• Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.

Heritage Auctions: Pin-up, Glamour, and Romance Illustration Art Showcase Auction, 15247, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 03, 2025 - April 03, 2025
Page Size: 79 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
17001 John Knowles Hare (American, 1884-1947)

Juliet Overlooking the Garden, 1910 Pastel on board 38 x 13-3/8 inches (96.5 x 33.8 cm)

1910 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 833.75
17002 Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)

Portrait of Kay Calliaue, 1927 Watercolor on board 18-7/8 x 14-5/8 inches (47.9 x 37.1 cm)

1927 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 2,500.00
17003 Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)

Girls who Make Me Homesick #3, Hearst Newspapers Sunday Magazine Section cover, July 16, 1933 India ink on board 18-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches (47.0 x 39.4 cm)

1933 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 3,000.00
17004 Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)

Patriotism Minus, Esquire gatefold study, November 1941 Pencil and watercolor on tracing paper 26-1/4 x 20-7/8 inches (66.7 x 53.0 cm)

1941 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,625.00
17005 Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)

September brings this Autumn Eve..., Esquire calendar study, 1946 Pencil and watercolor on tracing paper 25-3/4 x 19-3/4 inches (65.4 x 50.2 cm)

1946 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,875.00
17006 Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)

Fairest of them All Watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper 13-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches (33.7 x 14.6 cm)

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,375.00
17007 Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)

August is Too Hot to Wear a Bikini, Playboy study, 1971 Pencil and watercolor on paper 20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)

1971 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 4,000.00
17008 Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)

Strawberry Blonde Nude Pencil and watercolor on tracing paper 29-1/2 x 21-3/4 inches (74.9 x 55.2 cm)

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 2,750.00
17009 Attributed to Howard Chandler Christy (American, 1872-1952)

Art Deco Beauty & Schnauzer, circa 1935 Oil on canvas 18 x 9-1/2 inches (45.7 x 24.1 cm)

circa 1935 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 600.00
17010 William Medcalf (American, 1920-2005)

Bavaria Beer Girl, circa 1940 Oil on board 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

circa 1940 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,250.00
17011 Earl Moran (American, 1893-1984)

Baa Baa Black Sheep, Marilyn Monroe, 1947 Pastel on board 26-1/2 x 20-1/4 inches (67.3 x 51.4 cm)

1947 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 7,187.50
17012 Earl Moran (American, 1893-1984)

Pretty in Pink, circa 1950 Oil on canvas 28 x 22 inches (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

circa 1950 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 2,125.00
17013 Earl Moran (American, 1893-1984)

Big Red, circa 1960 Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches (61.0 x 91.4 cm)

circa 1960 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 4,750.00
17014 Earl Moran (American, 1893-1984)

Golden Girl, circa 1960 Oil on canvas 30 x 15 inches (76.2 x 38.1 cm)

circa 1960 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 3,250.00
17015 Earl Moran (American, 1893-1984)

Please, circa 1960 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

circa 1960 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 2,250.00
17016 Irv Wyner (American, 1904-2002)

Pin-Up in Red, circa 1945 Acrylic on board 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)

circa 1945 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 937.50
17017 Irv Wyner (American, 1904-2002)

Pin-Up with Bow, circa 1945 Acrylic on board 28-1/8 x 22 inches (71.4 x 55.9 cm)

circa 1945 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 968.75
17018 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

A Good Catch, NAPA Auto Parts preliminary, circa 1970 Oil on board 29-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches (74.9 x 54.6 cm)

circa 1970 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 25,000.00
17019 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Nude with Arms Lifted Charcoal on vellum 21 x 9-1/2 inches (53.3 x 24.1 cm)

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,500.00
17020 Jerri Bellen (American, 20th Century)

She's a Winner, 1947 Pastel on paper 19 x 25 inches (48.3 x 63.5 cm)

1947 USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 750.00
17021 Ben-Hur Baz (American, 1906-2003)

Last Rose, Esquire interior, October 1947 Gouache and pencil on board 19 x 10-1/2 inches (48.3 x 26.7 cm)

1947 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,250.00
17022 Ben-Hur Baz (American, 1906-2003)

Top Hat, 1954 Gouache and pencil on board 20 x 8-1/2 inches (50.8 x 21.6 cm)

1954 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 325.00
17023 Lorenzo Ghiglieri (American, 20th Century)

Would You Like to See... MORE? Watercolor on board 20-3/4 x 15 inches (52.7 x 38.1 cm)

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 687.50
17024 J. George Janes (American, 1902-1989)

Beauty's Secrets, Fun & Frolic magazine interior Charcoal and pastel on board 21 x 16-1/2 inches (53.3 x 41.9 cm)

USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 129.00
17025 J. George Janes (American, 1902-1989)

A Pearl of A Pin-Up, Fun & Frolic magazine interior Charcoal and pastel on board 15-1/2 x 25-1/2 inches (39.4 x 64.8 cm)

USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 209.00
  • Sotheby's
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
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