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William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals: Eclectic Variety Auction

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Auction Name Eclectic Variety Auction Total Sales (USD) 6,478.20
Auction Date October 12, 2021 - October 12, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,740.00
Sale Number #101221 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,280.00
Total Lots 45
Sold Lots 42 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,940.00
% of Lots Sold 93.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 9,680.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
18550 Donald Roller Wilson (American, b 1938)

Donald Roller Wilson "Mrs Jenkins House in Arkansas"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 649.00
18573 Marguerite Kirmse (American, 1885-1954)

Marguerite Kirmse Etching "Train Time"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 413.00
18554 Leroy Neiman (American, 1921-2012)

Leroy Neiman Lithograph "Home Stretch"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 383.50
18572 Marguerite Kirmse (American, 1885-1954)

Marguerite Kirmse Christmas Card Etching

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 324.50
18570 Marguerite Kirmse (American, 1885-1954)

Marguerite Kirmse Etching "Seeing Things"

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 295.00
18571 Marguerite Kirmse (American, 1885-1954)

Marguerite Kirmse Etching "Stymied"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 295.00
18561 Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003)

Al Hirschfeld "Tracy and Hepburn"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 224.20
18765 Norman Rockwell

John F Kennedy Copper Plate Norman Rockwell

1963 USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 212.40
18551 Louis Icart (French-American, 1888-1950)

Louis Icart "Le Cacatoes Indescrit"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 200.60
18683

(15) Big Little Books - Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers

1930s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 200.60
18553 Louis Icart (French-American, 1888-1950)

Louis Icart "Lady with Blue Flowers"

USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 188.80
18664

An 18th c. book on music from H. L. Mencken's library

1771 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 177.00
18666

(16) volumes of Charles Dickens's works

n.d. but c.1920. USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 177.00
18685

(18) 1930s Big Little Books - Disney

1930s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 177.00
18559 Benton Spruance (American, 1904-1967)

Benton Spruance "The Window Day"

1957 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 165.20
18563 Alexandra Nechita (Romanian, b 1985)

Alexandra Nechita "Buckets of Detangler"

1998 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 165.20
18674

(18) 1930s Big Little Books - Pirates & Jungle

1930s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 153.40
18679

(25) 1930s Big Little Books - Westerns

1930s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 153.40
18673

(24) 1930s Big Little Books - Comics

1930s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 141.60
18684

(14) 1930s Big Little Books - Dick Tracy

1930s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 129.80
18661

10-vol. set: Photographic History of the Civil War

1911 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 118.00
18681

(14) 1930s Big Little Books - Detective Stories

1930s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 106.20
18682

(10) 1930s Big Little Books - Dan Dunn, G-Man

1930s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 106.20
18552 Tarkay, Govezensky & Wood

(3) Tarkay, Govezensky & Wood Serigraphs

USD 160.00 - 320.00 USD 94.40
18662

The Life and Works of Robert Burns, 1851

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 94.40
  • 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
    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
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    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
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