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Auction Name: Asian Art | 2 Day Sale
Auction Date: 05/15/2025 - 05/16/2025
Sale Number: #A1206
Total Lots: 64
Sold Lots: 32
Lots Sold: 50.00%
Unsold Lots: 32

Total Sales (GBP): 23,894.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 7,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 12,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 16,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 26,750.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 89.32%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
223	Lin Yu-tang (Translator):	The Adventures of Sun the Monkey	1921	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 7,150.00
224	[Esper Esperovich Ukhtomsky]	Journey to the East of His Imperial Highness the Tsesarevich 1890-1891.	1898	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 3,640.00
233		CHINA: Views of Shanghai During the Great Snowfall of 1893	[1893].	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,560.00
198		A group of Chinese printed Buddhist texts and stories		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,300.00
231	Dingle, John Edwin (Editor):	The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China	1917	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 780.00
230	Dingle, John Edwin (Editor):	The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China	1917	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 780.00
253		India - a large collection, including: The ancient Monuments, Temples and Sculptures of India		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 780.00
221		A group of Burmese 'parabaik' folding books	late 19th century	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 715.00
245		Chinese sale catalogues and reference books		GBP 300.00 - 600.00	GBP 715.00
240		Chinese Bronzes: including: Shanghai bowuguan cang qingtongqi. (Bronzes in the Shanghai Museum)	1964	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 650.00
238		Chinese Archaeology, Jade, etc. including: Dou ji tai gou dongqu muzang tu shuo (Archaeology of Douji tai), Su Bingqi 1954		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 650.00
241	Misugi, T	Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil, 3 volumes.	1981	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 546.00
239		General Chinese art		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 494.00
242		Ku-Kung Chu Hua Chi (Paintings in the Palace Museum, Beijing)		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 416.00
237		Sacred Books of the East 56 volumes	mainly in the 1800s	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 390.00
243		Buddhist caves/wall paintings, etc. a large quantity		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 390.00
236		Ceramics: Quantity, including: Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections vol. 11		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 338.00
244		India - a large collection, including: The Ancient Monuments, Temples and Sculptures of India		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 286.00
201		A large group of Japanese prints		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 286.00
111		A large collection of Chinese Art reference books		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 260.00

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