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Swann Galleries: Old Master Through Modern Prints

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Auction Name Old Master Through Modern Prints Total Sales (USD) 2,018,904.00
Auction Date November 12, 2020 - November 12, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,553,000.00
Sale Number #2550 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,357,000.00
Total Lots 476
Sold Lots 358 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,128,800.00
% of Lots Sold 75.21% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,216,700.00
Unsold Lots 118 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 62.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
247 LOUIS LOZOWICK

New York.

circa 1925 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 81,250.00
260 MARTIN LEWIS

Shadow Dance.

1930 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 45,000.00
73 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

A Beggar Seated on a Bank.

1630 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
84 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate.

1633 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
262 MARTIN LEWIS

Stoops in Snow.

1930 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,500.00
324 PABLO PICASSO

Buste au Corsage à Carreaux.

1957 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,500.00
295 DIEGO RIVERA

El Sueño (La Noche de los Pobres).

1932 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 27,500.00
16 ALBRECHT DÜRER

Hercules, or the Effects of Jealousy.

1498 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,000.00
227 EDWARD HOPPER

Night Shadows.

1921 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
392 JOAN MIRÓ

Série Noire et Rouge.

1938 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 25,000.00
407 JOAN MIRÓ

Danseuse Créole.

1978 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 23,750.00
285 PAUL CADMUS

Going South.

1934 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 21,250.00
391 JOAN MIRÓ

Série Noire et Rouge.

1938 USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 21,250.00
83 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

Christ before Pilate: Large Plate.

1635-36 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,000.00
388 JOAN MIRÓ

Les Trois Sœurs.

1938 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,500.00
389 JOAN MIRÓ

L'Éveil du Géant.

1938 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,500.00
458 MAURITS C. ESCHER

Encounter.

1944 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,500.00
78 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

Jupiter and Antiope: The Smaller Plate.

circa 1631 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,250.00
312 PABLO PICASSO (after)

Les Saltimbanques.

1922 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,000.00
93 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

Nude Man Seated on the Ground with One Leg Extended.

1646 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,375.00
51 PIETER BRUEGEL (after)

The Triumph of Time.

1574 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 13,750.00
92 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

Old Man in Meditation, Leaning on a Book.

circa 1645 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 13,750.00
98 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece.

circa 1652 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 13,750.00
328 PABLO PICASSO (after)

Le Peintre.

circa 1950 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
345 GEORGES BRAQUE

Vol de Nuit (Oiseau XII).

1957 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,750.00
  • 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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