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Duke's: Art and Design post 1800

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Auction Name Art and Design post 1800 Total Sales (GBP) 7,137.00
Auction Date October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,400.00
Sale Number #1130 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 8,600.00
Total Lots 29
Sold Lots 15.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 6,800.00
% of Lots Sold 51.72% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 13,030.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 54.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1004 VAN JONES (20TH CENTURY)

The Zoo by Tramway to Camden Town

circa 1920s GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 2,600.00
1012 WILLIAM JOHN PATTON MACDOWELL (1888-1950)

A Cunard advertising poster

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 975.00
1013 AFTER ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953)

'Les sports d'hiver St. Pierre de Chartreuse'

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 845.00
1016 ERIC FRASER (1902-1984)

A set of six depictions of fantastical modes of transport

GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 494.00
1008 WILLIAM HOWARD JARVIS (1903-1964)

A Cunard advertising poster

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 416.00
1010

A 20TH CENTURY SWISS ADVERTISING POSTER 'Interlaken'

printed by Fretz Bros, Zurich GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 364.00
1007

AN ADVERTISING POSTER FOR SAIGON

1960 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 286.00
1009 EDUARD EDLER (1887-1969)

'Pleasure Cruises Around the Coast'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 208.00
1011 JULIUS USSY ENGELHARD (1883-1964)

'Deutschland Euer Reiseziel!'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 208.00
1018 KATHARINE CAMERON (1874-1965)

'The Dragonfly'

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 195.00
1019 MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (1876-1958)

'Rue de Paris'

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 182.00
1021 BOB COSFORD (CONTEMPORARY)

'Rosie'

2016 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 156.00
1029 PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)

Le Chapeau Epingle (Pinning the Hat)'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
1017 LEANOR FINI (1907-1996)

Head study of a young girl

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
1026 AFTER JOHN HASSALL (1868-1948)

'Peter Pan - At the Tops of the Trees'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.