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Swann Galleries: Graphic Design

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Auction Name Graphic Design Total Sales (USD) 463,286.00
Auction Date May 23, 2019 - May 23, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 391,600.00
Sale Number #2510 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 573,400.00
Total Lots 273
Sold Lots 162 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 772,400.00
% of Lots Sold 59.34% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,132,100.00
Unsold Lots 111 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126 CHARLES LOUPOT (1892-1962)

WANNEROIL / HUILE DU BON CHAUFFEUR. 1926.

1926 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,500.00
124 CHARLES LOUPOT (1892-1962)

TWINING. 1930.

1930 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 20,000.00
240 TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

HAVING REACHED A CLIMAX AT THE AGE OF 29, I WAS DEAD. 1965.

1965 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,000.00
68 GEORGE BARBIER (1882-1932)

CLOTILDE ET ALEXANDRE SAKHAROFF. 1921.

1921 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,500.00
129 EDMOND MAURUS (DATES UNKNOWN)

CHRYSLER. Circa 1930s.

Circa 1930s. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,750.00
60 FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI (1876-1944) & LAMBERTO LEANDRI (DATES UNKNOWN)

FUTURISMO. 1932

1932 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,875.00
9 OTTOKAR MASCHA (1852-1929)

ÖSTERREICHISCHE PLAKATKUNST. Bound volume. Circa 1914.

Circa 1914. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
11 LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949)

DEUTSCHES THEATER. 1907.

1907 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,250.00
7 FERDINAND LUDWIG GRAF (1868-1932)

KAISER - JUBILAEUMS / WIEN. 1908.

1908 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 10,625.00
246 TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

TAKARAZUKA / GRAND REVUE. 1966.

1966 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
242 TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

KOSHIMAKI - OSEN. 1966.

1966 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
243 TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

LABORATORY OF PLAY / TENJO SAJIKI TROUPE. 1967.

1967 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
244 TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

[BALLAD TO AN AMPUTATED LITTLE FINGER.] 1967.

1967 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
194 GEORGE MACIUNAS (1931-1978)

U.S.A. SURPASSES ALL THE GENOCIDE RECORDS! 1966.

1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,100.00
13 LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949)

WOLFF & CO. 1912.

1912 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
81 RAYMOND GID (1905-2000)

DUNCAN YOYO. 1930.

1930 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 8,750.00
39 VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY (1893-1930)

[PROFESSIONAL PROGRESS WEEK / STRENGTHEN TRADE UNIONS!] Set of 4 ROSTA windows. 1921.

1921 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,800.00
84 EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954)

SHOP BETWEEN 10 AND 4 / THE QUIET HOURS / AND BY UNDERGROUND. 1931.

1931 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,800.00
135 EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954)

AEROSHELL / LUBRICATING OIL. 1932.

1932 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,760.00
71 JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)

XVME SALON DES ARTISTES DECORATEURS. 1924.

1924 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,750.00
245 TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

[THE PERSONAL CARICATURE / HIBARI MISORA.] 1966.

1966 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,750.00
79 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

CANDEE. 1929.

1929 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,500.00
130 ANDRE GIRARD (1901-1968)

PEUGEOT. 1930.

1930 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,250.00
98 FRANCIS BERNARD (1900-1979)

NICOLAS FINES BOUTEILLES. 1930.

1930 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,000.00
127 CHARLES LOUPOT (1892-1962)

SÉRODENT. 1935.

1935 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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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