RESULTS: Yates, Thompson and Bright: A Family of Bibliophiles
Yates, Thompson and Bright: A Family of Bibliophiles London, Wednesday, 16 July 2014, Sale 1584
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium] 315 lots sold | Total: £5,159,725 /$8,838,609 /€6,506,413 | 84% sold by lot | ||||
374 lots offered | $1.713= £1 / €1.261=£1 | 97% sold by value | ||||
Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Price Realised | Buyer | ||
11 | Missal, Use of Udine, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, [Vienna, c.1430-35] | 500,000 - 800,000 | £1,082,500 $1,854,323 €1,365,033 | Private European Collector | ||
17 | Leonardo Bruni (C.1370-1444), in the French translation of Jean Lebègue (1368-1457), Histoire De La Première Guerre Punique, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, [Paris, C.1450] | 150,000 - 250,000 | £386,500 $662,075 €487,377 |
US Trade | ||
69 | Hans Bol, (artist; 1534-1593); the complete series of thirteen original drawings for the emblemata evangelica, together with the plates engraved by Adriaen Collaert | 250,000 - 350,000 | £338,500 $579,851 €426,849 | European Foundation | ||
19 | Juvenal (fl. Late 1st - early 2nd century), Satyrae, with gloss, in latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, [Tours, c.1472] | 70,000 - 100,000 | £242,500 $415,403 €305,793 | Private Collector | ||
20 | Solinus, Caius Iulius (fl. 3 rd century), Collectanea rerum memorabilium, in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, [Naples, c.1475]. | 150,000 - 250,000 | £218,500 $374,291 €275,529 | US Trade | ||
12 | Anonymous (fl. 1414), The Mirror of Recluses, in Middle English with a little Latin, Decorated Manuscript on Paper [England, perhaps London, c.1414-22] | 50,000 - 80,000 | £182,500 $312,623 €230,133 | Private UK Collector | ||
277 | John Dee (1527-1608). General and Rare Memorials Pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation, London John Daye, 1577 | 20,000 - 25,000 | £134,500 $230,398 €169,604 | UK Trade | ||
6 | Breviary, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, [Western England, Perhaps Devon, C.1310-20] | 80,000 - 120,000 | £122,500 $209,843 €154,473 | UK Trade | ||
213 | Francesco Colonna (1433-1527).] Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, First edition of the most celebrated illustrated printed book of the Italian renaissance, finely bound by Bedford in a Grolier-style binding, December 1499. | 50,000 - 80,000 | £110,500 $189,286 €139,340 | UK Trade | ||
2 | BIBLE, with Prologues and Interpretations of Hebrew Names, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [France, probably Paris, mid-13th century] | 30,000 - 40,000 | £110,500 $189,286 €139,340 | Private US Collector | ||