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Bonhams: Oscar Wilde. The Collection of Jeremy Mason

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Auction Name	Oscar Wilde. The Collection of Jeremy Mason	Total Sales (GBP)	1,689,780.40
Auction Date	February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	315,600.00
Sale Number	#32340	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	480,500.00
Total Lots	156
Sold Lots	156.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	315,600.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	480,500.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	351.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
115	WILDE - DEATH BED PHOTOGRAPH	[GILBERT (MAURICE)] The last photograph of Oscar Wilde, on his death bed, 30 November 1900	1900-11-30	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 279,800.00
14	WILDE (OSCAR)	Two autograph manuscripts, a working draft and a fair copy of the sonnet titled "The Grave of Shelley", [c.1881]	[c.1881]	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 60,090.00
43	WILDE (OSCAR)	Series of five autograph letters signed to J. Graham Hill, [1888 and 1891]	[1888 and 1891]	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 57,550.00
107	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Reggie Turner, [August 1897]	[August 1897]	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 57,550.00
68	WILDE (OSCAR)	Salome: drame en un acte, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 600 COPIES], AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO STUART MERRILL, 1893; with 2 autograph letters signed by Merrill	1893	GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 48,640.00
36	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter to 'Violet Fane', on vegetarianism, [November 1887]	[November 1887]	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 44,800.00
96	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Ada Leverson, [February 1895]	[February 1895]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 43,520.00
63	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph fair copy signed and dated of the poem 'In The Garden', [January 1891]	[January 1891]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 40,960.00
11	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph manuscript titled "Ballade de Marguerite", [n.d. but 1879-1881]	[n.d. but 1879-1881]	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 38,400.00
12	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Beatrice Faudel-Phillips, [c.1880]	[c.1880]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 38,400.00
99	WILDE (OSCAR)	The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 15 OF 30 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, SIEGFRIED SASSOON'S COPY, Leonard Smithers, 1898	1898	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 35,840.00
13	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Beatrice Faudel-Phillips, [November 1886]	[November 1886]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 32,000.00
17	WILDE PRESENTATION COPY	GOSSE (EDMUND, editor) English Odes, PRESENTATION COPY FROM WILDE TO PHILIP BURNE-JONES, Kegan Paul, 1881	1881	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 32,000.00
35	WILDE'S COPY	QUILTER (HARRY) Sententiae Artis, OSCAR WILDE'S ANNOTATED COPY, Isbister Limited, 1886; with two issues of the Pall Mall Gazette	1886	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 32,000.00
45	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Douglas Sladen, [December 1888]	N/A	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 28,160.00
101	WILDE (OSCAR)	The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO EDWARD STRANGMAN, Leonard Smithers, 1898	1898	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 28,160.00
108	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Frank", 26 November [1898]	26 November [1898]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 28,160.00
49	WILDE (OSCAR)	The Picture of Dorian Gray, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, TRIAL BINDING, STUART MASON'S ANNOTATED COPY, [1891]	[1891]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 25,600.00
80	DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED)	Portrait photograph of Lord Alfred Douglas, by Cameron Studio, SIGNED BY THE SITTER, [c.1893]	[c.1893]	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 25,600.00
119	WILDE (OSCAR)	De Profundis, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES, INSCRIBED BY ROBERT ROSS TO ADELA SCHUSTER, Methuen, [1905]	[1905]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 25,600.00
9	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Oscar Browning, [1879]	[1879]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 24,320.00
50	WILDE (OSCAR)	The Picture of Dorian Gray, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 24 OF 250 LARGE PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Ward and Lock, 1891	1891	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 23,040.00
116	WILDE - FUNERAL FLOWERS	Bill for flowers at Oscar Wilde's funeral, made out to Robert Ross, Maison Helbig, Paris, 2 December 1900	1900-12-02	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 23,040.00
7	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph manuscript signed of the sonnet "On hearing the "Dies Irae" sung in the Sistine Chapel.", [1878-1881]	[1878-1881]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 21,760.00
21	WILDE (OSCAR)	Poems, NUMBER 136 OF 220 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892	1892	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 21,760.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.