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Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented By Rare Book Auctions)

Auction Reports

Auction Name The Library Sale (Presented By Rare Book Auctions) Total Sales (GBP) 63,297.50
Auction Date February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 40,190.00
Sale Number #21826 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 69,220.00
Total Lots 305
Sold Lots 216.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 73,010.00
% of Lots Sold 70.82% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 116,450.00
Unsold Lots 89 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 54.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Frank Auerbach (German-British, 1931-2024)

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & ORIGINAL SKETCHES

 (1954 to 1973) GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
2 GREENE, (Graham)

[GRAHAM GREENE - DREAMS & PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE]

 1971 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,875.00
63 ROWLING, (J. K.)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 1997 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,500.00
3 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

[Campaign against the Rajah of Bullum]

 Dated 21st to 27th January, 1802 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,437.50
50

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of 485 cabinet card photographs

 [c. 1870-1920] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,937.50
49

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of 684 Victorian carte de visite photographs, people & portraits

 [c. 1860-80] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,687.50
142 TURNER, (J. M. W.)

Picturesque Views of England and Wales

 1832 GBP 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,625.00
75 ASIMOV, (Isaac)

I, Robot

 1952 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,250.00
64 ROWLING, J. K.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 1997 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,125.00
141

[Geneva Bible]. "Breeches Bible"

 1610 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,125.00
161 CARTER, (Howard)

The Tomb of Tutankhamen

 1923-33 GBP 600.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,062.50
163 WILBERFORCE, William

A Practical View

 1829 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,062.50
89

F1 Opus, Classic Edition of The Official Formula One Opus

 2011 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,000.00
5

An archive of 17th-18th century British newspapers featuring news from America (including "Address of President Washington on His Resignation - To the People of the United States")

 [1682 to 1805] GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 812.50
48

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of approximately 800 loose postcards, many real photographic examples [c. 1900-1920]

 [c. 1890-1930] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 812.50
162 GIBBON, Edward

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

 GBP 400.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
78 BLAKE, Quentin (Illust.) & DAHL, Roald

A collection of SIGNED & INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS comprising: The BFG, "To Little Dominic, prettier than ever! Quentin Blake"...

 1982 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 687.50
67 ROWLING, (J. K.)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 1997 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 625.00
157 [HOBBES, (Thomas)]

The History of the Civil Wars of England

 1679 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 625.00
236

[CRIMINAL HISTORY]. North Staffordshire Archive 1860-1890s

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 625.00
252

A Collection of the Public General Statutes, Passed in the Forty-Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third

 1807 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 625.00
70 ROWLING, (J. K.)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

 1998 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 550.00
73 TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)

[The Lord of the Rings]. The Fellowship of the Ring

 1959 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 550.00
54

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of 11 ambrotype and 22 tintype photographs, people & portraits

 [c. 1850-70] GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 500.00
58

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of 110 loose/unmounted Photoglob Zurich [photochrom] prints depicting architectural scenery...

 [c. 1890-1910] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 475.00