Bonhams: The Collection and Archive of Sir Basil Gould CBE, 31405, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 05, 2025 - June 05, 2025

Page Size: 17 items in 1 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
19		A Tibetan canonical manuscript relating to the Bon religion.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 4,480.00
20		A quantity of papers, maps and correspondence relating to Gould's visits to Lhasa and Tibet.	Not Available	GBP 1,792.00
20A		A set of five 1913 Tibetan Bank notes	Not Available	GBP 8,320.00
21		A large box of papers, letters, manuscripts and other ephemera relating to Tibet and "The Jewel in the Lotus".	Not Available	GBP 14,080.00
22		A collection of books belonging to Sir Basil Gould.	Not Available	GBP 4,096.00
23		A 1947 letter from the 14th Dalai Lama to Sir Basil Gould.	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
24		A 1947 letter from the 3rd Taktra Rinpoche, Regent of Tibet (1941-50) to Sir Basil Gould.	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
25	Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy	His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on his throne in the Norbhu Linka	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 8,320.00
26	Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy	Ngawang Sungrab Thutob (1874-1953), 3rd Taktra Rinpoche, Regent of Tibet (1941-1950)	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,432.00
27		Seven large "draft" photograph albums from Sir Basil Gould's 1936-1937 British Mission to Lhasa. Containing approximately 1515 photographs.	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 57,550.00
28		Six typed "Lhasa Mission Diary" 1936/37 folios.	Not Available	GBP 6,400.00
29	Sir Basil John Gould	A large box of photograph albums, papers, letters and manuscripts relating to Gould's service in Afghanistan	Not Available	GBP 5,120.00
30	Sir Basil John Gould	A box of photographs, letters, colour transparencies and manuscripts relating to Sir Basil's service and travels to Sikkim, Bhutan and India.	Not Available	GBP 8,320.00
31		Items related to Ernst Schafer	Not Available	GBP 832.00
32	Guanghua Photo Studio	A portrait photograph of Chiang Kai Shek	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 768.00
33	Sir Basil John Gould	Six photo albums, numerous unmounted photographs, some colour transparencies depicting Tibet.	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 53,740.00
34		A large quantity of 16mm film from Sir Basil Gould and a quantity of film related correspondence.	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 19,200.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 15: Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover. $15,000 to $20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Lunar Surface Flown Mission Emblem Presented to Tom Stafford by John Young. $8,000 to $12,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Extensive Chronology of Spacecraft From Apollo to Skylab, Signed by a Member of Every Crewed Apollo Flight and the Commanders of Each Skylab Mission. $5,000 to $8,000.
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