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Auction Name April Auction online - Prints - Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/6 Total Sales (USD) 16,838.60
Auction Date April 13, 2018 - April 13, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 11,450.00
Sale Number #41318 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,800.00
Total Lots 37
Sold Lots 36 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 12,050.00
% of Lots Sold 97.30% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 21,600.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 77.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
162

Very Rare Silver Medal of President D'Haiti Henry Le Grand 1811, and Rare Taxes Document, Haiti

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,183.00
133 Walasse Ting (Ding Xiongquan) (Chinese/American, 1929-2010)

Reclining Nude with Grasshoppers, 1986.

1986 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,652.00
147 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

American Flamingo No.87, Plate CCCXXXI, from "The Birds of America",

1971-1972. USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,209.50
1163 Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849),

"Rare Views of Famous Bridges in All the Provinces" Woodblock Reprint Complete Set, Showa Era

ca. 1832 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 796.50
138 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Marsh Wren, No. 20, Plate 93

1830 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 708.00
140 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Prarie Wolf, No. 15, Plate LXXI

1845 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 678.50
161

Rare Document Signed by Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President d'Haiti (Southern Haiti), dated 1816

1816 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.80
134 Itzchak Tarkay (Israeli, b. 1935)

Femme Fetale, 1990.

1990 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 601.80
151 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Great Horned Owl No.13, Plate LXI" from "The Birds of America"

1971-1972. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 566.40
139 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Sea Otter, No. 28, Plate CXXXVII

1848 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 542.80
1284

Book from the Private Library of Charles Dickens

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 483.80
145 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Night Heron or Quabird No.48, Plate CCXXXVI

1971-72 Not Available USD 460.20
154 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

White-headed Eagle No.7, Plate XXXI, from "The Birds of America",

1971-1972. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 448.40
169

Rare "Enslaved Alfred Dead" Document, Letter to Governor of South Carolina, 18th November, 1863

1863 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 448.40
144 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Golden Eagle No.37, Plate CLXXXI

1971-1972 Not Available USD 365.80
1285

American Entomology, Volumes I & II

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 354.00
141 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Trumpeter Swan, No.76, Plate CCLXXXVI

1971-1972 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 354.00
153 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Snowy Owl No.25, Plate CXXL, from "The Birds of America",

1971-1972. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 342.20
167

Rare Document for Preventing Infection by Buying Shoes for Enslaved, Pinckneyville, Mississippi, March 20th, 1836

1836 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 342.20
168

Rare "Catch 'Jim Runaway'" Document, Wharton County, State of Texas, September 10th, 1860

1860 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 342.20
149 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Ivory Gull No.58, Plate CCLXXXVII, from "The Birds of America",

1971-1972. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.40
165

Rare Four-Page Eye Witness Account of Slavery in Carribean, U.S.S. Independence, March 14th, 1843

1843 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.40
163

Rare "Compensation Wanted," English Two-Pence Document after Abolishing Slavery, dated 1810

1810 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 306.80
164

Rare "Slave Girl Named Jude" Document Inventory, Allegany County, Maryland, 1809

1809 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 306.80
152 After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Barred Owl No.10, Plate XLVL, from "The Birds of America",

1971-1972. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 295.00
  • 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
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    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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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