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Auction Name English, Continental & American Fine Art - Prints Total Sales (USD) 104,554.00
Auction Date October 28, 2017 - October 29, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 50,900.00
Sale Number #102817 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 78,500.00
Total Lots 28
Sold Lots 26 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 53,400.00
% of Lots Sold 92.86% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 84,200.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 124.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
525A

RENAISSANCE BOUND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BRIVIARY

1486 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 39,650.00
67 ODILON REDON (1840-1916)

TETE D'ENFANT AVEC FLEURS

1897 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,150.00
68 ODILON REDON (1840-1916)

SOUVENIR DE LA GUERRE

1916 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,930.00
89 MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)

BABY'S BACK

1890 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,320.00
62 JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)

SQUELETTES VOULANT SE CHAUFFER

1895, 1889, 1928 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,575.00
517

PAIR OF DUTCH GOLD BOOK CLASPS, ANDREAS SUYK, AMSTERDAM

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,965.00
523

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, THE WORKS, 24 VOLUMES

1930 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,965.00
69 FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

THIS IS WAR (C'EST LA GUERRE)

1915-16 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,660.00
90 JAMES ABBOT MCNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903)

QUIET CANAL

1879-80 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 3,660.00
720

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CELESTIAL GLOBE, MALBY'S CELESTIAL GLOBE, 1850, HOUGHTON ST. NEW CASTLE ST., THE STRAND

1850 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,660.00
35 FRENCH SCHOOL

BOTANICAL STUDIES WITH INSECTS: TWELVE PLATES

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,294.00
521

MARK TWAIN, THE WRITINGS, 37 VOLUMES

1929 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,440.00
522

WILLIAM PRESCOTT, PRESCOTT'S WORKS, THEODORE ROOSEVELT COLLECTION, 22 VOLUMES

1904 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,830.00
64 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)

LE PETIT TROTTIN

1893 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,220.00
518 WILLIAM KONIG, ELIAS BAECK, AND JACQUES CALLOT AUGSBURG

IL CALLOTTO RESUSCITATO

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,159.00
70 PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)

LA LETTRE

c. 1925 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,098.00
524

HONORÉ BALZAC, LA COMÉDIE HUMAINE, 45 VOLUMES

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 976.00
91 CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)

COLONIAL CHURCH, GLOUCESTER

1918 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 732.00
57 JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET (1814-1875)

LA BOUILLIE

1861, USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 610.00
65 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)

EROS VANNÉ

1894, after 1901. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 610.00
66 ODILON REDON (1840-1916)

LE JOUR ENFIN PARAIT, FROM LA TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE

1896, 1938. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 610.00
519

SCHÖNHEITEN DER ALPENSTRASSEN, THREE VOLUMES

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 610.00
525

GROUP OF FOUR STAMPED LEATHER BOOK-FORM BOXES

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 610.00
63 PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)

EVENING (LA SOIR)

1898 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 549.00
9 EUROPEAN SCHOOL

TROPHY STUDIES: TWO PLATES

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 427.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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