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Bonhams: Collections, Including a Nicky Haslam Interior; Selected Items from the Estate of Michael Winner; and an Important Archive of Photographs by Cecil Beaton from the Estate of Geoffrey Sawyer

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Auction Name Collections, Including a Nicky Haslam Interior; Selected Items from the Estate of Michael Winner; and an Important Archive of Photographs by Cecil Beaton from the Estate of Geoffrey Sawyer Total Sales (EUR) 36,876.80
Auction Date December 16, 2024 - December 16, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 17,820.00
Sale Number #31275 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 27,630.00
Total Lots 41
Sold Lots 40 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 22,820.00
% of Lots Sold 97.56% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 34,630.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 106.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
83 Pablo Picasso

Sculpteurs, Modeles et Sculpture, from La Suite Vollard

1936, EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,888.00
14 Hendrick Adriaan van Rheede (Dutch, 1637-died after 1691)

Hortus Indicus Malabaricus,

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 4,352.00
169 Cecil Beaton

Sawai Man Singh II, Maharaja of Jaipur and Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 3,072.00
172 Cecil Beaton

The Sitwell Family 4

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,432.00
63 MILNE (A.A.)

[Complete set of Pooh Books] When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner,

1924-1928 (4) EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,304.00
15 After Giorgio Bonelli (Italian, born 1724)

Hortus Romanus juxta systema Tournefortianum paulo,

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,048.00
16 After Etienne Charpentier

The Twelve Caesars 14

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,792.00
156 Cecil Beaton

Nancy Beaton as a Shooting Star

1928 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,664.00
178 Cecil Beaton

Actors and actresses 18

1948 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,664.00
82 David Hockney R.A.

Hockney's Alphabet

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,280.00
175 Cecil Beaton

English authors and novelists 11

circa 1930s EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,280.00
176 Cecil Beaton

Fashion designers and icons

1930 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,088.00
158 Cecil Beaton

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1960 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
157 Cecil Beaton

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1955 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 960.00
180 Cecil Beaton

Miscellaneous photographs 15

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 640.00
155 Cecil Beaton

Baba and Nancy Beaton 6

1928 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 563.20
177 Cecil Beaton

American socialites and cultural figures 11

EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 537.60
174 Cecil Beaton

Artists and cultural figures 11

circa 1970 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 435.20
159 Cecil Beaton

The Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) 2

1968 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 409.60
13 After Francis Chesham

British Armorials 6

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 358.40
161 Cecil Beaton

The Duke of Windsor 2

1937 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 332.80
179 Cecil Beaton

Portrait of Elsie de Wolfe

circa 1940s EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 332.80
84 English School

The renowned Battle of Hastings in Sussex fought by Harold 2 and William, Duke of Normandy, wherein the former was killed and the latter became Conqueror 3

1782 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 281.60
162 Cecil Beaton

The Queen Mother 2

1939 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 281.60
171 Cecil Beaton

English aristocrats and socialites 21

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 281.60
  • 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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    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 .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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
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    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
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    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