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Auction Name
RM Sothebys The February Memorabilia Sale: Featuring the Rob Walker Collection
Auction Date
02/25/2026 - 02/25/2026
Sale Number
#rw26
Total Lots
232
Sold Lots
232.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (GBP)
236,220.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
104,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
176,700.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
104,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
176,700.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
133.68%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
365

1961 Scrapbooks

 1961 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 24,000.00
121

1984 Ayrton Senna Toleman Formula 1 Steering Wheel

 1984 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 22,800.00
350

1960 Scrapbooks

 1960 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 21,600.00
489

Signed Letter from Enzo Ferrari and Mauro Forghieri

 N/A GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 16,200.00
376

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing Ephemera

 N/A GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 12,000.00
411

1987 Enzo Ferrari Photograph and Signed Note

 1987 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 10,200.00
415

Rob Walker's Diaries 1941-2000

 1941-2000 GBP 250.00 - 500.00 GBP 8,400.00
455

1968 Scrapbooks

 1968 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,200.00
150

1992 Ayrton Senna Mclaren Formula 1 Signed Poster

 1992 GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,080.00
440

1967 Scrapbooks

 1967 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
419

Delage 15-S-8 Chassis 2 Documentation and Photographs

 N/A GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,480.00
341

Negatives taken by Rob Walker of the 1958 Formula 1 Season

 1958 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,480.00
526

Personality Negatives, Including Enzo Ferrari and Mike Hailwood

 N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,240.00
307

Negatives taken by Rob Walker of the 1961 Formula 1 Season

 1961 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,880.00
320

1958 Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing Programmes

 1958 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,640.00
470

1969 Scrapbooks

 1969 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,160.00
500

1971 Scrapbooks

 1971 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,040.00
485

1970 Scrapbooks

 1970 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,040.00
379

Connaught A-Type Model by Henri Baigent

 N/A GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,040.00
515

1973 Scrapbooks

 1973 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,920.00
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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.