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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD -
Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000. -
ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
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Revere Auctions: September Fine Decorative Arts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | September Fine Decorative Arts | Total Sales (USD) | 7,702.50 |
| Auction Date | September 18, 2024 - September 18, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 4,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #13713 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 9,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 40 | ||
| Sold Lots | 24 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 7,675.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 60.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 15,350.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 50.18% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Utagawa Hiroshige | "Urami Waterfall in Mount Nikko" |
ca. 1853. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,470.00 |
| 507 | Hiroshi Yoshida | "Itoigawa nite: Asa" Woodblock Print |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 488 | Korean Manuscript Ch'onhado Map of the World |
USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 520.00 | ||
| 512 | Clifton Karhu | Clifton Karhu Woodblock Print on Fabric |
USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 520.00 | |
| 485 | 20th c. Indian Gujarati Snake Kundalini Drawing |
20th c. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 495 | 4 19th c. Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints |
19th c. | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 499 | Utagawa Hiroshige I & II | Grp 6 Utagawa Hiroshige I & II Woodblock Prints |
ca. 1858 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 336 | Large Illuminated Antiphonal Sheet |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 260.00 | ||
| 505 | Gihachiro Okuyama | 2 Gihachiro Okuyama Winter Landscape Prints |
ca. 1950s | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 509 | Hokusai Nara | Deer Woodblock Print ca. 1843 |
ca. 1843 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 496 | 4 19th c. Japanese Woodblock Prints |
19th c. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 227.50 | |
| 497 | Group of 2 Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints |
ca. 1828-1834 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 227.50 | |
| 498 | 5 Antique Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 227.50 | ||
| 508 | Toshi Yoshida | "Morinji in Spring" Woodblock Print |
1951 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 494 | Group of 12 Antique Japanese Woodblock Prints |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 130.00 | ||
| 473 | Late 18th to Early 19th c. Tibetan Suri Yantra |
Late 18th to Early 19th c. | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 97.50 | |
| 476 | Indian Lingato Bhadra Mandala Drawing |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 97.50 | ||
| 501 | Utagawa Hiroshige | "Takanawa no Kihan" Edo Print |
ca. 1845-46 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 97.50 |
| 503 | Suzuki Harunobu | Nail Clipping Woodblock Print |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 97.50 | |
| 506 | Utagawa Toyokuni | Geisha & Cat Japanese Woodblock Print |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 97.50 | |
| 483 | Indian Painting of Shepherdess & Donkeys |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 65.00 | ||
| 487 | Sino-Tibetan Vegetable Drawing |
USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 65.00 | ||
| 502 | Ogata Gekko | Women & Koi Woodblock Print |
ca. late 19th century. | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 65.00 |
| 504 | Shigenobu | "Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba" Woodblock |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 65.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
