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Bonhams: Chinese Printings, Calligraphy and Prints
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Chinese Printings, Calligraphy and Prints | Total Sales (USD) | 298,534.40 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 24, 2026 - March 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 151,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #31869 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 222,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 64 | ||
| Sold Lots | 35.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 574,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 54.69% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 873,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 29 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 34.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 622 | SHI LU (1919-1982) | Two Woodcut Prints, 1938-1949 |
1938-1949 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 40,960.00 |
| 533 | PRINCE YONGXING (CHENG QIN WANG, 1752-1823) | Calligraphy in Running Script |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 32,000.00 |
| 519 | ANONYMOUS (Late Qing Dynasty) | Biographies and portraits of Cuyen (1580-1615) and Family, 18th century |
18th century | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 23,040.00 |
| 546 | ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) | Calligraphy in Running Script, for Mao Cheng-tzu (1922-2012), 1978 |
1978 | USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 536 | KANG YOUWEI (1858-1927) | Couplet in Running Script |
N/A | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 561 | HUANG JUNBI (1898-1991) | Lansdcape and Calligraphy, 1963 |
1963 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 |
| 530 | HU SHI (1891-1962) | Calligraphy in Running Scrip, 1948 |
1948 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 15,360.00 |
| 524 | THE QIANLONG EMPEROR (1711-1799) | Calligraphy in Running Script, 1791 |
1791 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 537 | KANG YOUWEI (1858-1927) | Calligraphy in Running Script |
N/A | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 534 | CHENG QUAN (19th century) | Calligraphy in Seal Script Dedicated to Liu Jiaoyun (1818-1849), 1842 |
1842 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 535 | WENG TONGHE (1830-1904) | Calligraphy in Running Script, 1894 |
1894 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 520 | ANONYMOUS (early 19th century) | Views of Hangzhou |
N/A | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 566 | GUAN PINGHU (1897-1967) | Reading by a Lamp, 1926 |
1926 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 621 | WANG SHUYI (1917-1999) | Woodcut Prints, 1940's |
1940's | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 556 | PU RU (1896-1963) | Landscape/Calligraphy in Semi-cursive Script Dedicated to Yi Kuo-juei (1906-1990) |
N/A | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 610 | CALLIGRAPHIC RUBBINGS JIANG-TIE |
18th/19th century | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 | |
| 529 | DONG ZUOBIN (1895-1963) | Calligraphy in Oracle Bone Script, 1949 |
1949 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 532 | JIANG JIESHI (CHIANG KAI-SHEK, 1887-1975) | Calligraphy |
N/A | USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 531 | CAI YUANPEI (1868-1940) | Letter Written on letterhead from St. John's University |
1940 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,864.00 |
| 528 | ZHENG XIAOXU (1860-1938) | Calligraphy in Running Script, 1918 |
1918 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 |
| 542 | YE GONGCHAO (GEORGE KUNG-CHAO YEH, 1904-1981) | Calligraphy in Running Script, Dedicated to C.T. Feng (1899-2000) |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 |
| 559 | PU RU (1896-1963) | Calligraphy in Running Script |
N/A | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 |
| 609 | WUBAI LUOHAN XIANGZAN |
Guangxu period | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 | |
| 525 | LIU YONG (1720-1805) | Calligraphy in Running Script, 1762 |
1762 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,200.00 |
| 617 | ANONYMOUS | Bathing Beauties, circa 1920's |
circa 1920's | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,200.00 |
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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