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Potomack Company: October Cornucopia Sale

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Auction Name October Cornucopia Sale Total Sales (USD) 4,037.50
Auction Date October 21, 2020 - October 21, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,200.00
Sale Number #IT172 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 5,500.00
Total Lots 32
Sold Lots 17 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,300.00
% of Lots Sold 53.13% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 10,600.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 38.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9064 NORMAN PERCEVAL ROCKWELL (AMERICAN, 1894-1978)

BREAKING HOME TIES

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
9073 WILL BARNET (AMERICAN, 1911-2012)

WOMAN READING

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
9097 AFTER JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD

A SERIES OF 20 PHOTREPRODUCTIONS OF WATERCOLORS BY FRAGONARD

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 500.00
9069 ITZCHAK ISAAC TARKAY (ISRAELI, 1935-2012)

REPOSE, SARAH and LADY IN BLUE

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 437.50
9080

PAIR OF FAMILY CRESTS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
9071 DANG LEBADANG (VIETNAMESE/FRENCH, 1921-2015)

GRAND PAYSAGE BLANCHE

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
9082 JOHN FLAXMAN (BRITISH, 1755-1826)

SIX SCENES FROM THE ILIAD

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 250.00
9072 PAUL MAXWELL (AMERICAN, 1925-2016)

UNTITLED

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
9083 WILLIAM SAMUEL HOWITT (BRITISH, 1765-1822)

DOOREAHS OR DOG KEEPERS LEADING OUT DOGS/LES GARDE CHIENS ON DOOREAHS PROMENANT LES CHIENS

USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 218.75
9085

GROUP OF 6 WORKS ON PAPER COLORED ENGRAVING OF FRENCH FARM SCENE, 'LE BON LABOURER,' WITH GOLD-LEAF FRAME; h: 5 x w: 6.5 in.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 156.25
9114 VELOY VIGIL (AMERICAN, 1931-1997)

APPALOOSA

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 156.25
9068 ISAAC MAIMON (FRENCH/ISRAELI, 1951-)

TEA FOR TWO

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 125.00
9084 J.F. HERRING, AFTER JOHN FREDERICK (BRITISH, 1798-1865)

THE DONCASTER GOLD CUP OF 1838

1838 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 93.75
9102

S MACDIARIAID PALM TREES

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
9096 AFTER THOMAS SULLY

PAIR OF PRINTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA

USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
9113 KATE GREENAWAY (ENGLISH, 1846-1901)

THE BOAT SAILS AWAY, LIKE A BIRD ON THE WING

USD 25.00 - 50.00 USD 37.50
9059 OTTO (20TH CENTURY)

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, 1966

1966 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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