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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Groundbreakers: Icons of Our Time
- Auction Date
- 12/11/2025 - 12/11/2025
- Sale Number
- #23878
- Total Lots
- 12
- Sold Lots
- 8.0
- Lots Sold
- 66.67%
- Unsold Lots
- 4
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 450,596.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 324,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 480,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 884,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 1,270,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 35.48%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Alan Turing (1912-1954) | On Computable Numbers: first edition |
30 November 1936-23 December 1936. | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 120,650.00 |
| 27 | Jodorowsky and others | The Dune Bible |
[circa 1975] | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 101,600.00 |
| 3 | Henry 'Harry' Charles Beck (1902-1974). | The designer's own annotated copy of the London Underground Map |
n.d., but 1932]. | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 88,900.00 |
| 2 | Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) and Michael Collins (1930-2021) [Apollo 11] | The Moon Landing Triptych |
GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 69,850.00 | |
| 11 | Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) | Fragments of Olympic Gossip: autograph poem |
1934-12-31 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 30,480.00 |
| 30 | Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988) | Letters negotiating the sale of the iconic Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa |
1948 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 19,050.00 |
| 24 | Ernest Hemingway, and others | Eight first editions that inspired hits of stage and screen |
1911 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 15,240.00 |
| 23 | Jim Morrison (1943-1971) | An American Prayer: signed first edition |
1970 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 4,826.00 |
| 6 | John Blanche (b.1948) | Harry the Hammer: the original cover artwork for the first edition of Warhammer |
1983 | GBP 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | David Alexander (b. 1943) with graphics and art direction by Kosh (b. 1944) | Hotel California: the original album cover artwork |
1976 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | Mitchell Hooks (1923-2013) | Dr. No: First Release Poster |
GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 31 | Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960-1994) | Two autograph letters by a Formula One legend |
1979 | GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | Not Sold |
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