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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Prints and Multiples | Total Sales (GBP) | 2,469,896.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,311,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #24150 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,945,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 122 | ||
| Sold Lots | 115.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,647,550.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 94.26% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,425,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 101.84% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) | Le repas frugal |
1904 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 152,400.00 |
| 37 | ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) | Truck |
1985 | GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | GBP 152,400.00 |
| 38 | ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) | Electric Chair |
1971 | GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | GBP 152,400.00 |
| 42 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) | Seascape, from: Landscapes Series |
1985 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 101,600.00 |
| 13 | HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) | La Danse au Moulin Rouge |
1897 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 95,250.00 |
| 40 | ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) | Mick Jagger |
1975 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 95,250.00 |
| 18 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) | Faune devoilant une femme, from: La Suite Vollard |
1936 | GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 69,850.00 |
| 33 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from: Paper Pools |
1980 | GBP 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 69,850.00 |
| 90 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972) | Day and Night |
1938 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 69,850.00 |
| 39 | ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) | Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, from: Reigning Queens (Royal Edition) |
1985 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 50,800.00 |
| 44 | ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) | Martha Graham |
1986 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 50,800.00 |
| 2 | JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) | Gargantua |
1977 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 48,260.00 |
| 25 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | Artist and Model |
1974 | GBP 22,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 48,260.00 |
| 27 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm |
1969-70 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 48,260.00 |
| 41 | KEITH HARING (1958-1990) | Totem |
1989 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 48,260.00 |
| 36 | PAULA REGO (1935-2022) | Nursery Rhymes |
1989 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 44,450.00 |
| 7 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) | Visage de Marie-Therese |
1928 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 40,640.00 |
| 32 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | The Red Pot |
1986 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 40,640.00 |
| 34 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | Vertical Dogs |
1995 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 40,640.00 |
| 46 | FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992) | Triptych 1983 |
1983 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 40,640.00 |
| 47 | LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011) | Lord Goodman in his Yellow Pyjamas |
1987 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 40,640.00 |
| 1 | JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) | Equinoxe |
1967 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 38,100.00 |
| 49 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm |
1969-70 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 38,100.00 |
| 21 | JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) | Les Perseides |
1970 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 35,560.00 |
| 43 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) | Moonscape, from: 11 Pop Artists, Volume I |
1965 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 33,020.00 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950