Sothebys: RM Sothebys The February Memorabilia Sale: Featuring the Rob Walker Collection, rw26, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 25, 2026 - February 25, 2026
Page Size: 232 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
486

Driving Ambition by Alan Jones, Signed

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 162.00
488

Pippbrook Garage Photographs and Documents

N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,260.00
489

Signed Letter from Enzo Ferrari and Mauro Forghieri

N/A GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 16,200.00
490

Negatives of Rob Walker's Racing Cars

N/A GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 240.00
491

14 Graham Hill Signed Photographs

N/A GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,110.00
492

Formula 1 Constructors & Entrants Association Cards

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 360.00
493

1971 and 1973 Formula 1 Racing Programmes

1971 and 1973 GBP 250.00 - 400.00 GBP 210.00
494

1950-1970 Various British Racing Programmes

1950-1970 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 480.00
495

1952-1956 Formula 1 British Grand Prix Racing Programmes

1952-1956 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 102.00
496

Two Damon Hill Signed Photographs

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 72.00
497

1954-1981 Various American Racing Programmes

1954-1981 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 48.00
498

1:1000 Scale Plan of Sandown Park Circuit

N/A GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 66.00
500

1971 Scrapbooks

1971 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,040.00
501

Grand Prix People by Gerald Donaldson, Signed by Personalities

N/A GBP 250.00 - 400.00 GBP 300.00
502

When The Flag Drops by Jack Brabham, Signed

N/A GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 96.00
503

Jack Brabham Signed Photograph

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 168.00
504

1948-1957 Brighton Speed Trial Programmes & Documents

1948-1957 GBP 250.00 - 400.00 GBP 264.00
505

1964 Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing Programmes

1964 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 552.00
506

Maurice Trintignant Photographs

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 24.00
507

1957-1959 Documents and Ephemera

1957-1959 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 810.00
508

1954-1970 Various British Race Programmes

1954-1970 GBP 200.00 - 350.00 GBP 222.00
509

Negatives taken by Rob Walker of the 1967, 1969, and 1974 Formula 1 Season

1967, 1969, and 1974 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 600.00
510

Three Mike Hailwood Signed Photographs

N/A GBP 250.00 - 400.00 GBP 84.00
511

Formula 1 and Motor Racing Press Packs and Guides

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 312.00
512

Graham Hill Photographs and Letters

N/A GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 660.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.