Hansons: An Éminence Grise of the Arts: The Collection of Véra Russell (1911-1992), 40126, Etwall, Derbyshire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 01, 2026 - April 01, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [AUTOGRAPHS -THE ARTS]. Vera & John Russell's visitor book, 1962-67 |
1962-67 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 5,272.00 | ||
| 2 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Vera Russell, three-quarter length seated portrait |
[1978] | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 31,632.00 | |
| 3 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Paper Pools |
[1979] | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 19,111.00 | |
| 4 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Homage to Michelangelo |
[1975] | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 14,498.00 | |
| 5 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | A Souvenir of a Triple Bill for Vera [Vera Russell (1911-1992)] |
[1982] | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,636.00 | |
| 6 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Igor Stravinsky - Metropolitan Opera |
[London/New York] | 1981 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,567.00 |
| 7 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Alaska, four "home-made" laser prints |
[1990] | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,713.40 | |
| 8 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Untitled interior with fireplace, digital art [Apple Macintosh] |
[c. 1990-91] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,426.80 | |
| 9 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Two double-exposed colour photographs of David Hockney with Gregory Evans and Vera Russell |
[c. 1979-80] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 659.00 | |
| 10 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Eight "home-made" laser prints on six sheets of "Parsons Linen Ledger" cotton fibre paper bearing manufacturer's watermarks |
[c. 1990] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,318.00 | |
| 11 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Letter Signed |
The Brown Palace Hotel, Denver | 1976-11-03 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,252.10 |
| 12 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Christmas Cards, two "home-made" colour Xerox prints on "Parsons Linen Ledger" cotton fibre paper bearing manufacturer's watermarks |
[1990-91] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,240.60 | |
| 13 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Letter Signed |
headed "1385 Miller Place, Los Angeles, California 90069" | 1979-06-01 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,581.60 |
| 14 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Postcard Signed, addressed by the artist to Vera Russell in different coloured inks and fonts |
New York | 1977-10-10 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,252.10 |
| 15 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Letter Signed |
headed "2907 Montcalm Avenue, Los Angeles 90046" | 1979-09-08 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,535.60 |
| 16 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Postcard Signed, addressed by the artist to Vera Russell in different fonts |
India | 1977-04-05 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 500.84 |
| 17 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Letter Signed |
headed "2907 Montcalm Avenue, Los Angeles 90046" | 1979-12-02 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,636.00 |
| 18 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Postcard Signed, addressed by the artist to Vera Russell in red ink |
China | 1980-07-13 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,581.60 |
| 19 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Letter Signed |
undated [September 1980] | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | GBP 4,481.20 | |
| 20 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Postcard Signed |
Bora Bora | 1976-04-07 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 606.28 |
| 21 | David Hockney (English, b. 1937) | Autograph Letter Signed |
headed "2907 Montcalm Ave. Los Angeles, Cal. 90046" | 1980-10-18 | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,163.20 |
| 22 | HOCKNEY, (David) | Hockney Paints the Stage |
1985 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,449.80 | |
| 23 | Francis Bacon (1909-1992) | Autograph Letter Signed |
1966-03-30 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,108.80 | |
| 24 | Francis Bacon (1909-1992) | Autograph Letter Signed |
South Kensington | 1968-09-09 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,899.60 |
| 25 | Francis Bacon (1909-1992) | Autograph Letter Signed, with envelope addressed "Vera, John [Russell] with love all best wishes Francis" |
Undated [c. 1969] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,108.80 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950