Litchfield County Auctions: Summer Estates Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Summer Estates Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 21,287.50 |
| Auction Date | July 24, 2024 - July 24, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 12,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #72424 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 21,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 58 | ||
| Sold Lots | 45 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 18,650.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.59% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 33,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 13 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 64.51% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 | by Charles Mason Hovey (1810-1887). | The Fruits of America, containing richly colored figures and full descriptions of all the choicest varieties cultivated in The United States |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 | |
| 306 | William Hogarth. | The Analysis of Beauty. |
1753 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,430.00 |
| 276 | Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (American, 1883 - 1979). | Pineapple Gates, Charleston, etching. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 780.00 | |
| 298 | Charles Mottram , British, 1807-1891 After John William Hill, American, 1812-1879 | a view of New York Harbor from the water, showing both sailing and steam ships, dinghies, and even rafts, with New Jersey visible to the left and Brooklyn to the right, |
1855 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 279 | Felix-Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847 - 1898) | Un Debarquement en Angleterre (Landing in England), |
1879 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 286 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720 - 1778). | Frontispiece for Vedute di Roma etching, |
circa 1748. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 321 | John Ruskin. | The Works [Library Edition]. |
1903-1912. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 247 | Richard Bernstein, American, 1939-2002, | Back Room at Max's Kansas City Restaurant, |
1974 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 552.50 |
| 291 | Pierre Antoine Poiteau (1766 - 1854) | Plates 91, 109, 158, 160, 218, 221. Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described by Frederick Sander. |
1846 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 309 | Captain Thomas Brown. | The Book of butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths... in two volumes. |
1832 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 293 | Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, | A Check. Keep Your Distance, original hand colored lithograph |
1853 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 290 | Saverio Manetti, Italian, 1723-1784, | 9 hand colored engravings, includes Cigno Della China falbo plate no.DLVI, Anatra d:in Toscana Canone plate no.DLXXXXIII, Anatra salvatica d:in Toscana plate no. DLXXIV, ... |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 296 | Dean Wolstenholme (1798-1882), after Dean Wolstenholme Sr (1757-1837) | Group of four Essex Hunt color engravings. |
1831 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 280 | William Walcot (1874 - 1943). | Battery Place |
circa 1923. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 282 | Samuel Chamberlain (American, 1895-1975) | The Abandoned Chateau, etching. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 292.50 | |
| 292 | Henry Herman Evans (American, 1918 - 1990). | All signed in graphite, dated throughout 1960s. |
1960s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 301 | After Charles Less (Scottish, 1800 - 1880). | The Golfers hand colored etching and aquatint by Charles E. |
1850 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 252 | Gerald Brockhurst (British, 1890 - 1978). | The Black Cloak, Portrait of Mary Mellon, Etching. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 260.00 | |
| 281 | Joseph Pennell (American, 1860-1926) | Hampton Court Palace, artist's proof etching. |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 227.50 | |
| 312 | Francois Rene De Chateaubriand. | Oeuvres. |
[c.1840]. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 227.50 |
| 315 | Paxtons Flower Garden Coloured Plates, Vol 1, 1882. Gardens Old and New, The Country House & Its Garden Environment, Vol 1 and 2. ... |
1882 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 227.50 | |
| 327 | Hirst Milhollen. | Old Virginia Court Houses. |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 227.50 | |
| 250 | Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) | Derriere Le Miroir #53-54, March/April, 1953. |
1953 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 195.00 |
| 272 | After William Sidney Mount (American, 1807 - 1868). | The Hearld in the Country, hand colored lithograph, dated 1854. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 195.00 | |
| 278 | Anthony Thieme (Dutch/American, 1888 - 1954). | Sailboat etching, signed in graphite lower right. |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 195.00 |
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
