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Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€ -
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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. -
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25thKetterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25thKetterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25thKetterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25thKetterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000 -
High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
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Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers: 20th Century Modern and Contemporary Fine Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | 20th Century Modern and Contemporary Fine Art | Total Sales (USD) | 213,722.50 |
| Auction Date | November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 112,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #112124 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 190,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 95 | ||
| Sold Lots | 79 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 153,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.16% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 253,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 84.44% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 518 | Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) | Untitled |
1986 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 21,200.00 |
| 574 | Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) After Ernest James Bellocq (1873-1949) | Untitled (Storyville Portraits) |
c. 1912 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,962.50 |
| 591 | Henri Matisse (1869-1945) | Figure lisant, fond mou charabieh |
1929 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,962.50 |
| 500 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Soleil Rouge |
USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,631.25 | |
| 562 | Hamish Fulton (b. 1946) | Fourteen Works |
1982-89 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,631.25 |
| 593 | Henri Matisse (1869-1945) | La Main |
1929 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,631.25 |
| 596 | Henri Matisse (1869-1945) | Nu assise |
1929 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,631.25 |
| 653 | O. Winston Link (1914-2001) | Train No.17, The Birmingham Special, Gets a Highball (Rural Retreat, |
1957 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,300.00 |
| 590 | Henri Matisse (1869-1945) | Nu couche |
1929 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,968.75 |
| 568 | Robert Mangold (b. 1937) | A Book of Silk Screen Prints - Multiple Panel Paintings 1973-1976 |
1988 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,637.50 |
| 577 | Peter Rose Pulham (1910-1956) | Eugene Berman; and Andre Breton |
c. 1930 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,637.50 |
| 600 | Henri Matisse (1869-1945) | Nu assise |
1929 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,637.50 |
| 509 | Henri Matisse (1869-1945) | Figure assise, le bras droit appuye sur une table |
1929 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,306.25 |
| 607 | Max Beckmann (1884-1950) | Two Dancing Couples |
1923 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,306.25 |
| 663 | Candida Hofer (b. 1944) | Museo Archeologico Madrid |
2000 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,306.25 |
| 691 | Andy Warhol (1928-1987) | Cow Wallpaper |
1976 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,306.25 |
| 582 | Frederick Sommer (1905-1999) | Glass |
1943 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,975.00 |
| 606 | Georges Braque (1882-1963) | Oiseaux |
USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,975.00 | |
| 583 | Frederick Sommer (1905-1999) | The Milky Way |
1949 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,842.50 |
| 511 | Henri Matisse (1869-1945) | Orientale assise, voile sur la tete |
1929 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,577.50 |
| 594 | Yves Tanguy, par Andre Breton, | Pierre Matisse Editions 1946 |
1946 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,577.50 |
| 657 | David McDermott & Peter McGough (b. 1952 and 1958) | Untitled; and Mass in the Form of a Rectangle |
1991 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,577.50 |
| 584 | Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) | Western Geological Party |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,445.00 | |
| 647 | Minor White (1908-1976) | Sun Over the Pacific, Devil's Slide, from Song Without Words Sequence |
1947 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,445.00 |
| 602 | Henri Matisse (1869-1945) | Cinquant dessins |
1920 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,312.50 |
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