Forum Auctions
Forum Auctions are a London auction house specialising in antiquarian books, manuscripts, works on paper, prints and modern & contemporary art. They were launched in 2016 with Stephan Ludwig serving as chief executive officer.
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The Hobbit stands tall for new auction high
12 August 2024Spotlight on copy sold in superb Strutz collection – plus a look at other recent results for the Tolkien classic
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Small form recognises Lovelace the education pioneer
24 June 2024Ada Augusta Lovelace (1815-52), the only daughter of Lord Byron, is today justly celebrated as a mathematician and computer pioneer.
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Women make their voices heard in early documents
17 June 2024Two early documents featuring female authors are among the highlights in a wide-ranging sale selection
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New boss for auction firms Dreweatts and Forum Auctions
15 May 2024The parent company of auction houses Dreweatts and Forum Auctions has appointed a new chief executive.
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Sponsor’s message: It’s a wonderful world
13 May 2024Rupert Powell of Forum Auctions reflects on a busy year in the ‘stage-play’ of rare books
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Colour plate books: Around the world with Norman Bobins
13 May 2024ATG takes a whistlestop tour of the globe via the greatest recent collection of colour plate travel and costume books
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Uncle Sam joins the world as influential timeline gets an update
29 April 2024'A New Chart of History' by the British chemist and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley is considered one of the most influential timelines published in the 18th century.
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More from the Bobins collection: Danube danger overcome by the intrepid Ludwig
15 April 2024Leading Forum’s (30/24/14.4% buyer’s premium inc VAT) March 27 auction of more books from the remarkable library of Norman Bobins was a complete copy of a German work following the course of the Danube from its source to the Black Sea.
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Original Alastair illustration for Oscar Wilde edition soars above estimate
04 March 2024The aristocratic German artist, composer, dancer, mime, poet, singer and translator Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt (1887-1969) is best known by his pen name. From 1914 he went simply by the pseudonym Alastair.
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Slave trader who repented his sins tells his own story
12 February 2024John Newton (1725-1807) is today perhaps best remembered as the writer of the hymn Amazing Grace. However, before his religious conversion he spent his early life as a slave trader.
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Charity gifts that keep on giving when sold at auction
22 January 2024Spotlight on a couple of shop donations that both ended up making £20,000 hammer prices
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Health tips from the Middle Ages: Ibn Butlan’s Tacuini sanitatis
15 January 2024First printing of a guide first written in the 11th century achieves second-highest auction price
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Chess collecting: now it’s your move
27 November 2023How much would you spend on an antique or vintage chess set? Here are three examples from different periods that sold across a wide range of prices.
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More travels courtesy of Bobins
06 November 2023German artists take many of the top spots as another colourful selection comes to the saleroom
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Banksy reimagines Warhol with value branding
02 October 2023'Only Banksy' was the title of a 24-lot offering at Forum Auctions (30/24/15% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in London.
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The young guard of the book trade
11 September 2023While the rare book trade is steadily becoming more diverse, challenges still exist, as four newer members of the Forum Auctions team in London tell ATG
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Rare Canadiana in Sussex… and another Norman Bobins
28 August 2023Estimated at £300-500, a group of five hand-coloured prints of early 19th century Canada sold for £8500 at Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Lewes.
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Henry James refugee work is rare sale visitor on vellum
21 August 2023Refugees in Chelsea was written by Henry James (1843-1916) to help the local Chelsea Committee to raise funds in the US to start an industry for crippled Belgian soldiers.
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Nelson launches Emma defence
12 June 2023Annotation of 1803-04 work included in a single collection features remark about his mistress
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Edward Bawden: Printmaker at the cutting edge
08 May 2023A lively market has emerged for the linocuts of Great Bardfield artist Edward Bawden
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