Bonhams: The Uncanny
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Uncanny | Total Sales (GBP) | 75,392.00 |
| Auction Date | October 29, 2025 - October 29, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 44,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #31485 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 69,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 52 | ||
| Sold Lots | 36.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 69,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.23% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 110,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 68.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | [POLIDORI (JOHN WILLIAM)] | The Vampyre; A Tale by Lord Byron [in: The New Monthly Magazine, Volume XI Number 63], FIRST APPEARANCE, |
1819 | GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 16,640.00 |
| 18 | The Goonies: A Group of Props, including a Bible and Treasure-Themed Props, |
1985 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 11,520.00 | |
| 1 | Dame Paula Rego R.A. | Death Goes Shopping |
2010 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 6,400.00 |
| 99 | Star Wars: A rare 'Empire Day' poster for The Empire Strikes Back, |
1980 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,144.00 | |
| 20 | BARRETT (FRANCIS) | The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer; Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, MONTAGUE SUMMERS'S COPY, 1801 |
1801 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,120.00 |
| 80 | Peter Howson OBE | Underground |
1998 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 49 | Takashi Murakami | Tan Tan Bo |
2004 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 22 | Sir Grayson Perry C.B.E., R.A. | Magical Thinking |
Amsterdam 2024 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,432.00 |
| 81 | Damien Hirst | Suiko, from The Empresses |
2022 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,664.00 |
| 105 | Terry O'Neill (British, 1938-2019) | Frank Sinatra on the boardwalk, Miami, |
1968, printed later | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,664.00 |
| 3 | The Connor Brothers | If You've Got A Skeleton |
2017 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 |
| 42 | Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1948) | Caribbean Sea, Jamaica, |
1980 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 |
| 82 | Damien Hirst | Nur Jahan, from The Empresses |
2022 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 |
| 98 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope: British Quad, with Academy Award Credit, |
1978 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 | |
| 6 | PENNY BLOODS. RADCLIFFE (ANN) | The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance, (2) |
[1851] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,088.00 |
| 54 | Ai Weiwei | Everyone is a Dragon |
2024 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 56 | CHUMBLEY (ANDREW) | The Dragon Book of Essex, COPY 174 OF 196 DELUXE COPIES, |
2014 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 960.00 |
| 40 | Andre Butzer | Wannsee-Wanderer 1 |
2021-2022 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 896.00 |
| 95 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope: Joe Johnston illustration of the Millennium Falcon cockpit, |
1977 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 896.00 | |
| 39 | Alma Singer | Day Sale; Evening Sale |
2023 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 768.00 |
| 29 | REGARDIE (ISRAEL) | The Golden Dawn. An Account of the Teaching, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, |
1937-1940 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 640.00 |
| 50 | GAERTNER (JOSEPH, botantist, 1732-1791) | Three original watercolours of Cornish sea anemone, mounted on 7 sheets |
[c.1761] | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 640.00 |
| 2 | Tim Burton: The Nightmare Before Christmas, sketch of Jack Skellington, |
1993 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 614.40 | |
| 26 | HEYDON (JOHN) | Theomagia, or The Temple of Wisdome, |
1664 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 588.80 |
| 15 | [POLIDORI (JOHN WILLIAM)] | The Vampyre; A Tale, by the Right Honourable Lord Byron, |
1819 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 537.60 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
