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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. -
![<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.")
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
13 December 2024Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
13 December 2024Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500. -
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
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Arader Galleries: September 2024 Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | September 2024 Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 1,011,736.50 |
| Auction Date | September 21, 2024 - September 21, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 910,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #92124 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,339,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 204 | ||
| Sold Lots | 67 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,312,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 32.84% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,385,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 137 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.88% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Wood Ibis, Plate 216. |
1827-1838. | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 282,900.00 |
| 11 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Carolina Parrot, Plate 26. |
1827-1838. | USD 160,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 172,200.00 |
| 90 | BIERSTADT, Albert (German-American, 1830-1902). | [Western Landscape]. |
USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 116,850.00 | |
| 133 | GASTALDI, Giacomo (c. 1500-1566). | [Southeastern Europe] Geographia particolare d'una gran parte dell'Europa, nuovamente descritta. |
1560 | USD 75,000.00 - 125,000.00 | USD 61,500.00 |
| 21 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Trumpeter Swan, Plate 376. |
1827-1838. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 56,580.00 |
| 13 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Great Horned Owl, Plate 61. |
1827-1838. | USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 44,280.00 |
| 135 | FORLANI, Paolo (fl. 1560-1571). | [South America] La Descrittione Di Tutto II Peru. |
1562 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 44,280.00 |
| 143 | CLOUET, Jean Baptiste Louis (1730-c.1790). | [Wall Maps] Set of four continental maps...Carte d'Amerique divisee en ses principaux pays; Carte d'Asie divisee en ses principaux etats; Carte d'Europe divisee en ses empires et royaumes;Carte d'Afrique divisee en ses principaux Etats... |
1788 | USD 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 | USD 44,280.00 |
| 107 | TANNER, Henry Schenck (1786-1858). | A New American Atlas containing Maps of the Several States of the North American Union. |
1823 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 36,900.00 |
| 12 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Great Northern Diver or Loon, Plate 306. |
1827-1838. | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 24,600.00 |
| 23 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Cardinal Grosbeak, Plate 159. |
1827-1838. | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,685.00 |
| 30 | RICHTER, Henry Constable (1821-1902). | Gallinula Phoenicura [White-breasted Water Horn / Hen]. From John Gould's Bids of Asia, Volume 7, Plate 67. |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 9,840.00 | |
| 93 | RAMSAY, David (1749-1815). | The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina. |
1785 | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,840.00 |
| 101 | [Comstock Lode, NV]. | Views of the Works of the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company, Virginia City, N. T. |
ca. 1860. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,840.00 |
| 122 | ZUDA ROKASHI (Priest Hotan). | Nansenbushu Bankoku Shoka No Zu. |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,150.00 | |
| 140 | ORTELIUS, Abraham (Flemish, 1527-1598). | America Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio. |
c. 1587-1612. | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,535.00 |
| 105 | CAREY AND LEA. | A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas, Being a Guide to the History of North and South America, and the West Indies. |
1823 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,920.00 |
| 154 | BLAEU, Joan (1596-1673). | [Dnieper River: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine] Tractus Borysthenis vulgo Dniepr et Niepr Dicti, a civitate Czyrkassii as ostia et Ilmien lacum, per quem in Pontum Euxinium se exonerat... [together with:] ...a Kiovia usque ad Bouzin [and:] ... a Bouzin usque ad |
c. 1662. | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,612.50 |
| 10 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Arctic Jaeger / Long-tailed Jaeger, Plate 267. |
1827-1838. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,690.00 |
| 193 | HILL, John William (1812-1879), after. | New Orleans from the Lower Cotton Press 1852. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,690.00 | |
| 58 | TINGQUA, and His Studio (19th Century). | Macao from the North. |
c. 1845-1855. | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,075.00 |
| 59 | TWINING, Emily (1813-1847). | Group of Original Watercolors and Drawings. |
Early 19th Century. | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 3,075.00 |
| 61 | LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). | 1. Pigeon Parrakeet. 2. Uniform Parrakeet. From Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots. |
1830-1832. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 2,767.50 |
| 3 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Crested Titmouse, Plate 39. |
1827-1838. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,460.00 |
| 95 | IDE, Simeon (1794-1889). | A Biographical Sketch of the Life or William B. Ide: With a Minute and Interesting Account of One of the Largest Emigrating Companies (3000 Miles over Land), from the East to the Pacific Coast... |
1880 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,214.00 |
