Olympia Auctions: Olympia Timed: Islamic, Indian, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, 9559, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 01, 2026 - March 01, 2026
Page Size: 28 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301

A QAJAR MINIATURE COPY OF MIRZA MUHAMMAD SADIQ NAMI'S 'LAYLI U MAJNUN',

PERSIA, N/A GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 442.00
303

A QAJAR COPY OF THE KHAMSA OF NIZAMI,

PERSIA, N/A GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,040.00
305

TWO ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTIONS,

N/A GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
307

A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE ON THE SUBJECT OF FRIENDSHIP

PERSIA, N/A GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 156.00
310 AFTER RACINE,

SIX COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS OF PERSIAN COSTUME,

PARIS N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 84.50
311 AFTER SIR DAVID WILKIE, ENGRAVED BY H. ROBINSON

A PERSIAN PRINCE,

N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
314

SOTHEBY'S AND BONHAMS, ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART 2000-2009

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 91.00
315

CHRISTIE'S ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART 2000-2009

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 364.00
316

CHRISTIE'S ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART 1990-1999

N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 195.00
317

SOTHEBY'S, CHRISTIE'S, BONHAMS AND DROUOT ISLAMIC, AND INDIAN ART, 1980-1989

N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 780.00
318

SOTHEBY'S AND CHRISTIE'S INDIAN AND ISLAMIC ART 1970-1979

N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 494.00
319

INDIAN ART: A GROUP OF REFERENCE BOOKS

N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 58.50
320

SOTHEBY'S, BONHAMS INDIAN AND ISLAMIC ART AND ANTIQUITIES 1990-1999

N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 169.00
321

CHRISTIE'S, BONHAMS INDIAN AND ISLAMIC ART 2010-2019

N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 143.00
322

INDIAN AND ISLAMIC ART

N/A GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 169.00
323

INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN ART

N/A GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 6.50
324

SOTHEBY'S ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART 2010-2019

N/A GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 143.00
325

DECCANI PAINTING

N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 65.00
326

KHMER ART AND ARCHITECTURE

N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 19.50
327

INDIAN AND SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ART

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 6.50
328

A FOLIO PROBABLY FROM A SAT SAI SERIES,

MEWAR, INDIA, E N/A GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,080.00
331

A VIEW OF WRITERS BUILDING, AFTER JAMES BAILLIE FRASER,

N/A GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 416.00
341

A LARGE FOLIO FROM A COPY OF FIRDAUSI'S SHAHNAMA, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY

KASHMIR, N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 26.00
471

FIVE LITHOGRAPHS OF HINDU DEITIES BY THE RAVI VARMA PRESS, MALAVLI, INDIA

MALAVLI, INDIA N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 247.00
477

A HAND COLOURED MAP OF PERSIA, RIGOBERT BONNE,

PARIS, N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 84.50
  • 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.