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Sloane Street Auctions: The February Valentine's Fine Art Auction: To include Noble Estates, Old and Modern Masters, Sculpture and Jewellery.
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The February Valentine's Fine Art Auction: To include Noble Estates, Old and Modern Masters, Sculpture and Jewellery. | Total Sales (GBP) | 30,854.38 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 15,880.00 |
| Sale Number | #20526 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 25,510.00 |
| Total Lots | 62 | ||
| Sold Lots | 37.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 28,110.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 59.68% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 43,780.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 25 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 70.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 549 | Representation des fetes donnees par la ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du Roi a l'arrivee et pendant le sejour de sa Majeste en cette ville |
[1745] | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,272.00 | |
| 548 | NO RESERVE: The complete set of 'Oz' Magazine |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,217.60 | ||
| 523 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Set of 9 Quadrichrome Prints on original lithographs after ceramic plates |
1948 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,295.00 |
| 534 | Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887--1985) | The Tribe of Dan |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,845.20 | |
| 595 | Terence Donovan (British, 1936-1996) | Portrait of Baroness Margaret Thatcher |
1995 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,713.40 |
| 324 | Attributed to Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) | A Street Scene in Paris |
GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,318.00 | |
| 533 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1883-1973) | Illustration I (3.2.54) Model and Easel |
1954 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,318.00 |
| 532 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1883-1973) | Illustration III (29.1.54) Masked Man and Model |
1954 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,186.20 |
| 596 | A framed photograph of Baroness Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of Baroness Thatcher's 70th birthday party |
1995 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,186.20 | |
| 433 | Friedrich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000) | Street for Survivors |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 856.70 | |
| 535 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Bull |
1949 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 659.00 |
| 586 | Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965 |
1965 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 632.64 | |
| 517 | John Piper (British, 1903-1992) | Willington Dovecote, Bedfordshire |
1978 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 553.56 |
| 518 | John Piper (British, 1903-1992) | Terrace with Red Pots |
1987 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 553.56 |
| 516 | John Piper (British, 1903-1992) | Late Summer Flowers |
1989 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 527.20 |
| 536 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Arachne shows her work, from Ovid's Metamorphoses |
1930-31 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 500.84 |
| 538 | A collection of black and white photographs, mostly of musicians and actors dating from the 1970s, from News International |
1970s | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 500.84 | |
| 696 | Three prints of Moscow |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 461.30 | ||
| 515 | John Piper (British, 1903-1992) | Tickencote, Rutland: the Norman Chancel Arch |
1964 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 421.76 |
| 550 | A collection of Royal memorabilia |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 369.04 | ||
| 529 | NO RESERVE: Eric Gill (British, 1882-1940) | Female Nude |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 329.50 | |
| 546 | Anthony Frost (British, b. 1951) | Future Hit |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 289.96 | |
| 697 | David Roberts (Scottish, 1796-1864) | A set of four prints of Middle Eastern views |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 289.96 | |
| 483 | M. F. Husain (Indian, 1916-2011) | Untitled (Motherhood) |
Circa1970s | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 263.60 |
| 537 | A collection of 35 photographs of tennis players from the late 1970s/early 1980s |
late 1970s/early 1980s | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 263.60 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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.