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Duke's

Auction Info

Auction Name
Avenue Auction
Auction Date
05/13/2025 - 05/13/2025
Sale Number
#51325
Total Lots
85
Sold Lots
57
Lots Sold
67.06%
Unsold Lots
28
Total Sales (GBP)
3,328.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
2,430.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
4,220.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
3,920.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
6,870.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
48.44%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
704 IRVING, WASHINGTON -

'THE ALHAMBRA'

1870 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 364.00
714

A COLLECTION OF SORTING, NATURE AND WILDLIFE BOOKS

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 156.00
650

A LARGE QUANTITY OF BLANDFORD RELATED SCRAPS, NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS, POSTCARDS AND BOOKS

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 156.00
710

FOLIO SOCIETY: A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS VOLUMES

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 130.00
695 MANELLI, FRANCESCO DI AMARETTO:

'IL DECAMERON DI BOCCACCIO'

1761 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
707

THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPERE'

1847 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
742 SAMUEL & NATHANIEL BUCK:

DORSET CASTLES AND MONUMENTS

GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 117.00
689

A GRAND TOUR STYLE SKETCH ALBUM, WITH BRASS CLASP, EARLY 19th CENTURY

EARLY 19th CENTURY GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 117.00
705 CHARLES DICKENS

THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS

late 19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 91.00
692

BLACK'S GENERAL ATLAS OF THE WORLD'

1862 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 91.00
729 DAPHNE CONSTANCE ALLEN, 1899 - 1985:

ILLUSTRATIONS TO MATTHEW ARNOLD'S 'THE FORSAKEN MERMAN'

c.1913 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
677

A LARGE COLLECTION OF WATCH AUCTION CATALOGUES

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
702

A QUANTITY OF ART AND OTHER BOOKS

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
683 STEPHENSON, JOHN:

UNDERSTANDING THREADLINES'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
717 H.F. WITHERBY (Ed)

THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS

1943 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 78.00
721

MAP OF PARIS, PRINTED ON CLOTH

1837 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 65.00
697 E SOMERVILLE,

SLIPPER'S ABC OF FOX HUNTING

1903 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 58.50
720 JOHN NORDEN;

MAP OF 'HAMSHIRE' (HAMPSHIRE) , ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM HOLE

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 58.50
684 FRANCIS DAY,

THE FISHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

1880-1884 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 52.00
674

A COLLECTION OF WATCH AUCTION CATALOGUES

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00

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