Helen Beatrix Potter Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, Illustrator, b. 1866 - d. 1943

Born in London in 1866, Helen Beatrix Potter had a love of the natural world that led to the development of her art. Beatrix Potter's fascination with the plants she drew led her to study at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, where she honed her skills in scientific illustration art. Beatrix Potter studied at the National Art Training School.

In 1902, Beatrix Potter published the first of her children’s books, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, followed by dozens of other books, including The Tale of Benjamin Bunny and The Tale of Tom Kitten. She also created merchandise based on her books, including games, toys, and dolls, and offered her illustration art for sale, all helping to increase the value of Beatrix Potter books. She passed away in 1943. Beatrix Potter's drawings and books are found alongside other valuable written works in galleries of rare children's books worldwide. 

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  • [FINE PRESS BOOKS]. POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tales of Beatrix Potter. London: Folio Society, 2002.
    Jul. 09, 2026

    [FINE PRESS BOOKS]. POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tales of Beatrix Potter. London: Folio Society, 2002.

    Est: $150 - $300

    [FINE PRESS BOOKS]. POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tales of Beatrix Potter. London: Folio Society, 2002. 32mos. Complete in 23 volumes, housed in two slipcases. Publisher's bindings, slipcases, both slipcases sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Lovely copies of the Peter Rabbit books and associated titles.

    Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
  • Beatrix Potter | "He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages...", ink and watercolour drawing
    Jul. 07, 2026

    Beatrix Potter | "He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages...", ink and watercolour drawing

    Est: £20,000 - £30,000

    Beatrix Potter "He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages..." fine ink and watercolour drawing heightened with gouache, unsigned, 89 x 80 mm (sheet size 163 x 203 mm), mounted, framed and glazed (mount size 290 x 250 mm), some minor spotting and browning, pin holes at corners THE ONLY CONTEMPORARY BEATRIX POTTER ILLUSTRATION FOR PETER RABBIT LIKELY TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE. This watercolour is an alternative illustration for The Tale of Peter Rabbit. It shows Peter's diminutive shoe abandoned in a cabbage patch following his narrow escape from Mr McGregor, and being examined by a curious (or territorial) robin. It is a fine example of Potter's close attention to the natural world, perhaps especially in her depiction of young spring cabbages with their slightly fleshy leaves. The privately printed Peter Rabbit shows a robin examining a shoe in a cabbage patch but with the robin and shoe in the centre of the page. Between January and April 1902 Potter revised the black and white drawings to produce a smaller number of coloured illustrations for commercial publication by Warne. The robin in the cabbage patch was retained but in a slightly different composition. Taylor notes in That Naughty Rabbit that when Potter delivered the coloured illustrations to Warne "they were not entirely happy and asked her to do some of them again" (see Taylor, That Naughty Rabbit (London, 2002), p.46). It is known that one of the redrawn illustrations was of Mrs McGregor and the rabbit pie and this illustration is likely to have been another. Warne was probably concerned about the relative sizes of the rabbit's shoe and the bird: the published scene shows a slightly smaller rabbit shoe and a larger robin. The fifth printing of Peter Rabbit in 1903 saw the removal of four illustrations, which were restored in 2002, and a 1907 printing allowed Potter to redraw two illustrations, although these were used for only six or seven years before Warne reverted to the originals. The centenary printing of The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 2002 added two new illustrations that had never previously appeared. Judy Taylor notes, of these new illustrations, "it is not known how many 'extra' illustrations Beatrix Potter produced for the first Frederick Warne edition of 1902 but these two... are the only ones known to have survived" (Taylor, pp.105–106). This watercolour was part of a group of more than twenty original illustrations, books, cards, and letters that originated in the collection of the artist's brother, Bertram Potter, and were sold in these rooms in 2008. This group included a number of other previously unknown alternative versions of early works by Potter, notably three watercolours of "The Rabbit's Christmas Party" (one of which, "The Departure", sold for almost £290,000 and is still the auction record for a Potter watercolour). This was, however, the only watercolour from the Bertram Potter collection for her sister's books. PROVENANCE: Bertram Potter (1872–1918), the artist's brother; sale in these rooms, 17 July 2008, lot 292

    Sotheby's
  • Potter, Beatrix
    Jun. 16, 2026

    Potter, Beatrix

    Est: £300 - £500

    Potter, Beatrix Collection of first editions gifted by Beatrix Potter's father Rupert 7 first editions inscribed as given by Rupert Potter (1832-1914) to Blanche Brooke between 1906 and 1912, the inscriptions presumed to be in the hand of Blanche, all published by Frederick Warne and Co., London, 16mo, original boards with pictorial cover labels, spines perished:The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, 1906, front board detached, lacking colour frontispiece illustration; The Tale of Tom Kitten, 1907; The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, 1908, front board detached; The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1909; The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, 1910, colour frontispiece illustration detached; The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1911, front board detached; The Tale of Mr Tod, 1912, ring mark to cover label; together with The Two Blind Mice. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. First deluxe edition, 12mo, original red cloth with gilt decoration and title to front board and spine and pictorial paper onlay (36 x 33mm) within gilt and blind tooled rectangle, pictorial endpapers, 26 colour plates, lacking colour plate to face title page, all edges gilt, annotation in crayon to left pastedown, text block starting to detach, p. 85 (final text page) detached with crease to lower right corner;and 6 further, similar, early editions, bindings defective, some endpapers and title illustrations lacking (14) (Rosalie) Blanche Brooke, née Vaughan (1859-1940) was the daughter of Sir James Vaughan, a noted magistrate and family friend of the Potters; thence by descent.

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Beatrix Potter, & Bunnykins Children's Tableware
    Jun. 09, 2026

    Beatrix Potter, & Bunnykins Children's Tableware

    Est: $100 - $10,000

    Charming collection of children's collectible tableware and nursery items featuring beloved storybook characters and whimsical designs. Includes Portmeirion Enchanted Garden Woodland Friends porringer bowl, Portmeirion Enchanted Garden Water Fairies ABC child's plate, Royal Doulton Bunnykins "Bathtime" bowl, Wedgwood Beatrix Potter Jemima Puddle-Duck child's plate, two Wedgwood Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit "Stop Thief" bowls, Royal Albert The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies mug, Royal Doulton Bunnykins money ball piggy bank, and a silver-plated Royal Doulton Bunnykins double photo frame. A delightful grouping for collectors of children's china, Beatrix Potter, and Bunnykins memorabilia. Good overall condition. Plates from 5" to 6 1/2" diameter, cup 3" tall.

    Esquis Auction Services
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, first edition, first or second printing, 1909; and 5 others by the same (6)
    Jun. 04, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, first edition, first or second printing, 1909; and 5 others by the same (6)

    Est: £300 - £400

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, library bookplate to front endpaper, paper laid down to half-title covering ink inscription, minor rubbing and bumping, else a bright and clean copy, [Quinby 16], 1909; The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher,  frontispiece working loose, spine chipped with some loss (affecting a few letters) and old glue repairs, joints split, rubbed and bumped, 1906, first editions, first or second printings, colour frontispieces and 26 colour plates, plain title vignettes, pictorial endpapers, light surface soiling and cracking to gutters, original boards with mounted colour illustrations, [Linder p.428 & 426]; and 4 others by the same, 16mo (6) *** The first mentioned has the noticeboard lettering on p.14, indicating that it is either the first or second printing.

