Dreweatts: Lifetimes in Design: The Collections of Christopher Smallwood & Niall Hobhouse
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Lifetimes in Design: The Collections of Christopher Smallwood & Niall Hobhouse | Total Sales (GBP) | 123,132.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 30,290.00 |
| Sale Number | #9632 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 44,640.00 |
| Total Lots | 40 | ||
| Sold Lots | 35.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 36,690.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 54,340.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 5 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 226.60% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410 | Thomas Daniell (1749-1840); William Daniell (1769-1837) | Five Plates from Oriental Scenery |
1795-1807 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 14,564.00 |
| 502 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Veduta del prospetto principale della Colonna Trajana, from 'Trofeo o sia magnifica Colonna...' |
1774 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 14,564.00 |
| 503 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Veduta Prospetto Principale della Colonna Antonina, from 'Trofeo o sia magnifica Colonna...' |
1774 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 14,564.00 |
| 409 | Thomas Daniell (1749-1840); William Daniell (1769-1837) | Four Aquatints from Oriental Scenery |
1795-1807 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 12,578.00 |
| 533 | Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) | Four Views from Oriental Scenery |
1797 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 9,268.00 |
| 535 | Thomas Daniell (1749-1840); William Daniell (1769-1837) | Three Views from Oriental Scenery |
1797 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 9,268.00 |
| 442 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Trofeo o sia magnifica colonna coclide di marmo composta di grossi macigni ove si veggono scolpite le due guerre Daciche fatte da Traiano |
1774 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 7,282.00 |
| 527 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | Three Views of India from Twenty Four Views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt |
1809 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 5,031.20 |
| 492 | Capt. Robert Melville Grindlay | Scenery Costumes and Architecture chiefly on The Western Side, of India |
c. 1826-1830 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,442.40 |
| 523 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | Four Views of India from Twenty Four Views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt |
1809 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,442.40 |
| 498 | Francesco Villamena | Columnae Traiani Imperatoris quae adhuc Romae |
Early 17th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,912.80 |
| 526 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | Three Views of India from Twenty Four Views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt |
1809 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,912.80 |
| 459 | Twelve Photographic Prints of India |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,648.00 | |
| 400 | Photographs of Princely Figures and Groups |
Late 19th Century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,250.80 | |
| 528 | Captain Robert Melville Grindlay (1786-1877) | Six Plates from Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India |
1826-1830 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,250.80 |
| 657 | Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960) | A Blue Print for the Side Profile and Detail of the Kiosk No. 2 (K2) Telephone Box |
N/A | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,118.40 |
| 413 | Luigi Mayer (1755-1803) | Twenty One Plates from Views in Egypt: From the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,588.80 |
| 524 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | Eight Views of Abyssinia and One of the Cape of Good Hope |
1809 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,456.40 |
| 560 | J. Wells; Elisha Trapaud (1750-1828) | North West View of the Rock of Trichinopoly; and North View of Miaveram Choultry in the Tanjore Country |
1788 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,456.40 |
| 525 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | View near the Point de Galle, Ceylon; and Sandy Bay in the Island of St Helena from Twenty Four Views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt |
1809 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,324.00 |
| 538 | Louis Hague (1806-1885); David Roberts (1796-1864) | Four Plates from Views in the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia |
1842-1846 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,257.80 |
| 539 | Louis Hague (1806-1885); David Roberts (1796-1864) | Three Plates from Views in the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia |
1846-1848 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,257.80 |
| 679 | A Group of Seven Black and White Photographs of 'Bollywood' Films |
1975 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,125.40 | |
| 673 | Thomas Higham; Stedman Whitwell | Entry Ticket to the Fonthill Abbey Sale of 1823 |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 993.00 |
| 490 | Capt. Thomas Williamson | Oriental Field Sports |
1819 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 728.20 |
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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 -
