British Cool Returns To Bonhams Including Collection From Dylan Jones

London – Bonhams is bringing British. Cool. back again this year with an online sale running from 7-16 April on bonhams.com. Amongst the highlights of the sale is a collection from journalist and author Dylan Jones, which includes works from Damien Hirst and David Hockney, alongside pop culture memorabilia, collected throughout Jones's impressive career at the helm of defining British cool.

Writing about the sale in Bonhams Magazine, Dylan Jones comments: "My work has afforded me amazing access to extraordinary people and places, and along the way I have collected things which reflect that. My collection is a labour of love, which I suppose has inadvertently become a reflection of modern British culture over the last 50 years. Having worked at i-D, The Face, Arena, The Observer, The Sunday Times, GQ and The Evening Standard, I feel I've been under the bonnet of British culture for quite some time, and it's been rewarding to be able to create my own cultural bubble."

Highlights of the Dylan Jones collection include:

Damien Hirst (born 1965), For the Love of God, 2012. Estimate: £2,500-3,500.

Dame Paula Rego R.A. (1935-2022), Mist I, from Pendle Witches, 1996. Estimate: £1,500-2,000.

• David Hockney R.A. (born 1937), A Bigger Book, 2016. Estimate: £1,000-1,500.

Suzanne Irvine, Bonhams Head of Sale, commented: "British. Cool. is always such a fun sale and this year promises to be no exception. We're particularly excited to bring the pieces from Dylan Jones' collection to auction for the first time. Dylan has always been in the centre of the coolest scenes Britain has to offer, and so British. Cool. and Dylan Jones are a perfect match."

Fashion highlights from Dylan Jones' collection will be sold as part of the Weekly Men's Fashion sale, Bonhams' first dedicated men's fashion sale, which will run from 23 April – 1 May online on bonhams.com.

Other highlights from the British. Cool. sale from other private collections include:

Banksy, Mickey Snake 2015. Estimate: £150,000 - 200,000.

Banksy, Girl With Balloon, 2004, numbered 408/600 in pencil, screenprint in colours. Estimate: £50,000-70,000.

GERONIMO aka JUMPING BULL, Back to the Roots, 2023. Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000.

• David Hockney R.A. (born 1937), Pretty Tulips, 1969. Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000.

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