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Potter (Beatrix) Ginger & Pickles, first edition, first or second printing, 1909; and another first edition, first printing by the same (2)
    Jun. 04, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) Ginger & Pickles, first edition, first or second printing, 1909; and another first edition, first printing by the same (2)

    Est: £200 - £300

    Potter (Beatrix) Ginger & Pickles, first edition, first or second printing, plain title vignette, library bookplate to front endpaper, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, small slip of paper laid down to half-title upper margin, slight surface abrasion to front pastedown and endpaper inner margin, scattered light foxing, 1909; The Pie and the Patty-Pan, first edition, first printing with date on title and mottled lavender endpapers, ink ownership inscriptions to front endpaper, scattered spotting, backstrip chipped and detaching, rubbing to joints, 1905, colour frontispieces and 9 colour plates, illustrations, toning and some cracking at gutters, original pictorial boards with mounted colour illustrations, spines browned, rubbed and bumped, [Linder p. 428 & 425; Quinby 17 & 9], 4to (2) *** The first mentioned is the third of Beatrix Potter’s books to be printed in large format. "Ginger and Pickles" was developed from an original manuscript given to Louie Warne as a Christmas gift in 1908.

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, first edition, likely third printing, 1911
    May. 07, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, first edition, likely third printing, 1911

    Est: £150 - £200

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, first edition, likely third printing without date on title but endpapers identical to the those of the first 2 printings, colour frontispiece, plain title-vignette and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, very small patch of staining to top edge, original blue boards with mounted colour illustration, slight fading to spine, spine tips and corners a little bumped, a very good copy, [Linder p.429; Quinby 18], 16mo, 1910. [1911].

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, first edition, first printing, first state, [1918]
    May. 07, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, first edition, first printing, first state, [1918]

    Est: £300 - £400

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, first edition, first printing, first state with "Londo" in the title-page imprint, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original grey-green boards with mounted colour illustration, spine slightly faded and with neat repair to head, light marking to upper cover, [Quinby 25; Linder p.430], 16mo, [1918].

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • BEATRIX POTTER PLANTER
    Apr. 17, 2026

    BEATRIX POTTER PLANTER

    Est: -

    IN GREAT SHAPE, BUT YOU BE THE JUDGE

    3 b's auction
  • POTTER (Beatrix)
    Apr. 16, 2026

    POTTER (Beatrix)

    Est: £80 - £150

    POTTER (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1906, 12mo, lacks back-strip, contents a little loose; The Tale of Two Bad Mice, 1904, 12mo, some taping to gutters, contents largely loose, lacks back-strip; The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, early edition, spine taped (3)

    Cheffins
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Fairy Caravan, first edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author, Philadelphia, 1929.
    Mar. 18, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) The Fairy Caravan, first edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author, Philadelphia, 1929.

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    Potter (Beatrix) The Fairy Caravan, first edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author, limitation and signature on thin parchment leaf, colour frontispiece and 5 plates, illustrations, original green cloth, edges slightly toned, dust-jacket, spine slightly toned, minor nick to upper panel foot, extremities lightly chipped and rubbed, housed in modern cloth box with morocco spine label, 8vo, Philadelphia, David McKay, 1929. ⁂ Convinced by the Philadelphia publisher Alexander McKay that she should publish another book, Beatrix Potter decided to target the American market only with this work, worried that the stories involved were too personal or too local to the Lake District for the British public. However, in order to secure copyright 100 copies were produced with the first 9 leaves printed in Ambleside under the name Beatrix Heelis and without the preface written especially for her American readers. Alongside the American trade edition, a run of 100 copies were produced separately for her American friends and as gifts to be distributed at the discretion of the publisher, each with a sheet signed by the author, and this is one of those. Rare, especially with the dust-jacket.

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first edition, first or second printing, 1911; and two others by the same (3)
    Mar. 18, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first edition, first or second printing, 1911; and two others by the same (3)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first or second printing, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, gift ink inscription to half-title, a few small stains, rebacked preserving old backstrip, 1911; The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, second or third printing with "London" in the title-page imprint, marginal toning and some cracking at gutter, spine browned, head of covers toned, 1918, first editions, colour frontispieces, title vignettes and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, a few marks, original boards with mounted colour illustration, a little rubbed and bumped, [Linder p.429-30; Quinby 20, 25]; and another by the same, 16mo (3)  

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mrs. Tiddly-Winkle, first edition, first or second printing, 1905; and 4 others (5)
    Mar. 18, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mrs. Tiddly-Winkle, first edition, first or second printing, 1905; and 4 others (5)

    Est: £300 - £500

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first or second printing without "Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit" on title, colour frontispiece loose, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, some finger-soiling to margins, small chip to spine foot, [Linder p.423; Quinby 5], 1903; The Tale of Mrs. Tiddly-Winkle, first or second printing, with date on title and "How Keld" on p.20, spine sunned and slightly rubbed, [Linder p.425; Quinby 8], 1905, both first editions, with contemporary ink gift inscriptions to pictorial endpapers, original boards with mounted colour illustration; and 3 other first editions by the same, 16mo (5)

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first trade edition, second or third printing, Frederick Warne and Co., [November or December 1902].
    Mar. 18, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first trade edition, second or third printing, Frederick Warne and Co., [November or December 1902].

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first trade edition, second or third printing, with "wept" for "shed" on p.51, colour frontispiece and 30 illustrations by the author, grey leaf patterned endpapers, contemporary postcard in an unknown hand addressed to "Mrs Amphlett" loosely inserted ("I am sending Dorothy some Peter Rabbit Sketches"), ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated Christmas 1902, some light soiling, light browning to endpapers and very slightly to half-title and verso of final f., faint cockling to fore-edge, hinges neatly repaired, original dark green boards, mounted colour illustration to upper cover, light rubbing to spine and corners, [Linder p.421], 16mo, Frederick Warne and Co., [November or December 1902].   ⁂ The first trade edition of the first book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. Originally published in two privately printed editions of 250 and 200 copies (December 1901 and February 1902, respectively), this first trade edition was the first in which all of Potter's designs are printed in color. Leslie Linder records that "green boards were introduced after the first printing" but aside from this "there are no recongizable differences between the first three printings". The words "wept big tears" on p.51 were changed to "shed big tears" in the fourth printing of April 1903. 

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Potter, Beatrix
    Feb. 25, 2026

    Potter, Beatrix

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co, c.1907. First trade edition, second deluxe binding, later impression, 16mo, original diagonal-ribbed green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, pictorial paper onlay to front cover, pictorial endpapers (Linder's Fig. 2 to left-hand page and Fig. 4 to right, the latter first used September 1907 for The Tale of Tom Kitten), 26 colour plates and colour frontispiece, all edges gilt, pencil annotation to front left pastedown, pp. 9-10 with small numerical annotations within the text, scuff to front cover onlay, corners bumped, head and tail of spine rubbed, dampstain to lower left of back board [cf. Linder p. 422]

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first commercial edition in deluxe format, first, second or third printing, Frederick Warne & Co., 1902.
    Jan. 29, 2026

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first commercial edition in deluxe format, first, second or third printing, Frederick Warne & Co., 1902.

