Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography, 24546, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 08, 2026 - July 08, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admonitio Generalis |
Germany | 789 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 190,500.00 | |
| 2 | King David in Judgement |
France;Netherlands | c.1260 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 | |
| 3 | Master of Imola | David harping |
Italy | c.1260-70 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 4 | Maestro del Messale A 47 di Perugia | Assumption of the Virgin |
Italy | c.1280-90 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 6,985.00 |
| 5 | Gratian;Bartholomew of Brescia | Decretum |
France | c.1310–20 | GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 40,640.00 |
| 6 | Neri da Rimini | St Peter |
Italy | 1314 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 7 | Three Virgin Saints |
Germany | c.1320 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | Pseudo-Master of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas | Zacharias and the Angel |
Italy | c.1340-45 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | Lippo Vanni | The Massacre of the Innocents |
Italy | c.1350 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Master of the Choirbooks of Santa Maria del Carmine | A Service and the Sacrificial Lamb |
Italy | c.1350 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 11 | Gherarducci Don Silvestro (1339-1399) | Sts Peter and Paul |
Florence | 1371-1374 | GBP 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | GBP 279,400.00 |
| 12 | Maestro delle Rivelazioni di Santa Brigida da Siena | Assumption of the Virgin |
Siena | c.1400 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,700.00 |
| 13 | Torelli Matteo | Isaiah prophesying the coming of Christ |
Florence | c.1405 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | Master of the Munich Bocaccio | Three men in discussion at a table |
Tours | c.1470 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,160.00 |
| 15 | Master of the Older Prayerbook of Maximilian | 6 Books, including: Book of Hours |
Bruges; Ghent | mid-15th century; late 15th or early 16th century | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 15,240.00 |
| 16 | Prayerbook, with the Psalter of the Virgin Mary |
Tournai | final quarter 12th century | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 25,400.00 | |
| 17 | Innocent III (d. 1216); Riga Petrus (d. 1209); Durand Guillaume (d. 1296); Hispanus Laurentius (d. 1248) | A compendium of legal and biblical texts |
Austria | c.1220-c.1350 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 127,000.00 |
| 18 | Seneca the Younger (d.65 AD) | De beneficiis |
2nd quarter 13th century | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | Penafort Raymundus de (c.1175-1275); Rennes William of (d.1259?) | Summa de casibus poenitentiae et matrimonio |
Paris | mid-13th century | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 38,100.00 |
| 20 | Hugh of St-Cher (d.1263) | Postilla in Vetus Testamentum |
Paris | 3rd quarter 13th century | GBP 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | Papias the Grammarian | Elementarium |
North-Eastern Italy | 13th century | GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Boron Robert de | The Clermont-Tonnerre Grail |
Metz | c.1290-1310 | GBP 1,500,000.00 - 2,000,000.00 | GBP 2,246,000.00 |
| 23 | Lucon Master | Book of Hours |
Paris | c.1400 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 101,600.00 |
| 24 | Pseudo-Jacquemart;Jean d'Ypres | Book of Hours |
Paris | c.1400;c.1490 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms | The Firle Place Hours |
London | c.1440s | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 88,900.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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