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Auction Name Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs Total Sales (USD) 21,234.00
Auction Date May 12, 2018 - May 12, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 19,650.00
Sale Number #51218 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 28,200.00
Total Lots 54
Sold Lots 39 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 29,250.00
% of Lots Sold 72.22% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 43,000.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 49.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
378 VARIOUS ARTISTS (1970)

Peace Portfolio I (incomplete)

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,000.00
396 ELIZABETH CATLETT (American 1915-2012)

Homage to the Panthers

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,800.00
264

Group of Books on Chinese Furniture Total of eight volumes.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,680.00
361 ROMAIN (ERTE) DE TIRTOFF (Russian Federation / American 1892 -1990)

Phoenix, "Stolen Kisses" and "Columbine"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,680.00
397 LISA LYONS (For the Huey P. Newton Foundation) and FRANK FRAZIER (For the Huey P. Newton Foundation) (American mid 20th century)

The Racist Dog Policeman must Withdrawal... and Porfolio: "The Other Side of Glory: The Panther series"

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,440.00
389 JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (American 1960-1988)

Supercomb- exhibition poster for Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,140.00
383 ANDY WARHOL (American 1928-1987)

Brillo Exhibition Poster for the Museum of Contemporary Art

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 960.00
348 BEV DOOLITTLE (American b. 1947)

Wolves of the Crow and "Eagle's Flight"

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
384 TOM WESSELMANN (American 1931-2004)

Nude 1965 (1970 printing)

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 480.00
415 LOUIS FANCHER (American 1884-1944)

Over There! Skilled Workers... In the Air Service

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 450.00
420 AMERICAN SCHOOL (Early 20th century)

Join the Air Service Learn-Earn (Give'er the Gun")" WWI lithograph poster.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
364 ROMAIN (ERTE) DE TIRTOFF (Russian Federation / American 1892 -1990)

Adam and Eve Serigraph.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
395 CY TWOMBLY (American 1928-2011)

The Sculpture Autographed book page with embellishment drawing.

USD 500.00 - 0.00 USD 420.00
417 J. PAUL VERREES (Belgian / American 1889-1942)

Join the Air Service and Serve in France

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 420.00
447

Binder with Aviation Related Ephemera

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
372 JOAN MIRO and PABLO PICASSO (Spanish 1893-1983) and (Spanish 1881-1973)

Set of Books including three volumes of Joan Miro Lithographe I, III and IV

1972 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 360.00
418 SPEZIO (20th century)

Be an Aviation Mechanic in the Air Corps U.S. Army: Enlist Now!

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
569

Lot of Menus Illustrated by Louis Macouillard, John Kelly Dates range 10/16/1947 - 8/01/1983.

1947 - 1983. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
382 LEROY NEIMAN (American 1921-2012)

Blood Tennis

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
414 AMERICAN SCHOOL (20th century)

1930 National Air Races 10th anniversary: A Thrill for the Nation

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
568

Collection of American President Lines Menus Dates range 12/9/32 - 11/8/61.

1932 - 1961. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
329 RICHARD E. BISHOP (American 1887-1975)

Greenheads, "Safe Return" and "On They Come"

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 270.00
424 CARL WALTER (20th century)

Over 200 Miles... International Air Races St. Louis

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 270.00
354 VICTOR VASARELY (Hungarian / French 1906-1997)

Fille de Fleur

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
419 AMERICAN SCHOOL (20th century)

Learn to Fly: Curtiss-Wright Flying Service

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
  • 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
    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
  • 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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