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Auction Name Editions and Works on Paper 1500-2022 Total Sales (GBP) 89,982.88
Auction Date March 16, 2023 - March 16, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 58,300.00
Sale Number #2270 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 84,270.00
Total Lots 262
Sold Lots 141 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 168,750.00
% of Lots Sold 53.82% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 239,190.00
Unsold Lots 121 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 37.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
15 Rembrandt van Rijn

The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate

1633 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,198.40
133 Mario Testino

Sienna Miller, Rome, 2007

2012 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 3,244.80
199 Damien Hirst

Tatyu Betul. H10-5, from The Empresses

2022 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,568.80
143 Thomas Struth

Museo del Prado, Room 12, Madrid

2009 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,433.60
170 Peter Doig

Untitled (Canoe)

2008 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,163.20
17 Rembrandt van Rijn

David at Prayer

1652 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,099.20
217 Andy Warhol after.

Mona Lisa (Sunday B. Morning) (set of three)

2019 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,099.20
112 Derek Boshier

Untitled I-VI

1969 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,757.60
182 Takashi Murakami

And Then X 3000 (Blue)

2003 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,574.40
286 The Connor Brothers

Thou Shall Not Be a Cunt

2022 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,487.20
10 Rembrandt van Rijn

A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player and Family Receiving Alms

1648 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,443.20
233 JR

Trompe l'oeil, Death Valley, Billboard, March 4, 2017, 5:41 pm, California, USA

2021 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,284.40
134 Mario Testino

Natalia Vodianova, Cannes, 2007

2012 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,216.80
43 Pablo Picasso

Picasso Lithographes I-IV (Cramer 55, 60, 77, 125)

1949-64 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,170.00
132 David Bailey

Legs and Hosepipe

1980 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,149.20
1 Albrecht Dürer

The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit, from: The Apocalypse [with 7 others] (8)

circa 1497-98 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,115.20
30 Fernand Léger after.

Deauville (Saphire E13)

1950 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,081.60
174 Harland Miller

Oui (from The French Letter Paintings)

2021 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,081.60
9 Rembrandt van Rijn

Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

1641 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,049.60
212 Andy Warhol after.

Marilyn Monroe (Sunday B. Morning)

2012 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,049.60
293 Shepard Fairey

Progress (Obama)

2008 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,049.60
196 Damien Hirst

H8-4. Forever

2020 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 946.40
285 The Connor Brothers

Fuck This Shit

2022 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 946.40
141 Ugo Rondinone

Stars

2009 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 918.40
44 Pablo Picasso

L'Ècuyère (Bloch 999; Mourlot 333)

1960 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 878.80
  • 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
  • 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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