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first commercial edition in deluxe format, first, second or third printing, with 'wept big tears' on p.51, 31 colour illustrations by Beatrix Potter, leaf pattern endpapers, some light cockling, occasional minor marking to margins, gift inscription dated Xmas 1902 on front endpaper, endpapers split with slight loss to head of front endpapers gutter, original green cloth with mounted colour illustration on upper cover, lettered and blocked in brown with publisher's monogram and rabbit head detail, skilfully repaired at spine ends, slightly rubbed and dulled at spine, t.e.g., [Linder p.421], 16mo, Frederick Warne & Co., [1902].

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Potter Beatrix (1866-1943). Six Silk Placemats, Peter Rabbit and friends, early 20th century
    Dec. 11, 2025

    Potter Beatrix (1866-1943). Six Silk Placemats, Peter Rabbit and friends, early 20th century

    Est: £400 - £600

    Potter Beatrix (1866-1943). Six Silk Placemats, Peter Rabbit and friends, early 20th century * After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). Six Silk Placemats from The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny and The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, early 20th century, pen, ink and watercolour on cream silk, each depicting various scenes, comprising: 2 from The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 3 from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny and 1 from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, each doily 14.3 x 15.3 cm, including short fringed edge (a couple with small areas of loss to fringe), housed in mid 20th-century box, inscribed in ink to inside lid 'Bon Voyage from Mrs Banks' QTY: (6) NOTE: Doilies depicting the following scenes: 'I am not very sorry to say that Peter was not very well during the evening' and 'One table-spoon to be taken at bed-time', from Peter Rabbit, 'Old Mr Bunny...took out his son Benjamin by the ears, and whipped him with a little switch. Then he took out his nephew Peter', 'Old Mr Bunny along the top of the wall of the upper terrace', and 'Old Mrs Rabbit and Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail selling rabbit wool mittens and muffatees...' from Benjamin Bunny and 'Benjamin used to borrow cabbages from Flopsy's brother, Peter Rabbit, who kept a nursery garden' from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (from the early printing with the noticeboard).

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920
    Dec. 11, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920, [?to Nancy Nicholson, Potter’s niece by marriage], an incomplete letter, written and drawn in brown ink and pencil on the first three pages of an off-white bifolium with watermark ‘Occam Fine’, the first page with the start of the nonsense verse ‘Dig Deep & Low’ written beneath a sketch of three Oakmen digging a grave, the second page with heading ‘Other buryings’ and continuing, ‘(item) 2 infant pigs of Biddy’s (one born dead, also “Tom Thumb”), born on Friday buried on Sunday, he had a large head & bandy legs. 1 gray kitten of Judys (died “suddenly”, born dead), 1 white ditto…’, the page also including a thumbnail sketch of rabbit pie and ending with more thumbnail sketches and a post script, ‘I have mislaid your letter and forget the exact extent of the catastrophe – It was extensive!’ There were lots left’, with a facing full-page sketch of ‘Pixies burying’, some overall dust-soiling (heaviest to final blank page), light horizontal toning mark to upper margin of first page, away from illustration, small closed tears at head of first leaf, foot of second leaf and to top and bottom of fold line, unevenly folded, 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm) QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Thomson Roddick & Laurie, 2 November 1995, lot 100; The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster. Beatrix Potter married William Heelis in 1913. Nancy was one of his sister Grace’s five children, meeting and becoming friends with Beatrix when she was about nine years old. Recalling this first meeting Nancy wrote: 'To amuse myself I used to play with stones, shells, worms, and of course imaginary people. The oak-men were imaginary people who lived in trees, and I remember my amazement on my first visit to Sawrey, when this new aunt left the grown-ups and came to me to imagine windows and doors in the trees with people peeping out'. In spite of good intentions by Potter, a published version of ‘The Oakmen’ never came to fruition, but Potter did produce a beautifully illustrated manuscript of the story of the oakmen and gave it to Nancy as a Christmas present in 1916. Nancy presented the illustrated manuscript to the Victoria & Albert Museum (AAD/1997/22/1) in 1997, together with other letters to both her and her mother, Grace Nicholson. ‘Pixie’s burying’ and the 'Oakmen' sketch here are clearly related to the scenes drawn by Potter in her Christmas 1916 illustrated letter to Nancy, now at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The accompanying text comprises a list of animals who have met their ends, ranging from pigs to kittens, enlivened by flashes of morbid humour. After two of Biddy’s pigs are noted as having died she remarks ‘She reared 10, she had too many’. The present letter, apparently a fragment or draft for a longer missive, seems likely to have been to Nancy Nicholson, though whether the content relates to the Oakmen tale is less clear. In a letter to Nancy Nicholson of late 1919, Potter records the purchase of two pigs, one being 'Biddy', and therefore the present letter must postdate this acquisition.

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, early printing, [1905] & others, Potter (3)
    Nov. 26, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, early printing, [1905] & others, Potter (3)

    Est: £100 - £150

    Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, early printing with contemporary ink inscription dated 1905 to front pastedown, colour frontispiece and 26 illustrations, original tan boards, joints a little worn, spine rubbed and chipped at foot, [1905]; The Tale of Tom Kitten, first, second or third printing, colour frontispiece and 26 illustrations, ink inscription to front free endpaper, staining to a couple of leaves, original grey-green boards, a little rubbed, two small stains to upper cover, fading to spine and lower edge of rear cover, 1907; The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, first or second printing with notice-board in illustration on p14, lacking frontispiece but with 26 colour illustrations, ink inscription dated 1910 to front free endpaper, original green boards, spine a little rubbed and faded, 1909, half-titles, all with pencil notes at beginning identifying locations of illustrations, some soiling, boards a little rubbed, [Linder p.424, 427 & 428; Quinby 6, 13 &16], 16mo (3)

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Teleflora Planter
    Nov. 03, 2025

    Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Teleflora Planter

    Est: -

    Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Teleflora Planter

    Lark Mountain Auction Company
  • Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales
    Oct. 09, 2025

    Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales

    Est: $20 - $30

    Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales

    Lawsons
  • Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943, after). A set of six watercolour menu holders
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943, after). A set of six watercolour menu holders

    Est: £300 - £500

    Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943, after). A set of six watercolour menu holders * After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A set of six watercolour menu holders with illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, 6 rectangular menus holders of gilt-edged thick cream card, each with gilt-edged domed aperture for menu, 3 with cream insert printed at head in gold 'MENU.', 4 with rounded corners, each with pen, ink, and watercolour border of a rabbit and vegetation, each with hinged card stand on verso, 14.2 x 10 cm (5 5/8 x 4 ins) QTY: (6) NOTE: Illustrations as follows: Benjamin Bunny in tam-o-shanter holding a red spotted handkerchief (image on front cover of The Tale of Benjamin Bunny); Benjamin bending over picking a plant shoot (p. 35); Peter in a blue jacket sitting on his haunches (p. 41); Benjamin eating a lettuce leaf, with Peter's head behind (p. 44); old Mr Benjamin smoking a pipe, with his front paws clasping a switch behind his back (p.68); and old Mr Benjamin, pipe in mouth, carrying a red handkerchief of onions and a lettuce (p. 77).

