Auction Reports

Bonhams

Auction Info

Auction Name
Always Remember. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Auction Date
12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
Sale Number
#31816
Total Lots
64
Sold Lots
64.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (GBP)
813,184.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
194,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
312,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
194,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
312,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
260.22%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
37 Charlie Mackesy

One day I'll look back

N/A GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 43,520.00
24 Charlie Mackesy

My favourite place

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 40,960.00
7 Charlie Mackesy

We are forever (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 33,280.00
9 Charlie Mackesy

Front cover study, version one (Always Remember)

N/A GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 24,320.00
48 Charlie Mackesy

When the big things feel out of control (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 23,040.00
47 Charlie Mackesy

You fell... but I've got you (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 21,760.00
14 Charlie Mackesy

The Mole's Cake Recipe

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 21,760.00
42 Charlie Mackesy

Gentleness (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
25 Charlie Mackesy

Front cover study, version two (Always Remember)

N/A GBP 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 GBP 19,200.00
62 Charlie Mackesy

What do we do when our hearts hurt (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 17,920.00
26 Charlie Mackesy

Hope is the quiet song (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 17,920.00
21 Charlie Mackesy

Sometimes I feel lost

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
60 Charlie Mackesy

Storms get tired (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
64 Charlie Mackesy

One of the kindest things you can do (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
2 Charlie Mackesy

Where does your strength come from? (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
45 Charlie Mackesy

One of the greatest illusions (unframed)

N/A GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 15,360.00
57 Charlie Mackesy

It sits quietly above all things (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 15,360.00
1 Charlie Mackesy

I hope you know how brave you've been

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 15,360.00
12 Charlie Mackesy

One day you'll look back (unframed)

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 14,080.00
10 Charlie Mackesy

Your next step

N/A GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 14,080.00

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  • 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.