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Sothebys: The David Hockney Sale: The Arrival of Spring,

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Auction Name	The David Hockney Sale: The Arrival of Spring,	Total Sales (GBP)	4,544,000.00
Auction Date	March 05, 2026 - March 05, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,500,000.00
Sale Number	#L26022	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,250,000.00
Total Lots	16
Sold Lots	16.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	1,500,000.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,250,000.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	201.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
105	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 6 May	c.2011	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 486,400.00
102	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 31 May, No. 1	c.2011	GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 448,000.00
101	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 14 April	c.2011	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 358,400.00
106	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 31 May, No. 2	c.2011	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 320,000.00
103	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 26 April	c.2011	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 281,600.00
104	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 2 January	c.2011	GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 281,600.00
112	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 25 March	c.2011	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 281,600.00
115	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 21 March	c.2011	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 268,800.00
107	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 14 March	c.2011	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 243,200.00
116	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 5 March	c.2011	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 243,200.00
108	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 18 May	c.2011	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 230,400.00
109	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 23 April	c.2011	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 230,400.00
110	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 30 March	c.2011	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 230,400.00
113	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 1 April	c.2011	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 230,400.00
111	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 18 January	c.2011	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 217,600.00
114	David Hockney	The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 22 May	c.2011	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 192,000.00

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.