Christies: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art, including Property from the Pal Family Collection, 23498, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025
Page Size: 58 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
522 ULRICH VON SCHROEDER.

ULRICH VON SCHROEDER. A COMPLETE SET OF BOOKS

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,413.00
537

A COLLECTION OF FOLIOS FROM SIX MANUSCRIPTS

 INDIA AND NEPAL 15TH CENTURY AND LATER. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 762.00
538

TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM RAGAMALA SERIES

 INDIA RAJASTHAN 17TH-18TH CENTURY. USD 2,200.00 - 2,800.00 USD 2,032.00
539

THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM VARIOUS RAGAMALA SERIES

 INDIA RAJASTHAN 18TH CENTURY. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,651.00
540

THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM VARIOUS RAGAMALA SERIES

 INDIA 19TH CENTURY. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,413.00
541

THREE PAHARI PAINTINGS

 INDIA PUNJAB HILLS 18TH-19TH CENTURY. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,048.00
542

A GROUP OF SKETCHES FOR MINIATURE PAINTINGS

 INDIA RAJASTHAN 19TH-20TH CENTURY. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 508.00
543

A PAINTING OF RAMA AND SITA ENTHRONED

 SOUTH INDIA TANJORE 19TH-20TH CENTURY. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,620.00
544

FOUR COMPANY SCHOOL MINIATURES

 INDIA 19TH-20TH CENTURY. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,905.00
545

TWO ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPTS AND TWO PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS

 PERSIA AND ARMENIA 18TH-19TH CENTURY. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,397.00
546

FIVE TANTRIC PAINTINGS

 INDIA 19TH-20TH CENTURY. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,397.00
547 JAMES GOODWIN

THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS II; KUNDALINI AS COSMIC FORM.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,064.00
548 RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1861-1941).

"THE TAME BIRD WAS IN A CAGE," SIGNED AND HANDWRITTEN POEM

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 48,260.00
549 EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)

PEACOCKS NEAR BHURTPORE, NORTHERN INDIA.

USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 20,320.00
550 ATUL DODIYA (B. 1959)

NUT; HOMO SAPIENS FROM INDIA.

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,255.00
551 ARPANA CAUR (B.1954)

BODY IS JUST A GARMENT. , 1992

 1992 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,524.00
552 MUKUL DEY (1895-1989)

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 889.00
553 PAUL B. ARNOLD (1918-2012)

ANCIENT HERDER.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
555 KANWAL KRISHNA AND DEVAYANI KRISHNA

UNTITLED (TIBETAN MULETEER); UNTITLED (TIBETAN MONK).

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,715.00
556 SRI INDU GUPTA

SHAH JAHAN LOOKING AT THE TAJ.

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,795.00
557 RANADA CHARAN UKIL (1900-1970)

AT THE STRAIN OF THE FLUTE.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 5,080.00
558

FOUR DEVOTIONAL PRINTS

 20TH CENTURY. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,651.00
559

FOUR DEVOTIONAL PRINTS

 20TH CENTURY. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 889.00
560

THREE DEVOTIONAL PRINTS

 20TH CENTURY. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 635.00
561

FOUR DEVOTIONAL PRINTS

 20TH CENTURY. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 635.00
  • <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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