Forum Auctions: Modern & Contemporary Editions
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern & Contemporary Editions | Total Sales (GBP) | 237,825.40 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 161,980.00 |
| Sale Number | #51326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 248,820.00 |
| Total Lots | 311 | ||
| Sold Lots | 254.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 201,430.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 305,970.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 57 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 77.73% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | David Shrigley (b.1968) | David Shrigley (b.1968) Stop Panicking |
2021 | GBP 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 21,420.00 |
| 4 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Sunset in Monument Valley, from The Retrospectrum Collection |
2022 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 52 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | Damien Hirst (b.1965) H9-1. Justice, from The Virtues |
2021 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 2 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | Damien Hirst (b.1965) H18-4. Splendour, from The Kaleidoscopes |
2024 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 3 | Harland Miller (b.1964) | Harland Miller (b.1964) Hell...It's Only Forever 1 |
2020 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 132 | Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) | Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) New York Subway Poster (Creativity=Capital) (Schellmann 470) |
1983 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 60A | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | Damien Hirst (b.1965) To Belong, from Butterfly Etchings |
2008 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 4,826.00 |
| 169 | Keith Haring (1958-1990) | Keith Haring (1958-1990) Sixteen Works from the Keith Haring: Tony Shafrezi Portfolio |
1982 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 14 | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) Untitled, 2018 |
2018 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 271 | A.R. Penck (1939-2017) | A.R. Penck (1939-2017) Ich in England (Red Lion) |
1985 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 32 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Joshua Tree Sunrise, from The Beaten Path Series |
2019 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,556.00 |
| 60 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | Damien Hirst (b.1965) To Believe, from Butterfly Etchings |
2008 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 53 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | Damien Hirst (b.1965) Beautiful, Absolutely Fresh, Truly Wonderful, Inconceivably Drear, Still Distant, Bright And Glorious Gyration Painting |
2023 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,175.00 |
| 12 | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) | Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) The Way |
2018 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 279 | Salvador Dali (1904-1989) | Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Homme Figuier, from FlorDali (Field 69-11B; M&L 345) |
1969 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 21 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Train Tracks (Large) (2023) |
2008 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 142 | Mr Brainwash (b.1966) | Mr Brainwash (b.1966) Queen of Hearts |
2022 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 25 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Train Tracks (Red), from The Drawn Blank Series |
2020 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
| 22 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Oil Rigger's Shack, from The Drawn Blank Series |
2017 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 31 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) New England Depot, from The Beaten Path Series |
2017 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 143 | Mr Brainwash (b.1966) | Mr Brainwash (b.1966) Royal Love |
2022 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 5 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) Lighthouse in Maine, from The Beaten Path Series |
2017 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 27 | Bob Dylan (b.1941) | Bob Dylan (b.1941) H Street, Washington DC, from The Beaten Path Series |
2017 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 71 | Nelson Mandela (b.1918) | Nelson Mandela (b.1918) The Struggle Series |
2003 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 153 | Robert Indiana (1928-2018) | Robert Indiana (1928-2018) LOVE, from The Book of Love: Art & Poetry Booklet |
1996 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000