London (illustrated) A Complete Guide to the Places of Amusement |
1885; 1910 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 590.40 | |
| 646 | Chaucer Geoffrey | The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer newly imprinted |
2002 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 551.04 |
| 671 | David Dalton; Francois Ducray | Rolling Stones; Rolling Stones |
1973; 1978 | GBP 400.00 - 800.00 | GBP 551.04 |
| 737 | Panorama 'George IV Crowned July 19 1821' |
1822 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 551.04 | |
| 638 | Dodgson Charles Lutwidge | The Nursery "Alice" |
1890 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 524.80 |
| 397 | Astrid Zydower (1930-2005) | Study of a cat |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 498.56 |
| 659 | Andrew Lang; H. R. Millar | 7 Books, including: The Green Fairy Book |
1892; 1894; 1896; 1905; 1907; 1926; ND | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 498.56 |
| 720 | Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji | Portrait photograph of Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji at the crease, signed |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 498.56 |
| 396 | Daniel Orme (c1766-1832); William Marshall Craig (c1765-1832) | Battle of the Nile; Battle of Trafalgar, Death of Lord Viscount Nelson |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 459.20 |
| 715 | Hobbs J. B.; Harris Lord; Sutcliffe Herbert; Batchelor Denzil; Hutton Paul; Bailey Trevor; Trueman Fred; Huges Simon; Shepherd David | An extensive collection of 20th and 21st century volumes |
1913; 1921; 1935; 1950; 1984; 1988; 1997; 2001 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 459.20 |
| 508 | 7 boxed sets of slides 'Avant-Scene Cinema' |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 419.84 | |
| 605 | Southey Robert | The Life of Nelson; The Battle of Trafalgar |
1813 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 419.84 |
| 640 | Egan Pierce | Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq... |
1821-22 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 419.84 |
| 641 | Meynell Alice | The Flower of the Mind |
1899 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 419.84 |
| 673 | Rowlandson Thomas | The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax: A Poem |
1822 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 419.84 |
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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 -
