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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Duke's: The Winter Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Winter Auction | Total Sales (GBP) | 75,569.00 |
| Auction Date | January 30, 2025 - January 30, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 31,120.00 |
| Sale Number | #13025 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 55,550.00 |
| Total Lots | 99 | ||
| Sold Lots | 85 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 36,580.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.86% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 65,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 14 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.59% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 390 | SMITH, ADAM | 'AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS' |
1778 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,920.00 |
| 357 | EDWARDS, GEORGE | 'A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS' |
1743 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 9,295.00 |
| 395 | DORSET INTEREST | A VICTORIAN BROWN LEATHER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM RELATING TO MELBURY, C.1868 |
C.1868 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 9,230.00 |
| 398 | NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES ON HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE' |
1839 | GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 6,240.00 | |
| 380 | MOORE, THOMAS | 'THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND' |
1855 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,900.00 |
| 366 | HAWKESWORTH, JOHN | 'AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES UNDERTAKEN....IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE' |
1773 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,600.00 |
| 181 | MATTHIAS (MATTHEW) BUCHINGER (1674-1740) | A HANDWRITTEN NOTE |
1733 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,820.00 |
| 355 | DU HALDE, J.B. | 'DESCRIPTION...DE L'EMPIRE DE LA CHINE' |
1736 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,820.00 |
| 367 | HERIOT, GEORGE - | 'TRAVELS THROUGH THE CANADAS' |
1807 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,820.00 |
| 350 | COOK, JAMES | A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE' |
1779 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,690.00 |
| 183 | A MERTON PRIORY WAX SEAL |
probably 16th century | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,560.00 | |
| 409 | TWO EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCRAP ALBUMS |
EARLY 19TH CENTURY | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,300.00 | |
| 186 | A PART SET OF 'HORRID POPISH PLOT' PLAYING CARDS BY HUNT & SONS |
c.1678 and later | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,235.00 | |
| 352 | DARWIN, CHARLES | SIX VOLUMES |
1880, 1885, 1888, 1889 and, 1890 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,235.00 |
| 358 | ELIOT, GEORGE - | 'MIDDLEMARCH' |
1872 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,105.00 |
| 343 | CAMDEN, WILLIAM | BRITANNIA: OR, A CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND' |
1753 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,040.00 |
| 123 | AFTER REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669) | Christ Disputing with the Doctors, Small Plate' |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 845.00 | |
| 124 | AFTER REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669) | 'Abraham caressing Isaac' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 715.00 | |
| 185 | A CUT PAPER BIRDCAGE |
early 19th century | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | GBP 715.00 | |
| 179 | FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) | A HANDWRITTEN LETTER |
GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 650.00 | |
| 386 | RALEGH, SIR WALTER | 'THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD' |
1614 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 650.00 |
| 389 | SIR CUTHBERT SHARP (1781-1849) | AN ARCHIVE |
1836 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 650.00 |
| 369 | HILL, JOHN - | 'AN HISTORY OF ANIMALS' |
1752 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 598.00 |
| 370 | HOUSMAN, LAURENCE - | 'THE LOVE CONCEALED' |
1928 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 598.00 |
| 387 | RALEGH, SIR WALTER | 'THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN FIVE BOOKS' |
1677 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 572.00 |
