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Auction Name Summer Auction Total Sales (USD) 1,095,276.00
Auction Date July 25, 2020 - July 25, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,091,850.00
Sale Number #72520 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,640,300.00
Total Lots 291
Sold Lots 135 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,533,350.00
% of Lots Sold 46.39% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,370,800.00
Unsold Lots 156 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 46.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
35 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and Reverend John Bachman (1790-1874).

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

 1845-46-48 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 295,000.00
18 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Louisiana Heron, Plate CCXVII (217).

 1827-1838 USD 125,000.00 - 175,000.00 USD 171,100.00
26 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Long-billed Curlew, Plate 231.

 1827-1838 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 70,800.00
29 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Trumpeter Swan, Plate 406.

 1827-1838 USD 90,000.00 - 135,000.00 USD 67,850.00
20 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

White-Headed Eagle, Plate 31.

 1827-1838 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 36,580.00
6 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Blue Jay, Plate 102.

 1827-1838 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 28,320.00
24 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Barn Owl, Plate 171.

 1827-1838 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,420.00
99 PETERSON, Roger Tory (1908-1996).

James Flamingos in the Andes.

 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 21,240.00
76 COPLEY, John [Attributed] (1738-1815).

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

 USD 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,700.00
23 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Cardinal Grosbeak, Plate 159.

 1827-1838 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 16,520.00
250 OGILBY, John (1600-1676) and MOXON, James (1627-1691).

A New Discription of Carolina by Order of the Lord Proprietors.

 1673 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 13,570.00
61 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Ocelot, or Leopard Cat, Plate LXXXVI (86).

 1845-1848 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,980.00
290 WHITE, John (1540-1593).

Americae, Pars, Nunc Virginia...

 1585 (1590) USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,800.00
87 EDE, Basil (1931-2016).

Chinese Ring-Necked Pheasant.

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,440.00
195 FORLANI, Paolo & LILY, George Lily.

Britannia insula quae duo regna continent Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia (The British Isles, comprising two kingdoms, England and Scotland, with Ireland).

 2000 USD 12,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 9,440.00
263 SANSON, Nicholas (1600-1667).

Amerique Septentrionale.

 (1650),1651 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,850.00
268 SAXTON, Christopher (1540-1610).

Anglia...

 1579 USD 3,750.00 - 5,500.00 USD 7,670.00
2 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Yellow Bird or American Goldfinch, Plate 33.

 1827-1838 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,080.00
22 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Mottled Owl (Little Screech Owl), Plate 97.

1827-1838 USD 7,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,080.00
27 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Greenshank, Plate 269.

 1827-1838 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,900.00
208 HULSIUS, Levinus (1564-1606).

Nova et exacta delineatio Americae Partis Australis Que est...

 1599 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,900.00
244 MORTIER, Pierre (1661-1711), After JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert (1632-1712).

Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennslyvanie, La Nouvelle Jarsey...

 1661-1771 USD 7,500.00 - 12,500.00 USD 5,900.00
253 ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598).

Typus Orbis Terrarum.

 c. 1571 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,900.00
96 MORAN, Thomas (1837-1926).

The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road.

 1912 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,369.00
215 JEFFERYS, Thomas (1710 - 1771).

Carte de la Floride Occidentale et Louisiane...La Peninsule et Golfe de la Floride ou Canal de Bahama avec Les Isles de Bahama.

 1777 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,015.00
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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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