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 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	Unknown
478		Persian 17th Century A miniature from the Book of Kings		17th Century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
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	Unknown
534	John Piper (British, 1903-1992)	Holkham Gate, Norfolk		1972	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
535	Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (British, 1856-1937)	Portrait of Rudyard Kipling		1891	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
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	Unknown
555	Anthony Frost (British, b. 1951)	Walking into Blue		2001	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
556	Anthony Frost (British, b. 1951)	Blue Beat		1994	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
557	Anthony Frost (British, b. 1951)	Big Beats		1999	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
558	Michael Rothenstein (British, 1908-1993)	Loco		1986	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
563	Chris Levine (Canadian, b. 1960)	Equanimity		2010	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
564		Colour photograph of Baroness Thatcher, Sir Denis Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
565		A black and white photograph of a Conservative Committee Room sign with Margaret Thatcher re-election posters			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
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	Unknown
637		Japanese, 18th/19th century A set of woodblock prints		18th/19th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
669	Marius Bauer (1867-1932)	Elephants, Hyderabad			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
684		A land grant dated 21st May 1367		1367	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
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	Unknown
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	Unknown
687	Ian Fleming	You Only Live Twice		1964	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Unknown
691	J. Ewing (British)	Thames Scene		Circa 1960s	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
692	Slater Bradley (American, b. 1975)	Lit		2006	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
693	Sunday B Morning, After Andy Warhol (American 1928-1987)	Marilyn Monroe			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
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	Unknown
699	Valentin Levitin (Russian, b. 1931)	Still Life			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown

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Swann
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
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
The Odfjell Collection
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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.