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Auction Name: Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables
Auction Date: 02/03/2026 - 02/03/2026
Sale Number: #20326
Total Lots: 66
Sold Lots: 54.0
Lots Sold: 81.82%
Unsold Lots: 12

Total Sales (GBP): 9,216.93
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 3,510.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 5,740.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 3,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 6,350.00
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
165		The Beano Book - No. 1 - THE FIRST BEANO ANNUAL (1940)		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 579.60
95		Collection of 200-400 Victorian and later cabinet cards photographic portraits,	Victorian	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	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
150		Antiquarian, mixed lot of leather bound volumes, to include Burns Justice x 5, "Mills Logic", ...		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 257.60
84		Seven Victorian and later photograph albums		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	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

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