Heritage Auctions: Peter Beard Showcase Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Peter Beard Showcase Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 97,669.25 |
| Auction Date | October 25, 2024 - October 25, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 92,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #17203 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 140,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 51 | ||
| Sold Lots | 38 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 132,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 74.51% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 200,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 13 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 48.71% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39018 | Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (Danish, 1885-1962) | Peter Beard's Personal Copy of "Out of Africa", |
New York: Modern Library-Random House. 1952 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 39023 | Peter Beard (1938-2020) | Skull Photographs for the Harry Horn Collection with Evelyn Kuhn, Andy Warhol, and Larry Rivers (triptych), |
1976 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 39034 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Enlargement of Starving Cheetah Cubs negative strip |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 7,812.50 | |
| 39051 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Le Hazard at la Plus Grand Artist |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 | |
| 39047 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Lions Collage, |
circa 1970s | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 39027 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Uganda Popu Study (Baby Elephant Embryo), |
1966 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,875.00 |
| 39043 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Peter Beard Art Edition Hardcover book in clamshell box |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 | |
| 39049 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | J.L. Krapf's 1849 Route Map, |
1977 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 39044 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Work in Progress Box 4191 Nairobi, |
circa 1970s | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 39042 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | I Have a Lively Recollection of the Lion, circa 1970s |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 | |
| 39001 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Handwritten manuscript describing Karen Blixen's 1914 expedition to Kenya, c. 1960s |
c. 1960s | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,875.00 |
| 39041 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | I Had a Farm in Africa, circa 1970s |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 39045 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Paradise Lost, |
circa 1970s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 39008 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Selected images and contact sheets, including "Maureen Gallagher and Night Feeder,"1987; and "Loliondo Lion Charge," 1964 (13 works) |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,250.00 | |
| 39028 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Elephant's Memory, |
1968 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 39040 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Enlargement of Starving Cheetah Cubs Negative Strips |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,750.00 | |
| 39006 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Elephant. Kenya (5 works), |
1990 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 39038 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Loliondo Lion Charge, 1964 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 39050 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Give it a Try (Between Plexi), |
circa 1970s | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 39002 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Miscellaneous correspondence and text to (and from) Peter Beard, 1967-1974 |
1967-1974 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 39037 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Elephant Herd at Buffalo Springs, 1960 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,031.25 | |
| 39012 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Untitled (Lion, Kenya), c. 1960s |
c. 1960s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 39013 | Thomas F. Dinesen (Danish, 1872-1979) | Selected Studies of Karen Blixen's Farm and Its Inhabitants, Kenya 1921-1925 (11 works) |
1921-1925 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 39046 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Oltre la fine del Mondo Exhibition Poster, |
1997 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 39025 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | The End of the Game Exhibition Poster, |
1977-1978 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 812.50 |
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
