Christies: Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,304,478.00 |
| Auction Date | February 13, 2025 - February 13, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 631,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #22992 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 942,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 104 | ||
| Sold Lots | 97 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 690,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.27% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,029,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 126.71% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. |
1899 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 138,600.00 |
| 76 | AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) | Design for The Yellow Book, vol. 1. Design for the back cover |
GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 60,480.00 | |
| 145 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Picture of Dorian Gray. |
1891 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 50,400.00 |
| 148 | WILDE, Oscar (1864-1900) | Salome. Drame en un acte. |
1893 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 47,880.00 |
| 152 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | Autograph manuscripts drafts for 17 epigrams on art, morality, life and education, |
n.d. [c.1888] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 47,880.00 |
| 161 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. |
1899 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 44,100.00 |
| 77 | BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898) | Autograph letter signed ('Aubrey Beardsley') to [John Lane], 114 Cambridge Street, London, n.d. [1894] |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 40,320.00 | |
| 144 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | A House of Pomegranates. |
1891 | GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 97 | CROWLEY, Aleister (1875-1947) | The Diary of a Drug Fiend. |
1922 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 32,760.00 |
| 119 | LEWIS, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818) | The Monk: a Romance. |
1796 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 30,240.00 |
| 138 | STOKER, Bram (1847-1912) | Dracula. |
1897 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 30,240.00 |
| 94 | [CROWLEY, Aleister (1875-1947)] | Gargoyles: Being Strangely Wrought Images of Life and Death. |
1906 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 23,940.00 |
| 146 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Picture of Dorian Grey. |
[1891]. | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 22,680.00 |
| 167 | SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956) | Portrait of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 22,680.00 | |
| 116 | HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967) | The Weary Blues. |
1926 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 21,420.00 |
| 149 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | Salome. Drame en un acte. |
1893 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 156 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Sphinx. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane. |
1894 | GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 157 | [WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)] | The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3. |
1898 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 73 | BURTON, Richard Francis (1821-1890) | A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, now entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night with introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Night |
1885 [but 1897]. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
| 107 | FIRBANK, Ronald (1886-1926) | Autograph manuscript signed (at end, 'Arthur Firbank'), 'Ideas and Fancies', |
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, |
[1921] | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 100 | DOWSON, Ernest (1867-1900) | 19 autograph letters signed ('Ernest Dowson') to Conal [O'Riordan], |
1895 - 1900], mostly undated | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 111 | FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940) | Autograph letter signed ('F. Scott Fitzgerald') to Chatto and Windus, 1 rue des Italiens, Paris, [February 1926] |
[February 1926] | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 134 | [SCHWOB, Marcel (1867-1905)] | Les correspondants anglais de Marcel Schwob', collection of letters to Schwob (or his wife) by English literary figures including Arnold Bennett, Edmund Gosse, George Meredith and others, 1892-1905 |
1892-1905 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 223 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669) | Nude Man seated on the Ground with one Leg extended |
1646 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |