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Auction Name Fine Japanese Art - Woodblock Prints Total Sales (GBP) 140,625.00
Auction Date May 15, 2020 - May 15, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 73,600.00
Sale Number #L20221 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 98,800.00
Total Lots 38
Sold Lots 27 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 104,500.00
% of Lots Sold 71.05% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 137,800.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 102.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
33 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

TWO PRINTS: EJIRI IN SURUGA PROVINCE (SUNSHÛ) AND HODOGAYA ON THE TÔKAIDÔ (TÔKAIDÔ HODOGAYA)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 20,000.00
9 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

TWENTY PRINTS FROM THE UNTITLED SERIES OF LARGE FISH (UOZUKUSHI)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 18,750.00
34 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

TWO PRINTS: SAZAI HALL AT THE TEMPLE OF THE FIVE HUNDRED ARHATS (GOHYAKU RAKANJI SAZAIDÔ) AND MISHIMA PASS IN KAI PROVINCE (KÔSHÛ MISHIMA-GOE)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
7 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

EVENING COOL IN RYOGOKU (RYÔGOKU YU-ZUZUMI) AND MOON AT NIGHT (TSUKI NO YU-SUZUMI)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
2 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

MOUNT ARIMA IN SETTSU PROVINCE (SETTSU ARIMAYAMA)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 6,875.00
25 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

MEGURO DRUM BRIDGE AND SUNSET HILL (MEGURO TAIKOBASHI YÛHINOOKA)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,000.00
27 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

DISTANT VIEW OF KINRYÛZAN TEMPLE AND AZUMA BRIDGE (AZUMABASHI KINRYÛZAN ENBÔ)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,000.00
13 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

MARIKO: FAMOUS TEA SHOP (MARIKO, MEIBUTSU CHAMISE)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,250.00
30 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

USHIBORI IN HITACHI PROVINCE (JÔSHÛ USHIBORI)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,000.00
6 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

A TRIPTYCH: IMAGINARY SCENE OF A PRIVATE KABUKI PERFORMANCE (MITATE ZASHIKI KYÔGEN, SANMAITSUZUKI); THREE PRINTS FROM FLOURISHING BUSINESS IN BALLADTOWN; SEVEN PRINTS FROM IMPROVISED SHADOW PICTURES

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
8 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

TWO TRIPTYCHS: VIEW OF FUTAMIGAURA (FUTAMIGAURA NO ZU) AND KASUMIGASEKI

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
26 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

FOUR PRINTS: VIEW OF NIHONBASHI TÔRI-ITCHÔME (NIHONBASHI TÔRI-ITCHÔME RYAKUZU); ZÔJÔJI PAGODA AND AKABANE (ZÔJÔJI-TÔ AKABANE); SILK-GOODS LANE, ÔDENMA-CHÔ (ÔDENMA-CHÔ GOFUKUDANA); AND VIEW OF KÔNODAI AND THE TONE RIVER (KÔNODAI TONEGAWA FÛKEI)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
1 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

WINTER: SNOW ON THE SUMIDA RIVER (FUYU, SUMIDAGAWA NO YUKI)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
22 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

THREE PRINTS: KAKEGAWA: VIEW OF AKIBA MOUNTAIN (KAKEGAWA, AKIBA-SAN ENBÔ) OKAZAKI: YAHAGI BRIDGE (OKAZAKI, YAHAGI NO HASHI) AND KYOTO: THE GREAT BRIDGE AT SANJÔ (KEISHI, SANJÔ ÔHASHI)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
31 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

POEM BY ONO NO KOMACHI

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,500.00
23 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

THREE PRINTS: SHIRASUKA: VIEW OF SHIOMIZAKA (SHIRASUKA, SHIOMIZAKA ZU) FUTAKAWA: MONKEY PLATEAU (FUTAKAWA, SARUGABABA) AND KAMEYAMA: CLEAR WEATHER AFTER SNOW (KAMEYAMA, YUKIBARE)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,000.00
4 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

POEM BY ABE NO NAKAMARO

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,750.00
19 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

GOYU: WOMEN STOPPING TRAVELLERS (GOYU, TABIBITO TOMERU ONNA)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,750.00
29 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

FOUR PRINTS: YOSHIWARA: MOUNT FUJI ON THE LEFT (YOSHIWARA, HIDARI FUJI); RED MAPLE TREES AT THE TSÛTENKYÔ BRIDGE (TSÛTENKYÔ NO MOMIJI); CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN FULL BLOOM AT ARASHIYAMA (ARASHIYAMA MANKA); TWILIGHT SNOW AT MOUNT HIRA (HIRA BOSETSU)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,750.00
5 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

EIGHT VIEWS OF ÔMI: MIIDERA, ISHIYAMA, SETA

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,125.00
10 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

KAWASAKI: THE ROKUGÔ FERRY (KAWASAKI, ROKUGÔ WATASHIBUNE)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,125.00
16 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

THREE PRINTS: EJIRI: DISTANT VIEW OF MIHO (EJIRI, MIHO ENBÔ) MITSUKE: TENRYÛ RIVER VIEW (MITSUKE, TENRYÛGAWA ZU) AND ARAI: FERRYBOAT (ARAI, WATASHIBUNE NO ZU)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,125.00
14 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

TWO PRINTS: TOTSUKA: MOTOMACHI FORK (TOTSUKA, MOTOMACHI BETSUDÔ) AND AKASAKA: INN WITH SERVING MAIDS (AKASAKA, RYOSHA SHÔFU NO ZU)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,000.00
17 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)

FOUR PRINTS: KANAYA: THE FAR BANK OF THE ÔI RIVER (KANAYA, ÔIGAWA ENGAN) NISSAKA: SAYO MOUNTAIN PASS (NISSAKA, SAYO NO NAKAYAMA) MAISAKA: VIEW OF IMAGIRI (MAISAKA, IMAGIRI SHINKEI) AND SAKANOSHITA: FUDESUTE MOUNTAIN (SAKANOSHITA, FUDESUTE MINE)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,000.00
44

A GROUP OF TEN RARE KOGEI MAGAZINES

SHOWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,000.00
  • 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.
  • 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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