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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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Sloane Street Auctions: The Valentine's Auction: To include Old and Modern Masters, Jewellery and other Estate Contents
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Valentine's Auction: To include Old and Modern Masters, Jewellery and other Estate Contents | Total Sales (GBP) | 38,472.42 |
| Auction Date | February 06, 2025 - February 06, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 25,320.00 |
| Sale Number | #20625 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 42,580.00 |
| Total Lots | 37 | ||
| Sold Lots | 35 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 27,620.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 94.59% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 46,080.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.49% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 632 | Nick Knight (b.1958) | Monday 29th May, 2017 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 13,180.00 | |
| 203C | [Kitney & Co.] Terence Donovan (English, 1936-1996), i | A silver photo frame Together with a colour photograph of Baroness Margaret and Sir Denis Thatcher |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 7,249.00 | |
| 635 | David Yarrow (Scottish, b. 1966), | The Moment (Gary Player's hole-in-one), Augusta, USA, 2016 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,690.40 | |
| 643 | Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (British, 1889-1946) | The Mirror |
1926-27 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,449.80 |
| 211 | Asprey, London | A navy blue leather notepad, with detached inset page |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,186.20 | |
| 668 | Henry C. Andrews | Geraniums: or, a monograph of the genus geranium |
1805 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,186.20 |
| 224 | Raymond "JAK" Jackson (English, 1927-1997) | Satirical Cartoon - "It's your mother" |
c. 1982 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 856.70 |
| 219 | Stanley 'Mac' McMurtry (b. 1936) | Satirical Cartoon - "Have you Met My Grandson...?" |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 790.80 | |
| 632A | Neil Libbert (British, b.1938) | A portrait of George Best |
1965 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 790.80 |
| 664 | Ian Fleming | For your Eyes Only |
1960 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 724.90 |
| 217 | Portrait of Baroness Margaret Thatcher at her desk |
c. 1980s | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 659.00 | |
| 633 | A collection of 10 photographs of Jerusalem in the 1920s |
1920s | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 593.10 | |
| 223 | Clive Limpkin (British, 1937-2020) | Margaret, Denis and Mark Thatcher |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 553.56 | |
| 216 | Stan Macmurtry 'Mac' (b. 1936) | Satirical cartoon - 'Genuine Mark Thatcher Sheep's Eyeballs' |
c. 1982 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 527.20 |
| 218 | Stanley 'Mac' McMurtry (b. 1936) | Satirical cartoon - 'surprise guest' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 527.20 | |
| 220 | Stan 'Mac' Mcmurtry (b. 1936) | Satirical cartoon - 'Little Michael Lost' |
c. 1982 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 461.30 |
| 222 | Stanley 'Mac' McMurtry (b. 1936) | Satirical cartoon - "A lot more money in it" |
c. 1982 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 461.30 |
| 215 | Stanley 'Mac' McMurtry (b. 1936) | Satirical Cartoon - "Poor Carol" |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 395.40 | |
| 221 | James Bateman (British, 1893-1959) | Three figure sketches for John Ball |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 395.40 | |
| 615 | After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1963) | Intimacy of Couple, 1964 |
1964 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 369.04 |
| 225 | Bob Moran (British, b. 1986), | This Means War |
2014 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 263.60 |
| 519 | A collection of six scenes on silk after Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) |
20th century | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 237.24 | |
| 520 | A collection of eight scenes on silk after Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865) |
20th century | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 237.24 | |
| 622 | Two engravings by Nicolas de Launay After Jean-Baptist Le Prince , After Etienne Aubry | Two engravings by Nicolas de Launay [a] Domestic Happiness, 1778 [b] The Abuse of Credulity, 1786, |
1778, 1786 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 237.24 |
| 629 | Georges-Pierre Guinegault (1893-1982) | Four Scenes of Lovers |
c. 1920 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 237.24 |
