Dreweatts: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Part 2) and Japanese, Indian & Islamic Art, 9451, Newbury

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025

Page Size: 35 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
257	A large group of Chinese auction catalogues	1980's to 2020's,	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 119.16
258	A collection of approximately one hundred and eighteen Bonhams auction catalogues		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 39.72
259	A group of Sotheby's Chinese auction catalogues	2003 to 2009	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 662.00
260	A group of Sotheby's Chinese auction catalogues	2010 to 2020	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 211.84
261	A group of transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society	1921-1926; 1926 to 1935, 1936 to 1955; 1957 to 1980	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,721.20
262	A Group of Meiyintang Collection auction catalogues		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 423.68
263	A group of Sotheby's Chinese auction catalogues	1972-1978	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 2,383.20
264	A group of Christie's Chinese Catalogues	1981-1996	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 423.68
265	A large group of Christie's Chinese auction catalogues	2000 to 2024,	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 264.80
266	A set of Sotheby's catalogues of the Sakamoto Goro Collection		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 794.40
267	A group of Sotheby's auction catalogues	2010-2017	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 397.20
268	A selected group of Sotheby's auction catalogues on Chinese Imperial Art		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 463.40
269	A group of Sotheby's auction catalogues		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 344.24
270	A group of Christie's auction catalogues		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 344.24
271	Christie's auction catalogues of The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth	2015	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 529.60
272	An interesting consular document requesting free passage in China to the Great Wall	1862	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,456.40
538	A Pahari scene with a Brahmin priest shaving a novice's hair	circa 1850	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 6,355.20
539	Night Flight to Heaven by 'The Prophet of Buraq'	circa 1800	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,383.20
540	An Indian miniature depicting Krishna in battle	late 18th or first half 19th century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
541	A Saint leading The Prophet's Camel	18th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 423.68
542	A double portrait of two boys	19th century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 7,282.00
543	Mukul Dey	1939	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,986.00
544	Maqbool Fida Husain		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 662.00
550	A group of various photographs of Ceylon	circa 1890's	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
589	A complete boxed set by Jack Hillier Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection	1976	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold

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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.

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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.

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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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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.
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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
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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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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.