Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers: Modern & Contemporary Art; including a collection of works by Stanley Roy Badmin, 520266, Billinghurst, West Sussex

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
Page Size: 99 items in 4 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
904

Legs and Heart

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
905 Leo KK Wong (1932)

Dreaming of Spring

1999 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
906 John Brunsdon (1933-2014); Reginald Lander; Julie Matcham; Lizzie Cox

Towards the Mountains

N/A GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 156.00
907 Andy Warhol

Green Pea Soup; Tomato Soup; Onion Soup; Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 234.00
908 Alexander Calder

Circus

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
909 Alexander Calder

Derriere Le Miroir

N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 91.00
931 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

The Bovril Truck - illustration for The Graphic, 21st May 1927

1927 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,080.00
939 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

The New Coat

1930 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 208.00
961 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Richmond, Yorkshire

1961 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 338.00
962 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

The Lovers; The Edge of the Common; Owermoigne

1926; 1925 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 364.00
963 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Boat house near Twickenham

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 143.00
964 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Dulwich village

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 338.00
965 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Wareham, Dorset

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 364.00
966 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Cheyne Row, Chelsea

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 780.00
967 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Suburbia

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 754.00
968 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

The 21 Gallery, Mill Street, W

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 884.00
970 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Sowing potatoes

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 520.00
971 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Cornish Farm, Trebarwith

1932 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 910.00
972 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Tanyard's Farm

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 884.00
973 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Field Corner; Cutting the Hayrick

1930 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 195.00
974 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Abbey Tithe Barn

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 338.00
975 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Burford, Oxfordshire

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 624.00
976 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Richmond, Yorkshire

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 390.00
977 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Shepton Mallet

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 338.00
978 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Sorting Potatoes

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 286.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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