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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/21 Total Sales (USD) 89,705.00
Auction Date January 28, 2023 - January 28, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 114,000.00
Sale Number #12823 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 235,400.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 193 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 116,500.00
% of Lots Sold 96.50% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 240,800.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 37.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
49000 Mark Catesby

Catesby, Folio - Laurel-Tree of Carolina (Magnolia). 61

1777 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 7,645.00
48870 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Topless Woman Illustrating. 57

1902 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,005.00
48869 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Illustrations of Topless Women. 16

1902 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,575.00
48868 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Floral Design or Motif. 33

1902 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,135.00
48981 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 93

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,135.00
48863 Walter Schnackenberg

Schnackenberg, Folio - Tschaikiun I [Illustration of State Costume]

1920 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,025.00
48864 Walter Schnackenberg

Schnackenberg, Folio - Harlequin (Harlekin) [Illustration of State Costume]

1920 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,025.00
48867 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha, Folio - Floral Design or Motif. 36

1902 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,025.00
48865 Walter Schnackenberg

Schnackenberg, Folio - The Dancing God (Der Tanzende Gott) [Illustration of State Costume]

1920 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,915.00
48862 Walter Schnackenberg

Schnackenberg, Folio - Colombine [Illustration of State Costume]

1920 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,255.00
48848 Abraham Ortelius

Ortelius, pub. 1595 - Map of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Ireland)

1595 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,705.00
48978 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 92

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,375.00
48850 Abraham Ortelius

Ortelius, pub. 1595 - Map of Europe

1595 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,320.00
48990 Pierre Joseph Redoute, Lithograph by Villain

Redoute - Floral Bouquet - Rhodendron, Clockvine, Morning Glory or Bindweed

c1830s-1850s USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,265.00
48832 Theodor De Bry

De Bry - Virginia - The boiling of their food in earthen pots

1590-1594 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,210.00
48833 Theodor De Bry

De Bry - Florida - Order of march observed by Outina on a military expedition

1590-1594 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,210.00
48834 Theodor De Bry

De Bry - Virginia - A young and gentle woman of Secota

1590-1594 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,210.00
48989 Pierre Joseph Redoute, Lithograph by Villain

Redoute - Floral Bouquet - Lily, Sweet Pea, Blanket Flower

c1830s-1850s USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,210.00
48992 John Gould

Gould - Chestnut-tipped Toucanet (Aulacorhamphus Derbianus)

1852-1854 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,155.00
48991 Pierre Joseph Redoute, Lithograph by Villain

Redoute - Floral Bouquet - Tulip, Chrysenthemum

c1830s-1850s USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,100.00
48979 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 91

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,045.00
48994 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Prong-horned Antelope. 77

1845-1851 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 990.00
48988 Pierre Joseph Redoute, Lithograph by Villain

Redoute - Floral Bouquet - Rose, Petunia

c1830s-1850s USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 935.00
48993 John James Audubon

Audubon, Imperial Folio - Four-striped Ground Squirrel. 24

1845-1851 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 935.00
48980 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 107

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 825.00
  • 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
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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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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