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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025
Page Size: 111 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

La Table, from: Saint Matorel

Paris 1910, 1911 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,064.00
52 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Le couvent (deuxieme planche), from: Saint Matorel

Paris 1910, 1911 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,985.00
53 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Madamoiselle Leonie, from: Saint Matorel

Paris 1910, 1911 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 21,590.00
54 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Tete d'homme a la pipe

Paris 1912, 1911 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,890.00
55 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Femme au Fauteuil songeuse, la Joue sur la main, from: La Suite Vollard

Paris 1934, 1939 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 15,240.00
56 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Jeune couple accroupi, l'homme avec un tambourin, from: La Suite Vollard

Paris 1934, 1939 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 9,525.00
57 EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

La sortie du bain

an unrecorded proof (Reed & Shapiro cite three impressions of this state) 1882 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 10,795.00
58 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)

Carnot Malade!

after 1901 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,255.00
59 EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

La sortie du bain

1882 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 8,255.00
60 JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET (1814-1875)

La Grande Bergere

Paris 1862 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 889.00
61 CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (1889-1946)

Third Avenue (Elevated Railway/Under the Elevated)

1921 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 2,286.00
62 CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (1889-1946)

Westminster from the Savage Club, Adelphi

1928-29 GBP 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,905.00
63 DAVID MUIRHEAD BONE (1876-1953)

The Great Gantry, Charing Cross Station

one of 35 impressions of this state (there were a total of 52 impression of all four published states 1906 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 9,525.00
64 ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (1865-1925)

The Horse Dealers Series

on laid and wove papers 1919-1921 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 12,065.00
65 BEN NICHOLSON (1894-1982)

1973 (translucent)

1973 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,985.00
66 WILLIAM SCOTT (1913-1989)

Cornish Harbour (Mousehole)

1951 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,302.00
67 HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Shelter Sketch Book

London 1967 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,985.00
68 LEON KOSSOFF (1926-2019)

The Rape of the Sabines (#1), from: The Poussin Project: A Series of Prints after Nicolas Poussin

1998 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 6,985.00
69 DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Maurice

New York 1998 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 12,065.00
70 LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)

Ib

London 1984 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 11,430.00
71 FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)

Lucian Freud, from: Six Etchings of Heads

London 1981 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,890.00
72 DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Celia Amused

Los Angeles 1979 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 9,525.00
73 DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Fires of Furious Desire

London 1961, 1969 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,445.00
74 PAULA REGO (1935-2022)

Three Blind Mice I, and Three Blind Mice Il: from Nursery Rhymes

London 1989 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,302.00
75 PAULA REGO (1935-2022)

Humpty Dumpty, and Sing a Song of Sixpence ll: from Nursery Rhymes

London 1989 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,556.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.