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Auction Name Vintage Posters Total Sales (USD) 522,938.00
Auction Date February 18, 2021 - February 18, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 417,600.00
Sale Number #2558 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 602,800.00
Total Lots 348
Sold Lots 262 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 563,500.00
% of Lots Sold 75.29% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 816,500.00
Unsold Lots 86 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72 MANUEL ORAZI

LA MAISON MODERNE. 1900.

1900 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 37,500.00
68 ALPHONSE MUCHA

TRAGIQUE HISTOIRE D'HAMLET / SARAH BERNHARDT. 1899.

1899 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,500.00
70

L'ESTAMPE MODERNE. Complete set of 100 plates in 24 fasicles. 1897-1899.

1897-1899. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,500.00
103 H.A. VOLODIMER

GRAND PRIX D'ENDURANCE DE 24 HEURES / COUPE RUDGE - WHITWORTH. 1923.

1923 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,000.00
166 EMIL CARDINAUX

ZERMATT / MATTERHORN SCHWEIZ. 1908.

1908 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 13,750.00
60 ALPHONSE MUCHA

[ZODIAC / P. PLOTON & D. CHAVE.] 1898.

1898 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
84 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

[ARISTIDE BRUANT DANS SON CABARET.] 1893.

1893 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 9,375.00
167 EMIL CARDINAUX

PALACE HOTEL / ST. MORITZ. 1920.

1920 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,375.00
56 ALPHONSE MUCHA

"SKETCH FOR A NEW YEAR GREETING." Original sepia and gouache. 1890.

1890 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,750.00
82 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

LA REVUE BLANCHE. 1895.

1895 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,450.00
205 AUGUSTUS MOSER

SUN VALLEY IDAHO / UNION PACIFIC. Circa 1936.

Circa 1936. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,125.00
61 ALPHONSE MUCHA

[THE SEASONS / WINTER.] Decorative panel. 1896.

1896 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,500.00
288 DAVID KLEIN

NEW YORK / FLY TWA. Circa 1960.

Circa 1960. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
62 ALPHONSE MUCHA

[THE SEASONS / AUTUMN.] Decorative panel. 1896.

1896 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,250.00
129 ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE

DUBONNET. Circa 1956.

Circa 1956. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,500.00
83 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

[MADEMOISELLE MARCELLE LENDER, EN BUSTE.] 1895.

1895 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,000.00
343 MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985

NICE SOLEIL FLEURS / [THE BAY OF ANGELS.] 1962.

1962 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,000.00
226

[AUSTRALIA TRAVEL.] Group of 6 posters.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 5,750.00
319

JAMES BOND DOES IT EVERYWHERE / IN "THUNDERBALL"! 1965.

1965 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,250.00
116 ROGER DE VALERIO

AIR FRANCE / DANS TOUS LES CIELS. 1935.

1935 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
199 SASCHA MAURER

SKI AT LAKE PLACID. 1938.

1938 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,750.00
65 ALPHONSE MUCHA

[THE SEASONS / L'AUTOMNE.] Decorative panel on silk. Circa 1900.

Circa 1900. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,500.00
190 PETER EWART

CANADIAN ROCKIES VIA CANADIAN PACIFIC. Circa 1950.

Circa 1950. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,250.00
90

CYCLES LABOR / COPIEZ! Circa 1910.

Circa 1910. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,000.00
135 HENRY LE MONNIER

[SOURCE VERDIER.] 1931.

1931 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,000.00
  • 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
  • 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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