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Auction Info

Auction Name
Weekly House and Garden Sale
Auction Date
07/21/2025 - 07/21/2025
Sale Number
#72125
Total Lots
30
Sold Lots
22
Lots Sold
73.33%
Unsold Lots
8
Total Sales (GBP)
3,477.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
1,610.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
2,510.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
2,020.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
3,100.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
112.18%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1374

A large collection of folio society books to include T. E. Lawrence, Revolt in the Desert,

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,430.00
1756 Sir William Hamilton RA (1730-1803),

two coloured engraved plates from 'Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities'

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 520.00
1412

The Vanity Fair Album ... six various vols. (nos.2, 14,15,16,20 and 25).

GBP 140.00 - 180.00 GBP 286.00
1707 John Beer (1860-1930),

'The Eclipse Stakes, Sandown Park',

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 156.00
1700 George Finch Mason (1850-1915),

'Ascot 1887, The Hardwicke Stakes, Ormonde Wins!' and 'The Chester

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 110.50
1357

Three late 19th/early 20th century folding chess/backgammon boards fashioned as books

late 19th/early 20th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 104.00
1708

'The Three Grand Temptations'

18th century GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 104.00
1411 Field, George -

Chromatography. A treatise on colours and pigments and of their powers in painting.

GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 91.00
1764

A collection of 18th / 19th century prints and engravings to include 'Les coulisses de l'Opera',

18th / 19th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
1766

A collection of 18th / 19th century and later botanical and natural history interest prints and engravings

18th / 19th century and later GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 65.00
1765 After Jacques de Seve (French, Act.1742 --1788),

a set of four ornithological colour etchings to include 'Le Sacre' and 'Le Milan'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 65.00
1716 P R Picky, John Gloag, Beverely Nichols

Two original book illustrations by P R Picky, comprising'I want an audience' and 'A thatched roof'

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 65.00
1356 Inglis, Henry D. -

The Channel Islands ... [the result of two year's residence]. 2 vols. 2 maps;

GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 65.00
1754

A quantity of antique and later maps printed and engraved maps, to include New Hampshire,

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 58.50
1752 After Samuel Howitt (1756-1822),

Fox hunting scenes, set of four colour prints,

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 52.00
1760

Six contemporary black and white photographic prints to include waves, horses, trees and a landscape

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 52.00
1763 After Thomas Stothard RA (1755-1834),

'Adam and Eve with the archangel Raphael',

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 45.50
1359 Lawrence, T.E. -

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph.

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 32.50
1361 Fry, Roger -

Transformations: critical and speculative essays on art.

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 32.50
1409 Nai'an, Shi & Guanzhong, Luo -

Outlaws of the Marsh. Translated by Sidney Shapiro

GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 26.00

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