Sothebys: Modern and Contemporary Discoveries, HK1638, Hong Kong

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025

Page Size: 16 items in 1 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1226	Damien Hirst	Giddy Blossom	2021	HKD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00	Not Sold
1230	Pablo Picasso	Paz. Estocolmo	1958	HKD 42,000.00 - 82,000.00	HKD 304,800.00
1231	Pablo Picasso	Nature morte aux poires et au pichet	1960	HKD 42,000.00 - 82,000.00	HKD 152,400.00
1232	Pablo Picasso	Raphael et la Fornaria VI: Enfin Seuls!, from the 347 Series (Bloch 1781; Baer 1798)	1968	HKD 42,000.00 - 80,000.00	HKD 30,480.00
1233	Pablo Picasso	Raphael et la Fornaria. V: Avec Voyeur Ecartant le Rideau, from the 347 Series (Bloch 1780; Baer 1797)	1968	HKD 42,000.00 - 80,000.00	HKD 60,960.00
1282	Julian Opie	Ruth with Cigarette No.2, 4 & 5	2005 and 2006	HKD 70,000.00 - 150,000.00	Not Sold
1283	Liu Ye	Little Navy	published by the Long Museum in Shanghai in 2013	HKD 42,000.00 - 80,000.00	HKD 44,450.00
1284	Liu Ye	Girl and Mondrian	2011	HKD 80,000.00 - 150,000.00	Not Sold
1296	Damien Hirst	Justice	2021	HKD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00	HKD 88,900.00
1306	Agan Harahap	The Lady With An Ermine (Leonardo Da Vinci)	2012	HKD 42,000.00 - 60,000.00	HKD 12,065.00
1321	Wu Guanzhong	Wisteria	1995	HKD 45,000.00 - 85,000.00	Not Sold
1322	Wu Guanzhong	By the side of Tai Lake	1992	HKD 45,000.00 - 85,000.00	HKD 44,450.00
1323	Wu Guanzhong	i. Landlord's house ii. Water alley iii. Night of the sea iv. British country hotel (Four Works) i	1999	HKD 42,000.00 - 80,000.00	HKD 57,150.00
1324	Zao Wou-Ki	Sans titre	1970	HKD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	HKD 44,450.00
1325	Zao Wou-Ki	Vol d'oiseaux (Flying birds)	1954	HKD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	HKD 40,640.00
1326	Zao Wou-Ki	Sans titre	1970	HKD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	HKD 40,640.00

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.