Christies: Spellbound: The Hegewisch Collection, Part I, 23969, London - King Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025

Page Size: 29 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528)	Adam and Eve	1504	GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 279,400.00
302	HANS BALDUNG, CALLED GRIEN (1484-1545)	The Bewitched Groom	circa 1544-1545	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 20,320.00
303	GUSTAVE DORE (1832-1883)	'...here I opened wide the door; Darkness there and nothing more...': an illustration for Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Raven'		GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 69,850.00
307	ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528)	The Dream of the Doctor	circa 1498	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 48,260.00
314	PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)	La Femme a la fenetre	1952	GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 228,600.00
315	EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)	The Kiss ('Kyss')	1895	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 101,600.00
316	EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)	Madonna (Woman making Love)	1895	GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00	GBP 279,400.00
319	ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528)	Saint Eustace	circa 1501	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 317,500.00
320	FERDINAND-VICTOR-EUGENE DELACROIX (1798-1863)	Cheval sauvage terrasse par un tigre	1828	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
323	PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)	La Minotauromachie	1935	GBP 700,000.00 - 1,000,000.00	GBP 635,000.00
326	FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)	Los Caprichos	1797-98	GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 190,500.00
327	EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)	Self-Portrait	1895	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 53,340.00
328	JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)	Les Peches Capitaux (The Deadly Sins)	1888-1904	GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 124,460.00
330	MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)	Selbstbildnis mit steifem Hut ('Self-Portrait in Bowler Hat')	1921	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 44,450.00
331	MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)	Die Holle	1919	GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00	Not Sold
333	OTTO DIX (1891-1969)	Selbstbildnis 1933	1933	GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 241,300.00
334	ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528)	Melencolia I	1514	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 203,200.00
336	PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)	Le repas frugal	1904	GBP 1,500,000.00 - 2,500,000.00	Not Sold
338	EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)	The Sick Child I ('Det syke barn I')	1896	GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 190,500.00
339	EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)	Melancholy III	1902	GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 190,500.00
340	PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)	Buste de jeune femme de trois quarts	1906	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	Not Sold
341	ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528)	Knight, Death and the Devil	1513	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 304,800.00
342	FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)	Los Desastres de la Guerra	1810-20	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 57,150.00
343	JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)	La Vengeance de Hop-Frog (Hop-Frog's Revenge)	1898	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 91,440.00
347	OTTO DIX (1891-1969)	Der Krieg	1924	GBP 180,000.00 - 250,000.00	GBP 190,500.00

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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.

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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.
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.
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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.