Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 79,319.02 |
| Auction Date | March 21, 2024 - March 21, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 49,630.00 |
| Sale Number | #32124 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 70,870.00 |
| Total Lots | 280 | ||
| Sold Lots | 221 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 64,570.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.93% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 92,120.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 59 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 86.10% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | William Daniell | A Voyage Round Great Britain 1814-1825 |
1978 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 2,394.00 |
| 78 | William Duke | Methode et Invention Nouvelle De Dresser Les Chevaux |
1737 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,394.00 |
| 14 | Franco Deboni | Venini Glass |
2007 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 139 | Marcel Proust | A La Recherche du Temps Perdu |
1919-1927 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 110 | Alexander Scultetus | Chronographia sive Annales omnium fere regum, principum, & potentatuum, ab orbe condito, usque ad hunc annum Domini MDXLV |
1546 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 17 | Stephen Spender | Hockney's Alphabet |
1991 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 173 | John Wilkins | The Discovery of a World in the Moone... |
1638 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 176 | Edward Cooke | Magna Charta, Made in the Ninth Year of K. Henry the Third... |
1680 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
| 223 | Aubrey Vincent Beardsley | The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vol., London, Boston and New York, 1894-97 |
1894-97 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,197.00 |
| 95 | Georgius Agricola | De re metallica libri XII |
1657 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,071.00 |
| 151 | Collection of 10 cheques signed or made out in favour, including: Wellington, Reginald Heber, James Hogg; and c. 115 other cheques |
1722 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,049.60 | |
| 7 | Giuliana Gramigna | Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950-2000 per l'Arredamento Domestico |
2003 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 31 | John Kinross | Details from Italian Buildings |
1882 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 84 | Charles Darwin | The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication |
1868 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 114 | Regulae Societatis Jesu |
1606 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 882.00 | |
| 251 | Nelson Mandela | Long Walk to Freedom |
2000 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 882.00 |
| 54 | Fred Judge | Camera Pictures of London at Night |
1924 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 819.00 |
| 74 | Margaret Mee | Flowers of the Brazilian Forests |
1969 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 819.00 |
| 12 | Aesop. | Aesop. Fables |
1968 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 51 | John Buonarotti Papworth | Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, second edition |
1813 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 180 | Daniel Defoe | An Essay Upon Literature: Or, An Enquiry into the Antiquity and Original of Letters |
1726 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 269 | Hugh (1860) Thomson | Six original illustrations for books published by Macmillan & Co. |
circa 1886-1888 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 721.60 |
| 2 | John Basford | Sandra Blow: Studio Inventory and Catalogue Raisonne of Prints |
2013 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 184 | Thomas Goddard | The Doctrine of Justification by Faith |
1748-49 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 253 | George Orwell | Animal Farm |
1946 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 693.00 |
