Christies: Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection, 22992, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 13, 2025 - February 13, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945) | Oscar Wilde and Myself. |
London, | 1914 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 99 | DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945) | Eight autograph letters (seven signed, 'Bosie') to Ada Leverson ('Dear Sphinx'), 35 Fourth Avenue, Hove and 94 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, 30 November 1932 - 3 April 1933 |
Kensington, | 1932 - 1933 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 100 | DOWSON, Ernest (1867-1900) | 19 autograph letters signed ('Ernest Dowson') to Conal [O'Riordan], |
Paris, Catford and elsewhere, | 1895 - 1900], mostly undated | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 101 | DOWSON, Ernest (1867-1900) | Verses. |
London | 1896 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 102 | DOWSON, Ernest (1867-1900) | Verses. |
London | 1896 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | DOWSON, Ernest (1867-1900) | Verses. |
London | 1896 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 104 | DOWSON, Ernest (1867-1900) | Decorations: in Verse and Prose. |
London | 1899 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,520.00 |
| 105 | DOWSON, Ernest (1867-1900) | Autograph manuscript signed ('Ernest Dowson') of his unpublished novel 'Madame de Viole', |
n.d. [1888-89] | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 | |
| 106 | DOWSON, Ernest (1867-1900) | Twelve autograph letters signed ('Ernest Dowson') to [Victor Plarr], Bridge Dock, Limehouse, Yacht Rover near Norwich, 6 Featherstone Buildings, High Holborn, Le Faouet (Brittany) and Church End, South Woodford etc, |
1892 - [1893], most undated | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 | |
| 107 | FIRBANK, Ronald (1886-1926) | Autograph manuscript signed (at end, 'Arthur Firbank'), 'Ideas and Fancies', |
Paris | 1904 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 108 | FIRBANK, Ronald (1886-1926) | Autograph manuscript signed ('Ronald Firbank') of his novella Santal, |
Algiers-Tunis, | [1921] | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 109 | FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940) | This Side of Paradise. |
New York | 1920 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 4,410.00 |
| 110 | FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940) | Tender is the Night. |
London | 1934 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 111 | FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940) | Autograph letter signed ('F. Scott Fitzgerald') to Chatto and Windus, 1 rue des Italiens, Paris, [February 1926] |
Paris, | [February 1926] | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 112 | CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964) | Two Portraits of F. Scott Fitzgerald |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,268.00 | ||
| 113 | SAUL MAURIBER (1915-2003) | Carl Van Vechten, half-length portrait with magnifying glass |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 504.00 | ||
| 114 | LEWIS MORLEY (1925-2013) | Sir Osbert Sitwell |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 126.00 | ||
| 115 | GRAY, John (1866-1934) | Silverpoints. |
London | 1893 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 116 | HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967) | The Weary Blues. |
New York | 1926 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 21,420.00 |
| 117 | JOHNSON, Lionel (1867-1902) | Poems. |
London and Boston | 1895 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 630.00 |
| 118 | KLIMT, Gustav (1862-1918) -- LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA (c.120-180) -- BLEI, Franz (1871-1942, trans.) | Die Hetaerengespraeche des Lukian. |
Leipzig | 1907 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 119 | LEWIS, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818) | The Monk: a Romance. |
London | 1796 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 30,240.00 |
| 120 | MATURIN, Charles (1780-1824) | Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. |
Edinburgh | 1820 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 121 | ORAZI, Manuel (1860-1934) and Austin DE CROZE | Calendrier Magique. |
Paris | 1895 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 122 | PESSOA, Fernando (1888-1935) | Antinous: A Poem. |
Lisbon | 1918 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |