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03/06/2026

📚 The Definitive Pablo Picasso Catalogue Raisonné.

Among the leading highlights of our forthcoming Timed Online Auction is Lot 112: Christian Zervos' Pablo Picasso Catalogue Raisonné, the complete set of 34 volumes published between 1942 and 1978.

Compiled by the renowned art critic and publisher Christian Zervos, this monumental work remains one of the most important reference publications ever produced on Picasso. Documenting the artist's extraordinary output across decades, the Zervos catalogue has long been regarded as an essential scholarly resource and a cornerstone of Picasso studies.

Complete sets are increasingly difficult to find, and this 34-volume set stands as one of the most significant publishing projects dedicated to any 20th-century artist. Estimate £10,000–£15,000.

The Reference Library of Marlborough Fine Art Timed Online Auction ends Wednesday 10 June from 12pm BST.

Browse the catalogue via the link below:

https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/bidding/2397-online-the-reference-library-of-1120

03/06/2026

🎈Banksy leads our Modern & Contemporary Editions auction with two of his most iconic early screenprints.

📖 Catalogue Now Live | Modern & Contemporary Editions | Wednesday 10th June

Kicking off the sale are Lot 1, Happy Choppers and Lot 2, Bomb Love (Bomb Hugger), two celebrated prints published by Pictures on Walls in 2003.

Combining dark humour, political commentary and instantly recognisable imagery, these works exemplify the visual language that established Banksy as one of the most influential and collectible artists of the 21st century. Both prints are accompanied by Certificates of Authenticity issued by Pest Control Office.

Lot 1 – Happy Choppers
Estimate: £10,000–£15,000

Lot 2 – Bomb Love (Bomb Hugger)
Estimate: £8,000–£12,000

Browse the full catalogue via the link below:

https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/bidding/100003-modern-contemporary-editions-1092

This live auction with over 230 lots features works by Banksy, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry and many more.

03/06/2026

⏰ Auction Tomorrow | Books & Works on Paper

Our Timed Online Auction closes tomorrow from 12pm BST, featuring over 285 lots spanning more than five centuries of printing, collecting and artistic achievement.

From early printed books, manuscripts and maps to literature, science, travel, sporting works, autograph letters, children's books and Old Master prints, the sale offers something for every collector.

📚 Highlights include first editions by Tennyson and George Eliot, Harry Craddock's The Savoy Cocktail Book, rare maps and atlases, angling classics, natural history, and works on exploration and science.

🎣 LOT 206 | W.H. Aldam, A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making" (1876)

One of the most famous books in angling literature, featuring 98 actual mounted fishing flies and materials, alongside beautiful chromolithographic illustrations. A remarkable example of Victorian book production and a highly sought-after work for collectors of sporting and fishing books.

Estimate: £600–£800

https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/bidding/2391-online-books-and-works-on-paper-1105

01/06/2026

✨ A rare complete portfolio of Gustav Klimt's most celebrated works.

📖 Catalogue Now Live | The Reference Library of Marlborough Fine Art

Among the highlights of our forthcoming Timed Online Auction is Lot 61 – Gustav Klimt: Eine Nachlese, a remarkable 1931 portfolio comprising 30 collotypes, many printed in colour, preserved in its original green linen-covered solander box.

Published in Vienna just over a decade after Klimt's death, this sought-after edition showcases the work of one of the most influential artists of the Vienna Secession. Produced in a limited edition of only 500 copies, it remains an important and highly collectible publication for admirers of Klimt and early 20th-century art.

Estimate: £3,000–£5,000

🗓 The Reference Library of Marlborough Fine Art
⏰ Timed Online Auction ending Wednesday 10 June from 12pm BST

Further highlights include major Picasso catalogue raisonnés and reference works, artist sketchbooks, extensive research archives, and important publications dedicated to Francis Bacon, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and many of the defining figures of modern and contemporary art.

https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/bidding/2397-online-the-reference-library-of-1120

01/06/2026

🎨 Owen Jones, the father of modern design theory and one of the most influential tastemakers of the Victorian age.

📚 Auction Highlight | Lot 160

This exceptional first edition of Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867) showcases the work of the man who transformed 19th-century ideas of decoration, colour and interior design. Best known for his landmark publication The Grammar of Ornament, Jones became an essential reference for architects, designers and household tastemakers across Britain and beyond.

Featuring 100 magnificent chromolithographic plates, Examples of Chinese Ornament represents one of the finest achievements of Victorian colour printing. Drawing inspiration from Chinese decorative arts, Jones presented designs that would influence generations of artists, designers and collectors.

A rare opportunity to acquire one of the great monuments of design publishing and a masterpiece of chromolithography.

Estimate: £1,200–£1,800

🗓 Offered in our Timed Online Auction of Books & Works on Paper
⏰ Bidding closes Thursday 4 June from 12pm BST

https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/bidding/2391-online-books-and-works-on-paper-1105

29/05/2026

Catalogue Now Live | Books and Works on Paper 📚

A timed online auction taking place on Thursday 4th June, ending from 12pm BST.

Discover over 280 lots spanning rare books, maps, manuscripts, old master prints, natural history, travel, literature, and illustrated works.

Highlights include:

✨Lot 184 | Albrecht Dürer | Saint Christopher | 1511 | Estimate: £800–£1,200
Lot 184’s old master print features a striking impression of Dürer’s iconic Saint Christopher, with distinguished provenance from the Earls of Aylesford.

