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Auction Info

Auction Name
The Art of Nature
Auction Date
02/10/2026 - 02/10/2026
Sale Number
#1302
Total Lots
27
Sold Lots
18.0
Lots Sold
66.67%
Unsold Lots
9
Total Sales (GBP)
11,150.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
6,850.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
10,330.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
8,280.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
12,530.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
88.99%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
69 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S & Theodore Roosevelt, 1909

A handwritten autograph letter in ink from President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) to Cherry Kearton, Nairobi, British East Africa, August 29th, 1909.

 1909 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,268.00
85

Handwritten Journals, 1906-1960

 1906-1960 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,142.00
179 Sclater and Oldfield

Book of Antelopes, 4 vol. 1894-1900

 1894-1900 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,016.00
84

A Selection of Important Manuscripts relating to Cherry Kearton Including an unpublished Autobiography

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,134.00
81

Kearton. From the Library and Collection, many signed and inscribed (80)

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 630.00
180 Crealock

Deer-Stalking..Highlands of Scotland, Ltd ed.1897

 1897 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 479.00
71 Herbert Spencer and Cherry Kearton

Herbert Spencer and Cherry Kearton in the Spencer Airship No.II

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 403.00
83 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

Selection of Patents, Photographs and Documents relating to Cherry Kearton's Advancements in Still and Cinematograph Camera Design

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 403.00
77 Kearton Brothers

The Kearton's Personal Press Cutting's Archive

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 378.00
80 Kearton

Collection of Publishing Contracts.

 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 239.00
74 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

A Selection of Bird Studies c.1920s

 c.1920s GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 202.00
73 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

Photographs of Black Footed Penguins, Dassen Island, South Africa, c.1930

 c.1930 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 176.00
70 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

Flashlight Photograph of a Maneless African Lion c.1909

 c.1909 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 126.00
78 John Kearton

Quarto album in green cloth with silver gelatin prints approx 159, showing Richard Kearton's family,

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 126.00
72 Kearton Brothers

Kearton Brothers

 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 113.00
82 Richard Kearton F.Z.S, F.R.P.S

The Adventures of Jack Rabbit, first edition, 1911 and original manuscript.

 1911 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 113.00
79

A Selection of 35mm Nitrate Cine Film from the archives of Cherry Kearton

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 101.00
76 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

A Collection of six silver gelatin photographs of wildlife

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 101.00
58 Joseph Bishop Pratt, (British, 1854-1910) after Heywood Hardy (British, 1842-1933)

titled 'In Reserve' (lower centre); further inscribed 'Painted by Hayward Hardy,

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
176 Favrat-Troyon ('Madame')

Botany: Favrat-Troyon ('Madame') Two drawings, with an engraving of an orangerie

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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