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Manuscript Masterpieces from The Schøyen Collection

Christie's, King Street, St. James's 8, London, SW1Y 6QT, United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060 · +44 (0)20 73892869

Date of the auction: 11.06.2024

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Lot number 1
The Crosby-Schøyen Codex
Estimate
£2,000,000 - £3,000,000
ca. US$2,548,582 - US$3,822,873
Price realised:
£3,065,000
ca. US$3,905,702
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Lot number 2
The Nag Hammadi Binding
Estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
ca. US$127,429 - US$191,143
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 3
An early Sahidic Psalter
Estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
ca. US$191,143 - US$318,572
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 4
The Codex Sinaiticus Rescriptus
Estimate
£1,000,000 - £1,500,000
ca. US$1,274,291 - US$1,911,436
Price realised:
£1,250,000
ca. US$1,592,863
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Lot number 5
Syriac New Testament
Estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
ca. US$191,143 - US$254,858
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 6
Haimo of Auxerre (d. c.865)
Estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
ca. US$89,200 - US$127,429
Price realised:
£88,200
ca. US$112,392
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Lot number 7
The 'Charles of Anjou' Gospels
Estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
ca. US$254,858 - US$382,287
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 8
The Venerable Bede
Estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
ca. US$382,287 - US$637,145
Price realised:
£277,200
ca. US$353,233
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Lot number 9
The Geraardsbergen Bible
Estimate
£700,000 - £1,000,000
ca. US$892,003 - US$1,274,291
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 10
A 12th-century compilation
Estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
ca. US$152,914 - US$229,372
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 11
Jankos of Kobatzi's Gospel of Matthew
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$50,971 - US$76,457
Price realised:
£52,920
ca. US$67,435
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Lot number 12
A Byzantine Greek Psalter
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,228 - US$63,714
Price realised:
£44,100
ca. US$56,196
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Lot number 13
A Greek New Testament from Mount Athos
Estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
ca. US$76,457 - US$114,686
Price realised:
£75,600
ca. US$96,336
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Lot number 14
The Holkham Hebrew Bible
Estimate
£1,500,000 - £3,000,000
ca. US$1,911,436 - US$3,822,873
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 15
The Sassoon 'Sufficient Guide'
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,742 - US$19,114
Price realised:
£32,760
ca. US$41,745
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Lot number 16
One of the oldest Sephardi Torah scrolls
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,228 - US$63,714
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 17
The Vic Bible
Estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
ca. US$89,200 - US$127,429
Price realised:
£88,200
ca. US$112,392
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Lot number 18
The Decretals
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,228 - US$63,714
Price realised:
£44,100
ca. US$56,196
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Lot number 19
The Quejana Bible
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,228 - US$63,714
Price realised:
£35,280
ca. US$44,956
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Lot number 20
The Gaetani Bible
Estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
ca. US$89,200 - US$127,429
Price realised:
£88,200
ca. US$112,392
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Lot number 21
The Ludwig-Getty Jean le Moine
Estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
ca. US$63,714 - US$101,943
Price realised:
£105,840
ca. US$134,870
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Lot number 22
Pope Clement's Constitutions
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,742 - US$19,114
Price realised:
£32,760
ca. US$41,745
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Lot number 24
A Serbian Octoechos
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,194 - US$15,291
Price realised:
£18,900
ca. US$24,084
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Lot number 25
A Franciscan Breviary
Estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
ca. US$31,857 - US$44,600
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 26
Peter the Eater's Biblical Abridgment
Estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
ca. US$76,457 - US$114,686
Price realised:
£75,600
ca. US$96,336
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Lot number 27
A chained monastic binding from Zwettl Abbey
Estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
ca. US$63,714 - US$101,943
Price realised:
£56,700
ca. US$72,252
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Lot number 28
The Middleton-Fitzhardinge Petrarch
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$50,971 - US$76,457
Price realised:
£132,300
ca. US$168,588
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Lot number 29
The Pliny of St James of the Marches
Estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
ca. US$101,943 - US$152,914
Price realised:
£176,400
ca. US$224,784
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Lot number 30
The Fekula Barlaam and Josephat
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,228 - US$63,714
Price realised:
£52,920
ca. US$67,435
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Lot number 31
Sintram's Book of Sermons
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,228 - US$63,714
Price realised:
£37,800
ca. US$48,168
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