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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026
Page Size: 197 items in 8 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Gerhard Richter (b.1932)

Abstraktes Bild, 1992

Stuttgart 2023 GBP 684.00 - 957.00 GBP 698.50
2 David Shrigley (b.1968)

Kindness

London 2018 GBP 1,368.00 - 2,051.00 GBP 1,270.00
3 Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Sam, from 25 Cats Named Sam and One Blue Pussy (Feldman & Schellmann IV.59)

Berlin circa 1954 GBP 1,368.00 - 2,051.00 GBP 1,016.00
4 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

H9-4. Politeness, from The Virtues

London 2021 GBP 13,676.00 - 20,514.00 GBP 11,340.00
5 Mr Brainwash (b.1966)

Work Well Together

2022 GBP 6,838.00 - 9,573.00 GBP 6,930.00
6 Mr Brainwash (b.1966)

Queen of Hearts

Los Angeles 2022 GBP 2,462.00 - 3,009.00 GBP 2,286.00
7 Tracey Emin (b.1963)

Space Monkey

London 2009 GBP 4,103.00 - 6,838.00 GBP 3,048.00
8 Tracey Emin (b.1963)

My Favourite Little Bird

London 2015 GBP 1,094.00 - 1,641.00 GBP 889.00
9 Tracey Emin (b.1963)

Hades, Hades, Hades

London 2009 GBP 1,094.00 - 1,641.00 Not Sold
10 Tracey Emin (b.1963)

Be Faithful To Your Dreams

London 1999 GBP 1,094.00 - 1,641.00 GBP 1,016.00
11 Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled (Lembark 88)

Los Angeles 1967 GBP 1,368.00 - 2,051.00 GBP 1,143.00
12 Carmen Herrera (1915-2022)

The Way

Copenhagen 2018 GBP 2,735.00 - 4,103.00 Not Sold
13 Various Artists

I Have Found a Song

London 2010 GBP 3,419.00 - 4,103.00 GBP 3,048.00
14 Paula Rego (1935-2002)

Tres Musas (not in Rosenthal)

London 2009-2010 GBP 2,051.00 - 2,735.00 GBP 1,397.00
15 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

Spinning Wheel (from In a Spin, The Action of the World on Things I)

London 2002 GBP 684.00 - 957.00 GBP 952.50
16 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

Damien Hirst x Flea Bass Prototype #3

2010-11 GBP 5,470.00 - 8,206.00 GBP 10,080.00
17 Damien Hirst (b. 1965)

H8-3. Forever (Large)

London 2020 GBP 821.00 - 1,094.00 GBP 1,016.00
18 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

H8-1. Fruitful (Large)

London 2020 GBP 821.00 - 1,094.00 GBP 1,143.00
19 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

H7-1. Butterfly Rainbow (Large)

2020 GBP 821.00 - 1,094.00 GBP 698.50
20 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

H7-3. Butterfly Heart (Large)

London 2020 GBP 1,094.00 - 1,641.00 GBP 1,079.50
21 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

Cherry Blossoms Book with Butterfly Drawing

2021 GBP 1,368.00 - 2,051.00 GBP 1,206.50
22 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

I Once Was What You Are You Will Be What I Am

2006 GBP 684.00 - 957.00 GBP 889.00
23 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

Ping Pong Ball for Gagosian Gallery 23.09.00

New York 2000 GBP 205.00 - 274.00 Not Sold
24 Barbara Kruger (b.1945)

Untitled 2KISS

London 2024 GBP 1,094.00 - 1,641.00 GBP 1,016.00
25 Miles Aldridge (b.1964)

Carousel

London 2001-2012 GBP 2,735.00 - 4,103.00 GBP 2,540.00
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
    Collection Georgette J. Salles
    Open for bidding 8-29 April
    Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.