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Duke's

Auction Info

Auction Name
The Spring Auction
Auction Date
04/16/2025 - 04/16/2025
Sale Number
#1118
Total Lots
82
Sold Lots
50
Lots Sold
60.98%
Unsold Lots
32
Total Sales (GBP)
16,295.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
11,350.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
22,250.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
22,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
41,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
39.75%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
361 ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE INTEREST

DISTANT, W.L. - 'RHOPALOCERA MALAYANA'

1882 GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 6,370.00
169 ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE

AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

1906 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,820.00
425

A VELLUM BOUND JOURNAL

16th century GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 715.00
402 RACKHAM, ARTHUR

RACKHAM, ARTHUR - ELEVEN ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES

1928 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 546.00
396 MORRIS, REVEREND F.O

'A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS'

1870 GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 520.00
372 CUVIER, BARON

'THE ANIMAL KINGDOM'

1837 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 416.00
131 JOHN SPEED (1552-1629)

'Map of Anglesey'

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 390.00
393 LEIGH, CHARLES

'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE AND THE PEAK IN DERBYSHIRE'

1700 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 390.00
421

NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE'

1816-18 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 377.00
137 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

"MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA"

1750 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 338.00
424

THE SEPTUAGINT - 'VETUS TESTAMENTUM'

1709 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 286.00
381 FROHAWK, F.W.

'NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES'

1924 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 286.00
409 SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE

'THE SENSITIVE PLANT'

1903 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 208.00
129 SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1552)

'Tabula Asiae XII'

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 208.00
373 DEUCHAR, DAVID AFTER HOLBEIN, JEAN

'LE TRIOMPHE DE LA MORT'

1786 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 208.00
135 CAPTAIN GRENVILLE COLLINS (fl. 1669-1696)

Two charts

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 195.00
132 JOHN SPEED (1552-1629)

'Midle-Sex With The Most Famous cities of London and Westminster'

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 182.00
378 DULAC, EDMUND

TWO ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 169.00
392 KIRBY, W.F.

'LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY - A HAND-BOOK TO THE ORDER LEPIDOPTERA'

1896 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 169.00
66 J.M SELIGMANN (1720-1762)

'Woodpecker'

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 130.00

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