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Sothebys: Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams - Prints, Photos, Books

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Auction Name Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams - Prints, Photos, Books Total Sales (USD) 702,750.00
Auction Date October 04, 2018 - October 04, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 300,675.00
Sale Number #n09977 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 427,600.00
Total Lots 82
Sold Lots 75 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 336,975.00
% of Lots Sold 91.46% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 480,800.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 146.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
20 Shepard Fairey

ARAB WOMAN

2006 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 112,500.00
9 Banksy

CHRIST WITH SHOPPING BAGS

2004 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 100,000.00
11 Banksy

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON (SILVER)

2010 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 68,750.00
18 JR

'28 MILLIMÈTRES: FACE 2 FACE, NUNS IN ACTION, SEPARATION WALL. SECURITY FENCE, PALESTINIAN SIDE, BETHLEHEM'

2007 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 60,000.00
23 Shepard Fairey

PROUD PARENTS CANVAS

2007 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 50,000.00
21 Shepard Fairey

GREETINGS FROM IRAQ STENCIL

2007 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 40,000.00
12 Banksy

NO BALL GAMES (GREEN)

2009 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 37,500.00
32 Lyonel Feininger

LEUTE AUF EIN SEE-STEG II 

1949 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
296 [Arion Press] — Herman Melville

MOBY-DICK; OR, THE WHALE. 

1979 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,750.00
16 Mr. Brainwash

ANDY TOMATO SPRAY

2008 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 12,500.00
25 Luis González Palma

LA LUZ DE LA MENTE

2005 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
244 [Marx Brothers]

A DAY AT THE RACES (1937) MOVIE POSTER

1937 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,250.00
252 Arthur Grace

UNTITLED (ROBIN WILLIAMS WITH RODIN’S THINKER AT THE LEGION OF HONOR, SAN FRANCISCO)

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,750.00
302 Euclid—Oliver Byrne

THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID, IN WHICH COLOURED DIAGRAMS AND SYMBOLS ARE USED INSTEAD OF LETTERS FOR THE GREATER EASE OF LEARNERS.

1847 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
8 Gavin Turk

CAMOUFLAGE ELVIS LIGHT GREEN & BEIGE:  4 PRINTS

2006 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,250.00
24 Luis González Palma

NIÑO SOL

1994 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,250.00
300 Clemens, Samuel L.

SKETCHES BY MARK TWAIN. NOW PUBLISHED IN COMPLETE FORM.

1880 [BUT 1881] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,250.00
202 [Night At The Museum]

DECORATIVELY BOUND CAST AND CREW PRESENTATION SCRIPT, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAMS "ENJOY THE ADVENTURE"

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 5,000.00
304 Johnson, Samuel 

A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IN WHICH THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, AND ILLUSTRATED IN THEIR DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS BY EXAMPLES FROM THE BEST WRITERS.

1755 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
309 Tennyson, Alfred, Lord — J.C. Ratliff (illustrator)

ILLUMINATIONS FROM IDYLLS OF THE KING.

N.D., CIRCA 1862] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
164

ROBIN WILLIAMS ACADEMY AWARD BEST ACTOR CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION FOR DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) 

1989 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,750.00
295 [Muhammad Ali] 

PAIR OF EVERLAST GLOVES, SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD ALI. [WITH]: CELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT MUHAMMAD ALI HUMANITARIAN AWARD

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,625.00
73

A nine-inch terrestrial globe and armillary sphere by Delamarche, Paris Charles François Delamarche

circa 1804 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,375.00
48 Friedensreich Hundertwasser

COMMUNICATION WITH THE BEYOND (KOSCHATZKY/KERTÉSZ  91)

1987 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,000.00
189 [Good Will Hunting]

ROBIN WILLIAMS ACADEMY AWARD BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION FOR GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997)

1997 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,000.00
  • 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
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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
  • 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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