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Auction Name MICA: THE COLLECTION OF MICA ERTEGUN Total Sales (USD) 143,388.00
Auction Date December 13, 2024 - December 13, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 90,500.00
Sale Number #23872 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 138,500.00
Total Lots 14
Sold Lots 14 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 90,500.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 138,500.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1064 Antione Ignace Melling, 1809-1819

Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et du Bosphore

[1809-]1819 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 30,240.00
1088 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Flowers (Hand-colored): one print

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 13,860.00
1154 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)

Two prints by the artist

1896 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,600.00
1062 SPANISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)

Portfolio with eighty watercolors depicting men and women in traditional costumes

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,970.00
1063 John Frederick Lewis, [1838]

Lewis's Illustrations of Constantinople

[1838]. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,710.00
1047 Vladimir Mayakovsky and El Lissitsky, 1923.

Dlia golosa [For the Voice]

1923 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,080.00
1066 JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)

Scott Fagan Record

1970 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,080.00
1157 John Robert Thornton, 1807

Group of 19 hand-coloured, mezzotint and aquatint engravings from Temple of Flora

1799--1807. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,080.00
1065 Francis Picabia, 1915

291, no. 5-6

1915 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,190.00
1158 LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002)

Ahmet Combing Hair

circa 1975 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,560.00
1067 JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)

0 through 9

1978 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,930.00
1156 WILLIAM SHARP (1749-1824) and JOHN FISK ALLEN (1807-1876)

Group of four prints from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America

1854 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,292.00
1085 ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)

Black/White/Black

1970 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,024.00
1086 ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923-2015)

Red-Orange/Yellow/Blue

1970 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,772.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD
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