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

Page Size: 196 items in 8 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	Victor Newsome (English, 1935-2018)	Autograph Letter Signed, handwritten in black ink to Vera [Russell]		1976-06-14	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 46.13
177		Vue de St Petersbourg [A View of the Port of Saint Petersburg]		[1778]	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
178		[RUSSIA]. An archive of 1960s colour transparencies and Kodachrome slides recording Vera Russell's visits to Russia and the Caucasus regions		N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 210.88
179	ORLOWSKI, G. [Alexandr] (Illustrator)	Russian Cries, in Correct Portraiture From Drawings Done on the Spot...and Now in Possession of the Rt. Hon. Lord Kinnaird	London	1809	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 988.50
180		The Costume of the Russian Army, From a Collection of Drawings Made on the Spot, and Now in the Possession of The Right Honourable The Earl of Kinnaird	London	1807	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
181	Korney Chukovskyn (Russian 1882-1969)	Autograph Letter Signed to Vera and John Russell		1964-08-12	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 112.03
182	Ernst Neizvestny (Russian, 1925-2016)	Untitled Drawing		N/A	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
183		Mir Iskusstva [World of Art], Russian magazine that supported the avant-garde in the arts and created its own movement		N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 197.70
184		[RUSSIAN REVOLUTION]. A collection of Russian newspapers published during the Russian Revolution of 1917		N/A	GBP 300.00 - 600.00	GBP 659.00
185	BAUDET, Etienne (illus.)	Cabinet du Roi	Paris	[c. 1690]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
186	Louise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988)	Untitled [Standing Woman]		1971	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,636.00
187	Louise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988)	Cryptic XLI, wooden box with gallery label at base	New York	1966	GBP 2,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 9,885.00
188		Tiffany & Co. American banjo clock, mahogany and verre eglomise wall clock in Federal style		[c.1910]	GBP 150.00 - 300.00	GBP 421.76
189		Dogon female Tellem shrine figure		N/A	GBP 150.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,383.90
190		A 17th-century treen stump doll with traces of polychrome		N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 421.76
191		Mexican pottery tomb figure, some traces of polychrome		N/A	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 197.70
192		An 18th-century carved wood, polychrome and gilt bust with long hair and draped shoulders		N/A	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 685.36
193	Apel-les Fenosa (Spanish-French, 1899-1988)	Portrait Head of Paul Eluard (1895-1952)		[1942]	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,581.60
194	R. Bower (20th Century)	Portrait Bust of a Gentleman		1926	GBP 250.00 - 500.00	GBP 276.78
195	Kim Lim (Singaporean-British, 1936-1997)	Untitled, stone carving, dedicated at base "For V" [Vera Russell]		N/A	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 15,157.00
196	Betha Sarasin (Swiss, 1930-2016)	Perspex Cube, inscribed at lower left, "Pour Vera [Russell], Betha"		[Mid-20th Century]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’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, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste 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 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old 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 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950