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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/14 Total Sales (USD) 74,035.50
Auction Date January 21, 2023 - January 21, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 114,150.00
Sale Number #12123 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 237,100.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 193 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 120,550.00
% of Lots Sold 96.50% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 248,900.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 29.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
48675 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Topless Woman on Bear Rug. 47

1902 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,445.00
48607 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Piranesi, Rare, Large Folio - The Well [Reference Robison 39 (V/VI)]

1749-1770 USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 4,235.00
48673 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Floral Design or Motif. 38

1902 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,245.00
48674 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Nude Woman Writing or Drawing. 7

1902 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,245.00
48672 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Floral Design or Motif. 30

1902 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,915.00
48643 Henry Lewis

Lewis - St. Louis, Missouri

1854-1858 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,365.00
48797 Mark Catesby

Catesby, Folio - Pork Fish & Schoolmaster. 4

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,365.00
48800 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Mink. 33

1845-1851 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,925.00
48645 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Dacota Woman and Assinboin Girl. 9

1839-1842 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,815.00
48766 Pierre Joseph Redoute, Lithograph by Villain

Redoute - Floral Bouquet - Hydrangea, Fuchsia

c1830s-1850s USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,705.00
48799 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Common Flying Squirrel. 28

1845-1851 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,595.00
48644 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Mexkemahuastan. Chief of the Gros-ventres des Prairies

1839-1842 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,485.00
48765 Jan Van Huysum

Jan Van Huysum - PAIR: A Fruit Piece & A Flower Piece

1781 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 1,485.00
48779 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Scarlet Macaw. 2

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,375.00
48652 David Roberts

David Roberts, RSE - Mosque of the Sultan Hassan, from the Great Square of the Rumeyleh

1842-1849 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,320.00
48635 Theodor De Bry

De Bry - Florida - Ceremonies performed by Saturioua before going out to war

1590-1594 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,210.00
48671 Marcel Schwob & George Barbier

Barbier & Schwob - Story of Septima, Enchantress: Full Page Pochoir and Story with In-text Illustrations

1929 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,100.00
48767 Pierre Joseph Redoute, Lithograph by Villain

Redoute - Floral Bouquet - Rockrose, Love-in-a-mist

c1830s-1850s USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 880.00
48769 Pierre Joseph Redoute, Lithograph by Villain

Redoute - Floral Bouquet - Rose, Phlox

c1830s-1850s USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 880.00
48637 Theodor De Bry

De Bry - Virginia - An old man in his winter clothing

1590-1594 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 770.00
48631 Sebastian Munster

Munster, pub. 1560 - Map of the Ancient World: Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa with Humans Blowing the Winds

1560 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 742.50
48617 Captain James Cook & James King

Captain Cook - A Man of the Sandwich Islands, in a Mask

1785 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
48776 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Blue & Yellow Macaw. 3

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 715.00
48777 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Military Macaw. 6

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 715.00
48778 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Scarlet Macaw. 1

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 715.00
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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