Lot 163 · English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations
HEANEY | The Tree Clock, 1990, number 9 of 20 copies with an autograph poem
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- Estimate
- £2,600–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,456–$3,987
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations, London · 8 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4884638
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Seamus Heaney, HEANEY | The Tree Clock, 1990, number 9 of 20 copies with an autograph poem. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2020, lot 163. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4884638.
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Seamus Heaney, HEANEY | The Tree Clock, 1990, number 9 of 20 copies with an autograph poem. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2020, lot 163. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4884638.
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAWDEN | Dust-jacket design for Albert Camus' The Outsider, 1946 | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| COTTINGLEY FAIRIES | Complete collection of five photographs, 1920 | — | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| BALLARD | Corrected typescript of 'The Day of Forever' | — | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| DICKENS | The Battle of Life, 1846, first edition | Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | £500–£1,000 | |
| DICKENS | Nicholas Nickleby, 1839, first edition in book form | Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | £200–£250 | |
| DICKENS | Kitton, Frederick George. Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil… | Frederick George Kitton | £500–£1,000 |
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