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Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art

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Auction Name Islamic and Indian Art Total Sales (GBP) 207,630.00
Auction Date November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 82,800.00
Sale Number #31075 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 117,900.00
Total Lots 49
Sold Lots 31.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 144,800.00
% of Lots Sold 63.27% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 207,400.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 100.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
16 opied by al-Hajj Ahmad al-Kamil

A fine, large calligraphic composition, copied by al-Hajj Ahmad al-Kamil (1868-1941), in a carved wood frame signed by the maker, Kalkandelenli Halid

 AH 1344/AD 1926 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 57,550.00
167 General Sir Eyre Coote

A collection of letters relating to General Sir Eyre Coote (1726-83), the East India Company Commander-in-Chief, and the political situation in Mysore

 1780 and later GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
17 , attributed to 'Abdullah Bokhari

A couple in an erotic embrace, attributed to 'Abdullah Bokhari

 mid-18th Century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 17,920.00
20 copied by Amir 'Abd al-Hamid Bahreyni

A manuscript in scroll form on astronomy, calendars and the astrolabe, copied by Amir 'Abd al-Hamid Bahreyni

 Ramadan 1215/January-February 1801 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
258

Lahore: its history, architectural remains and antiquities with an account of its modern institutions, inhabitants, their trade, customs &c., by Syad Muhammad Latif Khan Bahadur, with 105 illustrations

 1892 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 12,800.00
127 Collection Henri Moser-Charlottenfels,

Collection Henri Moser-Charlottenfels, Oriental Arms and Armour

 1912 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
229 Lowes Dickinson after Emily Eden,

Portraits of the Princes & Peoples of India

 1844 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
168 Tippoo Sultaun

Official Documents relative to the Negotiations carried on by Tippoo Sultaun with the French Nation, and other Foreign States, for Purposes Hostile to the British Nation

 1799 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 6,400.00
214 Max Arthur Macauliffe,

The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, 6 volumes bound in three

 1909 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,400.00
180 Major Alexander Dirom

Major Alexander Dirom (1757-1830), A Narrative of the Campaign in India which terminated the war with Tippoo Sultan in 1792

 1793 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 5,120.00
183

A letter written by a British medical officer in the Madras army of General Harris, including eyewitness descriptions of the siege and eventual breach of Seringapatam and the combat and resulting spoils of war

 10th June 1799 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,120.00
181 by Francesco dal Pedro (1740-1806) after Singleton and Mather Browne

Five coloured engravings depicting the final events of the capture of Seringapatam and the defeat of Tipu Sultan,

circa 1799 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,864.00
235 Prince Alexis Soltykoff (1806-59),

Voyages dans L'Inde, in two volumes

 1850-51 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
226 after A. Soltykoff,

De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Chir Singh [Sher Singh] Maharaja des Siks, Roi de Panjab avec sa suite/Lahore Avril 1842, from Voyages dans L'Inde

 1850 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
300

An unusual lithograph copy of Abul Fazl's Ai'n-e-Akbari, The Administration of Akbar, published by Sayyid Ahmad Khan, with 42 illustrated pages

 AH 1272/AD 1855-56 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
277 Gerald Spencer Pryse (British 1882-1956)

Two prints depicting Sikh troops on the Western Front during the First World War: troops in bivouac at night, and Indians and motor buses near Poperinge

 circa 1914 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,200.00
18

An illuminated Qur'an

 late 18th Century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
222 Charles William Bartlett (British, 1860-1940)

The Entrance to Golden Temple. Amritsar

 circa 1919 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
282

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript in praise of the Shia Imams, depicting the Tenth Imam, 'Ali al-Naqi al-Hadi, with angels above heralding his coming

 late 16th/early 17th Century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
3

A small illuminated Qur'an

 19th Century GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,304.00
12

A small Safavid illuminated Qur'an

 17th-18th Century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,304.00
2

An illuminated collection of prayers, including al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with two illustrations of Mecca and Medina

 18th-19th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,048.00
5

A large calligraphic panel with two lines in the style of the 'Baysunghur' Qur'an

 19th/20th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,792.00
262 the Raja-i-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala

My Travels in Europe and America, 1893, by His Highness the Raja-i-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala

 1895 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,792.00
267 Captain Clarence Comyn Taylor (1830--1879)

A photograph of the main participants in the Umballah Durbar, held in March 1869, including the Viceroy of India, the 6th Earl of Mayo, several Sikh rulers, and Sher Ali Khan, Amir of Afghanistan,

27th March 1869 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,792.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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