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Bonhams: Fine Japanese and Korean Art, including the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection of Japanese Art

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Auction Name Fine Japanese and Korean Art, including the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection of Japanese Art Total Sales (USD) 880,110.00
Auction Date September 18, 2024 - September 18, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 374,200.00
Sale Number #29505 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 543,200.00
Total Lots 115
Sold Lots 95 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 451,700.00
% of Lots Sold 82.61% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 656,700.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 134.02%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
615 ICHIRAKUTEI EISUI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1790--1823)

An oban tate-e print depicting the courtesan Hanabito of the Ogiya, from the series Bijin gosekku (Beauties for the Five Festivals)

circa 1795-1797 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 152,900.00
622 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

A nagaban tate-e print titled Ri Haku (Li Bai), from the series Shika shashin kyo (A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry)

1833 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 76,700.00
619 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

A nagaban yoko-e print depicting turtles and a reflected plum branch

circa 1800 USD 30,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 70,350.00
649 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

35 oban tate-e prints from the series Fuji sanjurokkei (36 Views of Mount Fuji), each signed Hiroshige ga

1858 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 57,600.00
642 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print titled Ohashi Atake no yudachi (Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake)

1857 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 51,200.00
639 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban yoko-e print titled Sanjuni, Seba (No. 32, Seba), from the series Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi (69 Stations of the Kisokaido)

circa 1835-1838 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,000.00
621 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

A nagaban tate-e print depicting two cranes perched on a snow-laden pine tree

circa 1834 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 24,320.00
625 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)

A shikishiban surimono print with brass pigment depicting Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Daruma, with poems by Eishindo Kamimura, Higashiya Iwabito, and others

circa 1824 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 17,920.00
630 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban yoko-e print titled Shono, hakuu (Shono: Driving Rain), from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tokaido)

circa 1833-1834 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 16,640.00
608 KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820)

A fan-print with two rats, corn, and peaches

19th century USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 15,360.00
603 SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)

A chuban tate-e print depicting a parody of Komachi at Sekidera Temple

circa 1767 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,080.00
671 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

An oban tate-e print titled Shiba Zojoji (Zojoji Temple in Shiba), from the series Tokyo nijukei (20 Views of Tokyo)

1925 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 14,080.00
637 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

A chutanzaku print depicting two horses by a stream under a willow tree, with a poem

circa 1835 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,800.00
602 SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)

A chuban tate-e print depicting cranes by the seashore at Waka no ura, with a poem by Yamabe no Akihito (flourished circa 724-736)

circa 1763-1770 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,520.00
638 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

A chutanzaku print depicting a crane and asters, with a Chinese poem

19th century USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 11,520.00
665 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

A large woodblock print titled Hansen, gogo (Sailboats: Afternoon), from the series Seto Naikai shu (Inland Sea)

1926 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,880.00
629 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban yoko-e print titled Kanbara, yoru no yuki (Kanbara: Night Snow), from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tokaido )

circa 1833-1834 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,960.00
648 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print titled Oji Shozoku enoki Omisoka no kitsunebi (New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji)

1857 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,960.00
691 KISHI GANTAI (1785-1865)

Dragon and Tiger

19th century USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,960.00
706 ANONYMOUS

Temari (Handball)

17th/18th century USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,320.00
614 TORII KIYOMASU (KIYOMINE, 1787-1868)

An oban tate-e print depicting a beauty with a sake cup and a shamisen, from the series Azuma nishiki bijin awase (Comparison of Beauties in Eastern Brocade)

circa 1804-1810 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,680.00
616 UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769-1825)

An oban tate-e print titled Shogatsuya (The actor Sakata Hangoro III as Fujikawa Mizuemon) from the series Yakusha butai no sugata-e (Portraits of Actors on Stage)

18th century USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 7,680.00
656 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

An oban tate-e print triptych with metallic powders and embossing, depicting Ichikawa Danjuro IX in the role of Musashibo Benkei in the play Kanjincho (The Subsription List)

1890 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,424.00
607 KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726--1792)

A hosoban print depicting the actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a Rokubu pilgrim

18th century USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 7,040.00
668 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

An oban yoko-e print titled Fukagawa kaminohashi (The Fukagawa Kaminohashi bridge) from the series Tokyo juni-dai (12 scenes of Tokyo)

1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,040.00
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 54
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
    Gonnelli
    Futurism
    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
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  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    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.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    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.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    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.
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