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Bonhams: Blazing a Trail. Modern British Women
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| Auction Name | Blazing a Trail. Modern British Women | Total Sales (GBP) | 58,752.00 |
| Auction Date | October 01, 2025 - October 01, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 41,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #30714 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 61,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 25 | ||
| Sold Lots | 18.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 58,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 72.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 86,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 68.16% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Dame Tracey Emin | National Portrait Gallery Portfolio |
2024 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 12,800.00 |
| 4 | Edith Lawrence | The Cricket Match |
circa 1929 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 |
| 82 | Dame Tracey Emin | Life Will never be The Same (Nor should it) |
2022 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 |
| 6 | Sybil Andrews CPE | Cannon Street Railway Bridge |
circa 1924 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,608.00 |
| 67 | Gillian Ayres C.B.E., R.A. | Honey Blues |
2001-2003 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 2 | Edith Lawrence | France |
1931 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,328.00 |
| 5 | Edith Lawrence | Landscape with A Church Spire |
circa 1929 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 63 | Dame Paula Rego R.A. | The Crow |
1994 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,432.00 |
| 68 | Gillian Ayres C.B.E., R.A. | Tremenheere |
2014 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,432.00 |
| 3 | Edith Lawrence | Canal, Middleburg, Zeeland |
circa 1929 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,048.00 |
| 79 | Dame Paula Rego R.A. | The Baker's Wife II |
1989-90 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,664.00 |
| 71 | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE RWA | Just in Time |
1999 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,536.00 |
| 86 | Dame Tracey Emin | You Loved Me Like a Distant Star |
2012 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,216.00 |
| 84 | Dame Tracey Emin | I Promise to Love You |
2014 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,152.00 |
| 70 | Cecily Brown | The Tribulations of St. Anthony |
2010 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 85 | Dame Tracey Emin | The Kiss was Beautiful |
2016 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 25 | Dame Elizabeth Blackadder O.B.E., R.A., R.S.A., R.S.W., R.W.A.(Hon), R.G.I., D.Litt | Cat Studies |
1995 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 960.00 |
| 74 | Prunella Clough | Mirror and Plant |
1996 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 768.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
