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Bonhams: Oscar Wilde. The Collection of Jeremy Mason

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Auction Name	Oscar Wilde. The Collection of Jeremy Mason	Total Sales (GBP)	1,689,780.40
Auction Date	February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	315,600.00
Sale Number	#32340	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	480,500.00
Total Lots	156
Sold Lots	156.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	315,600.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	480,500.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	351.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
115	WILDE - DEATH BED PHOTOGRAPH	[GILBERT (MAURICE)] The last photograph of Oscar Wilde, on his death bed, 30 November 1900	1900-11-30	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 279,800.00
14	WILDE (OSCAR)	Two autograph manuscripts, a working draft and a fair copy of the sonnet titled "The Grave of Shelley", [c.1881]	[c.1881]	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 60,090.00
43	WILDE (OSCAR)	Series of five autograph letters signed to J. Graham Hill, [1888 and 1891]	[1888 and 1891]	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 57,550.00
107	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Reggie Turner, [August 1897]	[August 1897]	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 57,550.00
68	WILDE (OSCAR)	Salome: drame en un acte, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 600 COPIES], AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO STUART MERRILL, 1893; with 2 autograph letters signed by Merrill	1893	GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 48,640.00
36	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter to 'Violet Fane', on vegetarianism, [November 1887]	[November 1887]	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 44,800.00
96	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Ada Leverson, [February 1895]	[February 1895]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 43,520.00
63	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph fair copy signed and dated of the poem 'In The Garden', [January 1891]	[January 1891]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 40,960.00
11	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph manuscript titled "Ballade de Marguerite", [n.d. but 1879-1881]	[n.d. but 1879-1881]	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 38,400.00
12	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Beatrice Faudel-Phillips, [c.1880]	[c.1880]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 38,400.00
99	WILDE (OSCAR)	The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 15 OF 30 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, SIEGFRIED SASSOON'S COPY, Leonard Smithers, 1898	1898	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 35,840.00
13	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Beatrice Faudel-Phillips, [November 1886]	[November 1886]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 32,000.00
17	WILDE PRESENTATION COPY	GOSSE (EDMUND, editor) English Odes, PRESENTATION COPY FROM WILDE TO PHILIP BURNE-JONES, Kegan Paul, 1881	1881	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 32,000.00
35	WILDE'S COPY	QUILTER (HARRY) Sententiae Artis, OSCAR WILDE'S ANNOTATED COPY, Isbister Limited, 1886; with two issues of the Pall Mall Gazette	1886	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 32,000.00
45	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Douglas Sladen, [December 1888]		GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 28,160.00
101	WILDE (OSCAR)	The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO EDWARD STRANGMAN, Leonard Smithers, 1898	1898	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 28,160.00
108	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Frank", 26 November [1898]	26 November [1898]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 28,160.00
49	WILDE (OSCAR)	The Picture of Dorian Gray, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, TRIAL BINDING, STUART MASON'S ANNOTATED COPY, [1891]	[1891]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 25,600.00
80	DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED)	Portrait photograph of Lord Alfred Douglas, by Cameron Studio, SIGNED BY THE SITTER, [c.1893]	[c.1893]	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 25,600.00
119	WILDE (OSCAR)	De Profundis, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES, INSCRIBED BY ROBERT ROSS TO ADELA SCHUSTER, Methuen, [1905]	[1905]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 25,600.00
9	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Oscar Browning, [1879]	[1879]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 24,320.00
50	WILDE (OSCAR)	The Picture of Dorian Gray, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 24 OF 250 LARGE PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Ward and Lock, 1891	1891	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 23,040.00
116	WILDE - FUNERAL FLOWERS	Bill for flowers at Oscar Wilde's funeral, made out to Robert Ross, Maison Helbig, Paris, 2 December 1900	1900-12-02	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 23,040.00
7	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph manuscript signed of the sonnet "On hearing the "Dies Irae" sung in the Sistine Chapel.", [1878-1881]	[1878-1881]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 21,760.00
21	WILDE (OSCAR)	Poems, NUMBER 136 OF 220 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892	1892	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 21,760.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.