Sothebys: Original Film Posters, L26102, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saverio Pavone | US Roadshow One Sheet for Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 |
1962 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 9,600.00 | |
| 2 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | Set of 4 original photographic production stills from Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 |
1962 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 896.00 | |
| 3 | The Hustler (1961) | US re-release 1964 One Sheet for The Hustler (1961) |
1961 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,816.00 | |
| 4 | The Graduate (1967) | US poster for The Graduate, 1967 |
1967 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,816.00 | |
| 5 | Frank McCarthy | US re-release 1970s International Concept One Sheet for The Great Escape |
ca. 1970s | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,400.00 | |
| 6 | The Great Escape (1963) | Original photographic production still from US release of The Great Escape, 1963 |
1963 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,816.00 | |
| 7 | The Italian Job (1969) | Japanese First Release 1970 STB Tatekan for The Italian Job (1969) |
1969 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,536.00 | |
| 8 | The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) | British First Release 1969 Quad for The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) |
1969 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) | Japanese First Release STB Tatekan for The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) |
1968 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Bill Gold | US One Sheet for Cool Hand Luke, 1967 |
1967 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,536.00 | |
| 11 | Bullitt (1968) | Japanese STB Tatekan for Bullitt, 1968 |
1968 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | Tom William Chantrell | British Quad for Bonnie and Clyde, 1967 |
1967 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,664.00 | |
| 13 | US First Release 1967 Advance One Sheet for Per un Pugno di Dollari / A Fistful of Dollars (1964) |
1967 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,120.00 | ||
| 14 | Franco Fiorenzi | Italian Style B Locandina for Il Buono Il Brutto Il Cattivo / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 1966 |
1966 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,432.00 | |
| 15 | Ercole Brini | Italian First Release 1967 Quattro Fogli for Blow-Up (1966) |
1967 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,816.00 | |
| 16 | Marcel Chica | French Grande for Une Femme est une Femme / A Woman is a Woman, signed by Anna Karina, 1961 |
ca. 1961 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 17 | Georgio Olivetti | Italian Style A Quattro Fogli for La Dolce Vita, 1960 |
1960 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 28,160.00 | |
| 18 | French Review-Style Grande for Un Homme et une Femme / A Man and a Woman, 1966 |
1966 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 19 | Christian Broutin | French Grande for Jules et Jim, 1962 |
1962 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 | |
| 20 | Guiliano Nistri | Italian Quattro Fogli for La Notte / The Night, 1961 |
1961 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Belle de Jour (1967) | Japanese STB Tatekan for Belle de Jour, 1967 |
1967 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 896.00 | |
| 22 | Kamimura Kazuo | Japanese B2 for Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964 |
1964 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,024.00 | |
| 23 | Jolanta Karczewska | Polish First Release 1968 poster for Zazie Dans le Metro / Zazie W Metro (1960) |
ca. 1960s | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | Cuban First Release 1968 poster for Girl with Green Eyes / La Muchacha de los Ojos Verdes (1964) |
1964 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 25 | Jack Davis | US Half Sheet for The Party, 1968 |
1968 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
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Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000