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

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.