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Swann Galleries: Vintage Posters

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Auction Name Vintage Posters Total Sales (USD) 498,628.00
Auction Date August 07, 2019 - August 07, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 394,160.00
Sale Number #2515 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 568,550.00
Total Lots 574
Sold Lots 372 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 585,710.00
% of Lots Sold 64.81% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 848,450.00
Unsold Lots 202 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 58.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
188 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[THE SEASONS.] Four decorative panels on silk.

1900 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 14,300.00
473 LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949)

MERCEDES / DAIMLER - MOTOREN - GESELLSCHAFT.

1914 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 10,000.00
170 ADRIEN BARRÈRE (1877-1931)

CINÉMA PATHÉ / TOUS Y MÈNENT LEURS ENFANTS!

Circa 1909. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,750.00
109 WILLIAM SANGER (DATES UNKNOWN)

VOTE AMERICAN LABOR PARTY / ROOSEVELT AND LEHMAN.

1936 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,250.00
517 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

MCQUEEN DRIVES PORSCHE.

1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,000.00
256 CHARLES LOUPOT (1892-1962)

VALENTINE.

1929 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,760.00
23 HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1952)

AVIATION / FLY WITH THE U.S. MARINES.

1920 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,750.00
189 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

LANCE PARFUM "RODO".

1896 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,750.00
302 BORIS ARTZYBASHEFF (1899-1965)

BERMUDA BY CLIPPER / PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS.

Circa 1947. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,750.00
18 JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)

TRAVEL? ADVENTURE? ANSWER - JOIN THE MARINES!

Circa 1918. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,500.00
152 GÜNTHER KIESER (1930- )

THE DOORS AND THE CANNED HEAT.

1968 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,250.00
325 ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE (1901-1968)

SS. "CÔTE D'AZUR."

1931 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,200.00
113 ERIK NITSCHE (1908-1998)

USS NAUTILUS / GENERAL DYNAMICS.

1955 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
10 JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)

I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY.

1917 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,940.00
159 FRANCISCO TAMAGNO (1851-1933)

TERROT & CO. / CYCLES MOTORETTES.

1909 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,160.00
534 SERGIO TRUJILLO MAGNENAT (1911-1999)

BOGOTA 1938 / IV CENTENARIO / JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS BOLIVARIANOS.

1938 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,160.00
535 SERGIO TRUJILLO MAGNENAT (1911-1999)

BOGOTA 1938 / IV CENTENARIO / JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS BOLIVARIANOS.

1938 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,160.00
172 JULES CHÉRET (1836-1932)

ALCAZAR D'ÉTÉ / REVUE FIN DE SIÈCLE.

1890 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
199 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)

MOULIN ROUGE / LA GOULUE. Maîtres de l'Affiche pl. 122.

1898 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
282 ALFRED LAMBART (1902-1970)

NEWQUAY ON THE CORNISH COAST.

1937 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
467 LEONETTO CAPPIELLO (1875-1942)

SFER - 20 RADIOLA.

1925 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
484 OTTO MORACH (1887-1973)

TAXAMETER.

1920 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,000.00
537 SERGIO TRUJILLO MAGNENAT (1911-1999)

BOGOTA 1938 / IV CENTENARIO / JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS BOLIVARIANOS.

1938 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
9 JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)

WAKE UP AMERICA DAY.

1917 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,900.00
290 MICHEL BOUCHAUD (DATES UNKNOWN)

LA PLAGE DE MONTE CARLO.

1929 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • 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.
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