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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 12, 2024 - December 12, 2024
Page Size: 42 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Tom Hallman

A Game of Thrones: original dust-jacket artwork

1996 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 37,800.00
2 Jean-Francois Podevin

Snow Crash: original dust-jacket artwork

1992 GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
3 Neal Stephenson

The Diamond Age: original typed manuscript

GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 50,400.00
4 Bruce Jensen

The Diamond Age: original dust-jacket artwork

1994 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,240.00
5 Chip Kidd

Jurassic Park: original dust-jacket artwork

New York 1988 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
6 Michael Crichton

Jurassic Park: from the library of John H. Ostrom

New York 1990 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 3,024.00
9 John Schoenherr

Dune: an early study of Arrakis

circa 1960s GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 10,710.00
10 Jodorowsky and others

The Dune Bible

Suresnes [circa 1975] GBP 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 GBP 277,200.00
11 H.R. Giger

Dune VI

1976 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 100,800.00
13 Chris Foss

Alien: the escape module

1976 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,890.00
14 H.R. Giger

Biomechanical Landscape I

1979 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 113,400.00
15 Chris Foss

Norman Conquest 2066: original cover artwork

circa 1977 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
16 Fred Marcellino

Radix: original dust-jacket artwork

1981 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 1,386.00
17 Melvyn Grant

Red Mars: original dust-jacket artwork

1992 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 1,512.00
18 The War of the Worlds

Martian War Machine replica

second half 20th century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,386.00
21 William Timlin

The Ship that Sailed to Mars: original illustration

circa 1923 GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 Not Sold
22 Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time: signed first edition

New York 1962 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
23 Fred Marcellino

A Ring of Endless Light: original dust-jacket artwork

1979 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 1,512.00
24 J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit: first edition

London 1937 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 20,160.00
25 Rene Peron

King Kong, 1933: original vintage film poster

1933 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 25,200.00
26 J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

London 1997 GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 75,600.00
27 Thomas Taylor

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: original artwork

2001 GBP 120,000.00 - 160,000.00 Not Sold
29 WELLS, H.G.

The Works [Atlantic Edition]. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924-1927.

New York 1924-1927 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 2,772.00
30 John Harris

Ender's Game: original dust-jacket artwork

1978 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 504,000.00
31 John Harris

Speaker for the Dead: original dust-jacket artwork

1978 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) - [Opera omnia]. Bologna: Bellagamba, Benacci, Bonomi, Tebaldini, Ferroni, 1599-1668. €22.000-€28.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
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