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Auction Name	Indian and Islamic Art Online	Total Sales (GBP)	36,544.00
Auction Date	December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	30,300.00
Sale Number	#31318	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	42,400.00
Total Lots	62
Sold Lots	42.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	53,200.00
% of Lots Sold	67.74%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	75,200.00
Unsold Lots	20	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	48.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	A bifolium from a small Qur'an written in eastern kufic	late 9th-early 10th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,176.00
173	Lieutenant Colonel Henry Steinbach, The Punjaub; Being a Brief Account of the Country of the Sikhs	1846	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,176.00
8	An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad al-Isfahani	dated Tuesday 26th Jumadi II 1203/24th March 1789	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,048.00
142	A large chromolithograph of Maharajah Duleep Singh, after the portrait in the Royal Collection by Franz Xavier Winterhalter	1854	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
168	Joseph Davey Cunningham, A History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej	1918	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
201	An illustration from a Bhagavata Purana series: Krishna and Balarama approaching a palace, where they are later seen in discourse with pandits	circa 1720-30	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,920.00
3	Pir Muhammad ibn Piri Ahmad bin Khalil, Kitab Anis al-'Arifin, on poetry	dated AH 995/AD 1586-87	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,536.00
9	Mullah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, Kitab Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter), copied by 'Abd al-Wahab	dated AH 1250/AD 1834-35	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,536.00
169	Major Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, A Year on the Punjab Frontier in 1848-49, two volumes	1851	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,536.00
143	A carte de visite of Maharajah Duleep Singh	circa 1864	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,408.00
176	Deutschlands Gegner im Weltkriege [Adversaries of Germany in the World War], containing colour plates of Sikh and Indian troops and of other combatant nations in the First World War	1920	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,408.00
153	Two large prints depicting the Maharaja of Patiala's estate at Chail near Simla	dated 1944	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,280.00
166	Two folios from an illustrated Persian treatise in Urdu on ragas, depicting fakirs seated in landscapes	circa 1830-40	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,280.00
131	The birthplace of Guru Ram Das in Lahore	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 896.00
132	A group of three photographs of Sikh religious buildings and their surroundings, depicting Gurdwara Khadur Sahib, the Gurdwara at Tarn Taran, and a procession of Akalis at the Golden Temple	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 896.00
147	Maharajah Duleep Singh: Christie's, Elveden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk: the Property of the Earl of Iveagh, 21st-24th May 1984, in 8 volumes, in original slipcase		GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 832.00
124	Jupji: the Sikh Prayer, translated with an introduction by Khushwant Singh	no date [but post-1947]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 768.00
141	Maharajah Duleep Singh, the frontispiece from Charles Stewart Hardinge's Recollections of India	1847	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 768.00
162	The Storming of Mooltan, January 2nd, 1849, by J. Harris after Henry Martens, from a series depicting incidents in the Anglo-Sikh Wars	1851	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 768.00
5	Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, prayers, with two stylised diagrams of the minbar in the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, and the tombs of the Prophet and of Abu Bakr and Umar	dated AH 1281/AD 1864	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 640.00
123	Sri Guru-Granth Sahib [English Version], translated by Dr Gopal Singh, Member of the Indian Parliament, volumes 1 and 2 only	1960	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 640.00
151	A group of three books and pamphlets relating to Patiala, Jind and Nabha, and a letter signed by Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala	approximately 1923-41	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 640.00
122	Two colour prints after Sobha Singh, depicting Guru Nanak and Guru Govind Singh	late 20th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 537.60
128	Five pairs of stereoscopic views of the Golden Temple and the city of Amritsar	variously dated 1903, 1907 and 1908	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 537.60
144	Four prints relating to Duleep Singh: A chromolithograph portrait of the Maharajah	circa 1859	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 537.60

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
Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.

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