Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1158, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Page Size: 394 items in 16 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251

India.- Ladies on a terrace at night

Kishangarh School India c.1800. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 504.00
252

India.- Army Marching to Battle

Kangra School India 1800 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,197.00
253

India.- A Group of 10 Indian miniatures

Northern India 19th century. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 378.00
254

India.- Group of 11 erotic Indian miniatures

Northern India 1700 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 504.00
255

India.- A crossed-dressed nobleman having sex with a lady in a courtyard

North India 1800 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
256 Indian School (probably early 20th century)

An album of 12 erotic scenes

20th century GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
257

India.- Mica Paintings.- Indian School (19th century) A good group of 53 finely executed artworks,

mid- to late-19th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,764.00
258 Indian School (19th century and later)

Collection of 23 cuttings

mainly 19th century and later GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 441.00
259

India.- Game Board for Gyan Chaupar [Snakes and Ladders]

Northwest India c.1890-1900. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
260 Burrard (Sir Sidney Gerald)

India and Adjacent Countries

published by Survey of India Calcutta 1908 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 882.00
261 Daniell (Thomas & William)

Five views of India

circa 1795-1808 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 12,600.00
262 Daniell (Thomas)

South East View of Fort St George

circa 1797 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,024.00
263 Hendley (Thomas Holbein)

The Rulers of India and the Chiefs of Rajputana

1897 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,890.00
264 Herzog & Higgins, photographers.

Souvenir of Gwalior

Mhow (Central India) 1906-07. GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 GBP 4,410.00
265 Himalayas.- Fraser (James Baillie)

Nine plates from 'Views in the Himala Mountains',

1820 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 10,710.00
266 Hunt (Charles)

Madras

1837; 1804 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 5,292.00
267 Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher..

The Monuments of Sanchi

n.p. 1940 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
268

India.- Northern India and Nepal.- Anthology of Vedic texts and Brahmanical literature

Northern India or Nepal 1865 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,764.00
269

India.- [Photograph Album of Indian Views]

early 20th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,512.00
270

India.- Special Service for Passover Evening. Maghen David Synagogue Calcutta.

Calcutta March 1918. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,890.00
271 Sri Lanka.- Lafreri School (Italian, 16th century)

Taprobana

late 16th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 693.00
272 Trapaud (Elisha)

Twenty Views of India

1788 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 60,000.00
273 Kunisada (Utagawa "Toyokuni III") and others.

Collection of 22 prints of actors

circa 1840s and later GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 504.00
274

Tibet.- Selections from the Perfection of Wisdom in a Hundred Thousand Lines

Ladakh 16th century. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,134.00
275

Tibet.- The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses

c.1500. GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
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