Duke's: Avenue Auctions, 110325, Dorchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 11, 2025 - March 11, 2025

Page Size: 108 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
218		THE GREATEST TRY EVER SCORED - BARBARIANS v ALL BLACKS			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 65.00
221		A SIGNED LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO RUGBY PRINT			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
222		A SERIES OF SIGNED HARLEQUIN RUGBY CARDS			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
397		A PAIR OF STEVENGRAPHS; THE START			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 13.00
403		A COLLECTION OF CAR HANDBOOKS AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 78.00
407		A FACSIMILE 1945 WHITE FIVE POUND NOTE		1945	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 19.50
422		A WWI PAIR 21423 PTE. J. O. ATKINSON. C. GDS.			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 45.50
427		THREE PIRELLI CALENDARS		1992, 1991, and 1987	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 26.00
428		A 1951 LIVERPOOL FC MATCH DAY PROGRAMME		1951	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
429		A COLLECTION OF STAMPS, POSTCARDS			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 13.00
430		A QUANTITY OF STREATHAM HILL THEATRE PROGRAMMES		1932 - 1937	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 32.50
431		A COLLECTION LIVERPOOL FC MATCH DAY PROGRAMMES			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
432		FRENCH LINE CGT OCEAN LINER MENUS		1927-1954	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 26.00
433		TIGER AND SCORCHER COMICS		1976 - 1978	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
434		A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 32.50
435		A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE JAZZ MAGAZINES		1939, and later	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
436		A LARGE COLLECTION OF LIVERPOOL FC MATCH DAY PROGRAMMES		1966 - 1982	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 104.00
437		ROY OF THE ROVERS COMICS		1976 - 1978	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
438		JAZZ: PICKUP MAGAZINE 1946-47, from volume 1, no.1		1946-47	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
439		JAZZ MONTHLY MAGAZINE 1955-71		1955-71	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
440		A COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 39.00
441		GUNTHER STILLERS BLATTER ZUM PARADIESISCHEN KALENDER			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 58.50
442		A 19th CENTURY SELF INTERPRETING BIBLE		19th CENTURY	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 13.00
443	GEORGE ORWELL:	NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR, THE FACSIMILE	London	1984	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 52.00
444	E.R. & J. PENNELL:	THE LIFE OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER	London	1908	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000

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