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Christies: Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur, 23946, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 10, 2025 - June 10, 2025
Page Size: 57 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

1634 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 35,280.00
2 FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)

Los Proverbios: three plates

Paris 1824, 1877 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,080.00
3 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

A Lion Devouring a Horse

London 1788 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 44,100.00
4 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

Two Tygers

London 1788 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 35,280.00
5 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

A Lion (A Lion resting on a Rock)

London 1788 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,160.00
6 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

A Tyger (A recumbent Leopard by a Tree)

London 1788 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 56,700.00
7 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

Two Dogs

1788 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,200.00
8 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

A Lion (A recumbent Lion)

1788 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 44,100.00
9 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

Dog (A Foxhound on the Scent)

1788 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 18,900.00
10 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

Hay-Makers, Reapers

London 1791 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 52,920.00
11 GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)

The Lion and Stag

USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 163,800.00
12 SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)

Harvest under a Crescent Moon

circa 1826, 1932 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,024.00
13 WELBY SHERMAN (fl. 1827-1836) AFTER SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)

Evening

London 1834 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 44,100.00
14 SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)

The Bellman

London 1879 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,024.00
15 SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)

The Lonely Tower

London 1879 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,292.00
16 SAMUEL PALMER, R.W.S. (1805-1881)

Church with a Bridge

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
17 SAMUEL PALMER, R.W.S. (1805-1881)

Study for the Etching 'Christmas'

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
18 SAMUEL PALMER, R.W.S. (1805-1881)

A cottage in a wooded landscape

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,276.00
19 SAMUEL PALMER, R.W.S. (1805-1881)

St. Paul Landing in Italy

USD 60,000.00 - 100,000.00 Not Sold
20 EDWARD CALVERT (1799-1883)

The Early Engravings of Edward Calvert

London 1827-1829, 1904 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,640.00
21 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

The Bed of Death (recto); and A subsidiary sketch of a figure in a doorway (verso)

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 30,240.00
22 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

Paolo and Francesca

1815 [?] USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,680.00
23 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

'With Songs the Jovial Hinds Return from Plow'

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 107,100.00
24 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

The First Book of Urizen: Plate 3: 'O flames of furious desire'; subsidiary pencil sketch (verso)

USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 176,400.00
25 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

The Pastorals of Virgil: Four Plates

circa1821 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 81,900.00
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