Bonhams: British. Cool. Featuring Etched Lives | School of London, 32235, London, New Bond Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Auerbach | Joe Tilson, from Six Etchings of Heads |
London | 1980 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 2 | Frank Auerbach | Julia, from Six Etchings of Heads |
London | 1981 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 3 | Frank Auerbach | David, from Seven Portraits |
London | 1989 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 4 | Frank Auerbach | Catherine, from Seven Portraits |
London | 1989 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,792.00 |
| 5 | Frank Auerbach | Geoffrey, from Seven Portraits |
London | 1990 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 6 | After Frank Auerbach | Sketch for 'Mornington Crescent', 2015-16 |
London | 2024 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
| 7 | Frank Auerbach | Bill |
London; New York | 2009 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
| 8 | Frank Auerbach | Tree at Tretire I and II |
London | 1975-1976 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 9 | Frank Auerbach | Ruth |
London | 1994 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 10 | Frank Auerbach | Julia |
London | 1994 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 11 | Frank Auerbach | Six Etchings of Heads |
London | 1980-1981 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 46,080.00 |
| 12 | Frank Auerbach | Study for To the Studios 22.7 x 27.8 cm. (9 x 11 in.) |
N/A | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 23,040.00 | |
| 13 | Leon Kossoff | Sketches of the flautist Rainer Schuelein 35.6 x 26.5 cm. (14 x 10 1/2 in.) |
N/A | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 14 | Lucian Freud | Encore (Momart Christmas Edition) |
London | 2003 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 332.80 |
| 15 | Lucian Freud | Four Figures |
London; New York | 1991 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 16 | Stanley William Hayter | Five Prints |
1938-1941 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,024.00 | |
| 17 | Francis Bacon | Deuxieme version du triptyque 1944 |
Paris | 1989 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | After Francis Bacon | Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion |
London | 2025 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | After Francis Bacon | Lying Figure (Q2A) |
London | 2015 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 20 | The Tate Gallery | Francis Bacon Exhibition Catalogue |
London | 1985 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 21 | Sir Howard Hodgkin | Red Print |
Wiltshire; London | 1994 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 22 | Sir Howard Hodgkin | Blue Skies, Nothing but Blue Skies (Momart Christmas Edition) |
London | 2002 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 153.60 |
| 23 | Sir Howard Hodgkin | Red Bermudas |
Oxford | 1982 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 24 | Sir Howard Hodgkin | Here We Are in Croydon |
New York | 1979 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 25 | Victor Pasmore R.A. | Brown Image |
London | 1974 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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