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943, after). A set of 12 hand-painted Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny doilies
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943, after). A set of 12 hand-painted Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny doilies

    Est: £200 - £400

    Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943, after). A set of 12 hand-painted Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny doilies * After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A set of 12 hand-painted doilies with illustrations from The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, 12 circular table mats, watercolour on a cream silk ground, edged with cream lace, each depicting a scene from Peter Rabbit or Benjamin Bunny, varying degrees of brown staining to each, most with silk just beginning to show signs of perishing, several with a few small holes, Old Mr. Bunny and cat with a number of holes, diameter 23 cm QTY: (12)

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Set of 6 hand-painted doilies after Beatrix Potter, circa 1920
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Set of 6 hand-painted doilies after Beatrix Potter, circa 1920

    Est: £300 - £500

    Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Set of 6 hand-painted doilies after Beatrix Potter, circa 1920 * After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). Set of 6 hand-painted doilies after Beatrix Potter illustrations, circa 1920, oils on cream silk ground showing: Goodie Tiptoes and Timmy Tiptoes under an umbrella; Peter Rabbit; Jemima Puddle-Duck; Hunca Munca with dustpan, brush and cloth; Mr Tod with a walking stick; and Tommy Brock, all edged with ten-point star-shaped cream lace, some light browning, Tommy Brock with areas of wear to silk ground, diameter approximately 22 cm each, framed in two sets of three QTY: (2)

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A group of seven paintings on fringed silk
    Oct. 02, 2025

    After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A group of seven paintings on fringed silk

    Est: £300 - £500

    After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A group of seven paintings on fringed silk * After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A group of seven paintings on fringed silk, depicting characters and from Beatrix Potter's tales, including Jeremy Fisher and Squirrel Nutkin, circa 1920's, each approximately 16 x 15 cm, a few minor marks, generally in good condition, each loosely displayed on five sheets of cream backing card, each protected with clear plastic cover QTY: (7) NOTE: Provenance: By descent from Julia Pritchard (born 1881), with whom it is believed Beatrix Potter stayed. Another member of the same family, Frances Pritchard, married Arthur Cole, whose father was a tailor in Gloucester; Bonhams, London, Paintings including Maps, Furniture & Works of Art 22 February 2005, lot 274. A printed note on plain paper by a member of the Pritchard family accompanies this lot, giving an account of the family's connections with Beatrix Potter, stating: 'Beatrix Potter was a regular visitor to Gloucestershire and used to stay with relations, Judge Crompton Hutton and his family at Harescoombe Grange near Stroud. She heard of John S. Pritchard (A Gloucester Tailor - on one of these visits, probably that of May 1897) from some ladies that came for tea at the Grange and turned the story she heard into The Tailor of Gloucester. My late wife was born in Gloucester and her father, Walter married a Julia Pritchard, then 18 years old, in 1898. I was told that Beatrix Potter stayed with either Julia or a Miss Priestly... and that Beatrix painted a series of pictures as a 'thank you' present for having had her to stay for a while.'

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A set of 12 paintings on fringed silk, circa 1920
    Oct. 02, 2025

    After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A set of 12 paintings on fringed silk, circa 1920

    Est: £700 - £1,000

    After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A set of 12 paintings on fringed silk, circa 1920 * After Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). A set of 12 paintings on fringed silk, circa 1920, depicting scenes from The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, together 12 watercolour and gouache on fringed silk, eight illustrating The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and four illustrating The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, good condition, each approximately 16 x 16 cm, together with a further three watercolours on thin cotton of Peter Rabbit, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Mother, Old Mr, Rabbit from Benjamin Bunny and one other, white body colour and watercolour on thin cotton, two waterstained, each approximatley 15 x 15 cm QTY: (15)

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  • Potter (Beatrix, 186-1943). Bookplate design for Lucy Roscoe, the artist's aunt
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix, 186-1943). Bookplate design for Lucy Roscoe, the artist's aunt

    Est: £500 - £800

    Potter (Beatrix, 186-1943). Bookplate design for Lucy Roscoe, the artist's aunt * Potter (Beatrix, 186-1943). Bookplate design for Lucy Roscoe, the artist's aunt, being a sketch in pencil on pale cream laid paper, the design incorporating the head of a cat within a heart-shaped medallion festooned with ribbons and with Lucy Roscoe in capital letters to lower right, sheet size 111 x 88 mm (4 3/8 x 3 1/2 ins), window-mounted, framed and glazed, with Christies printed label to verso, giving the lot number 160, and the sale date 1 December 2016, and further printed label 'Pencil Drawing by Beatrix Potter. A bookplate design for her cousin Lucy Roscoe. Depicting the head of the cat within a heart. Provenance, Heritage Bookshop, Inc.' QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Sothebys, London, Illustrated and Private Press Books, Children's Books and Juvenilia, 1 December 1988, lot 478 (part); Heritage Bookshop, Inc., California; Christies, London, Vaulable Books and Manuscripts, 1 December 2016, lot 160. Lucy, Lady Roscoe (née Potter, 1840-1910), was the wife of Sir Henry Roscoe, daughter of Edmund Potter, and Aunt of Beatrix Potter.

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  • Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea

    Est: £7,000 - £10,000

    Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea * Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea, grisaille watercolour on card, showing Squintina Tabby sitting in her doorway beneath the shop sign, knitting whilst glowering at two young kittens with sticks and hoops looking through her window, initialled H.B.P. lower right, single drawing pin hole at each corner, and another in centre of right-hand edge, all to blank margin outside image, image size 145 x 190 mm, sheet size 163 x 217 mm QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Given by Beatrix Potter to her brother Bertram; sold by the family of Bertram Potter, Sotheby's, English Literature, History, Children's books and illustrations, 17th July 2008, lot 295, where purchased by Thomas Schuster. Drawn by Beatrix Potter in or around 1890, taking her backdrop from a photographic postcard of a tea and coffee dealer's shop in Whitby (see below). The watercolour offered here is one of three variants of this subject, the other two being: a watercolour in which the shop proprietor is called 'Tabitha Pussy', which is still with the family of Henry Coolidge who was given it by Potter in 1929; and a version which was used in Comical Customers (London: Ernest Nister, 1896), to illustrate a story titled 'The Story of Violante and the Silver Sixpence'. The latter, which was presumably sold to Nister, has never reappeared and must therefore have been lost or destroyed. The V&A holds a preparatory sketch for this drawing (accession number BP.511) depicting Squintina Tabby knitting, with an additional study of her head on the same sheet. The V&A's sketch is reproduced in Leslie Linder, A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, Frederick Warne, 1971, plate facing p. 179. Sir Henry and Lucy, Lady Roscoe, Beatrix Potter's uncle and aunt, owned a cat called Squintina or Squinty.

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  • Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

    Est: £8,000 - £12,000

    Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny * Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, pen, ink, and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, on cream silk, both depicting Benjamin Bunny dressed in a large brown overcoat, the first showing Benjamin and his cousin Peter retrieving Peter's jacket from the scarecrow and Benjamin trying on the tam-o-shanter, captioned in brown ink to lower margin 'They took Peter's clothes off the scare-crow. Benjamin tried on the tam-o-shanter, but it was too big for him.', the second showing Benjamin peering at some ears emerging from a ditch, captioned in brown ink to lower margin 'Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt. He nearly tumbled upon his Cousin Peter.', each with a number in pencil to lower left of image (8 & 4 respectively), each 112 x 112 mm (4 1/2 x 4 1/2 ins), matching glazed frames (13 x 13 cm) QTY: (2) NOTE: Provenance: Given by Beatrix Potter to the Townley family of Hardcragg Hall, Grange-Over-Sands. Cumbria; gifted by Mrs Townley to family friend Mrs Ellen Preston around 1913; inherited by Mrs Preston's daughter; purchased by Thomas and Greta Schuster from Christie's South Kensington, Illustrated & Private Press Books and Original Illustrations, 31st May 1996, lot 247. These illustrations appear on page 17 and 38 of The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first published in 1904. Charles Joseph Marshall Townley was the proprietor of Hardcragg Hall, Grange-Over-Sands, and as a friend of the Townley family Beatrix Potter was a regular visitor to the Hall, where its fine panelled interior, together with its piggery, inspired The Tale of Pigling Bland which she dedicated to the Townley's children, Charlie and Cicely. Pig-wig, one of the characters in Pigling Bland was based on a Berkshire pig which Beatrix Potter bought from Mr Townley. John Cannon, the manager of Potter's farm, had objected to having a black pig on the farm so Potter kept her as a pet. It is thought that Potter made these doilies, part of a set of 12, during a period of ill health, and according to Susan Ludbrook, the first curator of Beatrix Potter's home, Hill Top in Sawrey, she gifted them to the Townleys in appreciation of the family's kindness to her and 'in acknowledgement of the little black pig'.

