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Eldreds: Summer Americana Sale - Books, Prints

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Auction Name Summer Americana Sale - Books, Prints Total Sales (USD) 63,002.25
Auction Date August 01, 2018 - August 03, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 30,300.00
Sale Number #901 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 51,100.00
Total Lots 49
Sold Lots 33 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 101,300.00
% of Lots Sold 67.35% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 160,900.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 39.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1342 JOHN F. KENNEDY

EPHEMERA RELATED TO JOHN F. KENNEDY

 1930s USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 18,000.00
1024

KENTUCKY POLITICAL BANNER

 Mid-19th Century USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 12,000.00
1336 JOHN F. KENNEDY

SAILBOAT AND OTHER DOODLES BY JOHN F. KENNEDY

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,750.00
188

EARLY MAP OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFTER ABRAHAM ORTELIUS

 16th Century USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,125.00
187

COLTON'S GENERAL ATLAS

 1859 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,040.00
1334 JOHN F. KENNEDY

AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF PROFILES IN COURAGE

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,800.00
88 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

Cow Bunting". No. 20, Plate 99. Engraved, printed, and colored by Robert Havell Jr. (1793-1878), London, 1830. Double elephant folio edition. Whatman watermark. Double elephant was the largest size paper available in the 19th Century.

 1830 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00
1027

N.E. RUM DISTILLERS ADVERTISING COLORED LITHOGRAPH

 Late 19th Century USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,680.00
572

BLUEBACK CHART OF THE COAST OF WEST FLORIDA, ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI

 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,560.00
186

FIVE ANTIQUE MAPS OF THE SOUTHERN AND MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
189

RARE EARLY HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED MAP OF NEW ENGLAND AFTER WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU

 Circa 1638. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,187.50
162 THEODOR GEISEL (DR. SEUESS) Massachusetts/California, 1904-1991

Faith and Skepticism Bravely in the Post-War World"

 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,125.00
1332A

FRANK SINATRA'S INVITATION TO JOHN F. KENNEDY'S INAUGURAL BALL

 1961 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
1339 KENNEDY FAMILY

KENNEDY FAMILY ALBUM

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
111 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER

Rotherhithe", sixth state. Signed and dated lower left in the matrix.

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 750.00
232 EDWARD S. CURTIS

The Vanishing Race

 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 720.00
191

MAP OF THE ARCTIC REGION AFTER HENRICUS HONDIUS Dutch, 17th Century

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
114 SALVADOR DALI

Alice's Evidence". Marked lower center margin "Salvador Dali Portfolio A". Numbered lower left 180/300. Signed in pencil lower right above impressed stamp.

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 600.00
112 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER

Drouet Sculpteur". Signed, dated and titled in plate.

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 593.75
152 NORMAN ROCKWELL

Gilding the Eagle". Signed in pencil lower right "Norman Rockwell". Marked in pencil lower left "A/P" for artist's proof.

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 562.50
149 NORMAN ROCKWELL

The Rivals". Signed in pencil lower right "Norman Rockwell". Marked in pencil lower left "A/P" for artist's proof.

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 500.00
151 NORMAN ROCKWELL

Prescription". Signed in pencil lower right "Norman Rockwell". Marked in pencil lower left "A/P" for artist's proof.

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 480.00
113 JOHN FRENCH SLOAN

Monkey Man". Signed in pencil lower right "John Sloan".

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 468.75
115 ROBERT NATKIN

Untitled abstract. AP, numbered 1/10. Signed lower center and dated 1976. Label verso for Modern Art Consultants, New York.

 1976 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
137 FRANK BUTLER

From our Window, Marblehead". Signed in pencil lower right "Frank Butler". Titled in pencil lower left.

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 281.25
  • 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.
  • 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
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