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Auction Name Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 4/20 Total Sales (USD) 710,820.65
Auction Date May 09, 2018 - May 09, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 560,000.00
Sale Number #527 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 788,900.00
Total Lots 1023
Sold Lots 593 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,234,900.00
% of Lots Sold 57.97% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,709,100.00
Unsold Lots 430 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 41.59%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
731 Frederic Chopin

Frederic Chopin Sketch

 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 85,751.23
674 Claude Monet

Claude Monet ALS

 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 26,221.13
360 Peter Stuyvesant

Peter Stuyvesant LS

 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 19,600.00
107 J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien ALS and TLS

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,926.23
55 James Joyce and Henri Matisse

Ulysses.

1935 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,473.78
402 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Signed Photo

 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,400.68
917 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe DS

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,265.93
92 Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are.

 1963 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,026.23
109 J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien ALS

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 10,876.78
268 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln DS

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,878.80
82 Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter AMS and ALS

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,679.93
93 Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley ALS

 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 6,535.38
18 Cesar de Nostredame

Cesar de Nostredame LS

 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,487.60
305 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Handwritten Speech Draft

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,487.60
732 Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms Signed Photo

 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,707.28
590 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Insurance Cover

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,519.85
702 Walt Disney

The Gremlins.

 1943 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,047.00
362 Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Litho Set

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,035.98
588 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Signed Photo

 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,873.05
392 John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes TLS

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,201.75
13 Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck AMS

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,108.65
395 Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI Zucchetto

 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,005.75
352 Donald Trump and Mike Pence

Donald Trump and Mike Pence Cap

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,956.75
450 Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Bruno Richard Hauptmann Trial Pass

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,956.75
911 Gone With the Wind: Hattie McDaniel

Gone With the Wind: Hattie McDaniel Signed Photo

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,956.75
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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