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 14 January 1942
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 14 January 1942

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 14 January 1942 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Heelis’, Castle Cottage, Sawrey, Ambleside, 14 January 1942, to Hetty [Douglas], a long and wordy letter, discussing her frustrations with farming, and then writing lengthily about dogs and a gruesome eye injury to her Pekingese Chuleh, concluding with reference to the Russian news, ‘How very awkward about Dave having to go. I should have thought you had almost enough garden under vegetables to "reserve" him, he grew such pine crops - but likely it is a clean sweep of younger men, except ploughmen. Geoff Storey registered, but nothing further so far. And there is more ploughing, I think – it is perfect nonsense in this poor soil. I am to plough a field in Troutbeck that has always been used for twin lambs. I would not object if they would allow me to sow down at once; but if the rotation is carried through there will be so very little low land grass for lambing time while 3 fields are under crops. And the potatoes were a disgrace last year – all they would say was "try another variety" next time!’, and then turning to an incident with the dogs, ‘We did not have an agreeable Xmas. Mr. Heelis took the pekes a walk on the intake in the afternoon – after a chicken for dinner – as usual lost them rabbiting and Chuleh returned to him covered with blood and an eye like a disgusting marble. He blames a stray dog but I feel sure it was a cat, perhaps a village cat also after rabbits. She had a scratch an inch long on top of her head, no depth but bled a lot which was not at all like a dog bite. He heard her scream. She was taken to the vet – right away, but the eye by that time was too swollen to put back, and Miss Lawton (the vet) said to bath it over the weekend – the dog seemed to have no pain and could see with it! However, it took bad ways and burst on the following Tuesday; now they're scarcely a shred left in a clean socket - healed and clean empty. They are tough little dogs – we were more upset than Chuleh. It doesn’t show a great deal; and she is rabbiting again. Tzu-zee was very shocked and rather unkind – if her poor sister went near her – she got up and turned away. I don't know if she will ever wash its face again; it would be useful now. They have played again last few days. There is one advantage of a Border terrier, their eyes don't stick out! They are very active independent little dogs and better able to look after themselves – I think you have made a good choice of breeds – One can never tell how a Border puppy will turn out; a nice thick little dog is very pleasing. Sometimes they grow bigger than expected…’, and concluding with other news including reference to the Russian news, mentioning Miss Mills and Miss Hammond, sending love to Hetty and Ina, written in blue ink on two leaves, first page lightly toned, 4 pp., 8vo, together with two reused envelopes, both re-addressed in Beatrix Potter’s hand to Miss [Hetty] Douglas in Scotland, 11 January & 15 April 1943 postmarks, the first with the new address written at head, the second written on a paper overslip, the first slightly creased and soiled, the latter soiled and damp-stained QTY: (3) NOTE: Margaret ‘Hetty’ Douglas and Ina, were the two nieces of Mary, Bertram Potter’s widow. Published in Beatrix Potter's Letters, edited by Judy Taylor, 1989, pp. 435-436.

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938, folded off-white card, the upper cover with mounted colour plate of four rabbits playing with Christmas stockings, signed in ink by Beatrix Potter below the image, line illustration of three rabbits reading a letter to verso, inside back cover message with signed presentation inscription by Beatrix Potter to Nancy [Nicholson], 'Aunt Beatrix with love from her and Uncle Willie, Christmas 1938', some very light spotting to upper cover, 152 x 115 mm, contemporary printed notice loosely inserted stating that profits from the sale of this greetings card will go to the Invalid Children's Aid Association, together with a later ICAA Christmas Card, circa 1950s, with mounted colour illustration to the upper cover of a mother rabbit at her front door with a robin, 'Greetings' printed in green to lower margin, the verso with a further illustration by Beatrix Potter of rabbits running between two trees printed in green, contemporary presentation inscription in blue ink, 'Ethel Jenkins' and 'Mr Nicholson with love and all good wishes', a few minor marks, 152 x 115 mm QTY: (2) NOTE: V&A (Hobbs & Whalley) 1810. The recipient of the first card is Nancy Nicholson, Beatrix Potter's niece by marriage, being the daughter of her husband's sister, Grace Nicholson (née Heelis).

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1936
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1936

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1936 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1936, folded off-white card with mounted colour plate by Beatrix Potter to front cover, showing Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny standing outside Hill Top porch, Tom Kitten line drawing to verso, the printed ‘From’ and ‘To’ inside back cover inscribed in brown ink by Potter, ‘[From] Aunt Beatrix and Uncle Willie, [To] Nancy with love – Christmas 1926’, minor marks to outer covers, 152 x 109 mm QTY: (1) NOTE: HIL.R.93.3; V&A (Hobbs & Whalley) 1808. Between 1925 and 1941, Beatrix Potter helped raise money through the International Children's Aid Association (ICAA) for 'Peter Rabbit beds' for infirm children in hospitals. Around two dozen different cot designs were produced for sale which featured various animals from her stories. This was the seventh card in the series and the recipient was Nancy Nicholson, Beatrix Potter's niece by marriage, being the daughter of her husband's sister, Grace Nicholson.

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Heelis’, Castle Cottage, Sawrey, nr Ambleside, 26 October 1936, to Miss Dobson, discussing her two beloved [Pekingese] dogs, and a harness to help Su-zee walk, with two thumbnail pen and ink sketches of Su-zee on the first page and two of Chu-leh’s head on the third page, ‘I am not sure whether your little friend is grateful! but I am grateful; for at last I have an instrument which obliges her [Su-zee] to walk – at all events she is obliged to use her hind pair of legs! With the previous pair of braces which were large for her, she usually progressed like this! [with two thumbnail sketches]. She really is the most obstinate dog, bigger than her sister, very affectionate and lovable as long as she gets her own way, but she simply won't go in [sic] a lead. I really think this harness may be a success…’, then talking about the variations in colour of the dogs’ coats, before concluding, ‘… [Chu-leh] is blacker than Su, the black comes down under her chops if you can understand this scribble [with two thumbnail sketches]. Mr. Heelis is very scornful of her snub nose. I wish he had not let them learn to go after rabbits. They have never got away yet "on their own", but they are only waiting for a chance. We find them very good company … Thank you so much for the lead – it could not be better and looks lovely – when she stands up!’, 4 pp., 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Tom & Greta Schuster, purchased from Woolley and Wallis, 28 June 1994, lot 45.

