Sworders: Better by Design | The Principal Contents of Boden Hall, A1197, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 04, 2025 - March 04, 2025
Page Size: 35 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4 William Henry Boucher (1842-1906), after Walter Dendy Sadler

'Home Sweet Home'

1900-09-01 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 332.80
37 L Muller (19th century), after Walter Dendy Sadler

'The Squire's Song'

London 1901 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
47 Cecil Aldin (1870-1935)

The Bluemarket Races: 'The Arrival on the Course' (two); 'Between the Races'; 'The Finish'; 'On the Road'; 'Homewards'

London 1902 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 832.00
85 William Greatbach (1802-1885), after William Salter

'The Waterloo Banquet at Aspley House, June 18 1836'

18 June 1846 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,920.00
160 Cecil Aldin (1870-1935)

A Hunting Morning'; 'Drawn Blank'; Dog chasing a chicken

London GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 230.40
241 Etienne Laporte (French, 19th century)

'Carte Astronomique de l'Univers'

Paris c.1875 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 307.20
294 Joseph Bishop Pratt (1854-1910), after Peter Graham RA

Highland cattle and seabirds

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 537.60
343

A collection of prints

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 64.00
367 After Francesco Piranesi and after Tommaso Piroli

The Callipygian Venus; 'Antinous'

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 256.00
368 Paul Fourdrinier (1698-1758), after W Chambers,

two engravings of classical pavilions,

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 281.60
376 After Francis Wheatley

'Cries of London'

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 230.40
393

A Victorian silhouette, of a mother, two children and a dog,

GBP 150.00 - 300.00 GBP 512.00
394

A Victorian silhouette,

19th century GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 256.00
396

A 'Dunlopillo' advertising poster,

20th century GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
397

A 1950s 'Dunlop' enamel sign,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 448.00
398

An 'NCU' advertising two-colour enamel sign,

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 179.20
399

A 'Huiles Labo' advertising sign,

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 128.00
400

Two enamel advertising signs, a 'Sunflower Petrole Raffine Vacuum Oil Company' sign, a 'Bougies Eyquem'

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 448.00
401

An 'Huile D.F.' advertising poster, 'engine oil for motors',

Paris GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 128.00
402

An educational poster, 20th century, of the car show at the Grand Palais, Paris,

20th century GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 486.40
403

A 'Napier' advertising sign,

1907 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 64.00
404 After A Molynk

Poursuite'; 'Proces-Verbal'

Brussels GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 704.00
405 After Ettore Tito

Aide-Toi le Ciel Taidera'; Qui Trop Embrasse...'

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 179.20
406

A set of six 'Berliet' advertising prints, after Rene Vincent, Bombay, Paris, London, Chicago, Sevilla, Nurnberg, marked 'Automobil Berliet, Lyon',

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 512.00
407 Victor Venner (1869-1913)

'Past' and 'Present'

London 1903 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 256.00
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000
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