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Travel and Exploration
Wednesday 15 September 2010
New Bond Street
Entries now invited for our auction of Travel and Exploration
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2009 Exploration and Travel Online Catalogue
To arrange a free and confidential auction valuation with a view to selling,
please contact:
Hannah O'Leary
travel@bonhams.com
+44 (0) 20 7468 8213
If you want to be kept informed about your area(s)
of interest click here
Bonhams' auction of Exploration, Travel and Topographical pictures will
feature paintings, watercolours and works of art spanning 200 years and
pertaining to the five non-European continents: Australasia, Asia, Africa,
North and South America.
Some artists whose work has been successful in recent auctions are Lee Man
Fong, Johann Moritz Rugendas, Frank Dillon, Sidney Nolan, Leonardo de Mango
and Fernando Cueto Amorsolo, as well as Isaac Walter Jenner. If you have
a piece of travel or topographical art that you are looking to sell, please
do not hesitate to contact the department for a confidential auction valuation
with a view to selling.
Further information
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Previously Sold Auction Highlights
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Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882), Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymundus Andreas, 5th Count Preziosi The 1875 Souvenir Album (album size)
Sold for £378,400 |
A very rare scrimshawed whale's tooth from H M Sloop "Beagle", decorated by James Bute with scenes from Charles Darwin's voyage in April 1834
Sold for £40,800 |
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WILSON (EDWARD ADRIAN), Edward Wilson's autograph manuscript of his report on the celebrated winter journey to the Emperor Penguin rookery at Cape Crozier 'General Account of Journey from Cape Evans to Cape Crozier June 27. 1911 to Aug. 1. 1911'
Sold for £132,000
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Victor Patricio Landaluze (Spanish/Cuban, 1828-1889), At bay
Sold for £40,800 |
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