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Bonhams: Asian Works of Art

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Auction Name	Asian Works of Art	Total Sales (AUD)	35,165.70
Auction Date	August 14, 2024 - August 14, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	9,150.00
Sale Number	#30386	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	14,480.00
Total Lots	17
Sold Lots	17	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	9,150.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	14,480.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	242.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
7		A group of Sotheby's catalogues of Chinese and Asian art		AUD 1,500.00 - 2,200.00	AUD 9,225.00
8		A group of Christie's catalogues of Chinese and Asian art		AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 6,765.00
12		A group of publications on Chinese art		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 2,952.00
14		A group of catalogues by UK & EU & US dealers and auction houses		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 2,706.00
2		Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, vols I-II, and Oriental Ceramics the Workd's Great Collection vol. 7(Dong Yang Tao Ci Da Guan )	1987, 1975	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 2,460.00
9		A group of Bonhams' catalogues of Chinese and Asian art		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 2,460.00
5		The Baur Collection Publications		AUD 500.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,722.00
13		A group of publications on cloisonne, later bronzes and Himalayan art		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,476.00
1	Moss, Hugh.	By Imperial Command: An Introduction to Ch'ing Imperial Painted Enamels	1976	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,353.00
3		Five catalogues in later Chinese ceramics	1910s and 1920s	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 984.00
11		A group of publications on Chinese Art		AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 984.00
6		A group of publications on Chinese Snuff Bottles		AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 738.00
4		Seven catalogues in later Chinese ceramics	1920s and 1930s	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 418.20
10		Orientations and Arts of Asia		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 393.60
15		A group of publications on Asian art		AUD 500.00 - 800.00	AUD 319.80
17		Arts of Asia	1981 to 1999	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 110.70
16		A group of catalogues by Chinese auction houses	2000 to 2021	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 98.40

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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DOYLE
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
July 23, 2025

DOYLE
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
July 23, 2025

DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500

DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000

DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800

DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.

DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600

DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800