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 25 March 1933
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 25 March 1933

    Est: £600 - £800

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 25 March 1933 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Testimonial Signed, ‘H B Heelis (Mrs W. Heelis), Castle Cottage, Sawrey, Nr Ambleside, 25 March 1933, Castle Cottage, Sawrey, near Ambleside, 25 March 1933, being a letter of recommendation for Benjamin Dawson, in full: ‘I have much pleasure in recommending Benjamin Dawson. He was for nine years with my mother the late Mrs. Rupert Potter at Lindeth How, Storrs, Windermere, and has left in consequence of the house being closed. He has been accustomed to herbaceous borderers, some bedding out, green house, peach house, early vegetables and the use of a motor lawn mower. He has also managed the central heating plant, of the house, and understands it. My mother had a high opinion of Ben's usefulness. He is a thoroughly reliable man and strong in health’, some spotting, 4 pp. on a black-edged bifolium, 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Thomas & Greta Schuster, purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1994, lot 273 (four letters). Published in Beatrix Potter's Letters, edited by Judy Taylor, 1989, p. 357. For a near-identical testimonial letter of the same date, see the preceding lot.

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Testimonial Signed, 25 March 1933
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Testimonial Signed, 25 March 1933

    Est: £500 - £800

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Testimonial Signed, 25 March 1933 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Testimonial Signed, ‘H. B. Heelis (Mrs. W Heelis), Castle Cottage, Sawrey, 25 March 1933, being a character reference for Benjamin Dawson, in full: ‘I have much pleasure in giving an excellent character to Benjamin Dawson, lately gardener at Lindeth How, Storrs, Windermere. He was nine [‘6’ struck through and corrected with initials ‘HBH’] years in the service of my mother the late Mrs. Rupert Potter. He has been accustomed to herbaceous borders, bedding plants, green house, peach house, early vegetables and working a motor lawn mower. He also understands looking after central heating. Mrs. Potter had a high opinion of Ben's usefulness, he is a thoroughly reliable man, and strong’, a little spotting, short split at right margin of horizontal centrefold, 1 page, 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Thomas & Greta Schuster, purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1994, lot 273 (four letters). Beatrix's mother, Helen Potter, had died on 20 December 1932. She had moved to the Lake District from London after her husband's death in 1914. In 1919, Beatrix had bought her Lindeth How, which was ‘one of the large secluded grey granite Victorian houses on... Lake Windermere which the Potters had rented occasionally in earlier summers, and which required a sufficient number of servants for Mrs. Potter, in her solitude, to feel at home... She lived in seclusion there until the age of ninety-three, with faculties unimpaired, and her way of life, with its punctuality and scrupulous observances, undergoing hardly any modifications' (Margaret Lane, The Tale of Beatrix Potter, 1946, pp. 149-50); for a near-identical testimonial letter see the following lot, the letter published in Beatrix Potter's Letters, edited by Judy Taylor, 1989, p. 357).

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 3 March 1924
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 3 March 1924

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 3 March 1924 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Heelis’, Sawrey, Ambleside, 3 March 1924, to Mrs. [Celia] Edwards, giving vivid, local information about the shops, people and facilities, and the district doctors, ‘There is a post office at Hawkshead – for shopping there is the cooperative stores – and Milner the butcher is next door across the road, in fact he kindly allows the bicycle to stand in his coach house – garage I suppose he would call it. Mrs. Milner supplies milk. Miss Filkin has left the cottage key with the Miss Stalkers’, next door in the other direction, they are two respectable elderly persons who have had the key before when she was away on holiday – I will ask them to put a fire in, about a week, and again before you come…’, with further information before concluding with information the doctors in Hawkshead, ‘… there are only about 10 houses [in Victoria Street], one being old Dr Parsons, you will be rather amused with him – Dr Ledbeatter has the most practice; and other doctors who come to the district are Dr Brownlie, of Windermere, and Dr Dorothy Allen who has lately started as assistant to her father Dr Allen at Ambleside; both of these outsiders have employed Nurse Filkin, I think Miss Allen will get a good deal of cases, as she drives herself in a car and is liked’, a few minor spots and marks, a little creasing and light toning, 4 pp. on an embossed letterhead bifolium, 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: Mrs. Celia Edwards was the local District Nurse appointed, on the recommendation of Beatrix Potter, by the Committee of Hawkshead and District Nursing Association.

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920

    Est: £3,000 - £5,000

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920, [?to Nancy Nicholson, Potter’s niece by marriage], an incomplete letter, written and drawn in brown ink and pencil on the first three pages of an off-white bifolium with watermark ‘Occam Fine’, the first page with the start of the nonsense verse ‘Dig Deep & Low’ written beneath a sketch of three Oakmen digging a grave, the second page with heading ‘Other buryings’ and continuing, ‘(item) 2 infant pigs of Biddy’s (one born dead, also “Tom Thumb”), born on Friday buried on Sunday, he had a large head & bandy legs. 1 gray kitten of Judys (died “suddenly”, born dead), 1 white ditto…’, the page also including a thumbnail sketch of rabbit pie and ending with more thumbnail sketches and a post script, ‘I have mislaid your letter and forget the exact extent of the catastrophe – It was extensive!’ There were lots left’, with a facing full-page sketch of ‘Pixies burying’, some overall dust-soiling (heaviest to final blank page), light horizontal toning mark to upper margin of first page, away from illustration, small closed tears at head of first leaf, foot of second leaf and to top and bottom of fold line, unevenly folded, 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm) QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Thomson Roddick & Laurie, 2 November 1995, lot 100. Beatrix Potter married William Heelis in 1913. Nancy was one of his sister Grace’s five children, meeting and becoming friends with Beatrix when she was about nine years old. Recalling this first meeting Nancy wrote: 'To amuse myself I used to play with stones, shells, worms, and of course imaginary people. The oak-men were imaginary people who lived in trees, and I remember my amazement on my first visit to Sawrey, when this new aunt left the grown-ups and came to me to imagine windows and doors in the trees with people peeping out'. In spite of good intentions by Potter, a published version of ‘The Oakmen’ never came to fruition, but Potter did produce a beautifully illustrated manuscript of the story of the oakmen and gave it to Nancy as a Christmas present in 1916. Nancy presented the illustrated manuscript to the Victoria & Albert Museum (AAD/1997/22/1) in 1997, together with other letters to both her and her mother, Grace Nicholson. ‘Pixie’s burying’ and the 'Oakmen' sketch here are clearly related to the scenes drawn by Potter in her Christmas 1916 illustrated letter to Nancy, now at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The accompanying text comprises a list of animals who have met their ends, ranging from pigs to kittens, enlivened by flashes of morbid humour. After two of Biddy’s pigs are noted as having died she remarks ‘She reared 10, she had too many’. The present letter, apparently a fragment or draft for a longer missive, seems likely to have been to Nancy Nicholson, though whether the content relates to the Oakmen tale is less clear. In a letter to Nancy Nicholson of late 1919, Potter records the purchase of two pigs, one being 'Biddy', and therefore the present letter must postdate this acquisition.

