Christies: Contemporary Edition, 23436, London -South Kensington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Page Size: 78 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
28 DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)

Plate 4, from: Memento

2008 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 9,525.00
29 MARC QUINN (B. 1964)

Plate 6, from: At the far edges of the universe

2010 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
30 MARC QUINN (B. 1964)

Plate 4, from: At the far edges of the universe

2010 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
31 HARLAND MILLER (B. 1964)

LUV

2023 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,065.00
32 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Sponsored by You

2019 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,255.00
33 DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)

Doxylamine

2007 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 12,700.00
34 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Selfie with Political Causes

2018 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,255.00
35 DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)

Cineole

2004 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 12,700.00
36 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

The American Dream

2021 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 25,400.00
37 DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)

Flumequine

2007 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 40,640.00
38 HARLAND MILLER (B. 1964)

Armageddon: Is It Too Much To Ask? (large)

2017 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 13,970.00
39 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

England as seen from Lockdown in Islington

2021 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,160.00
40 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Plate 1, from: Six Snapshots of Julie (colour)

2015 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
41 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Plate 2, from: Six Snapshots of Julie (colour)

2015 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
42 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Plate 3, from: Six Snapshots of Julie (colour)

2015 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
43 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Plate 4, from: Six Snapshots of Julie (colour)

2015 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
44 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Plate 5, from: Six Snapshots of Julie (colour)

2015 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
45 GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Plate 6, from: Six Snapshots of Julie (colour)

2015 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
46 MARC QUINN (B. 1964)

Plate 9, from: Winter Garden

2004 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 889.00
47 MARC QUINN (B. 1964)

Plate 10, from: Winter Garden

2004 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 889.00
48 MARC QUINN (B. 1964)

Plate 6 and 7, from: Eye of History (two prints)

2013 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
49 JADE FADOJUTIMI (B. 1993)

A Tidal Wave of Perception

2021 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,778.00
50 JAKE & DINOS CHAPMAN (B. 1962 & B. 1966)

Plate 5, 9 and 14, from: Bedtime Tales for Sleepless Nights (three prints)

2013 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
51 JAKE & DINOS CHAPMAN (B. 1962 & B. 1966)

Plate 17, 21 and 27, from: Etchasketchathon (three prints)

2005 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
52 GEORGE SHAW (B. 1966)

The Appointment

2005 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 889.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.