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Auction Name Antiques & Interiors, to include Designer Fashion and Affordable Modern & Contemporary Art Total Sales (GBP) 7,596.64
Auction Date October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,660.00
Sale Number #14259 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,620.00
Total Lots 67
Sold Lots 54.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,820.00
% of Lots Sold 80.60% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,550.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 166.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1235 Hester after Harrington Bird

Simonian and Fullerton

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 505.60
271

An Extensive Collection of Vintage Magazines

Not Available GBP 442.40
212

A Collection of Squadron Print Ltd. pencil signed

Not Available GBP 353.92
280

Collection of Leather Bindings

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 353.92
1120 Piers Browne (1949-2024)

October in Walden - off Wensleydale

Not Available GBP 316.00
1154 Sir Kyffin Williams OBE, RA (1918-2006) Welsh

Farmer Below Snowdonia

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 316.00
1198 Edward Middleditch (1923-1987)

Roses

Not Available GBP 316.00
1215

A Set of Six 19th Century Prints "Bachelor's Hall", together with two further photoprints of horses in stables (8)

Not Available GBP 278.08
1141 After Lucy Pittaway (Contemporary)

Shaggy Sheep, Green Eyes

Not Available GBP 252.80
1280

A Collection of Eight 20th Century Italian Engravings, by Carlo Levi, Renato Guttuso, Ettore de Conciliis, Bruno Caruso, Ernesto Treccani, Tono Zancanaro, Giacomo Baragli and Luciano De Vita.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 252.80
1266 Flora H Mitchell (1890-1973) Irish-American

Evening on the River

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 240.16
1278 After Thomas Chippendale

A quantity of prints including "Gothic Chairs", "French Chairs", "Chinese Sopha" and "Desk & Bookcase" (11)

Not Available GBP 240.16
1142 After Lucy Pittaway (Contemporary)

Class of 2016

Not Available GBP 189.60
1143 After Lucy Pittaway (Contemporary)

Hills, Dales and Woolly Tails TDY 2016

Not Available GBP 176.96
1248 Malcolm Morley (b.1931)

"Costumes"

1971 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 176.96
273

Large Collection of Assorted Books

Not Available GBP 164.32
1246 Anthony Gross RA (1905-1984)

Vendanges a Vire (Grape pickers)

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 164.32
1166 Auguste Brouet (1872-1941) French

Danseuses a la barre

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 151.68
272

Collection of Military Aviation Books

Not Available GBP 139.04
278

Map of Paris, Esnauts & Rapilly. Nouveau Plan Routier de la Ville et Fauxbourgs de Paris

Not Available GBP 139.04
1164 Giles Penny (b. 1962)

Say No to Green Potatoes, Next Door's Garden

Not Available GBP 139.04
1196 Sir William Nicholson (British, 1872-1949)

The End of the War

Not Available GBP 139.04
1247 Sir Eduardo Paolozzi CBE, RA (1924-2005)

Ziegfeld Follies

1996 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 139.04
115

Four Binders of Various Commemorative First Day Covers, Numismatic and Medallic

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 126.40
1151 After Mark Spain (b.1962)

Elegant lady in a black dress with a city beyond

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 113.76
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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