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Potomack Company: European & Irish Fine Art, Furniture, & Decorative Arts

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Auction Name European & Irish Fine Art, Furniture, & Decorative Arts Total Sales (USD) 12,122.50
Auction Date October 09, 2024 - October 09, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,300.00
Sale Number #100924 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 11,450.00
Total Lots 16
Sold Lots 14 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 9,700.00
% of Lots Sold 87.50% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 16,050.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 75.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3095 JACQUES CALLOT, FRENCH 1592-1635,

LES GRANDES MISERES DE LA GUERRE

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,250.00
3242

THE WORLD'S GREAT CLASSICS, BOUND IN FULL MULTICOLORED GILT MOROCCO

1899 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,690.00
3101 CHARLES WILLIAMS, BRITISH ACT. 1797-1830,

THE BONE OF CONTENTION OR THE ENGLISH BULL DOG AND THE CORSICAN MONKEY

1803 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,105.00
3240 ERNST JUNGER.

STORM OF STEEL.

1929 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
3244 Hay, Michael.

BENTLEY: THE VINTAGE YEARS.

1986 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
3243 CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.

A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN... VOLS. 2 & 4 ONLY, 1796. TOGETHER WITH ANDREW KIPPIS'S 'THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK' 1789

1796 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 715.00
3094 MARTIN SCHONGAUER

WORKSHOP OF MARTIN SCHONGAUER, GERMAN 1430/50-1491, ST. JAMES THE GREATER OF CLAVIJO

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 650.00
3105 PAUL BERTHON, FRENCH 1872-1909,

SALON DES ARTS LIBERAUX, 1902

1902 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 650.00
3106 PAUL BERTHON, FRENCH 1872-1909,

LA MANDORE, 1901

1901 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 552.50
3104 HENRI RIVIERE, FRENCH 1864-1951,

QUAI D'AUSTERLITZ (PARIS)

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 487.50
3102 JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET, FRENCH 1814-1875,

LA BOUILLIE

1861 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
3103 PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, FRENCH 1841-1919,

LE CHAPEAU EPINGLE,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 357.50
3099 FREDERICK BLOEMAERT, DUTCH 1614-1690,

THREE SOLDIERS PLAYING AT CARDS

CIRCA 1640 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 325.00
3096 PETER TROSCHEL, GERMAN CIRCA 1620-CIRCA 1667,

DRESSAGE

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 130.00
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
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    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
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    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
  • Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
    Le Neptune Oriental
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
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    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
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    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
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    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
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    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
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    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
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    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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