Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern - bidstart 7/12
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern - bidstart 7/12 | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,635,984.00 |
| Auction Date | July 19, 2022 - July 19, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 948,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #L22404 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,341,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 373 | ||
| Sold Lots | 250 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,726,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.02% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,489,050.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 123 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 65.73% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Franz Schubert | Fine lengthy autograph letter signed ("der treue aufrichtige Franz[paraph]ia"), to his brother Ferdinand 24-25 August 1818 |
1818 | GBP 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | GBP 138,600.00 |
| 377 | Sylvia Plath | The Colossus and other poems. |
1960 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 94,500.00 |
| 313 | E.H. Shepard | When Christopher Robin had nailed it on in its right place... |
c.1926 | GBP 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | GBP 81,900.00 |
| 312 | E.H. Shepard | The Tail is Lost |
c.1926 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 69,300.00 |
| 187 | Emily Eden | Correspondence and personal papers: |
1814-1846 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 50,400.00 |
| 17 | The Larochefoucault Hours, Use of Autun, illuminated manuscript in Latin on vellum. |
c.1460–70; last quire added in Paris, c.1500] | GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 44,100.00 | |
| 13 | Psalter in Latin, Illuminated manuscript on vellum. |
13th century (2nd quarter of middle)] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 | |
| 93 | Aristophanes | Comoediae novem [Greek], edited by Marcus Musurus, with the scholia. |
1498 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 98 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Drawings. |
1985 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 32,760.00 |
| 117 | William Blake (Illus.)—Edward Young | The Complaint, and The Consolation; or Night Thoughts. |
1797 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 25,200.00 |
| 16 | Property from the Brooklyn Museum, sold to support Museum Collections, Book of Hours, Use of Rome |
15th century, after 1450 (c.1460s), and 19th century | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 22,680.00 | |
| 18 | Prayerbook, in Flemish and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. |
late 15th century (c. 1480)] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 22,680.00 | |
| 26 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Matthaei...Partitur |
1830 | GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 244 | James Joyce | Ulysses. |
1936 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 160 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Autograph manuscript poem headed "Sors misera servorum in insulis Indiae occidentalis" [Ode on The West-Indian Slave Trade] |
1792 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 232 | F.A. Hayek | Autograph manuscript personal and family memoirs |
1988-1989 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 252 | John Lennon | Drawing of sheep |
1965 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 308 | Dat Schatzböchelgen der selen | A miniature sixteenth-century volume owned by Johanna von Hochsteden, a nun at Grosskönigsdorf, containing rare printed and manuscript devotional texts, comprising: |
sixteenth-century | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 330 | Nelly Toll | Six watercolours painted whilst in hiding from the Nazis |
1943 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 346 | Oscar Wilde | The Sphinx. |
1894 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 371 | Ted Hughes—Morrigu Press | A small archive relating to the Morrigu Press, comprising: |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 | |
| 77 | Alessandro Sanquirico | Scene eseguite pel Melodramma serio L'ultimo giorno di Pompei [...]; Raccolta di Varie Decorazioni Sceniche inventate, e dipinte dal pittore Alessandro Sanquirico per l'I.R. Teatro della Scala in Milano |
c.1827 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
| 108 | Bible. New Testament. English. Tyndale's version | [The Newe Testament of oure Saveour Jesus Christ translated by M. Wil. Tyndall... |
1549 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
| 329 | J.R.R. Tolkien | Autograph letter signed, to Tony Hall |
1968 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
| 85 | Egon Wellesz | Archive of autograph manuscripts of his compositions, UNPUBLISHED,including: |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
