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Gorringes: Art & Design Post 1880
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Art & Design Post 1880 | Total Sales (GBP) | 48,964.50 |
| Auction Date | September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 13,730.00 |
| Sale Number | #91625 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 23,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 43 | ||
| Sold Lots | 40.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 14,980.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.02% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 25,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 3 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 192.02% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Michelangelo Pistoletto (Italian, b. 1933) | 'Girasoli (Sunflowers)' |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 9,750.00 | |
| 125 | Michelangelo Pistoletto (Italian, b. 1933) | 'Specchio da Toilette (Toilet Mirror)' |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 9,100.00 | |
| 24 | Eric Slater (1896-1963) | 'Rough Sea' |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 7,150.00 | |
| 136 | David Hockney RA (b. 1937) | 'French Shop - Alimentation' |
1971 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,240.00 |
| 64 | Louis Le Brocquy HRHA (Irish, 1916-2012) | 'Hand' |
1971 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,820.00 |
| 168 | The Connor Brothers (Contemporary) | 'If you haven't got anything nice to say come sit next to me' |
2018 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,560.00 |
| 18 | Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976) | 'Station Approach' |
GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,300.00 | |
| 29 | John Piper OM, CH (1903-1992) | 'Corbels at Kilpeck' |
1976 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,105.00 |
| 30 | John Piper OM, CH (1903-1992) | 'Death in Venice (side panel left)' |
1973 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,014.00 |
| 27 | John Banting (1902-1972) | Astudy of a man playing a musical instrument, |
1965 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 975.00 |
| 32 | Edward Loxton Knight (1905-1993) | 'The Downs' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 910.00 | |
| 23 | Eric Slater (1896-1963) | 'A Sussex Mill' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 702.00 | |
| 28 | Edward Bawden CBE, RA (1903-1989) | 'Kew Gardens' |
1927 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 572.00 |
| 111 | Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929) | 'Pumpkin (Red)' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 572.00 | |
| 110 | Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929) | 'Pumpkin 2000 (Green)' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 520.00 | |
| 82 | Robert Tavener RE (1920-2004) | 'Harvesting' |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 494.00 | |
| 137 | David Hockney RA (b. 1937) | 'Old Rinkrank Threatens the Princess' |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 468.00 | |
| 26 | Henry Moore OM, CH (British, 1898-1986) | 'Sculptural Objects' |
1949 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 390.00 |
| 92 | David Haughton (1924-1991) | 'Waste Ground' |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 390.00 | |
| 45 | Marek Zulawski (Polish, 1908-1985) | 'Zuzanna i Starsi (Susanna and the Elders)' |
1975 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 364.00 |
| 72 | Robert Tavener RE (1920-2004) | 'Horse Guards Parade' |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 338.00 | |
| 78 | Robert Tavener RE (1920-2004) | 'York Minister (Son et Lumiere)' |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 299.00 | |
| 80 | Robert Tavener RE (1920-2004) | 'Sussex Spinney (no. 2)' |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 299.00 | |
| 73 | Robert Tavener RE (1920-2004) | 'Horse Guards and Cadiz Cannon' |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 286.00 | |
| 46 | Michael Rothenstein RA (1908-1993) | 'Cock with spread wings' |
1959 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 260.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
