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Auction Name: The Collection and Archive of Sir Basil Gould CBE
Auction Date: 06/05/2025 - 06/05/2025
Sale Number: #31405
Total Lots: 17
Sold Lots: 15
Lots Sold: 88.24%
Unsold Lots: 2

Total Sales (GBP): 195,450.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 25,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 38,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 26,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 39,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 489.85%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
27		Seven large "draft" photograph albums from Sir Basil Gould's 1936-1937 British Mission to Lhasa. Containing approximately 1515 photographs.	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 57,550.00
33	Sir Basil John Gould	Six photo albums, numerous unmounted photographs, some colour transparencies depicting Tibet.	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 53,740.00
34		A large quantity of 16mm film from Sir Basil Gould and a quantity of film related correspondence.	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 19,200.00
21		A large box of papers, letters, manuscripts and other ephemera relating to Tibet and "The Jewel in the Lotus".	Not Available	GBP 14,080.00
20A		A set of five 1913 Tibetan Bank notes	Not Available	GBP 8,320.00
30	Sir Basil John Gould	A box of photographs, letters, colour transparencies and manuscripts relating to Sir Basil's service and travels to Sikkim, Bhutan and India.	Not Available	GBP 8,320.00
25	Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy	His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on his throne in the Norbhu Linka	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 8,320.00
28		Six typed "Lhasa Mission Diary" 1936/37 folios.	Not Available	GBP 6,400.00
29	Sir Basil John Gould	A large box of photograph albums, papers, letters and manuscripts relating to Gould's service in Afghanistan	Not Available	GBP 5,120.00
19		A Tibetan canonical manuscript relating to the Bon religion.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 4,480.00
22		A collection of books belonging to Sir Basil Gould.	Not Available	GBP 4,096.00
26	Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy	Ngawang Sungrab Thutob (1874-1953), 3rd Taktra Rinpoche, Regent of Tibet (1941-1950)	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,432.00
20		A quantity of papers, maps and correspondence relating to Gould's visits to Lhasa and Tibet.	Not Available	GBP 1,792.00
31		Items related to Ernst Schafer	Not Available	GBP 832.00
32	Guanghua Photo Studio	A portrait photograph of Chiang Kai Shek	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 768.00
24		A 1947 letter from the 3rd Taktra Rinpoche, Regent of Tibet (1941-50) to Sir Basil Gould.	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
23		A 1947 letter from the 14th Dalai Lama to Sir Basil Gould.	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold

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