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Auction Name Weekly featuring 20th Century Design & Pop Culture Total Sales (GBP) 4,283.50
Auction Date December 01, 2025 - December 01, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,900.00
Sale Number #120125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,480.00
Total Lots 41
Sold Lots 33.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,630.00
% of Lots Sold 80.49% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 5,600.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1702 Peter Blake CBE RDI RA (b.1932),

'Bobbie Rainbow, 2001'

GBP 250.00 - 450.00 GBP 416.00
1715 Harvey Daniels (1936-2013),

'Flag'

68 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 312.00
1505 Mable Dixon

World Tour - the original Manuscript Diary of Mable Dixon accompanying her father Joseph on an extensive tour by steamship, July 1909 - April 1910.

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 247.00
1112 Andy Warhol

A large Andy Warhol print, Jackie Kennedy

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 234.00
1260

A collection of original 1960s pop memorabilia including The Beatles related items;

1960s GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 234.00
1453

Books: Harry Potter cased set of seven books.

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 221.00
1706 Beryl Cook (1926-2008),

'Women Running'

GBP 180.00 - 220.00 GBP 195.00
1737 Jim Dine (American, b.1935),

a signed framed poster, 'Rainbow',

1970 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 195.00
1700 After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (1887-1976),

'The Arrest'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 182.00
1749 Jurgen Vollmer (German, b.1939),

a framed signed limited edition lithograph 83/500 of John Lennon standing in a doorway in Hamburg

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 169.00
1290

An extensive collection of signed programmes, primarily from 1950s Royal related events with a connection to Windsor Castle,

1950s GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 156.00
1701 After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (1887-1976),

'A River Bank',

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 156.00
1423

Seven bound volumes of 1930s issues of The Aeroplane magazine, 'incorporating Aeronautical Engineering

1930s GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 143.00
1705 Beryl Cook (1926-2008),

'The Hen Night'

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 143.00
1752

A set of four colour prints, London views to include St Paul's and London Bridge,

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 117.00
1504

A Michael Caine poster - The Ipcress File

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 110.50
1292 Andy Warhol

A pair of Andy Warhol late 20th century off set lithographs of Mick Jagger and Grace Kelly

late 20th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 91.00
1509 Pratchett, Terry.

Thud! Limited Edition (Signed by Author on Title).

GBP 100.00 - 140.00 GBP 84.50
1703 After John Tunnard (1900-1971),

'Holiday', lithographic School Print, SP18

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 84.50
1495 Clark, Kenneth -

The Nude ...

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
1741 After Frank Brangwyn RA RWS RBA (1867-1956),

a collection of unframed etchings and book plates to include Poem by JC Squire

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
1708 Ivor Abrahams (1935-2015),

'Vahline 2',

GBP 70.00 - 130.00 GBP 71.50
1375

A vintage Lady and the Tramp film poster,

copyright MCMLV GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 65.00
1790 Alan Anderson,

six original watercolours for postcard designs, Steam Trains to include 'Scarborough Flyer', 'The Deron Belle' and 'Great Northern',

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 65.00
1740 After Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898),

a very large collection of unframed prints, some in colour, unsigned, together with a book, Sixty selected drawings

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 58.50
  • 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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