Books & Manuscripts | Auction Results

LONDON | 29 November - 10 December
Sotheby's London sales of Books & Manuscipts featured an extraordinary range of material, from Shakespeare’s second folio and a fully operational Enigma machine, to two sales comprisng exceptional pieces ranging across the Beatles’s performing career and work by cartoonist and illustrator Gerald Scarfe.

Auction Calendar

Type: auction
Category: Past Auction
Scarfe at Sotheby’s: Sixty Years of Being Rude
29 November–6 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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Type: auction
Category: Past Auction
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
3–10 December 2019 | 12:00 PM GMT | London
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Type: auction
Category: Past Auction
The Beatles
6–13 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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Results from Scarfe at Sotheby’s: Sixty Years of Being Rude

73
Type: lot
Category: Lot
SCARFE | [PINK FLOYD] | "Pink Floyd - The Wall" [The Teacher and Pink]
SCARFE | [PINK FLOYD] | "Pink Floyd - The Wall" [The Teacher and Pink]
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
Scarfe at Sotheby’s: Sixty Years of Being Rude
29 November–6 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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13
Type: lot
Category: Lot
SCARFE | [THE 2010s] | "The Gambler" [Theresa May]
SCARFE | [THE 2010s] | "The Gambler" [Theresa May]
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
Scarfe at Sotheby’s: Sixty Years of Being Rude
29 November–6 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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30
Type: lot
Category: Lot
SCARFE | [THE 2010s] | "Can you ever trust a bear?" [Vladimir Putin]
SCARFE | [THE 2010s] | "Can you ever trust a bear?" [Vladimir Putin]
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
Scarfe at Sotheby’s: Sixty Years of Being Rude
29 November–6 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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67
Type: lot
Category: Lot
SCARFE | [PINK FLOYD] | "The Wife"
SCARFE | [PINK FLOYD] | "The Wife"
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
Scarfe at Sotheby’s: Sixty Years of Being Rude
29 November–6 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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Results from English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

88
Type: lot
Category: Lot
SHAKESPEARE | Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, 1632, the Second Folio
SHAKESPEARE | Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, 1632, the Second Folio
Estimate: 70,000 – 100,000 GBP
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
3–10 December 2019 | 12:00 PM GMT | London
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251
Type: lot
Category: Lot
SHEPARD | "A Very Grand Thing - The Trouble at Owl's House", ink and watercolour
SHEPARD | "A Very Grand Thing - The Trouble at Owl's House", ink and watercolour
Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 GBP
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
3–10 December 2019 | 12:00 PM GMT | London
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27
Type: lot
Category: Lot
ENIGMA MACHINE | Operational Service Enigma (Enigma I), 1944
ENIGMA MACHINE | Operational Service Enigma (Enigma I), 1944
Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
3–10 December 2019 | 12:00 PM GMT | London
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75
Type: lot
Category: Lot
SMITH | The Wealth of Nations, 1776
SMITH | The Wealth of Nations, 1776
Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
3–10 December 2019 | 12:00 PM GMT | London
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Results from The Beatles

1
Type: lot
Category: Lot
THE BEATLES | Decca Audition tape, Brian Epstein's copy, 1962
THE BEATLES | Decca Audition tape, Brian Epstein's copy, 1962
Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP
The Beatles
6–13 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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14
Type: lot
Category: Lot
JOHN LENNON | Sunglasses, c. 1968
JOHN LENNON | Sunglasses, c. 1968
Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
The Beatles
6–13 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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2
Type: lot
Category: Lot
THE BEATLES | photograph signed by all four Beatles, 1964
THE BEATLES | photograph signed by all four Beatles, 1964
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
The Beatles
6–13 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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6
Type: lot
Category: Lot
RINGO STARR | Red spotted 'ruffle' shirt, c.1968
RINGO STARR | Red spotted 'ruffle' shirt, c.1968
Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
The Beatles
6–13 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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3
Type: lot
Category: Lot
GEORGE HARRISON | Ferrari handbook and Guarantee booklet for Ferrari 275 GTB, dated 1965
GEORGE HARRISON | Ferrari handbook and Guarantee booklet for Ferrari 275 GTB, dated 1965
Estimate: 1,200 – 1,800 GBP
The Beatles
6–13 December 2019 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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