This auction showcases rare first editions, engraved maps, illustrated works, old master prints, scientific texts, sporting books, and much more.

Browse the full catalogue: https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/bidding/2391-online-books-and-works-on-paper-1105

27/05/2026

📚 Heading to auction tomorrow: The Navigations, Peregrinations and Voyages, Made into Turkie by Nicolas de Nicolay, the extraordinarily rare first English edition printed by Thomas Dawson in 1585.

Estimated at £10,000–£15,000, this remarkable work is one of the earliest and most influential European accounts of the Ottoman Empire. Nicolay travelled to Constantinople in 1551 as part of the French embassy to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent, documenting Ottoman society through vivid first-hand observations and 60 striking full-page woodcut costume illustrations.

A landmark of early travel literature, its images and descriptions shaped Europe’s perception of the Ottoman world for centuries.

📖 Offered in our Live Auction of Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
🗓 Thursday 28th May
⏰ Starting from 1PM

Click the link in bio to register in time for tomorrow’s sale.

22/05/2026

Association Copies of Exceptional Provenance

📚 Lot 127 | Colin Dexter | Last Seen Wearing | 1976

A remarkable association copy of Dexter’s second Inspector Morse novel, inscribed to his mother:

“To my dearest and most wise mother… for which I am eternally grateful.”
A touching presentation from author to parent, complete with a loosely inserted photograph of Dexter’s mother. A deeply personal piece of Morse history.

🔹 First edition
🔹 Signed presentation inscription
🔹 A heartfelt family association
🔹 Estimate: £400–£600

📜 Lot 130 | Siegfried Sassoon | Nativity | 1927

An exceptional association copy of Sassoon’s poem, inscribed to novelist E.M. Forster, enriched with Sassoon’s handwritten quotations from Blake, Shelley, Housman, Meredith and Wordsworth.

A rare convergence of two literary giants, further enhanced by Paul Nash’s colour illustration and Forster’s personal book label.

🔹 First edition, Curwen Press
🔹 Monogrammed presentation inscription to E.M. Forster
🔹 Quotations in Sassoon’s handwriting
🔹 Estimate: £600–£800

🔴 Fine Books, Manuscripts & Works on Paper | 268 Lots
🔴 Live Auction | Thursday 28th May

Explore these extraordinary association copies and discover the stories they carry.

Click ‘’Current Auctions’’ in the link in bio to explore the full catalogue.

20/05/2026

Auction Tomorrow | Travel Books, Maps & Atlases | Thursday 21st May

This timed online auction is a sweep through the age of exploration, from early cartography and engraved city views to voyages across Africa, Asia, the Levant, Europe and the Americas.

Highlights include:
🌿 Lot 22: Francis Masson, Stapeliæ Novæ, 1796–97, estimated at £1,500–£2,000.

🧭 Lot 154: John Fryer, A New Account of East-India and Persia, 1698, estimated at £1,000–£1,500.

🎨 Lot 71: George Henry Mason, The Punishments of China, 1801, estimated at £400–£600.

🗺️ Lot 138: Various Cartographers, collection of India maps & ephemera, 19th–20th century, estimated at £200–£300.

🏝️ Lot 220: Thomas Edward Bowdich, Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, 1825, estimated at £300–£400.

🌎 Lot 47: Johann Baptist Homann, Totius Americae…, map of the Americas, estimated at £150–£200.
With material ranging from Blaeu and Ortelius maps to accounts by Cook, Burton and Nansen, the sale brings together travel literature, exploration, and early printed views from the 17th century onwards.

If you haven’t already, sign up today ahead of tomorrow’s timed online auction, Thursday 21st May, ending from 12pm BST.

Click the link to browse the catalogue:

https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/bidding/2390-online-travel-books-maps-and-atlases-1104

20/05/2026

🟥 Specialist, Books Department | Competitive salary dependant on experience

This is a hands-on position suited to someone with proven expertise in rare books and printed works. The successful candidate will be sourcing consignments, cataloguing material to a high standard, managing client relationships, and contributing to the continued growth of the department.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

Generate new business and secure consignments through proactive client development, networking and relationship management
Maintain and expand relationships with collectors, dealers, institutions and estates
Catalogue rare books, manuscripts and related material to a high scholarly and commercial standard
Conduct valuations for auction, probate and insurance purposes
Work closely with the department team on auction preparation, viewing set-up and sale administration
Assist with marketing initiatives, online content and client outreach
Represent Forum Auctions at fairs, events and client meetings where required
Contribute to the overall commercial performance and growth of the Books Department
Participate fully in the day-to-day operations of a busy specialist department

📖 Candidate Profile
Demonstrable experience within the rare books or specialist auctions trade
A proven track record in winning business and generating consignments
Strong cataloguing skills with excellent attention to detail
Broad knowledge of rare books, manuscripts and printed material across multiple fields
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A client-focused and commercially aware approach
The ability to work efficiently under pressure and manage multiple deadlines
Hands-on and adaptable within a busy team environment
Strong organisational and administrative skills

💭 Desirable
Existing network of collectors, dealers and trade contacts
Experience working within an auction house or specialist bookselling environment
Knowledge of international auction markets and private clients
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and auction database systems preferred

❗ To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to [email protected] outlining your experience and suitability for the role.

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