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Auction Reports

Auction Name	Indian and Islamic Art Online	Total Sales (GBP)	36,544.00
Auction Date	December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	30,300.00
Sale Number	#31318	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	42,400.00
Total Lots	62
Sold Lots	42.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	53,200.00
% of Lots Sold	67.74%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	75,200.00
Unsold Lots	20	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	48.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	A bifolium from a small Qur'an written in eastern kufic	late 9th-early 10th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,176.00
173	Lieutenant Colonel Henry Steinbach, The Punjaub; Being a Brief Account of the Country of the Sikhs	1846	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,176.00
8	An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad al-Isfahani	dated Tuesday 26th Jumadi II 1203/24th March 1789	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,048.00
142	A large chromolithograph of Maharajah Duleep Singh, after the portrait in the Royal Collection by Franz Xavier Winterhalter	1854	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
168	Joseph Davey Cunningham, A History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej	1918	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
201	An illustration from a Bhagavata Purana series: Krishna and Balarama approaching a palace, where they are later seen in discourse with pandits	circa 1720-30	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,920.00
3	Pir Muhammad ibn Piri Ahmad bin Khalil, Kitab Anis al-'Arifin, on poetry	dated AH 995/AD 1586-87	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,536.00
9	Mullah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, Kitab Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter), copied by 'Abd al-Wahab	dated AH 1250/AD 1834-35	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,536.00
169	Major Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, A Year on the Punjab Frontier in 1848-49, two volumes	1851	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,536.00
143	A carte de visite of Maharajah Duleep Singh	circa 1864	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,408.00
176	Deutschlands Gegner im Weltkriege [Adversaries of Germany in the World War], containing colour plates of Sikh and Indian troops and of other combatant nations in the First World War	1920	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,408.00
153	Two large prints depicting the Maharaja of Patiala's estate at Chail near Simla	dated 1944	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,280.00
166	Two folios from an illustrated Persian treatise in Urdu on ragas, depicting fakirs seated in landscapes	circa 1830-40	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,280.00
131	The birthplace of Guru Ram Das in Lahore	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 896.00
132	A group of three photographs of Sikh religious buildings and their surroundings, depicting Gurdwara Khadur Sahib, the Gurdwara at Tarn Taran, and a procession of Akalis at the Golden Temple	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 896.00
147	Maharajah Duleep Singh: Christie's, Elveden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk: the Property of the Earl of Iveagh, 21st-24th May 1984, in 8 volumes, in original slipcase		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 832.00
124	Jupji: the Sikh Prayer, translated with an introduction by Khushwant Singh	no date [but post-1947]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 768.00
141	Maharajah Duleep Singh, the frontispiece from Charles Stewart Hardinge's Recollections of India	1847	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 768.00
162	The Storming of Mooltan, January 2nd, 1849, by J. Harris after Henry Martens, from a series depicting incidents in the Anglo-Sikh Wars	1851	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 768.00
5	Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, prayers, with two stylised diagrams of the minbar in the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, and the tombs of the Prophet and of Abu Bakr and Umar	dated AH 1281/AD 1864	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 640.00
123	Sri Guru-Granth Sahib [English Version], translated by Dr Gopal Singh, Member of the Indian Parliament, volumes 1 and 2 only	1960	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 640.00
151	A group of three books and pamphlets relating to Patiala, Jind and Nabha, and a letter signed by Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala	approximately 1923-41	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 640.00
122	Two colour prints after Sobha Singh, depicting Guru Nanak and Guru Govind Singh	late 20th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 537.60
128	Five pairs of stereoscopic views of the Golden Temple and the city of Amritsar	variously dated 1903, 1907 and 1908	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 537.60
144	Four prints relating to Duleep Singh: A chromolithograph portrait of the Maharajah	circa 1859	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 537.60

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.