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
979 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Storm Over Pole Hill

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 598.00
980 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Evening Light

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 247.00
981 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

The Old Ash

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 546.00
982 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Oxfordshire Cottage

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
983 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Hop Valley

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

Fallen Mill Sails

1930 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 364.00
985 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Swinbrook Bridge

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 416.00
986 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Priory Pond

1985 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 468.00
987 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Kilns at Pole Hill Chalk Quarry

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
988 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Coleford Somerset

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 416.00
990 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Fallen Oak, W. Wickham, Kent

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
991 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Oast Houses Near Shoreham, Kent

1928 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 650.00
992 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Ide Hill

1931 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 468.00
993 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Elms at West Wickham Kent

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 221.00
994 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

The Tip Cart

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 182.00
995 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Addington, Kent

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 442.00
996 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Deserted Barn, Chipstead

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 364.00
1000 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Van Dyck self-portrait

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 156.00
1001 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Trial proof for 'Trees in Britain'

Ipswich 1942 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 234.00
1004

A QUANTITY OF CORRESPONDENCE AND AWARDS RELATING TO STANLEY ROY BADMIN

1928;1931;1956 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 58.50
1005 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Alnmouth, Northumberland; Welwyn Viaduct, Hertfordshire; Yarm, Yorkshire set of three posters for LNER; Countisbury Hill From Lynton; Come and explore Britain; Shell Guide to Derbyshire; Village scene from Enjoy the Riches of Britain; Wear Giffard, Devon

N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 338.00
1006 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Country Bouquet; The Shell Guide to Trees and Shrubs; Trees in Britain; Village and Town; Farm Crops; The Seasons; Trees of Britain; British Countryside in Colour; The Shell Nature Book

1947; 1954; 1960; 1964 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.00
1007 Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

A Large Quantity of Magazines, Advertisements and Press Cuttings Relating to Stanley Roy Badmin

1935; 1936; 1985; 1927 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
1008 Evelyn Gibbs (1905-1991); Enid Butcher

Umbria; Woman with wheelbarrow; Sitting Dog

1930 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 221.00
  • 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