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William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals: May Premier Auction - Books, Prints

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Auction Name May Premier Auction - Books, Prints Total Sales (USD) 6,094.70
Auction Date May 15, 2018 - May 15, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,440.00
Sale Number #51418 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,770.00
Total Lots 36
Sold Lots 36 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,440.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 7,770.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 78.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5318

Lot of 10 photographic prints of ca 1920 female nude stage dancers

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 885.00
5255 Friz Freling

Handpainted cel "Singing in Da Wain", with Tweety Bird

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 442.50
5231

(2) handpainted cels, "Rabbit Stew"

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 413.00
5279 Emery Walker (British, 1851-1933)

color collotypes of native vessels

USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 383.50
5234 Eijiro Kobayashi; Arai Yoshimumi

(2) Japanese woodblock prints: "Summer Evening on the Sumida River", "Pine Beach by Moonlight"

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 265.50
5237

(3) pop culture icons artworks, "James Dean"; "Marilyn Monroe" and "Sophia Loren" by David Holtzman

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 265.50
5252 Elyse Ashe Lord (British, 1900-1971),

etching of two figures in a rowboat

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 265.50
5285 JC Stadler (18th-19th C British)

(3) hand-colored aquatints of English courtrooms, including "Old Bailey", "Court of Chancery", and "Court of Exchequer"

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 236.00
5402 Richard Bishop (American, 1887-1975)

Mallards Pitching

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 212.40
5300 After Franz von Bayros (Austrian, 1866-1924)

4 erotic hand colored prints

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 177.00
5342 After Toulouse Lautrec

Jane Avril, "Reine de Joie" and "Divan Japonais"

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 153.40
5551

50+ Pokemon gaming cards, varied 1995-1998

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 153.40
5258 Itzchak Tarkay (Israeli, 1935-2012),

Candace

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 141.60
5291 William Henry Pyne

(5) English hand-colored aquatints of palace interiors, all from the book "The History of the Royal Residences"

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 141.60
5312

2 japanese erotic woodblock prints

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 129.80
5198

British Theatre poster for ROSE MARIE,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 118.00
5199

Ballet Russe poster,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 118.00
5315 Felicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-1898),

erotic print, "De Castitate, La Traite de la Chastete"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 118.00
5333 Federico Castellon (American, 1914-1971)

"The Seige of Memory"

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 118.00
5348 Jose Gamarra (Uruguayan, b 1934),

abstract print

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 118.00
5366 Percy Hagerman (American, 1869-1950)

lithograph of Western landscape, "Sandstone-Garden of the Gods"

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 118.00
5327 Ryan Bentley (21st C American),

5 linocut graphic cartoon illustrations

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 106.20
5267 John Boydell (British, 1719-1804), and J Maurer

"A View of the Parade in St James Park", "A Perspective View of Buckingham House in St James"

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 106.20
5228

Business Block, Asbury Park, New Jersey

USD 80.00 - 160.00 USD 94.40
5288 William Samuel Howitt (British, c 1765-1822)

The Dead Hog/ Mort du Sanglier, after Capt Thomas Williamson

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 94.40
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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
  • 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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