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Auction Name The Timed Art Sale Total Sales (GBP) 1,840.44
Auction Date September 21, 2025 - September 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,080.00
Sale Number #92125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,010.00
Total Lots 35
Sold Lots 23.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,760.00
% of Lots Sold 65.71% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,340.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
172 Robin THOMAS

Untitled

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 325.52
251 Geoffrey Sneyd GARNIER (1889-c.1971)

The Seaweed Gatherer

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 237.88
351 George MACIUNAS (1931-1978)

This Is Not Here - Poster for the Yoko Ono & John Lennon exhibition at E

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 225.36
343 Leonor FINI (1907-1996)

Two etchings, each epreuve d'artiste (artist proof)

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 200.32
225 Adrienne PEVERALL (XX-XXI, St Ives Society of Artists)

Two etchings: Pendeen Hedge; Hawthorns II

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 118.94
305 John SUTTON (1935)

Fisherman's Hut

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 106.42
144 Denny LONG (1944-2018)

Two Screenprints: Serendipity; Tra La La

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 75.12
16 Paul BAWDEN (1971)

Summer Dots

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 62.60
294 Alfred Richard BLUNDELL (1883-1968)

Customs House Kings Lynn

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 56.34
279 James Thomas Armour OSBORNE (1907-1979)

Little Ringed Plover & Fledglings

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 50.08
87 John EMANUEL (1930-2024)

Six Christmas Cards

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 43.82
103 Manner of Sir Terry FROST (1915-2003)

Happy Birthday Dad

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 43.82
205 After Thomas George COOPER (1836-1901)

The Monarch of the Meadows (1882)

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 37.56
306 Catherine HYDE (1960)

The Ice Filled Air

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 37.56
29 Isobel ELLIS (1930-2020)

High Summer II

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 31.30
39 Elizabeth HUNTER (1935)

Four Etchings: In The Temple; Nymph; Woman With a Bird

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 31.30
93 Elizabeth HUNTER (1935)

Three Works: Persephone II; Seated Female Nude

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 31.30
243 Sir Grayson PERRY RA (1960)

Deafinitely Theatre

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 31.30
276

Etchings Two Cornish Views: Falmouth Docks; Molly & Lewis at Newlyn

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 25.04
80 Hungarian School

Working The Field

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.78
189 Claude Hamilton ROWBOTHAM (1864-1949)

October Morning, Falmouth Harbour

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.78
237 David SHRIGLEY (1968)

Wellcome Book Prize

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.78
227 Marie-Fred DUPRE (XX-XXI)

Evolution

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 12.52
  • 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.