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Bloomsbury Auctions: Beatrix Potter: the Mark Ottignon Collection

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Auction Name	Beatrix Potter: the Mark Ottignon Collection	Total Sales (GBP)	139,659.50
Auction Date	February 27, 2013 - February 27, 2013	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	99,920.00
Sale Number	#36015	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	144,630.00
Total Lots	198
Sold Lots	135.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	137,005.00
% of Lots Sold	68.18%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	195,780.00
Unsold Lots	63	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	71.34%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
16	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Peter Rabbit	1901	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 24,400.00
17	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Peter Rabbit	1902	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 14,640.00
119	Potter (Beatrix)	The Fairy Caravan	1929	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 12,200.00
18	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Peter Rabbit	1902	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,344.00
174	Artwork.- Potter (Beatrix)	Berries study		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,880.00
78	Potter (Beatrix)	Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes	1917	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 4,880.00
38	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tailor of Gloucester	1902	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,660.00
71	Potter (Beatrix)	The Roly-Poly Pudding	1918	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,660.00
84	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Little Pig Robinson	1930	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 3,660.00
14	[Potter (Beatrix)]	Greetings Card	1927	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,440.00
69	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck	1940	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 2,440.00
20	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Peter Rabbit	1902	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,196.00
39	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tailor of Gloucester	1903	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,830.00
43	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Benjamin Bunny	1904	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,830.00
10	Potter (Beatrix).- Nister (Ernest) and E.P. Dutton, publishers.	(Ernest) and E.P. Dutton	1896	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,586.00
122	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of a Faithful Dove	1955	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,586.00
15	[Potter (Beatrix)]	Christmas Card	1935	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,586.00
25	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Peter Rabbit	1910	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,586.00
48	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin	1909	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,586.00
172	Potter (Beatrix)	Autograph letter signed "Beatrix Heelis"	1930	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,342.00
4	Potter (Beatrix).- Nister	Ernest and E.P. Dutton	1890	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,342.00
168	Photographs.- King (Charles)	Beatrix Potter with Kep in garden	1913	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,159.00
3	[Potter (Beatrix)]	'A bright and happy Christmas'	1890	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,159.00
12	Potter (Beatrix).- Nister (Ernest) and E.P. Dutton, publishers.	(Ernest) and E.P. Dutton	1896	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,098.00
22	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Peter Rabbit		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,098.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.