Sothebys: Old Master Prints, L25170, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 05, 2025 - December 05, 2025

Page Size: 75 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
501	Albrecht Durer	The Virgin and Child with a Monkey (Bartsch 42; Meder, Hollstein 30; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 20)	circa 1496	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 25,400.00
502	Albrecht Durer	The Prodigal Son (B., M., Holl. 28; S.M.S. 9)	circa 1496	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
503	Albrecht Durer	Saint Eustace (B., 57; M., Holl. 60; S.M.S. 32)	circa 1501	GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00	GBP 88,900.00
504	Albrecht Durer	The Lamentation, from The Large Passion (B. 13; M., Holl. 122; S.M.S. 162)	circa 1498-99	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,350.00
506	Albrecht Durer	Adam and Eve (B. 1; M., Holl. 1)	1504	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 82,550.00
507	Albrecht Durer	St. Eustace (B. 57; M., Holl. 60; S.M.S. 32)	circa 1501	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 11,430.00
508	After Pieter Brueghel the Elder	The Descent of Christ Into Limbo (Bastelaer, Hollstein 115; New Hollstein 7)	1555-70	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 13,970.00
509	Hendrick Goltzius	The Adoration of the Shepherds (Bartsch 2; Hollstein 15; New Hollstein 14; Strauss 362)	circa 1600	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 8,890.00
510	Philippe Thomassin	Battle of the Lapiths, after Bernadino Passeri	1617-19	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,810.00
511	After Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino	Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl	circa 1527-1530	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 2,540.00
512	Hendrick Goltzius	The Emperor Commodus as Hercules (B. 144; Holl. 146; S. 313)	1592	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 1,397.00
513	German School, 15th Century	Christus am Kreuz mit Engeln, die das Blut auffragen (Schreiber 950-951)	a good impression of this rare print	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,810.00
514	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with Face Dark: Bust (Bartsch, Hollstein 17; New Hollstein 120)	1633	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
515	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Self-Portrait Etching at a Window (B., Holl. 22; New Holl. 240)	1648	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 11,430.00
516	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	The Man in a Broad-Brimmed Hat (B. 311; New Holl. 73)	1638	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 10,795.00
517	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Abraham Caressing Isaac (B., Holl. 33; New Holl. 165)	circa 1637	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
518	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake (B., Holl. 63; New Holl. 278)	1654	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 11,430.00
519	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	The Flight into Egypt: crossing a Brook (B., Holl. 55; New Holl. 277)	1654	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
520	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	The Hundred Guilder Print (B., Holl. 74; New Holl. 239)	circa 1648	GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00	GBP 279,400.00
521	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	The Triumph of Mordecai (B., Holl. 40; New Holl. 185)	circa 1641	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
522	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	The Angel appearing to the Shepherds (B., Holl. 44; New Holl. 125)	1634	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 16,510.00
523	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple (B., Holl. 94; New Holl. 312)	1659	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 16,510.00
524	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Christ preaching ('La Petite Tombe') (B., Holl. 67; New Holl. 298)	circa 1657	GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 31,750.00
525	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Abraham's Sacrifice (B., Holl. 35; New Holl. 287)	1655	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 69,850.00
526	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	The Adoration of the Shepherds: with the Lamp (B., Holl. 45; New Holl. 279)	circa 1654	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 8,255.00

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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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.
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.