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Auction Name: Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera
Auction Date: 05/21/2025 - 05/21/2025
Sale Number: #52125
Total Lots: 264
Sold Lots: 235
Lots Sold: 89.02%
Unsold Lots: 29

Total Sales (GBP): 165,398.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 30,810.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 48,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 36,250.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 56,150.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 294.56%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3109	An album of cigarette card odds		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 26,145.00
3100	An album of cigarette card odds		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 9,213.00
3108	An album of trade card odds		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 8,092.50
3118	Eight albums of cigarette cards		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 5,727.00
3352	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 5,229.00
3356	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,984.00
3347	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,984.00
3351	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,984.00
3357	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,735.00
3353	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,735.00
3350	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,486.00
3348	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,237.00
3355	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,237.00
3349	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,237.00
3354	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,739.00
3346	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 200 signed photographs		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,739.00
3110	An album of trade cards		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,365.50
3335	AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 84 autographs of motor racing interest		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,241.00
3117	A collection of cigarette cards including a set of 52 Wills 'Double-meaning (PC Inset)'	1938	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 2,241.00
3107	Two albums of cigarette cards including 16 Jones Bros		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 2,116.50

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