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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: 20th Century and Contemporary

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Auction Name 20th Century and Contemporary Total Sales (GBP) 9,492.32
Auction Date September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 5,650.00
Sale Number #91625 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 8,890.00
Total Lots 54
Sold Lots 31.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 12,050.00
% of Lots Sold 57.41% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 17,920.00
Unsold Lots 23 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
210 Sir Terry Frost (British 1915-2003)

'Centre Blue' - Screenprint with collage

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,148.80
191 Ralph Steadman (British, b. 1936)

Illustrations for 'Alice through the Looking Glass'

GBP 450.00 - 550.00 GBP 551.04
211 Mychael Barratt (British Contemporary)

Private view' - Etching with hand colouring

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 524.80
188 Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986)

Sculptural Objects - Lithograph in colour

1949 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 459.20
193 Philip Sutton (British, b..1928)

'San Francisco' and 'Hawaii' from Pacific Suite, 1966

1966 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 459.20
197 Julian Trevelyan (British, 1910 - 1988)

Schooner' - Etching with aquatint

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 459.20
213 After Albert Irvin (British 1922 - 2015)

Montadai - Print

1993 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 459.20
214 After Victor Pasmore (British 1908 - 1998)

Abstract - Print

1992 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 459.20
233 Barbara Hepworth (British, 1903-1975), after -

Spiral - Giclee print

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 367.36
324 Ronald King (British,b.1932)-

Alphabet II 2007- paper cut out

2007 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 196.80
359 Hans Frank (Austrian 1884-1948)

Farmer ploughing with horse - Woodcut

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 196.80
198 Richard Bawden (British, 1936 - 2024)

Felucca on the Nile' - Etching

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 170.56
199 Keith Haring - Keith Haring & Andy Warhol

Two posters - 'Montreux 1983 17th Jazz Festival' - '20th Montreux Jazz Festival 86'

1983, 1986 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 157.44
200 Keith Haring

Two posters - 'Montreux 1983 17th Jazz Festival'

1983 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 157.44
202 Two posters. Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Chanel, No. 5 Chanel'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 157.44
203 Two posters. Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Chanel, No. 5 Chanel'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 157.44
268 After Simon Palmer (British b 1956)

'The Sisters Went Their Separate Ways' - Screen print

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 157.44
192 Tony Hart (British, 1925-2009)

The Amazing Morph - Giclee limited edition print

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 144.32
187 German School, 20th Century: Heinz Aubel, Gertrud Zurowski, Gerhard Matzat, Diether Ritzert, ...

Twelve black-and-white linocuts and lithographs

1956 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 124.64
205 Four posters. Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887-1985) -

' Die Zauberflotte, Metropolitan Opera'

1974 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 124.64
206 Three posters. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) -

'Composition Fond Bleu'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 124.64
201 A poster. Howard Hodgkin (British, 1932 - 2017)

'Great Performers at Lincoln Center' 1983

1983 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 118.08
180 Robert O. Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

Study of Anna - Offset lithograph

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 98.40
179 Robert O. Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

Study of Lisa - Offset lithograph

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 85.28
207 Robert Oskar Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

Bella with the Painter - Pint in colours

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 78.72
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.