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Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 2024 Kennedy Galleries Reference Library, Coffee Table, and Fine Book Auction

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Auction Name 2024 Kennedy Galleries Reference Library, Coffee Table, and Fine Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 49,575.68
Auction Date July 30, 2024 - July 30, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 37,550.00
Sale Number #73024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 67,650.00
Total Lots 179
Sold Lots 129 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 54,050.00
% of Lots Sold 72.07% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 96,600.00
Unsold Lots 50 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 51.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
23 Albert Camus

L'Etranger by Albert Camus with Lithographs by Sadequain

1966 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 3,520.00
93 Ben Shahn (Lithuanian/American 1898-1969)

For the Sake of a Single Verse: from the Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke,

1968 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,984.00
10

Library Collection of Leather Bound Books from The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written

1976 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,792.00
2A Howard Carter

The Tomb of Tutankhamun Volumes I, II, and III

1923-1933 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,536.00
149

Five Boxes of Leather Bound Books

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,036.80
54 Gilbert Stuart

Group of Gilbert Stuart Reference Books

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 972.80
14 After L. Frank Baum

40 Wizard of Oz Books After L. Frank Baum and Published by Reilly and Lee

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 947.20
25

Five Box Lots of Approximately 50 Books Published by The Easton Press Norwalk, Connecticut

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 921.60
13

Large Group of Books

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 883.20
66 Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper (American 1882-1967) Catalogue Raisonne

1995 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 870.40
150

Eight Box Lots of Leather Bound Books in Greek

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 832.00
47

Three Boxes of Ben Shahn Reference Books and Catalogs

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 806.40
11

Leatherbound Book Collection

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 793.60
53 James McNeill Whistler

11 Books on James McNeill Whistler

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 768.00
112 George Catlin (American 1796-1872)

The North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, Conditions, Written During Eight Years Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America 1832-1839 Volumes I and II,

1926 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 665.60
87

Four Box Lots of Art Reference Books and Catalogue Raisonnes

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 652.80
122 Roderick Whitfield

The Art of Central Asia: The Stein Collection in the British Museum

1982-1985 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 652.80
1A

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

1897 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 640.00
59

Five Box Lots of Art Reference Books

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 620.80
97 Michele Oka Doner (American B. 1945)

What is White, 2010

2010 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 576.00
165

Six Box Lots of Books

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 569.60
74 Leonard Baskin

Seven Books on Leonard Baskin (American 1922-2000)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.20
168

Table Lot of 14 Boxes of Art Catalogs from Expos and Museums

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 524.80
32

Two Boxes of Charles Burchfield Reference Books, Catalogs, and Auction Records

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 512.00
52 John Singer Sargent

Two Boxes of John Singer Sargent Reference Books, Catalogs, and Coffee Table Books

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 512.00
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
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    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
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    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Sotheby’s
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    The Shem Tov Bible
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