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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood

Auction Info

Auction Name: Maritime Auction
Auction Date: 06/24/2025 - 06/24/2025
Sale Number: #62425
Total Lots: 30
Sold Lots: 23
Lots Sold: 76.67%
Unsold Lots: 7

Total Sales (GBP): 10,292.60
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 2,190.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 3,280.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 2,950.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 4,470.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 230.26%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
224		A rare 1852 Franklin Search Expedition 'Rescue Button' or 'Postal Button'	1852	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 7,872.00
376	Arthur Briscoe (1873-1943)	'Making Sail', monochrome engraving No.23/75		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 787.20
251	Rear-Admiral Sir Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee,	Rear-Admiral Sir Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee, 2nt Bt, CBE. A Queen's Regulations journal	1902-1904	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 262.40
250	Gustaf Adolf Mauritz Erickson (1872-1947)	A collection of logs and movement files for his sailing ship fleet from his London Agent H . Clarkson & Co, circa 1930	circa 1930	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 183.68
318	Thomas Dickson	A 19th century log book for the Honorable Company Ship 'Alfred' , kept by Thomas Dickson,,	1858-1859	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 170.56
290	H. S Brown	A collection of six late 19th century Journals by H. S Brown	late 19th century	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	GBP 111.52
402	Devon. Collins (Captain Greenville),	'Dartmouth',	late 17th/early 18th century,	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 104.96
380		A collection of twenty-eight early 20th century naval prints of ships and ratings,	early 20th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 91.84
381		A late 18th century hand coloured engraving 'View of the Ice Islands as seen in Cook's Second	late 18th century	Not Available	GBP 85.28
284		A late 19th century manuscript ship's log for the cargo sailing ship 'Castlehead',	1870	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.72
265		A late 19th century ship's log for the SS 'William Cory' for the passage to British India and		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 59.04
279	J G Dawson,	A 19th century log for the W Thomas & Son barque 'Carmathenshire', kept by J G Dawson,	1866 to 1869	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 59.04
249		An early 20th Century large cloth bound photograph album documenting a cruise aboard the steam	early 20th Century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.48
263		A late 19th century sailor's diary from HMS 'Edgar' covering the period 1893 to 1904,	1893-1904	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 45.92
312	Dawson, L.	'The Voyage of the 'Emelle'. July-August, 1927'		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 45.92
275		Two late 19th century Captain's log books for the British Ship Owners Co,	late 19th century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 45.92
280		A 19th century ship's Accounts ledger for the sailing barque 'Emily' of North Shields, circa 1863,	circa 1863,	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 39.36
365	Longridge, C, N.	'The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships',	1961	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.36
374		A large black and white photograph of the Training Ship 'Mercator',		GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.36
291		A British Empire Exhibition illustrated programme for the model of 'The Raid On Zeebrugge'	1924	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 32.80

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