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Auction Name: Photography & Cameras, Historical Autographs & Documents
Auction Date: 05/21/2025 - 05/21/2025
Sale Number: #52125
Total Lots: 480
Sold Lots: 379
Lots Sold: 78.96%
Unsold Lots: 101

Total Sales (GBP): 251,580.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 107,680.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 158,160.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 130,930.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 191,880.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 131.11%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
257	Alcock (John Rutherford, 1809-1897).	Alcock (John Rutherford). An album of original drawings and prints of Japan, ,	c. 1859-63	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 20,224.00
230		Seychelles. A superlative private collection of Seychelles postcards, ,	c. 1903 and later	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 8,848.00
316	Newton (Isaac, 1642-1727),	Newton (Isaac, 1642-1727). Document Signed, 'Is. Newt[on]'	28 June 1705	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 8,216.00
42		Seychelles. A very fine collection of 25 photographs taken by Colonel Lambert Playfair...and others		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 6,825.60
43		Shanghai Panorama. 'View of the Foreign Settlement at Shanghai. Taken by D. Satow...'	1895	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 6,320.00
411	Sun Yat-sen & Sir James & Lady Cantlie.	Chinese Revolution 1911: Sun Yat-sen & Sir James & Lady Cantlie. An important archive		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,550.40
263		Battle of Spion Kop. A manuscript eye-witness account..., ,	1901	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 4,044.80
22	Gower (Abel Anthony James, 1836-1899?),	Gower (Abel Anthony James, 1836-1899?) salted paper print from a glass negative		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,792.00
40		Seychelles. A Messageries Maritimes album of 46 mounted photographs	c. 1895	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,286.40
321	Wesley (John, 1703-1791),	Wesley (John, 1703-1791), Church of England clergyman... Autograph Letter Signed		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,286.40
12		China. An album of 24 photographs of Shanghai and Peking	c. 1870s/1880s	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 3,286.40
11		China. A photograph album of 50 views of West Lake, Hangchow (Hangzhau)		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,907.20
75	Hurley (Frank, 1885-1962).	Hurley (Frank, 1885-1962). Endurance Steaming through Loose Pack Ice	1914-12-01	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,907.20
474	Wilson (Edward Adrian, 1872-1912)	Wilson (Edward Adrian, 1872-1912). A pair of Christmas cards from Edward & Mary Wilson, 1910 & 1911		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 2,780.80
298	Audubon (John James, 1785-1851),	Audubon (John James, 1785-1851), French-American artist..		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,780.80
45	Claudet (Anton Fran	Claudet (Anton Francois, 1797-1867). A group of 4 hand-tinted stereoscopic daguerreotypes		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,654.40
104	Salgado (Sebasti	Salgado (Sebastiao, 1944- ). Mali, vintage gelatin silver print,	1985	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 2,528.00
297	Victoria (1819-1901),	Victoria (1819-1901), , Queen of the United Kingdom & Ireland. Still life	1890	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,401.60
41		Seychelles. A photograph album from the second class cruiser, HMS Bonaventure	1896	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,275.20
319	Wallace (Alfred Russel, 1823-1913).	Wallace (Alfred Russel, 1823-1913). Autograph Letter Signed, Alfred R. Wallace', 21 March 1894	1894	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,275.20

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