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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: British & European Paintings & Watercolours, Old Master & Modern Prints & Drawings

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Auction Name British & European Paintings & Watercolours, Old Master & Modern Prints & Drawings Total Sales (GBP) 101,373.84
Auction Date March 12, 2025 - March 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 51,600.00
Sale Number #31225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 78,750.00
Total Lots 228
Sold Lots 168 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 66,700.00
% of Lots Sold 73.68% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 101,800.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
348 Calvert (Edward, 1799-1883)

The Early Engravings of Edward Calvert (The Carfax Portfolio)

1904 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 15,168.00
64 Carloni (Marco, 1742-1796)

A collection of 28 hand-coloured engravings from Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture

1776 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,561.60
381 Caron (Andre-Charles, active 1920-1949)

Josephine au Bal Negre

1927 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 5,308.80
409 Piper (John, 1903-1992)

Brighton Aquatints

1939 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,124.00
345 Knight (Laura, 1877-1970)

An archive of letters and sketches sent to Allardyce & Josephine Nicholl

1938-1967 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,044.80
4 Da Trento (Antonio, circa 1510-1550)

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist (Madonna of the Roses), after Parmigianino

1527-1530 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,516.80
408 Ravilious (Eric, 1903-1942)

Nine illustrations from High Street

1938 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,390.40
1 Durer (Albrecht, 1471-The)

128 Holy Family in Egypt, from The Life of the Virgin

1503 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,264.00
65 De Boisseau (Jean-Jacques, 1736-1810)

Buste de Jeune Paysanne, the sitter depicted is either the artist's wife or the maid, Josephine, crayon and ink wash

GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,200.80
413 Stone (Reynolds, 1909-1979)

A collection of 28 small-scale wood engravings

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 948.00
479 Piper (John, 1903-1992)

The Grotto, Halswell, Somerset

1987 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 948.00
8 Ghisi (Giorgio Mantovano, 1520-1582)

Venus and Adonis, after Teodoro Ghisi

1570 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 884.80
51 Cattini (Giovanni, 1715-1804/1809)

Six engravings from Icones ad Vivum Expressae, after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

1754 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 884.80
497

Various Artists. Other Men's Flowers

1994 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 884.80
69 Ottaviani (Giovanni)

A pair of large hand-coloured engraved plates after Raphael (plates III & VIII), of two frescoes in the Loggia of the Vatican

1772 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 821.60
429 Hasui (Kawase, Chuan Lai Ba Shui , 1883-1957)

Condition Report...

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 758.40
465 Moore (Henry, 1898-1986)

Reclining Mother and Child I: Profile

1979 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 758.40
75 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778)

Four etchings from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt

1778 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 707.84
462 Moore (Henry, 1898-1986)

Two Reclining Figures

1978 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 682.56
52 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778)

Pyramide di C. Cestio, from the Vedute di Roma

1756 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 657.28
391 Hatt (Doris Brabham, 1890-1969)

Dial Hill

1930 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 657.28
360 Shannon (Charles Haselwood, 1863-1937)

An Idyll

1905 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 632.00
395 White (Ethelbert, 1891-1972)

The Punch & Judy Show

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 632.00
438 Knight (Laura, 1877-1970)

Evening Pool

1960 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 632.00
481 Piper (John, 1903-1992)

The Temple of Diana

1988 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 632.00
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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