Auction Reports

The Book Merchant Jenkins

Auction Info

Auction Name
Signed Firsts, Books, Maps & Prints
Auction Date
06/07/2025 - 06/07/2025
Sale Number
#60725
Total Lots
484
Sold Lots
456
Lots Sold
94.21%
Unsold Lots
28
Total Sales (AUD)
92,207.60
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
36,580.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
60,550.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
45,890.00
High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
73,570.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
125.33%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
165 Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie: Sad Cypress First Edition

1940 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 1,586.00
292 J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter Deluxe Edition First Printings

1999-2007. AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 1,464.00
411 John Olsen; Ken McGregor

John Olsen at Owlswood

2015 AUD 500.00 - 800.00 AUD 1,342.00
64 The Journals

The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery

1999 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 1,342.00
471 Walter E. Roth

Ethnological Studies Among The North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines

1897 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 1,098.00
117 Karl Marx; Frederick Engels

Karl Marx: Capital

1891 AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 1,098.00
436 Joan Miro

[ART] Signed Joan Miro: Oiseau Solaire

1967 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 976.00
416 Linda Van Nunen

Point to Point: The Art of Tim Storrier

1987 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 915.00
143

[OCCULT, CHAOS MAGICK] Structure for a Novel after the Chaos Book

AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 915.00
284 Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Signed First Editions

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 915.00
100

Japanese Swords

1982 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 854.00
99 Anton Gill

The Great Escape (Signed by Escapees)

2002 AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 793.00
314 Frederick Forsyth

Frederick Forsyth Signed First Editions

AUD 50.00 - 80.00 AUD 793.00
53 Leonard Huxley

[ANTARCTICA] Scott's Last Expedition

1913 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 732.00
112

Time's Telescope, or, The Astronomer's, Botanist's and Naturalist's Guide, 1823-34

1814-1834 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 732.00
141

[OCCULT] Tarot of the Bohemians

1929 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 732.00
126 R. Bowdler Sharpe

Birds of Paradise Folio Society

2011 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 732.00
171 Neil Gaiman; Michael Reaves; Mallory Reaves

Gaiman & Reaves: Interworld & The Silver Dream

2014 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 732.00
55 The Traveller's

The Traveller's Library (41 Books in 15 Volumes)

1852-1856. AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 732.00
301 J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter Library

AUD 140.00 - 240.00 AUD 671.00

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