An English Psalter and Photo of Sophia Loren: The Week in Rare Books
The English Psalter sold at Gorringe's
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints. He is also the author of Contemporary Issues in Rare Books & Manuscript Collecting and host of the monthly webinar Collecting Insights.
These are the lots that stuck out this week because of either uniqueness or exceeding expectations:
Portrait of Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren in Per-Olow's MB 300 SL in Rome, 1954 by Per-Olow Anderson, a Swedish photographer who took part in the Norwegian resistance movement in WWII, was captured and transferred to the Dachau concentration camp, was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the Normandy landings in 1944 where he met photographer Robert Capa. During the 1950s and 1960s he worked as a photographer for film companies such as United Artists and Paramount Pictures. Sold at Bukowskis for 37,000 SEK ($4,017) following an estimate of 6,000 SEK
An English Psalter
Psalter Hours of the use of Sarum; English, probably London, third or fourth decades of the 15th century. Bound in late 19th century leather, tooled in gilt, the spine embossed: HORÆ BEATÆ VIRGINIS SÆC XV. Folios 98 and 99 bear records of the births of the children of William Junklin and Thomas Chalfont of Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, 1523-1546. Sold by Gorringe's for £13,000 following an estimate of £2,000-£3,000.
