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Auction Info

Auction Name
Oscar Wilde. The Collection of Jeremy Mason
Auction Date
02/18/2026 - 02/18/2026
Sale Number
#32340
Total Lots
156
Sold Lots
156.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (GBP)
1,689,780.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
315,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
480,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
315,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
480,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
351.67%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
115 WILDE - DEATH BED PHOTOGRAPH

[GILBERT (MAURICE)] The last photograph of Oscar Wilde, on his death bed, 30 November 1900

 1900-11-30 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 279,800.00
14 WILDE (OSCAR)

Two autograph manuscripts, a working draft and a fair copy of the sonnet titled "The Grave of Shelley", [c.1881]

 [c.1881] GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 60,090.00
43 WILDE (OSCAR)

Series of five autograph letters signed to J. Graham Hill, [1888 and 1891]

 [1888 and 1891] GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 57,550.00
107 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to Reggie Turner, [August 1897]

 [August 1897] GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 57,550.00
68 WILDE (OSCAR)

Salome: drame en un acte, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 600 COPIES], AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO STUART MERRILL, 1893; with 2 autograph letters signed by Merrill

 1893 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 48,640.00
36 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter to 'Violet Fane', on vegetarianism, [November 1887]

 [November 1887] GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 44,800.00
96 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to Ada Leverson, [February 1895]

 [February 1895] GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 43,520.00
63 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph fair copy signed and dated of the poem 'In The Garden', [January 1891]

 [January 1891] GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 40,960.00
11 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph manuscript titled "Ballade de Marguerite", [n.d. but 1879-1881]

 [n.d. but 1879-1881] GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 38,400.00
12 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to Beatrice Faudel-Phillips, [c.1880]

 [c.1880] GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 38,400.00
99 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 15 OF 30 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, SIEGFRIED SASSOON'S COPY, Leonard Smithers, 1898

 1898 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 35,840.00
13 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to Beatrice Faudel-Phillips, [November 1886]

 [November 1886] GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 32,000.00
35 WILDE'S COPY

QUILTER (HARRY) Sententiae Artis, OSCAR WILDE'S ANNOTATED COPY, Isbister Limited, 1886; with two issues of the Pall Mall Gazette

 1886 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 32,000.00
17 WILDE PRESENTATION COPY

GOSSE (EDMUND, editor) English Odes, PRESENTATION COPY FROM WILDE TO PHILIP BURNE-JONES, Kegan Paul, 1881

 1881 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 32,000.00
45 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to Douglas Sladen, [December 1888]

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 28,160.00
101 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO EDWARD STRANGMAN, Leonard Smithers, 1898

 1898 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 28,160.00
108 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Frank", 26 November [1898]

 26 November [1898] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 28,160.00
49 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, TRIAL BINDING, STUART MASON'S ANNOTATED COPY, [1891]

 [1891] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 25,600.00
80 DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED)

Portrait photograph of Lord Alfred Douglas, by Cameron Studio, SIGNED BY THE SITTER, [c.1893]

 [c.1893] GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 25,600.00
119 WILDE (OSCAR)

De Profundis, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES, INSCRIBED BY ROBERT ROSS TO ADELA SCHUSTER, Methuen, [1905]

 [1905] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 25,600.00
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