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Auction Name Monthly Antiques, Pictures & Collectables Total Sales (GBP) 3,178.50
Auction Date January 24, 2026 - January 24, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,970.00
Sale Number #9523 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,730.00
Total Lots 40
Sold Lots 39.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,070.00
% of Lots Sold 97.50% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 4,930.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
65 Friedrich Berner Werner (German, 1690-1776),

Venetia', hand coloured engraved panaoramic view

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 416.00
67 H.J. Jackson (contemporary),

'Getting off the Beach',

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 208.00
68 Attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858),

'A Snowy Evening at Kanbura Station' and 'A Snowy Eastern Metropolis', woodblock prints,

circa 1833-34 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 182.00
79 Attributed to Yoshitora Utagawa (active 1850-80),

The Great Battle of Yamazaki, circa 1864

circa 1864 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 169.00
37 Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947),

The Loge' coloured lithograph

GBP 120.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.00
66 Kerry Buck (British, contemporary),

'Long tailed tits', t

GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 143.00
157 William Marshall (1617-1649),

Elizabeth Queen of England,

circa 1648 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 143.00
75 After Johannes Stradanus (Flemish,1523-1605),

Four copper plate engravings depicting hunting scenes,

circa 17th century GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
33 Felix Vallotton (Swiss, 1865-1925),

'The Print Lovers', woodcut,

circa 1892 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 123.50
20 Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-1775),

Study of Francesco Algarotti, etching,

1999 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 110.50
39 Attributed to Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792),

Samurai, woodblock;

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 110.50
25 Carlo Marratti (1625-1713),

"The Birth of the Virgin",

circa 1652 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 91.00
42 Charles John Watson (1846-1927)

Norwich Market, etching,

1875 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 78.00
34 J.Harris after Henry Aitken

'Fore's Steeple Chase Scenes', six coloured aquatints,

1848 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 71.50
97 William Strang RA (1859-1921),

Portrait of a writer, etching and drypoint

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 71.50
28 Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861),

woodcut, inscribed "from the 47 Loyal Samurai",

c.1850 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 65.00
29 In the manner of Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

woodblocks; ink and colour on paper (four laid sheets)

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 65.00
30 In the manner of Kubo Shunman (1757-1820),

woodblocks; ink and colour on paper (six laid sheets)

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 65.00
124 Timothy John Greenwood (1946-2010),

'Dipper', together with a study of an owl

GBP 60.00 - 70.00 GBP 58.50
264

A coloured map of Norfolk and part of Sussex by Christopher Saxton

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 54.60
41 Modern British,

Arrival of the 8 33'

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 52.00
9 Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664),

Head study,

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 49.40
123 Timothy John Greenwood (1946-2010),

Fetlar Puffins', hand coloured etching

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 49.40
142 William Maitland (1693-1757) Benjamin Cole (engraver),

'Langborn Ward and Candlewick Ward',

1756 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 45.50
127 Timothy John Greenwood (1946-2010),

'Badger' and a study of a Marten (numbered 5 of 50) etchings

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 41.60
  • 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