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 23 December 1913
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 23 December 1913

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 23 December 1913 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Heelis’, Hill Top Farm, Sawrey, Ambleside, 23 December 1913, to Millie [Warne], talking about Christmas presents, Christmas lunch and cooking, ‘We are both in same position about a "present" – useful or otherwise! I was going to give you rather a pretty photograph of my garden, framed, but I think I have left all the prints in London, so it must wait. It seems strange to be away at this time of year – but I hope my parents do not mind much – I mean not specially on account of the time, as we have never kept up anything different for Christmas to a usual Sunday. There is not a single holly berry to be found this winter, or I should have sent you some, I had not forgotten. I dare say you will be spending Christmas Day at Surbiton – no Fred – you will miss him ... William took a turn at pastry “à la Mrs. Beeton”, but I am of opinion she recommends the use – or misuse – of more butter than is justified by results. What we really do well are carrots and vegetables. We cooked and ate a turkey and several other birds. I am a little afraid Mary had a tough chicken, it was not my own favourite Orpington breed, but a [?] of a strain much believed in by some neighbours. I was disappointed with it after it was trussed…’, 4 pp. on an off-white bifolium, a few minor marks and light offsetting from envelope flap to final page, 8vo, together with the accompanying stamped and postmarked envelope, addressed to Miss Warne in Beatrix Potter’s hand QTY: (2) NOTE: Provenance: Thomas & Greta Schuster, purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1994, lot 292 (two letters).

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Incomplete Autograph Letter Signed, circa 1907
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Incomplete Autograph Letter Signed, circa 1907

    Est: £300 - £500

    Potter (Beatrix). Incomplete Autograph Letter Signed, circa 1907 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Incomplete Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Potter’, no place or date, c. 1907, possibly to Millie Warne, being the final two pages of a longer letter, concerning gardening and referring to the difficulty of drawing kittens, ‘but there are still showers and a high wind. I noticed you had got the climbing a variety of nasturtiums, they would be very pretty trained up sticks, but I expect you will have to tie them to begin with. I am glad they have got a sounding board at St George's, it seemed to be a great strain on Mr Tollinton's voice. I hope you are having fine weather in Suffolk. With love to you and your mother’, with an added remark, ‘I wish the kitten was finished they are the most difficult animals I know’, light toning, one outer margin unevenly torn with blank paper loss, 2 pp., 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: The Tale of Tom Kitten was published in September 1907 and was the first of her books to have Hill Top entirely as a background setting.

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 6 March 1907
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 6 March 1907

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 6 March 1907 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Potter’, 2 Bolton Gardens, South Kensington, S.W., 6 March 1907, to Millie [Warne], concerning the weather, travel, her health, her books, gardening and drawing cats, ‘I was so glad to hear that you had got to Bristol comfortably and that your mother [Louisa Jane, wife of Frederick Warne] was not over-tired with the journey, and the tunnel! … I should have been down to the office about the books but I have been rather lame again, I think I have got over it now as one of my feet swelled up … I have been rolling the lawn in our back garden today, by way of working it off. I am very impatient to go up north and plant a few more shrubs before things begin to bud; but I think it is going to be a late spring. I have had yet another kitten on a visit, a tortoiseshell, a very beautiful colour but not very easy to copy. It has gone home to its parent, rather to my relief; it was a big kitten and very un-manageable. I should like to borrow one of yours later on, I could make it rather more white in the picture; it is well to make the three kittens distinct in colour, and I think I have got a good contrast with the tortoiseshell…’, 4 pp. on a buff bifolium with address embossed in blind, small 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Tom & Greta Schuster, purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1994, lot 281 (three letters).

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 26 December 1906
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 26 December 1906

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, 26 December 1906 * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Potter’, 2 Bolton Gardens, South Kensington, S.W., 26 December 1906, to Millie [Warne], referring to the snow, talking about doing a picture book of Sawrey in the snow, and altering one of her pictures for Harold Warne, ‘… I wish I were there to snowball Louie [Potter’s niece; Harold Warne’s daughter], I should think she would just enjoy it. I can see 5 little girls having a regular game of snowballs in a quiet street opposite … But it must be beautiful in the country, I wish I were at Sawrey, I want to do a picture book someday of the village in the snow. I had a nice little letter of thanks from little Betsy Cannon [daughter of John Cannon, manager of Hill Top Farm] at the farm, signed "yours respectifulley", is it not a beautiful word?! … I think if Mr. Warne [probably Harold] has not gummed up the back of his picture I will alter it a little, I see the railings are not quite right. I can get it sometime, or else bring up my paint box’, 4 pp. on a buff bifolium with address embossed in red, small 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Thomas & Greta Schuster, purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1994, lot 279 (two letters).

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  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [autumn, 1906]
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [autumn, 1906]

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [autumn, 1906] * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Potter’, Lingholme, Keswick, Saturday, no date, [autumn, 1906?], to Millie [Warne], discussing the weather, her cold, and referring to using cats as models, saying it is regular autumn weather, ‘with heavy due at night and gossamer all over the grass in the morning’, and how she caught a cold from her recent visit to Wales, ‘it did not get into my chest and is now nearly gone, only I still have face ache and cannot wear my beautiful teeth. The waitress had a violent cold at Gwaynynog, a nice girl, but always goes about with her mouth wide open, so there was no escape – I always do catch other peoples colds’, then writing about drawing cats, ‘It is inconsiderate of the cat to have had a black and piebald family, a gray stripe might have been some use to borrow as a model. Perhaps the next family will be a different pattern!’, telling that she is packing for her forthcoming trip to Sawrey, where ‘I wonder whether I shall do any sketching or waste all my time in gardening! It is rather too early to transplant but I mean to stick in sticks with labels where things are to go’, 4 pp. on a black-edged bifolium, 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Thomas & Greta Schuster, purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1994, lot 281 (three letters). Lingholme was a large house on the shore of Derwentwater, a favourite summer home of the Potter family. Beatrix Potter occasionally visited her uncle and aunt who lived in Gwaynynog, near Denbigh, North Wales.

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [31 August 1906]
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [31 August 1906]

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [31 August 1906] * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Potter’, Belle Green, Sawrey, Ambleside, no date, envelope postmarked 31 August 1906, to Millie [Warne], regarding the weather and summer fruits, some kitten drawings and her health, beginning with the weather, ‘I am enjoying the fine weather and the smell of hay-making, I wish it had been fine like this when you were here. I am much amused to see 3 immense figs on the very tiny tree – at least they look very big compared to what they are growing on. There are no apples or plums, but other people are equally afflicted up here. I wonder how those at 22 escaped that late frost. I am just in time to over-look the other chimney stack with great interest. He burrowed into the back of it this morning without any down-fall – thank goodness. It is also 4 foot thick and full of chaff and hay pulled in by the rats, but I trust it will be made all right in a day or two. I think the safest plan is to build a new back between the old flue and the new one’, continuing with mention that she ‘must finish those kitten drawings. I am writing this sitting out in the garden. The violas are very pretty, and there are a quantity of poppies, very showy, and the roses are very pretty too, they are later up here. I see there is rather a good pink rose on the farmhouse; very scraggy and neglected, but it is making new shoots. The water lilies are all out on the lake…’, mentioning Miss Woodward and [John] Cannon who ‘has got a little strip of oats, the straw is about 6 inches high and the docks and weeds about 2 feet! It is not a credit to the estate, it is useless to try to grow corn up here amongst the hills’, telling of her hoarse voice and that she has heard from Edith, who is well and so has finished with her doctor, a few minor spots, 4 pp. on a black-edged bifolium, 8vo, together with the accompanying stamped and postmarked envelope, addressed to Miss Warne in Beatrix Potter’s hand QTY: (2) NOTE: Provenance: Thomas & Greta Schuster, purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1994, lot 281 (three letters). Belle Green was the home of the Satterthwaite family with whom Beatrix stayed whilst extending Hill Top Farm.

