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Sloane Street Auctions: The February Valentine's Fine Art Auction: To include Noble Estates, Old and Modern Masters, Sculpture and Jewellery.

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Auction Name The February Valentine's Fine Art Auction: To include Noble Estates, Old and Modern Masters, Sculpture and Jewellery. Total Sales (GBP) 30,854.38
Auction Date February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 15,880.00
Sale Number #20526 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 25,510.00
Total Lots 62
Sold Lots 37.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 28,110.00
% of Lots Sold 59.68% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 43,780.00
Unsold Lots 25 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.48%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
549

Representation des fetes donnees par la ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du Roi a l'arrivee et pendant le sejour de sa Majeste en cette ville

[1745] GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,272.00
548

NO RESERVE: The complete set of 'Oz' Magazine

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,217.60
523 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Set of 9 Quadrichrome Prints on original lithographs after ceramic plates

1948 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,295.00
534 Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887--1985)

The Tribe of Dan

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,845.20
595 Terence Donovan (British, 1936-1996)

Portrait of Baroness Margaret Thatcher

1995 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,713.40
324 Attributed to Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926)

A Street Scene in Paris

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,318.00
533 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1883-1973)

Illustration I (3.2.54) Model and Easel

1954 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,318.00
532 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1883-1973)

Illustration III (29.1.54) Masked Man and Model

1954 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,186.20
596

A framed photograph of Baroness Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of Baroness Thatcher's 70th birthday party

1995 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,186.20
433 Friedrich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000)

Street for Survivors

GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 856.70
535 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Bull

1949 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 659.00
586

Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965

1965 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 632.64
517 John Piper (British, 1903-1992)

Willington Dovecote, Bedfordshire

1978 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 553.56
518 John Piper (British, 1903-1992)

Terrace with Red Pots

1987 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 553.56
516 John Piper (British, 1903-1992)

Late Summer Flowers

1989 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 527.20
536 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Arachne shows her work, from Ovid's Metamorphoses

1930-31 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 500.84
538

A collection of black and white photographs, mostly of musicians and actors dating from the 1970s, from News International

1970s GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 500.84
696

Three prints of Moscow

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 461.30
515 John Piper (British, 1903-1992)

Tickencote, Rutland: the Norman Chancel Arch

1964 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 421.76
550

A collection of Royal memorabilia

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 369.04
529 NO RESERVE: Eric Gill (British, 1882-1940)

Female Nude

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 329.50
546 Anthony Frost (British, b. 1951)

Future Hit

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 289.96
697 David Roberts (Scottish, 1796-1864)

A set of four prints of Middle Eastern views

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 289.96
483 M. F. Husain (Indian, 1916-2011)

Untitled (Motherhood)

Circa1970s GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 263.60
537

A collection of 35 photographs of tennis players from the late 1970s/early 1980s

late 1970s/early 1980s GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 263.60
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000