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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | Julian Opie | Gribbin Head, from Cornish Coast 1. |
London | 2017 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 87 | Julian Opie | Lantivet Coast, from Cornish Coast 1. |
London | 2017 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 88 | Julian Opie | Lantic Bay, from Cornish Coast 1. |
London | 2017 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 89 | Damien Hirst | Beautiful, Galactic, Exploding (Spin) |
London | 2001 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 90 | Damien Hirst | Domini Est Terra, from Psalm Prints |
London | 2009 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 91 | Damien Hirst | Beautiful, Heart-Checkered Heaven Painting, from The Beautiful Paintings |
London | 2023 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 92 | Damien Hirst | Butterfly Rainbow (Small) (H7-2) |
London | 2020 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 93 | Damien Hirst | Colour Chart (Glitter) |
London | 2017 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 94 | Damien Hirst | Carvacrol |
London | 2008 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 95 | Damien Hirst | Courage, from The Virtues (H9-2) |
London | 2021 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 |
| 96 | Damien Hirst | Suiko, from The Empresses (H10-4) |
London | 2022 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 97 | Damien Hirst | Ho, Ho, Ho! (Momart Christmas Edition) |
London | 1997 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 409.60 |
| 98 | Dame Tracey Emin | You Loved Me Like a Distant Star |
London | 2012 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 99 | Dame Tracey Emin | Love is What You Want |
London | 2015 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 101 | Dame Tracey Emin | Every Bodies Been There |
London | 1998 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 102 | Dame Tracey Emin | Suffer Love II |
London | 2009 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 104 | Dame Tracey Emin | Love is What You Want II |
London | 2011 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 105 | Dame Tracey Emin | I Can 'Still' Love |
London | 2012 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 537.60 |
| 106 | Dame Tracey Emin | Reach Out for Fruit |
London | 2012 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 537.60 |
| 112 | Rob Stothard | Untitled (Tracey Emin beside My Bed) |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 102.40 | |
| 113 | Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott | Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Art Edition No. 126–250, Kate Moss (TASCHEN) |
Cologne | 2017 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 114 | Jean-Paul Goude | Jean-Paul Goude, Naomi Art edition No.1-100 (TASCHEN) |
Cologne | 2009 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 117 | David Bailey | MWP, Printing Works, Euston Rd, 1981, printed later |
London | 2016 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 118 | David Bailey | Catherine Bailey |
1990 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,072.00 | |
| 119 | David Bailey (British, born 1938) | Michael Caine, 1965, printed 1984, |
1965, printed 1984 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
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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 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.