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Duke's: Modern Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern Art | Total Sales (GBP) | 10,218.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 6,220.00 |
| Sale Number | #1140 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 12,060.00 |
| Total Lots | 44 | ||
| Sold Lots | 35.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 7,620.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 79.55% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 14,740.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 69.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 661 | Edward Bawden CBE RA (1903-1989) | Edward Bawden 'Mount Pleasant Road' |
N/A | GBP 800.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,950.00 |
| 659 | David Hockney (B.1937) | David Hockney 'The Princess Searching' from 'Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm' |
1969 | GBP 800.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,105.00 |
| 657 | Frank Auerbach (1931-2024); Colin Wiggins (b.1953) | Frank Auerbach & Colin Wiggins 'The Joker' |
N/A | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 845.00 |
| 660 | Edward Bawden CBE RA (1903-1989) | Edward Bawden 'London Back Garden' |
N/A | GBP 800.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 650.00 |
| 669 | David Shrigley (B.1968) | David Shrigley 'It's a Long Day...' |
2024 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 572.00 |
| 658 | William Scott (1913-1989) | William Scott 'A Girl Surveyed - The Artist to His Model' |
1970 | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 546.00 |
| 641 | David Jones (1895-1974) | David Jones 'Reclining Cat' |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 416.00 |
| 646 | An early 20th-century Swiss exhibition poster |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | GBP 390.00 | |
| 643a | Stanley Hayter (1901-1988) | Stanley Hayter 'Calculus' |
1971 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 364.00 |
| 647 | Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960) | 2 Items, including: Paul Jacoulet 'Vielle Marchande de Carpes, Ibaraki, Japan' |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 338.00 |
| 649 | Katherine Cameron (1874-1965) | Katherine Cameron Floral study with bees |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 286.00 |
| 662 | John Hall Thorpe (1874-1947) | John Hall Thorpe 'Piccadilly' |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 260.00 |
| 635 | Leslie Moffat Ward (1888-1978) | 2 Items, including: Leslie Moffat Ward 'Corfe Castle from Kingston' |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 234.00 |
| 643 | Henri Matisse (1869-1954) | After Henri Matisse 'White Algae on Red and Green Background' |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 208.00 |
| 668 | David Shrigley (B.1968) | David Shrigley 'When Life Gives You a Lemon...' |
2021 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 208.00 |
| 651 | Georges Braque (1882-1963) | After Georges Braque A poster for 'Exhibition G. Braque' |
1926 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 655 | Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) | Ben Nicholson Continental church interior |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 640 | David Jones (1895-1974) | David Jones 'Tenby from Caldy Island' |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 143.00 |
| 648 | Edward Julis Detmold (1883-1957) | 2 Items, including: Edward Julis Detmold Scene from The Arabian Nights |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 143.00 |
| 633 | Anne Hickmott (b.1935) | Anne Hickmott 'Autumn Sunshine, Lyme Regis' |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 669a | LA STAA (20TH CENTURY) | LA STAA 'Oslo Gryta Fiskesuppe Blue' |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 645 | Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877-1961) | After Alfred Aaron Wolmark 'Pictures' exhibition poster |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 117.00 |
| 632 | Randi Kjerstad Bull (b.1915) | Randi Kjerstad Bull 'Regatta Day' |
1960 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 663 | John Lowrie Morrison (B.1948) | 2 Items, including: John Lowrie Morrison Rural landscape with cottage |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 665 | Eric Gill (1882-1940) | Eric Gill 'Ascension' from the Douglas Cleverdon 'Engravings by Eric Gill' |
1929 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 104.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.