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [summer, 1906]
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [summer, 1906]

    Est: £700 - £1,000

    Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Letter Signed, [summer, 1906] * Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Beatrix Potter’, The Gables, Queens Road, Worthing, Monday, no date, [summer, 1906?], to Millie [Warne], asking that an enclosure (not present) be given to ‘little Winifred [Warne] – when you have had the edification of reading it yourself! I think Louie [Potter’s niece; Harold Warne’s daughter] has had rather more than her share of pictures lately. It is all very well scribbling but it is impossible to do any proper drawing, there is so little room – and the sea-air makes me feel stupid always...’, referring to the weather, and concluding, ‘I find the paper very good, that Mr. Herring got for me’, minor spotting, 2 pp. on a black-edged bifolium, 8vo QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Thomas & Greta Schuster, purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1994, lot 279 (two letters). Amelia ‘Millie’ Warne was the sister of Beatrix Potter’s fiancé and publisher, Norman Warne. After the death of Norman in 1905, Beatrix Potter remained close to Millie and the two corresponded regularly.

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, [Ambleside], 1929
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, [Ambleside], 1929

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, [Ambleside], 1929 Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943). The Fairy Caravan, by Beatrix Heelis ("Beatrix Potter"), [privately printed in Ambleside for the author], 1929, colour frontispiece, 5 colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations in the text, insect damage to pp. 19-22 (affecting text on pp. 20 and 22), similar damage to blank margins on pp. 206-225 (not affecting text or images), insect damage to pp. 19-22 (affecting text on pp. 20 and 22), similar damage to blank margins on pp. 193-196 & 205-225 (not affecting text or images) and worsening towards rear, signed presentation inscription by Potter for Frank Fawcett on the front free endpaper, with many annotations and corrections by Potter in pencil (and one ink), uncut, hinges cracked and weak, original cloth-backed lettered grey paper boards, boards rubbed and darkened, cloth worn and frayed with vertical split along centre of spine, small 4to QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Christie's New York, Beatrix Potter. The Doris Frohnsdorff Collection, 16 April 1997, lot 133. Linder, pp. 292-305 and p. 431; Quinby 29; V & A (Hobbes & Whalley) 1703. Inscribed by Potter on the front free endpaper: ‘For Mr. Frank Fawcett, from “Beatrix Potter” (H. B. Heelis, Sawrey, nr Ambleside)’. The recipient of this copy, Frank Fawcett, a local shepherd known to Beatrix Potter, is listed as a director of the Penrith pharmacy business, Thomas Edmondson ( The Chemist and Druggist, 6 November 1926). Thomas Edmondson was from a Lake District hill farming family and, ever since his death in 1926, the prestigious Edmondson Cup has been presented at the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association's Keswick May Fair. Frank Fawcett is listed as offering prizes at the Loweswater Show on 12 September 1935: ‘Mr. Frank Fawcett (T. Edmondson, Ltd., Penrith) will give for pair of Herdwick Tup Lambs; “North Country” Paste Dip for 200 Sheep, for first; second dip for 100 sheep, third, Dip for 50 sheep, Not to compete in any other class. Only one entry allowed.’ Among the nine listed entrants is Mrs. Heelis , who also gives a cup for Herdwick Sheep (Loweswater Show Catalogue, 1935). Beatrix Potter, or Mrs. Heelis as she was then, was one of the entrants in the sheep section at Hawkshead Show in September 1927, and was delighted to win their first ever top prize for two of their lambs. Her success continued for many years as Beatrix took top prizes at the county’s big shows at Keswick, Ennerdale, Eskdale and beyond, including a host of champion silverware. She was highly respected within the male-dominated sheep farming community for her knowledge of her beloved Herdwicks, going on to be named president of Keswick Agricultural Show in 1935 and a co-judge at Lowick Show in 1937. The pencil annotations and corrections by Potter are as follows: p. 85: ‘taking their cud’; p. 86: ‘Old J[ohn] Mackereth dated from days when the hoggs (sic) were hayed; instead of being sent away to winter.’; p. 87: ‘Corkermouth’ is corrected to ‘Cockermouth’; p. 89: ‘Anthony Benson and Bess’; p. 90: ‘There was an unpleasant sequel to this anecdote. Tom Storey laid the ewe on the grass after getting her out of the drift. After leaving her, he looked back and saw a carrion crow picking her eyes out! She recovered, wanting an eye.’; p. 92: ‘This anecdote has been [?]desired in a most unsentimental manner.’; p. 96: ‘keeps’ is corrected to ‘keep’; p. 103: ‘Whist, whist ...’ is corrected to '‘Whisht, whisht ...’ and ‘spining’ to ‘spinning’; p. 128: ‘moles’ corrected to ‘voles’; p. 133: ‘Tallentire’ (referring to Squire Browne); p. 153: On this page, Potter identifies various dogs in the illustration: ‘Roy,’ ‘Twig,’ ‘Nip,’ ‘Bobs,’ ‘Fly,’ ‘Nip’ (again), ‘Glen,’ ‘Fan,’ ‘Mag,’ ‘Bess,’ ‘Bill,’ ‘Bagman,’ ‘Lassie pup,’ and ‘Spot’; p. 154: ‘dead and’ is inserted in ink, and ‘to Oxo’ is inked out; p. 155: ‘Hawkeshead’ corrected to ‘Hawkshead’; p. 159: ‘de’ corrected to ‘des’; p. 168: ‘Stott park from Mrs. Scales's cat M.E. [Mary Ellen)’. Limited edition of 100 privately printed copies, this copy unnumbered. First published in Philadelphia by David Mackay in 1929, the author had intended the book to be published in the USA only as she felt that the stories were 'too personal - too autobiographical' for the English market. However in order to obtain the English copyright she requested one hundred sheets to be sent over to have them bound privately, by George Middleton, printers and publishers of Ambleside, Westmorland. ‘In the privately bound copies of The Fairy Caravan, the first eighteen pages of the American edition, including the preface and dedication page, were discarded, and a new set of pages printed at Ambleside. An additional page was added on which were sketches of dogs she knew, with their names written underneath. On the title page, Beatrix Potter used her married name, Beatrix Heelis.’ (Linder, pp. 292-295).

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales - The Original and Authorized Edition
    Sep. 11, 2025

    Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales - The Original and Authorized Edition

    Est: $30 - $50

    Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales - The Original and Authorized Edition

    Lawsons
  • POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Privately pr
    Jul. 09, 2025

    POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Privately pr

    Est: £40,000 - £60,000

    POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Privately printed, 1901.

    Christie's
  • 25 Beatrix Potter 1991 The Tale of Tom Kitten Posters
    Jun. 24, 2025

    25 Beatrix Potter 1991 The Tale of Tom Kitten Posters

    Est: $60 - $90

    This is a pack of 25 Offset Lithographs by Potter, titled "The Tale of Tom Kitten". The overall size of each Offset Lithograph measures 12 x 9.5 inches. The Offset Lithographs are Unsigned . The condition of the Offset Lithographs has been rated as follows: A: Mint. Again, this lot is for 25 of the SAME Offset Lithograph, NOT a mixed or assorted group.

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