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Sloane Street Auctions: The Spring Auction: To include Old and Modern Masters, Jewellery and the estate of Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers, Former Chairman of the HPA (Hurlingham Polo Association) and President of FIP
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Spring Auction: To include Old and Modern Masters, Jewellery and the estate of Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers, Former Chairman of the HPA (Hurlingham Polo Association) and President of FIP | Total Sales (GBP) | 35,058.80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 16, 2026 - April 16, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 13,720.00 |
| Sale Number | #41626 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 22,880.00 |
| Total Lots | 28 | ||
| Sold Lots | 21.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 15,890.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 27,010.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 129.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620 | Pablo Picasso | Set of 9 Quadrichrome Prints on original lithographs after ceramic plates on paper |
1948 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 7,249.00 |
| 606 | Damien Hirst | Histidyl |
2008 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,326.40 |
| 621 | Pablo Picasso | A Head Quadrichrome |
1948 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 5,008.40 |
| 641 | English Ephemera, c. 1712, An Invitation to the Funeral of Mr. John Moor |
c. 1712 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,295.00 | |
| 604 | Damien Hirst | Manganese Chloride, Spots Series |
2011 | GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 2,899.60 |
| 609 | Pablo Picasso | Bouteille de Vieux Marc, from the Papiers Colles series |
1966 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,581.60 |
| 614 | Jonathan Delafield Cook | Seedpod |
N/A | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,449.80 |
| 469 | R. L. Hobson, | A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David. |
1934 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,252.10 |
| 613 | Edwin John Victor Pasmore | Brown Image 1974 |
1974 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,186.20 |
| 618 | Peter Gee | Lips |
N/A | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 790.80 |
| 619 | Anthony Frost | Walking Into Green and Walking Into Violet |
2001 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 790.80 |
| 611 | Joan Miro | La traversee du miroir |
1963 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 724.90 |
| 642 | Italian, 18th century, a framed collection of cartes de viste |
18th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 553.56 | |
| 694 | A humorous 18th century sketch together with a print of a walrus |
18th century | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 421.76 | |
| 697 | Hugh Cecil | Prince of Wales |
1925 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 369.04 |
| 288 | Of Polo Interest, a group of three studies |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 289.96 | |
| 738 | Paul Hogarth | Two lithographs |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 289.96 |
| 622 | Anthony Frost | Lunar Nights I and II |
2005 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 237.24 |
| 740 | Bernard Cathelin | Marche d'Otavlo 2 |
N/A | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 158.16 |
| 696 | M. (1824) Egerton | The Duke of York and his Groom |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 131.80 |
| 687 | Ernst Karl Georg Zimmermann | Adoration of the Shepherds, by Bruckmann |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 52.72 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
