Olympia Auctions: Live Sale: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art 2026, 52026, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
Page Size: 22 items in 1 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

A FOLIO FROM A TIMURID COPY OF THE SHAHNAMA, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY

Persia second half 15th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,690.00
2

A TIMURID ILLUMINATED OPENING BIFOLIUM, PERSIA 15TH CENTURY

Persia 15th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
3 Muhammad b. Darwish Muhammad al-Katib al-Tabrizi

AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A SIGNED MASNAVI, PERSIAN OR OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1570-90

Persian or Ottoman circa 1570-90 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 715.00
4 Abdullah al-Murwarid

A CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIO ATTRIBUTED TO 'ABDULLAH AL-MURWARID, PERSIA, LATE 15TH CENTURY

Persia 902 (1496/7) GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 780.00
5 Muhammad Husayn al-Kashmir

A QUATRAIN FROM SADI'S GULISTAN, SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN AL-KASHMIR, PERSIA, DATED 1591-92

Persia 1591-92 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 7,800.00
6 Abd al-Husayn Isfahani

A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN SHIKASTA, PERSIA, 18TH CENTURY

Persia 18th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
7 Muhammad al-Isfahani

A FINE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN COPIED BY MUHAMMAD AL-ISFAHANI, PERSIA, DATED 1878-9

Persia 1296 (1878-9) GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,900.00
8

A QAJAR ILLUMINATED COPY OF THE QUR'AN, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Persia second half 19th century GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,040.00
9 Abd al-Majid

A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN SHIKASTA, SIGNED 'ABD AL-MAJID, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Persia 1287 (1871) GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 338.00
10 Ghulam Riza

A QUR'ANIC ILLUMINATED FOLIO, SIGNED GHULAM RIZA, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Persia 19th century GBP 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
11 Najaf

THE OPENING FOLIO OF A ROYAL TALPUR COPY OF TAKMILA-I HAMLA-I HAYDARI OF NAJAF, SINDH, CIRCA 1820

Sindh circa 1820 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 520.00
12

A RARE QAJAR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, PERSIA , DATED 1ST AUGUST 1919

Persia 4th Dhu'l-Qa'da 1337 (1st August 1919) GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
13

TWO OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS (FIRMAN), INDIA, THE FIRST DATED 1826

India 1826; ND GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 585.00
14 Sayyid Muhammad Kamil

AN ILLUMINATED HAJJ CERTIFICATE, HYDERABAD, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

Hyderabad, India 1324 (1906) GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 715.00
31

A COPY OF THE BHAGAVAT GITA, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY

Kashmir 19th century GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,340.00
40 Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Jami

AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM JAMI'S HULYAT AL-HULAL, WESTERN PERSIA, LATE 15TH CENTURY

Western Persia late 15th century GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 390.00
53

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A NAYIKA SERIES, GULER, CIRCA 1770-80

Guler circa 1770-80 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 20,800.00
63 Robert Melville Grindlay

INTERIOR OF THE GREAT CAVE TEMPLE AT ELEPHANTA, NEAR BOMBAY, AFTER ROBERT MELVILLE GRINDLAY, 1826-30

1826-30 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 585.00
64 Thomas Daniell

'GATE OF THE TOMB OF THE EMPEROR AKBAR, AT SECUNDRA, NEAR AGRA', 1795, AFTER THOMAS DANIELL

1795 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 2,600.00
65 A. W. Devis

A POTTERY WITH THE VARIOUS UTENSILS IN GENERAL USE, AFTER A. W. DEVIS

N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 2,860.00
71 Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017)

SIR HOWARD HODGKIN CH CBE (1932-2017)

1987 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,160.00
72 Somnath Hore (1921-2006)

SOMNATH HORE (1921-2006)

1995 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,560.00
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    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] 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: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
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    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.