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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: British & European Paintings & Watercolours, Old Master & Modern Prints & Drawings

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Auction Name British & European Paintings & Watercolours, Old Master & Modern Prints & Drawings Total Sales (GBP) 96,955.12
Auction Date November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 45,110.00
Sale Number #111225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 68,040.00
Total Lots 192
Sold Lots 136.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 65,360.00
% of Lots Sold 70.83% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 99,190.00
Unsold Lots 56 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 97.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
113 Turner of Oxford (William, 1789-1862, & other artists)

Two albums of drawings, circa 1780s-1840s

circa 1780s-1840s GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 14,536.00
63 Goltzius (Hendrick, 1558-1617)

Icarus, from The Four Disgracers series, 1588

1588 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,320.00
367 Tunnicliffe (Charles Frederick, 1901-1979)

The Shorthorn Bull, 1935

1935 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,539.20
101 Haden (Francis Seymour, 1818-1910)

Portrait of Francis Seymour Haden No. II, 1862, etching

1862 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,286.40
91 West (Raphael Lamar, 1769-1850)

Hercules and the Hydra, 1785, etching

1785 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 2,907.20
369 Ravilious (Eric, 1903-1942)

The Grape House, 1936

1936 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,780.80
120 Prout (Samuel, 1783-1852)

A Collection of British and Continental Landscapes

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,148.80
45 Durer (Albrecht, 1471-1528)

Emperor Maximilian I, 1519

1519 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,022.40
99 Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881)

The Sleeping Shepherd, 1857

1857 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,022.40
96 Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881)

The Skylark, 1850

1850 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,896.00
358 Ravilious (Eric, 1903-1942)

The Three Holy Children, from The Apocrypha, 1929

1929 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,643.20
427 Holloway (Edgar, 1914-2008)

Etchings and Engravings, 1992

1992 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,643.20
67 Goltzius (Hendrick, 1558-1617)

The Adoration of the Magi..., 1594

1594 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,516.80
68 Goltzius (Hendrick, 1558-1617)

The Circumcision, from the Birth and Early Life of Christ, 1594

1594 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,516.80
35 Durer (Albrecht, 1471-1528)

The Holy Family with Three Hares, circa 1497-98

circa 1497-98 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,264.00
36 Durer (Albrecht, 1471-1528)

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, circa 1498

circa 1498 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,200.80
333

London Underground poster. Paddington New Station, December 1913

1913-12-01 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,200.80
89 Kauffman (Angelica, 1741-1807)

The Death of Adonis, 1780

1780 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,137.60
334

London Underground posters. Charing Cross, by Joseph Pennell, 1913

1913 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,011.20
34 Durer (Albrecht, 1471-1528)

The Flagellation of Christ, circa 1496-97

circa 1496-97 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 948.00
39 Raimondi (Marcantonio, circa 1480-1527/34)

The Life of the Virgin, after Durer, early 16th-century

after Durer GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 884.80
79 Ostade (Adriaen van, 1610-1685)

The Pork Butcher,

GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 884.80
235 French (Cecil, 1879-1953)

A group of 6 sketchbooks belonging to Cecil French, circa 1907,

circa 1907 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 821.60
374 French (Cecil, 1879-1953)

A small archive of approximately 100 wood engravings, etc

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 821.60
44 Raimondi (Marcantonio),

Two Women with the Zodiac, after Raphael, circa 1517

circa 1517 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 758.40
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
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