Back

Bonhams: The Robin Satinsky Collection of Illustrated Books

Auction Reports

Auction Name The Robin Satinsky Collection of Illustrated Books Total Sales (USD) 1,176,898.00
Auction Date October 15, 2021 - October 15, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 666,300.00
Sale Number #26895 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,011,700.00
Total Lots 349
Sold Lots 272 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 908,500.00
% of Lots Sold 77.94% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,377,900.00
Unsold Lots 77 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 85.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
12 SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. 1440-1514.

Liber chronicarum.

1493 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 81,562.00
288 MAN RAY. 1890-1976.

Revolving Doors, 1916-1917.

1926 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 42,812.00
271 HOCKNEY, DAVID. B.1937.

Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm with Original Etchings.

1970 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 40,312.00
70 PACIOLI, LUCA. C.1445-1514.

[Divina proportione. Opera a tutti glingegni perspicaci e curiosi necessaria. Ove ciascun studioso de philosophia: prospective picture sculptura: architectura: musica: e alter mathematice.

1509 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 32,812.00
20

[Opera nova contemplativa per ogni fidei Christiano laquale tratta de la figure del testamento vecchio....]

c.1530. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 22,812.00
27

Book of Hours, use of Rome.

c.1513; 1513-1527. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,812.00
326 SCHMIED, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS. 1873-1941.

La Création. Les trois premiers livres de la Genèse suivis de la Généalogie Adamique.

1928 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 20,312.00
22

Biblia Sacra polyglotta [Walton's Polyglot Bible].

1656-1657. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 19,062.00
23 BIDLOO, GOVARD 1649-1713.

Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis.

1685 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,812.00
35 DE WORDE, WYNKYN. D.1535.

Polycronicon. The Cronycles of Englonde, with the dedes of popes and emperours, and also the descripcyon of Englonde.

1528 (M.CCCCC. et xxviij.) USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,812.00
36 DÜRER, ALBRECHT. 1471-1528.

Underweysung der messung, mit dem zirckel unn richtscheyt in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen corporen.

1525 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,812.00
292 MIRÓ, JOAN. 1893-1983.

Il etait une petite pie.

1928 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,187.00
231 LEGRAIN, PIERRE.

La Reine de Saba.

1922 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 16,562.00
250 DALI, SALVADOR. 1904-1989.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

1969 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,562.00
2

Biblia latina.

1478 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 15,300.00
272 HOWE, JULIA WARD. 1819-1910.

Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), being a fair copy of all 5 verses of "Battle Hymn of the Republic,"

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 15,300.00
332 SCHMIED, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS. 1873-1941; and JEAN SAUDE (POCHOIR).

L'Odyssee.

1930-1933. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 14,025.00
138 FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE. 1651-1715.

Les Aventures de Telemaque.

1785 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,750.00
339 SÉGUY, ÉMILE-ALAIN. 1877-1951.

Insectes.

1928 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,112.00
109

A collection of Bibles, prayer books and religious titles:

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 11,475.00
190 REDOUTÉ, PIERRE-JOSEPH. 1759-1840.

Le Cours de Fleurs du Jardin des Plantes.

1837 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,837.00
248 DALI, SALVADOR. 1904-1989.

Biblia Sacra.

1967-1969. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,837.00
4

Alphabetum divini amoris.

ca 1466/67. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,200.00
8 JACOBUS PHILIPPUS DE BERGAMO. 1434-1520.

De claris mulieribus. Edited by Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori.

1497 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,562.00
25 MEARNE, SAMUEL.

The Book of Common Prayer.

1681 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,562.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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
Ask Questions