Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers: Modern and Contemporary Art, 111925, Billinghurst, West Sussex

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 125 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
757 EDWARD BAWDEN (BRITISH, 1903-1989)

Town Hall Yard (1956) (Greenwood MG.041)

1956 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,900.00
758 CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (BRITISH, 1889-1946)

The Spirit of Progress

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
759 JOHN EDGAR PLATT (BRITISH, 1886-1967)

CARPENT TVA POMA NEPOTES

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 416.00
760 MARIE LAURENCIN (FRENCH, 1883-1956)

Young Girl with a Ribbon, Ex-Libris, Edward Wassermann

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
761 MARC CHAGALL (RUSSIAN/FRENCH, 1887-1985)

Sirene au Poete (1967) (Sorlier 27)

1967 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
762 LOUIS ICART (FRENCH, 1888-1950)

Girl by branches

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 91.00
781 SIDNEY NOLAN (AUSTRALIAN, 1917-1992) (2)

Humming Bird; Flowers

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 390.00
843 TOM PURVIS (BRITISH, 1888-1959) (6)

East Coast Joys, Travel By L.N.E.R. to the Drier Side of Britain

1931 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,640.00
844 ANTHONY GROSS (BRITISH, 1905-1984)

Grape Pickers

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 117.00
845 ELIZABETH KEITH (SCOTTISH, 1887-1956)

Nine Dragon Pool, Diamond Mts Korea

1921 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 4,550.00
846 MARINO MARINI (ITALIAN, 1901-1980)

Jongleur et Chevaux, Fond Vert, Bordure Jaune (1953) (Guastalla L40)

1953 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
847 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)

Workers in a Field

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 117.00
848 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)

Fruit Pickers

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
849 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000) (54)

Song of the Migrant Bird

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,430.00
850 AFTER JOAN MIRO

Sculptor

2012 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 78.00
851 HENRI MATISSE (FRENCH, 1869-1954)

Exposition d'Affiches, from Cut Paper Series

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
852 SALVADOR DALI (SPANISH, 1904-1989)

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 390.00
853 SALVADOR DALI (SPENSIH, 1904-1989)

La Tete, from Venus aux Fourrures

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 546.00
854 SALVADOR DALI (SPANISH, 1904-1989)

Manege, from Le Cirque (Michler & Lopsinger 138)

GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,690.00
855 AFTER SALVADOR DALI

My Wife Nude, Contemplating Her Own Flesh Becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 130.00
856 AFTER SALVADOR DALI

Maximum Speed of Raphael's Madonna

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 65.00
857 JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)

Petworth Park Gates

GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 975.00
858 JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)

Pyrton Manor

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
859 JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992) (2)

Santa Maria Della Salute

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 182.00
860 VICTOR PASMORE (BRITISH, 1908-1998)

Birthday 3, one plate from 'Birthday Suite' (1997)

1997 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 780.00
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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.
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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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    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.
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    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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    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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    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.