Auction Reports
Chiswick Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Art of Nature
- Auction Date
- 04/29/2025 - 04/29/2025
- Sale Number
- #42925
- Total Lots
- 46
- Sold Lots
- 27
- Lots Sold
- 58.70%
- Unsold Lots
- 19
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 53,135.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 38,310.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 49,040.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 55,350.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 73,950.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 71.85%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | JOHN GOULD (BRITISH, 1804-1881) | The Birds of Great Britain. |
GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 30,240.00 | |
| 104 | WILHELM KUHNERT (GERMAN, 1865-1926) | Kudu |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 | |
| 222 | POSSIBLY BRITISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) | Moth, Insects and hibiscus flower |
1839 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 82 | CHARLES DARWIN | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, |
1866 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,071.00 |
| 45 | AFTER RORY MCEWEN (SCOTTISH 1932-1982) | Flowering Artichoke |
1971 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 42 | ELIZABETH ANN BRISCOE (1780-1842) | A lychee |
1811 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 41 | AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL (C. 1797) | Salix exigua |
1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 237 | JEAN-GABRIEL PRETRE (FRENCH, 1768-1849) | Owl Study |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 756.00 | |
| 100 | PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER | On the Rhinoceroses now or lately living in the Society's Menagerie, extract from vol. IX of 'Transactions of the Zoological Society of London' (pp.645-660), |
1886 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 208 | SIR WILLIAM JARDINE (1800-1874) | Lanius collaris - Collared Shrike - Female & Young |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 630.00 | |
| 105 | WILHELM KUHNERT (GERMAN, 1865-1926) | Young Springbok |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 630.00 | |
| 211 | HENRY CHARLES INNES FRIPP (BRITISH, 1867-1963) | The Goose Girl |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 504.00 | |
| 111 | ALPHONSE MILNE-EDWARDS & A. GRANDIDIER ET AL. | Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar...Vol.IX. |
1875 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 504.00 |
| 110 | THOMAS BEWICK (BRITISH, 1753 - 1828) | A collection of 14 wood engravings from 'A General History of Quadrupeds', |
1820 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 454.00 |
| 178 | SAMUEL BROOKES, | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CONCHOLOGY, 1815 |
1815 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 106 | WILHELM KUHNERT (GERMAN, 1865-1926) | North American Rattlesnake |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 378.00 | |
| 47 | CYANOTYPE BOTANICAL STUDIES, c.1880 |
c.1880 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 353.00 | |
| 1 | THE HOUSTON MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION, 1933 |
1933 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 353.00 | |
| 43 | VICTORIAN PRESSED FLOWER ALBUM | Album with 82 pages with pressed flowers each with printed or manuscript notes describing each and dated, presented within mounts, contemporary half morocco, a.e.g., sm. Folio |
[1893-94] | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 328.00 |
| 209 | CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (BRITISH, 1901-1979) | Lapwings and Golden Plover |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 302.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
