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Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art Online
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Islamic and Indian Art Online | Total Sales (GBP) | 22,643.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 16, 2026 - June 16, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 30,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #32277 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 44,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 62 | ||
| Sold Lots | 40.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 48,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 64.52% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 69,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.44% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Khan Mirza 'Abd al-Razzaq | Map |
1898-99 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,072.00 |
| 231 | Fane Henry Edward | Henry Colburn |
1842 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,536.00 |
| 7 | Persian Manuscript |
18th-19th Century | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,216.00 | |
| 238 | Urdu manuscript |
1886 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,088.00 | |
| 3 | Awhad al-Din Maraghi'i | Persian Manuscript |
16th Century | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 210 | Login Lady | Sir John Login |
1890 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 227 | Hugel Charles; Jervis T. B. | John Petheram |
1845 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 74 | Photograph Album |
circa 1920-40 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 960.00 | |
| 133 | Persian Manuscript |
late 18th Century | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 896.00 | |
| 190 | Thompson Elizabeth | Chromolithograph |
1874, 1875 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 832.00 |
| 5 | Nizami | Persian Manuscript |
16th Century | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 768.00 |
| 222 | Cunningham Joseph Davey | Oxford |
1918 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 768.00 |
| 225 | Burnes Alexander | John Murray |
1835 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 768.00 |
| 208 | Nath Diwan Amar; Kohli Sita Ram | University of the Panjab |
1928 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 704.00 |
| 241 | Piaz | Gelatin silver print |
1945 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 640.00 |
| 8 | Badr al-Din Shaykh Sayyid Mustafa | Arabic and Ottoman Turkish Manuscript |
1784-85 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 563.20 |
| 2 | Persian Manuscript |
16th Century | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 512.00 | |
| 170 | Burmese Manuscript |
late 19th/early 20th Century | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 358.40 | |
| 205 | Armytage J. C.; Stodart | N Books, including: Engraving by J. C. Armytage |
circa 1858; circa 1880; 1905 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 358.40 |
| 221 | Sandhu Autar Singh | Cunningham Historical Society |
1935 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 307.20 |
| 191 | Periodical Issues |
1971-2012 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 281.60 | |
| 237 | 6 Photographs, including: Gelatin silver prints |
20th Century; late 19th Century; circa 1877 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 281.60 | |
| 193 | Chavda H. | Colour lithograph |
1940-50 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 256.00 |
| 194 | Sharma Indra A. | Photo-offset lithograph |
circa 1960 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 256.00 |
| 195 | Colour lithograph |
circa 1920 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 256.00 |
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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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The 10th Anniversary Sale
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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