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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
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Sothebys: Japanese Woodblock Prints Including the Sokolov Collection - bidstart 5/21

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Auction Name Japanese Woodblock Prints Including the Sokolov Collection - bidstart 5/21 Total Sales (GBP) 1,193,598.00
Auction Date May 28, 2021 - May 28, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 400,200.00
Sale Number #L21221 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 545,100.00
Total Lots 223
Sold Lots 192 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 453,000.00
% of Lots Sold 86.10% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 613,400.00
Unsold Lots 31 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 194.59%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
16 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Plum Estate, Kameido (Kameido umeyashiki), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 88,200.00
5 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Kambara: Night Snow (Kambara, yoru no yuki), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 24,000.00 - 28,000.00 GBP 81,900.00
111 Sawa Sekkyo (fl. circa 1804-1818)

Two woodblock prints from the series Perspective Prints (Ukie), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 63,000.00
20 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

The complete set of The Journey to the West, A Popular Version (Tsuzoku saiyuki), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 GBP 40,320.00
41 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Descending sparrows, Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 40,320.00
11 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido (Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 37,800.00
39 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Viewing Sunset over Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogoku-bashi no sekiyo o miru), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 37,800.00
4 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Cherry Blossoms at Night on Naka-no-cho in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-cho yozakura) Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
14 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Wind-tossed Waves at Seven-Mile Beach in Sagami Province (Sagami Shichiri-ga-hama fuha), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
40 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Fuji from Kanaya on the Tokaido (Tokaido Kanaya no Fuji), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
2 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

Beauty holding a letter from her lover, Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century

late 18th - early 19th century GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 32,760.00
18 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Fifty woodblock prints from Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichu gishi den), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 30,240.00
43 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Poem by Sarumaru Dayu, Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 27,720.00
173 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zojoji), Taisho period, 20th century

20th century GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 27,720.00
175 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Tennoji Temple in Osaka (Osaka Tennoji), Showa period, 20th century

20th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 27,720.00
17 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

The complete set of Fifty-three Pairings for the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsui), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 GBP 22,680.00
177 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Honmonji Temple in Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji), Showa period, 20th century

20th century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 21,420.00
97 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Eight woodblock prints from the untitled series of Large Fish, Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
82 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Cherry-blossom Viewing on the Hill of the Tenjin Shrine in Yasui (Yasui Tenjinyama hanami), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
6 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 11,970.00
10 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Shower at Tadasugawara (Tadasugawara no yudachi), Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 10,710.00
36 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Two egoyomi woodblock prints, Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 10,710.00
25 Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947)

The Heron Maiden (Sagi musume), Taisho period, 20th century

20th century GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
50 Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

Woman drawing the first water of the year, Edo period, 19th century

19th century GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
162 Yamamoto Shoun (1870-1965)

Twenty-four woodblock prints depicting women, Meiji period, early 20th century

early 20th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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