Sloane Street Auctions: The Christmas Fine Art Auction: To Include Noble Estates, Old and Modern Masters, Sculpture, Jewellery and Fine Wines, 120525, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 05, 2025 - December 05, 2025
Page Size: 33 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
466 David Hockney (British, b. 1937)

A menu from the Hungry Horse, defaced (or improved) by David Hockney (British, b. 1937)

1969 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
478

Persian 17th Century A miniature from the Book of Kings

17th Century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 558.00
480 K.A.C. Creswell (introduction) and Ahmad Hassan Al-Bakouri

The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. (641) to 1365 H. (1946)

Giza, 1949 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,860.00
534 John Piper (British, 1903-1992)

Holkham Gate, Norfolk

1972 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,240.00
535 Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (British, 1856-1937)

Portrait of Rudyard Kipling

1891 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 372.00
537 Howard Hodgkin (British, 1932-2017), Put Out More Flags

Lift-ground etching with aquatint and carborundum printed in colours, extensively hand-coloured in acrylic

1992 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 4,712.00
555 Anthony Frost (British, b. 1951)

Walking into Blue

2001 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 248.00
556 Anthony Frost (British, b. 1951)

Blue Beat

1994 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 223.20
557 Anthony Frost (British, b. 1951)

Big Beats

1999 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 223.20
558 Michael Rothenstein (British, 1908-1993)

Loco

1986 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 198.40
563 Chris Levine (Canadian, b. 1960)

Equanimity

2010 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,060.00
564

Colour photograph of Baroness Thatcher, Sir Denis Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 5,580.00
565

A black and white photograph of a Conservative Committee Room sign with Margaret Thatcher re-election posters

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 3,720.00
565A

The menu for a dinner held at The White House in 1988 by President Reagan in honour of Baroness Thatcher

1988 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 3,472.00
637

Japanese, 18th/19th century A set of woodblock prints

18th/19th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
669 Marius Bauer (1867-1932)

Elephants, Hyderabad

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,054.00
684

A land grant dated 21st May 1367

1367 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
685 Diana, Princess of Wales

A signed letter from Diana, Princess of Wales, to the surgeon David Nott

1997 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
686

A French poster for the James Bond film Goldfinger. This poster is a later reprint, dating to 1983.

1983 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
687 Ian Fleming

You Only Live Twice

1964 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 434.00
691 J. Ewing (British)

Thames Scene

Circa 1960s GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 248.00
692 Slater Bradley (American, b. 1975)

Lit

2006 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
693 Sunday B Morning, After Andy Warhol (American 1928-1987)

Marilyn Monroe

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 279.00
695 Philip Townsend (British, 1940-2016)

Three photographic prints of the Rolling Stones. Originally taken circa 1963, near Chelsea Old Church, Hyde Park two weeks before their first record deal.

circa 1963 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
699 Valentin Levitin (Russian, b. 1931)

Still Life

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 496.00
  • 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.