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Auction Name Paint. Print. Sculpt. Total Sales (GBP) 41,782.00
Auction Date December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 25,630.00
Sale Number #A1240 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 40,820.00
Total Lots 194
Sold Lots 117.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 56,030.00
% of Lots Sold 60.31% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 85,370.00
Unsold Lots 77 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.94%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
173 Dame Elisabeth Frink CH RA (1930-1993)

'Eagle Owl' (Wiseman 87)

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,470.00
165 Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976)

'Industrial Scene'

1974 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,950.00
174 Philip Sutton RA (b.1928)

Hawaii'; 'San Francisco'; 'Great Australian Bight'; 'Pacific'

1966 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,625.00
163 Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976)

'Three Men and a Cat'

1971 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,560.00
388 John Hutton (New Zealand-British, 1906-1978)

Mother and child

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 1,560.00
3 Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989)

'Aesop's Fables: An Old Crab and a Young'

1956 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,040.00
457 Chris Levine (Canadian-British, b.1960)

'Lightness of Being'

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,040.00
390 Fabian Perez (Argentinian, b.1967)

Saba with letter

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 910.00
14 Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989)

Evora'; 'Obides'; 'Beja'

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 715.00
355 Karolina Larusdottir (Icelandic, 1944-2019)

'Folding Sheets'

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 715.00
285 Lee Miller (American, 1907-1977)

Solarised portrait, Paris, 1932, thought to be Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim

2020 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 650.00
78 Bernard Cheese RCA RE (1925-2013)

'Bonfire in a Hedgerow'

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 546.00
284 Lee Miller (American, 1907-1977)

'Picnic', Paul and Nusch Eluard, Roland Penrose, Man Ray and Ady Fidelin photographed at Ile Sainte-Marguerite, Cannes, 1937

2020 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 546.00
31 After Eric Ravilious

No. 5 Planets', 1933

1933, printed later GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 520.00
393 Pudlo Pudlat (Canadian, 1916-1992)

Sedna'; 'Springtime'; 'Owl and Ulu'

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 520.00
447 Tracey Emin RA (b.1963)

Be Faithful to Your Dreams', 1999

1999 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 520.00
354 Karolina Larusdottir (Icelandic, 1944-2019)

The End of the Day'; 'Music'; 'Sauma Konan' (The Seamstress)

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 494.00
172 Anthony Gross RA (1905-1984)

'Entrance to Dover Harbour' (Herdman 4101)

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 455.00
179 John Allin (1934-1991)

Seven prints from Stepney Streets: 'Petticoat Lane'; 'The Great Synagogue - Brick Lane'; 'Hessel Street Market'; 'Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor - Brune Street'; 'Platava Synagogue - Heneage Street Street'; 'Curly's Cafe - Whitechapel Road'; 'Spitalfiel

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 455.00
5 Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989)

'Lion & Zebras' (MG 189)

1989 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 416.00
74 Michael Rothenstein RA (1908-1993)

Viaduct', 1955

1955 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 416.00
175 John Hoyland RA (1934-2011)

'Reverie'

1983 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 416.00
178 Feliks Topolski RA (Polish-British, 1907-1989)

Inns of Court; Inner Temple; Middle Temple; Gray's Inn

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 416.00
201 Mortimer Luddington Menpes (Australian-British, 1855-1938)

Portrait of Whistler

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 416.00
257 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

The Ploughman's (Plowman's) Cottage', 1924

1924 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 416.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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