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134 lots sold
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Total: £5,892,000 /$9,220,980 /€8,360,748
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74% sold by lot
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182 lots offered
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£1 = $1.565 / £1 = €1.419
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87% sold by value
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate (£)
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Price Realized
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Buyer
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20
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The ‘GOSPELS OF QUEEN THEUTBERGA’ in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Lotharingia, perhaps Metz, c.825–850 (before 835?)].
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1,000,000-1,500,000
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£1,986,500
$3,108,873
€2,818,844
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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49
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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE MEDAL awarded in 1909 to Auguste Beernaert (1829-1912) for his work at the Permanent Court of Arbritration. 23 carat gold, 66mm diameter.
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30,000-50,000
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£422,500
$661,213
€599,528
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Private
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179
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NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1643-1727). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Edited by Edmond Halley (1656-1743).
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100,000-150,000
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£278,500
$435,853
€395,192
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Private American
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24
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MAGNA CARTA AND STATUTES, LAW TRACTS, AND REGISTER OF WRITS, in Latin and Anglo-Norman French, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [England, perhaps London, c.1300].
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50,000-80,000
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£170,500
$266,833
€241,940
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Private
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106
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FRITH, Francis (1822-1898). Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem: A Series of Twenty Photographic Views. Text by Sophia Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole. London, Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Mackenzie [c.1858-1860].
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80,000-120,000
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£152,500
$238,663
€216,398
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UK Trade
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47
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A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED ARAB JAMBIYA DAGGER, presented to T.E. Lawrence after his triumph at Aqaba by Sherif Nasir. Ornately-tooled hilt and scabbard, curved blade. 30cm long.
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60,000-90,000
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£122,500
$191,713
€173,828
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Anonymous
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167
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PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). [Opera, an extensive composite set in contemporary editions.] Rome: G.B. Piranesi [and others], 1756-before 1778.
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60,000-90,000
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£110,500
$172,933
€156,800
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Bernard Shapero Rare Books Ltd
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26
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BOOK OF HOURS, use of Metz, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [eastern France, probably Metz or Troyes, c.1465-70].
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80,000-120,000
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£104,500
$163,543
€148,286
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Sims Reed Ltd
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176
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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. London: John Murray, 1859.
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50,000-80,000
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£92,500
$144,763
€131,258
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Private American
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30
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PLUTARCH, Life of Camillus, in the Latin translation of OGNIBENE DA LONIGO for GIANFRANCESCO GONZAGA (c.1395-1444), ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [northern Italy, probably Mantua, c.1470s].
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25,000-35,000
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£80,500
$125,983
€114,230
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Private
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Margaret Ford, International Head of Books and Manuscripts, and Thomas Venning, Head of Books and Manuscripts, London: “A millennium of books in a single sale brought a room full of international buyers to bid on the exceptional 9th-century manuscript Gospels of Queen Theutberga to Darwin's ‘On the Origin of Species’. The strong bidding for Lawrence of Arabia's dagger was a fitting, if coincidental, memorial to Omar Sharif days after his death. This auction brings to an end a highly successful season of sales of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's, characterised by strong sell-through rates and record prices across all categories.”
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PRESS CONTACT: Katie Carder | +44 (0) 207 389 2283 | kcarder@christies.com
Estimates do not include buyer’s premium.
Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.
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