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Sale Results | London, Bond St |
Sale L16417 Library of Mohamed and Margaret Makiya | 19 APR 16 | ||
Grand Total: | £2,691,105 ($3,857,968) | Exch Rate: | 1.43 |
Sold by Lot: | 93.2% | Lots Offered: | 296 |
Sold by Value: | 99.3% | Lots Sold/Unsold: | 276 / 20 |
Lot | Price (GBP) | Estimate (GBP) | Buyer |
132 | £425,000 ($609,280) | £1,000 - 2,000 | Anonymous |
The Levant, a collection of 15 volumes on Palestine, the Holy Land, Syria and Lebanon | |||
134 | £365,000 ($523,264) | £700 - 1,000 | Anonymous |
The Levant and Egypt, a collection of 7 volumes | |||
110 | £317,000 ($454,451) | £1,000 - 1,500 | Anonymous |
Iraq, a collection of 229 volumes relating to Iraq, from ancient times to the present | |||
57 | £118,750 ($170,240) | £20,000 - 30,000 | Anonymous |
Pascal Xavier Coste, 42 sheets of architectural and topographical drawings of Cairo for 'Architecture Arabe ou monuments du Kaire', circa 1818-25 | |||
135 | £87,500 ($125,440) | £500 - 700 | Anonymous |
George T. Lowth, The Wanderer in Arabia, 1855 | |||
56 | £75,000 ($107,520) | £20,000 - 30,000 | Anonymous |
Robert Clive, Sketches between the Persian Gulf & Black Sea, 1852 | |||
69 | £68,750 ($98,560) | £10,000 - 15,000 | Anonymous |
Description de l'Egypte, 29 volumes, 1820-1826 | |||
250 | £52,500 ($75,264) | £1,000 - 1,500 | Anonymous |
Robert Wood, The ruins of Palmyra, 1753 | |||
175 | £40,000 ($57,344) | £10,000 - 15,000 | Anonymous |
Omar Khayyam, A collection of over 300 editions, translations and works relating to the Rubaiyat, many from the library of the bibliographer and collector Ambrose G. Potter | |||
50 | £37,500 ($53,760) | £1,500 - 2,500 | Anonymous |
Central Asia, a collection of 28 volumes in English | |||
154 | £37,500 ($53,760) | £15,000 - 20,000 | Private Collector |
The Military Costume of Turkey, a volume of original drawings and proof plates, circa | |||
Specialist in Charge: Richard Fattorini | Press Office Contact: Toby Skeggs | ||
Please note all prices include buyer's premium. Sale session totals are net aggregate figures plus premiums. **Estimates do not include buyer's premium** | |||
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