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Auction Name Online Auction - Books, Prints Total Sales (USD) 16,250.00
Auction Date November 19, 2019 - November 19, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 15,510.00
Sale Number #IT139 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 24,930.00
Total Lots 117
Sold Lots 75 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 24,010.00
% of Lots Sold 64.10% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 38,530.00
Unsold Lots 42 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3244 BENJAMIN TANNER (AMERICAN, 1775-1848)

THE BURNING OF THE THEATRE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 26TH DECEMBER 1811

1811 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,187.50
3250 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN, 1785-1851)

GREAT AMERICAN SHRIKE OR BUTCHER BIRD

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 625.00
3184 NICOLAS SANSON (FRENCH, 1600-1667)

L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
3259 NATHANIEL CURRIER & JAMES MERRITT IVES (AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY)

MR AUGUST BELMONT'S POTOMAC AND MASHER and THE GRAND RACER KINGSTON...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 593.75
3205 GAUGAIN & HELLYER after JAMES NORTHCOTE (ENGLISH, 1746-1831)

ALL 10 PLATES OF DILIGENCE AND DISSIPATION

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
3005 ALFRED JONES (AMERICAN, 1819-1900)

MOUNT VERNON THE HOME OF WASHINGTON

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
3199 WILLIAM HOGARTH (ENGLISH, 1697-1764)

A RAKE'S PROGRESS

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 531.25
3210 (ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

THE LAMP-LIGHTERS POEM

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 531.25
3198 WILLIAM HOGARTH (ENGLISH, 1697-1764)

A HARLOT'S PROGRESS (ALL SIX PLATES)

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 468.75
3200 WILLIAM HOGARTH (ENGLISH, 1697-1764)

HUMORS OF AN ELECTION: AN ELECTION ENTERTAINMENT, CANVASSING FOR VOTES, THE POLLING and CHAIRIN...

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 406.25
3220 CARLE VERNET AND CHARLES LEVACHEX (FRENCH, 1758-1836; FRENCH, ACTIVE 1760-1820)

A GROUP OF SIX ENGRAVINGS

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
3231 PAUL JACOULET (FRENCH, 1902-1960)

LA CORBEILLE DE NEFLES CHINOIS

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
3239 CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH FRITZSCH (GERMAN, 1719-1772)

SIX ENGRAVINGS OF MAMMALS

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
3188

PALAESTINA SEU TERRA SANCTA

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
3256 AFTER J. R. BUTTS ESQUIRE (AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY)

SALT SULPHUR SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 375.00
3007 ALFRED JONES (AMERICAN, 1819-1900)

THE CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, U.S.A.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
3175

JUDAICA CONTEMPORARY HAND DRAWN AND PAINTED SHIVITI ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 343.75
3233 THEODORE DE BRY (DUTCH, 1528-1598)

AN IMAGINED PICT from HARIOT'S A BRIEFE AND TRUE REPORT OF THE NEW FOUND LAND OF VIRGINIA C. 1590..

1590.. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 343.75
3253 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN, 1785-1851)

WHITE-HEADED EAGLE AND YELLOW CATFISH

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
3257 EDWARD BEYER (AMERICAN, 1820-1865)

WHITE SULPHUR SPRING, MONTGOMERY CO.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 343.75
3247 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN, 1785-1851)

TOWNSEND'S GROUND SQUIRREL

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
3254 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN, 1785-1851)

WILSON'S MEADOW MOUSE

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
3255 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN, 1785-1851)

MUSK-RAT, MUSQUASH

USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
3004 ALFRED JONES AFTER RICHARD WOODVILLE (AMERICAN, 1819-1900)

MEXICAN NEWS, 1851

1851 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
3145 SALVADOR DALI (SPANISH, 1904-1989)

CYRANO DE BERGERAC

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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