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Heritage Auctions: Illustration Art

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Auction Name Illustration Art Total Sales (USD) 2,461,572.25
Auction Date April 23, 2019 - April 23, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,398,500.00
Sale Number #5390 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,129,400.00
Total Lots 559
Sold Lots 520 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,534,700.00
% of Lots Sold 93.02% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,331,300.00
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.59%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
71240 Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)

Untitled Acrylic on canvas 39 x 29 in. Not signed

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 137,500.00
71241 Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)

Untitled Acrylic on canvas 38 x 27 in. Not signed

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 125,000.00
71213 Rolf Armstrong (American, 1889-1960)

Carmen, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1929 Oil on canvas 60 x 80 in. Signed lower right

USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 93,750.00
71055 Walter Martin Baumhofer (American, 1904-1987)

Red Snow, Doc Savage magazine cover, February 1935 Oil on canvas 29.75 x 20.25 in. Signed lower left The IRI Collection

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 84,375.00
71162 James Allen St. John (American, 1872-1957)

Tarzan and the Golden Lion, book frontispiece, 1922 Oil on board 35 x 22 in. (sight)

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 68,750.00
71007 George Brehm (American, 1878-1966)

Boy Trudging to School, The Saturday Evening Post cover, September 5, 1925 Oil on canvas 28 x 23 in. Signature added later by another hand The IRI Collection

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 62,500.00
71092 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Smoke Screen, 1958 Oil on canvas 30 x 24 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 55,000.00
71117 John Held Jr. (American, 1889-1958)

The Gamble, Life Magazine cover, August 11, 1927 Ink and watercolor on board 14 x 10.75 in. (sight)

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 55,000.00
71181 Hannes Bok (American, 1914-1964)

Dark of the Moon, Fantasy Magazine cover, 1953 Mixed media on board 11.75 x 9.75 in. (sight)

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 50,000.00
71008 Walter Beach Humphrey (American, 1892-1966)

Reflection, Collier's magazine cover, June 15, 1929 Oil on canvas 36 x 24 in. Signed center right The IRI Collection

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 46,250.00
71060 Harry Lemon Parkhurst (American, 1876-1962)

The Monster Fringe, Spicy Mystery magazine cover, May 1941 Oil on canvas 29 x 21 in. Signed lower left The IRI Collection

USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 37,500.00
71224 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Some Help! (Down, Boy), Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1952 Oil on canvas 30 x 24 in. Signed lower left

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 35,000.00
71090 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Miss Sylvania's Mishap, circa 1955 Oil on canvas 30 x 24 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 32,500.00
71050 Robert Peak (American, 1927-1992)

Apocalypse Now, 1979 Mixed media on canvas 40 x 30 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 30,000.00
71142 Al Moore (American, 20th Century)

Wallpaper Blouse, Saturday Evening Post magazine cover, October 25, 1941 Gouache on board 22 x 30 in. Signed lower right

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 27,500.00
71164 Hugh Joseph Ward (American, 1909-1945)

The Man Who Carried Death, Spicy Detective Stories magazine cover, August 1940 Oil on canvas 27 x 19 in. Signed lower left

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 27,500.00
71067 Ken Kelly (American, b. 1946)

The Mighty King, 1991 Oil on canvas 53.5 x 41 in. Signed and dated lower right The IRI Collection

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 25,000.00
71009 Charles Edward Chambers (American, 1883-1941)

If We Had the Dole, American Magazine cover, 1931 Oil on canvas 27 x 19.5 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 23,750.00
71242 Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)

Untitled (Woman in Purple Pantsuit)

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,750.00
71093 Alberto Vargas (American, 1896-1982)

I don't smoke or drink, Mr. Walker, and two out of three isn't bad. Playboy interior illustration Watercolor on board 29.75 x 20 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 22,500.00
71108 Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)

Loose Tooth, The Saturday Evening Post cover, June 22, 1912 Oil on canvas 17 x 15.5 in. Not signed

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 18,750.00
71174 Norman Saunders (American, 1907-1989)

Dead Air, Dime Detective Magazine cover, June 1951 Oil on board 22 x 15 in. Not signed

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 18,750.00
71124 Winsor McCay (American, 1871-1934)

When Fords Begin to Fly, circa 1925 Ink on paper 13.25 x 10.5 in. Signed lower right

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,500.00
71161 James Allen St. John (American, 1872-1957)

At the Earth's Core, interior book illustration, 1922 Charcoal, gouache, and ink wash on paper 25.5 x 16.25 in. (sight)

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,500.00
71021 Hy (Henry) Hintermeister (American, 1897-1972)

Fish For Sale Oil on canvas 21 x 28 in. Signed upper right The IRI Collection

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 16,250.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • 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.
  • 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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