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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

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000