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Sothebys: Asian Art / 5000 Years
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Asian Art / 5000 Years | Total Sales (GBP) | 24,064.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 15, 2026 - May 15, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 24,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #L26054 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 34,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 8 | ||
| Sold Lots | 6.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 30,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 42,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 57.02% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | A Jain 'Jambudvipa' cosmic diagram |
N/A | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,160.00 | |
| 125 | A Yantra mandala manuscript |
N/A | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 4,096.00 | |
| 129 | A manuscript page depicting Vishnu-Krishna as a tantric deity |
N/A | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 | |
| 150 | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Seven-Mile Beach (Shichiri-ga-hama); Towada Lake (Towada-ko); Kegon Waterfall, Nikko (Nikko kegon no taki) |
1935 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,072.00 |
| 115 | Fang Gu | The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China |
2005 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 512.00 |
| 114 | Wenwu journals; Kaogu journals |
N/A | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 384.00 |
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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 -
