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Auction Info

Sale Name
Made in Britain
Auction Date
09/14/2021 - 09/14/2021
Year of Sale
2021
Sale Number
#L21145
Total Lots
371
Sold Lots
277
Lots Sold
74.7%
Unsold Lots
94
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
2,183,200.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
1,082,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
1,602,200.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
1,726,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
2,545,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
85.77%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
2,818,590.00

Top twenty five by sale price

View All Auction Lots.
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
174 Dame Magdalene Odundo Untitled (A Large Vase)

GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 214,200.00
100 Sir Cedric Morris Lilies and Poppies against a Mountain Range

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 107,100.00
117 Sir Anthony Caro Floor Piece Aleph (Flowerhead)

GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 81,900.00
201 David Bomberg Lilian's Flowers

GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 56,700.00
10 Bridget Riley Untitled (Fragment 1) (S. 5a)

1965

 GBP 26,000.00 - 35,000.00 52,920.00
30 David Hockney, R.A. The Chairs

2014

 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 50,400.00
23 Bridget Riley Untitled (Fragment 3) (S. 5c)

1965

 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 37,800.00
60 Brian Clarke Blue Computergram

GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 37,800.00
80 John Minton Propriano, Corsica

GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 36,540.00
33 Bridget Riley Untitled (Fragment 4) (S. 5d)

1965

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 35,280.00
235 Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. Man in the Rain

GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 32,760.00
85 Bryan Wynter Journey After Rain

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 32,760.00
110 R.B. Kitaj Self-Portrait in God's Image

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 25,200.00
262 Gary Bunt Moonrise

GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 25,200.00
274 Chris Smith Ali and The Beatles, 1964

1964, printed later.

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 25,200.00
46 Bridget Riley Untitled (Fragment 6) (S. 5f)

1965

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 23,940.00
118 John Hoyland, R.A. 12.5.73

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 22,680.00
173 Lucian Freud Girl Sitting (Hartley 33; Figura 36)

1987

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 22,680.00
5 Terry O'Neill Faye Dunaway at the Beverley Hills Hotel, 1977

1977, printed later.

GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 22,680.00
14 Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. Homes in Salford

1928

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 21,420.00
26 Grayson Perry, R.A. Map of Nowhere

2008

 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 21,420.00
17 David Hockney, R.A. iPad drawing 'No. 778', 17th April 2011

2010

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 20,160.00
227 Michael Ayrton The Track to Chanctonbury

GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 20,160.00
3 Terry O'Neill Brigitte Bardot, Spain, 1971

1971, printed later.

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 20,160.00
259 Mary Fedden, R.A. Lilies and Lemons

GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 18,900.00
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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