Auction Report: Cotswold Auction Company Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables

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Auction Name	Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables	Total Sales (GBP)	9,216.93
Auction Date	February 03, 2026 - February 03, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,510.00
Sale Number	#20326	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,740.00
Total Lots	66
Sold Lots	54.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	3,900.00
% of Lots Sold	81.82%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	6,350.00
Unsold Lots	12	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	145.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
144	Darwin, Charles	The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,416.80
136		Handwritten account book 1841 and 1844 for a cathedral	1841 and 1844	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 644.00
95		Collection of 200-400 Victorian and later cabinet cards photographic portraits,	Victorian	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 579.60
165		The Beano Book - No. 1 - THE FIRST BEANO ANNUAL (1940)		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 579.60
142	Darwin, Charles	The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection ...		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 425.04
86		Seven Victorian and later photograph albums		GBP 40.00 - 70.00	GBP 360.64
94		Large quantity of Victorian and later cartes-de-visite	Victorian	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 334.88
90		Large collection of cartes de visites, indexed by surname of photographer, mainly Victorian	Victorian	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 309.12
84		Seven Victorian and later photograph albums		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 257.60
150		Antiquarian, mixed lot of leather bound volumes, to include Burns Justice x 5, "Mills Logic", ...		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 257.60
124		Eight boxed sets to include Byzantium, "The Egyptians - The Hittites - The Persians - ...		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 244.72
163		Large collection of Eagle Comics volumes 2 - 13 to include Vol 2 No.1-52		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 218.96
89		Three Victorian and later photograph albums,	Victorian	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 206.08
143		The Correspondence of Charles Darwin in 12 vols,		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 206.08
88		Three larger Victorian and later photograph albums,	Victorian	GBP 40.00 - 70.00	GBP 193.20
138	Lora Victoise Greet	'Original Pictures in Pen and Ink and Rhymes about Fairies being Bees, Brownies, Kelpies, Greenies and other Elves...',		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 193.20
159	Ellis, A B	The Ewe-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa ...	1890	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 193.20
149		Natural History to include Loudon, J C "The Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology,		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 167.44
92		Quantity mainly Victorian and later portrait photographs including cartes de visite,	Victorian	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 154.56
120		Prize Bindings for Dulwich College - six vols - Guizot 'Histoire de Charles I',		GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 154.56
137	Gardiner, Alan H (ed) - copied by Amice M Calverley with the assistance of Myrtle F Broome	The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, vol 3 'The Osiris Complex',	1938	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 128.80
160		Quantity of fine bindings to include Ricketts, Michael and Wright, Michael "The Complete Indoor Gardener"		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 122.36
156	[John Mills 1645-1707]	Joannis Millii HE KAINE DIATHEKE (Graece)	MDCCVII (1707),	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 115.92
155	Aubrey Beardsley	A Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings Illustrating 'Salome' by Oscar Wilde		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 109.48
85		Six Victorian and later photograph albums,		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 103.04

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Top twenty-five by sale price