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Auction Name Old Master Prints Total Sales (GBP) 1,330,080.00
Auction Date December 06, 2024 - December 06, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,061,500.00
Sale Number #L24170 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,627,700.00
Total Lots 52
Sold Lots 47 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,279,500.00
% of Lots Sold 90.38% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,954,700.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 68.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
629 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Shell

1650 GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 GBP 264,000.00
604 Albrecht Durer

St Jerome in His Study

1514 GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 168,000.00
606 Albrecht Durer

St. Eustace

circa 1501 GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 120,000.00
618 Albrecht Durer

The Apocalypse

1496-1511 GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 102,000.00
628 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A Scholar in his Study ('Faust')

circa 1652 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 78,000.00
640 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

1634 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 57,600.00
601 After Hieronymus Bosch

The Temptation of St. Anthony

1561 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
622 Albrecht Durer

Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins

circa 1496 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
630 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Self-Portrait, Frowning: Bust

1630 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
637 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Windmill

1641 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
639 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Hundred Guilder Print

circa 1648 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
651 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Christ before Pilate: Large Plate

1635 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
624 Albrecht Durer

Saint Jerome in his Study

1514 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 26,400.00
634 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume

1638 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 26,400.00
641 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Christ Preaching ('La Petite Tombe')

circa 1657 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 26,400.00
617 Albrecht Durer

Saint John before God and the Elders, from The Apocalypse

circa 1496 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 18,000.00
632 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Self-Portrait with Saskia

1636 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 18,000.00
605 Albrecht Durer

Nemesis

circa 1501 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 16,800.00
661 Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (El sueno de la razon produce monstruos), from Los Caprichos

1797-98 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 15,600.00
633 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Self-Portrait Etching at a Window

1648 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 13,200.00
648 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Stoning of St Stephen

1635 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,000.00
660 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Hundred Guilder Print

circa 1648 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,000.00
609 Albrecht Durer

The Ill-assorted Couple

circa 1495 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 10,800.00
645 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Raising of Lazarus: Small Plate

1642 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 10,200.00
612 Albrecht Durer

The Annunciation, from Life of the Virgin

circa 1503 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 9,600.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD