Christies: Groundbreakers: Icons of Our Time, 23878, London - King Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025
Page Size: 12 items in 1 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) and Michael Collins (1930-2021) [Apollo 11]

The Moon Landing Triptych

GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 69,850.00
3 Henry 'Harry' Charles Beck (1902-1974).

The designer's own annotated copy of the London Underground Map

London n.d., but 1932]. GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 88,900.00
6 John Blanche (b.1948)

Harry the Hammer: the original cover artwork for the first edition of Warhammer

1983 GBP 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 Not Sold
11 Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

Fragments of Olympic Gossip: autograph poem

New York 1934-12-31 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 30,480.00
12 Alan Turing (1912-1954)

On Computable Numbers: first edition

London 30 November 1936-23 December 1936. GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 120,650.00
22 David Alexander (b. 1943) with graphics and art direction by Kosh (b. 1944)

Hotel California: the original album cover artwork

1976 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
23 Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

An American Prayer: signed first edition

[Los Angeles 1970 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 4,826.00
24 Ernest Hemingway, and others

Eight first editions that inspired hits of stage and screen

London 1911 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 15,240.00
25 Mitchell Hooks (1923-2013)

Dr. No: First Release Poster

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
27 Jodorowsky and others

The Dune Bible

Suresnes [circa 1975] GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 101,600.00
30 Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988)

Letters negotiating the sale of the iconic Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa

1948 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 19,050.00
31 Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960-1994)

Two autograph letters by a Formula One legend

1979 GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.