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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: 20th Century and Contemporary

Auction Reports

Auction Name 20th Century and Contemporary Total Sales (GBP) 6,461.60
Auction Date February 24, 2026 - February 24, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,000.00
Sale Number #9554 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 5,980.00
Total Lots 48
Sold Lots 30.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,190.00
% of Lots Sold 62.50% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 14,590.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 44.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
57 Craigie Aitchison (British 1926-2009)

Sheep in the moonlight

 1999 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 918.40
69 James Dolby (British, 1909-1975)

Steam engines

 1966 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 721.60
262 Joan Pere Viladecans (Spanish, b.1948)

Twenty four lithographs

 N/A GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 524.80
88 Bernard Cheese (British, 1925-2013)

'Jubilant Crowd'

 N/A GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 393.60
58 After Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986)

Mother and Child

 N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 341.12
56 Dame Laura Knight (British, 1877-1970)

'Bank Holiday'

 N/A GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 314.88
67 Peter Winslow Milton (American, b 1930)

'Passage III'

 1972 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 314.88
205 After Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (British, 1924-2005)

'Tottenham Court Road Underground glass mosaics

 1987, 1991 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 288.64
61 Norman Stevens (British, 1937-1988)

'Levens Hall Garden'

 1985 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 223.04
59 After Laurie Mossuto (Australian, XX/XXI Century)

'Bondi Evening' and 'Shadows of Tamarama'

 N/A GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 209.92
60 After John Brunsdon (British, 1933-2014)

'Dorset Summer'

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 183.68
70 Robert Regis Dvorak (American, contemporary)

'Suspended Animation'

 N/A GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 170.56
73 Roy Fairchild-Woodard (Roy Fairchild) (British, b 1953)

'Red dress'

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 157.44
93 After Vladimir Griegorov Tretchikoff (Russian,

'Miss Wong' and 'Chinese girl'

 N/A GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 157.44
78 Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

'Painter with Esther

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 144.32
82 After Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890-1918)

Study of a female form

 N/A GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 144.32
76 Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

'Karen in Blue'

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 131.20
63 After David Hockney (British 1937-)

'Flowers Apple & Pear on a Table,

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 124.64
79 Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

'Daemon Series

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 124.64
77 Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

'The painter with Janine Pecorini,

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 118.08
80 Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

'Esther with Silver Locket'

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 118.08
86 After John Lethbridge (New Zealander, b 1948)

'Full circle'

 1976 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 118.08
75 Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz (British, 1941-2002)

'Study of Anna'

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 104.96
196 After James Cadle Pollard (Early 20th century British school)

Church scene

 1913 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 104.96
89 Mariza Carpes (Brazilian, b 1948)

'Figures'

 1994 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 85.28
  • 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.