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Auction Name Premier Estate Collections Auction Total Sales (USD) 220,902.50
Auction Date January 24, 2025 - January 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 192,600.00
Sale Number #12425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 287,300.00
Total Lots 26
Sold Lots 26 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 192,600.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 287,300.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
369 Gould, John (1804-1881) and Richard Bowdler Sharp (1847-1909),,

A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds

[1849]-1861; (Supplement) for Henry Sotheran & Co., [1880]-1887 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 78,000.00
370 Gould, John (British, 1804-1881),,

The Mammals of Australia

[1845]-1863 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 49,400.00
371 Gould, John (1804-1881),

The Birds of Great Britain

1873, printed by Taylor and Francis USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 39,000.00
372 Gould, John (British, 1804-1881),

A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands,

1837-38 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,000.00
375 Gray, John Edward & Edward Lear (Illustrator),

Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall,

1846 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,350.00
373 Gould, John (British, 1804-1881),

Monograph of the Pittidae [Tropical Birds],

1880-1881 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,875.00
389 Salvador Dali, Spanish 1904-1989,

"Lincoln in Dalivision"

1977 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,875.00
379 Jacques Nicolas Bellin

Carte Reduite Des Costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride Dressee au Depost des Cartes Plans et Journaux de la Marine . .

1764 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,120.00
438 George Rodrigue, American/Louisiana, 1944-2013,

Love Among Ruins

1994 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,210.00
377 After John James Audubon, American, 1785-1851,

American Flamingo

1971 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,080.00
378 After Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte, French 1765-1828, active New Orleans, 1804-1817,

D'faite de l'arme Anglaise Forte de 12,000 Hommes Commande par Sir Edward

c. 1817 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,560.00
376 Elliot, Daniel Giraud & Joseph Wolf (Illustrator),,

The Life and Habits of Wild Animals,

1874 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,430.00
437 George Rodrigue, American/Louisiana, 1944-2013,

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Pete Fountain)

1996 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,170.00
374 Gould, John (British, 1804-1881),

Handbook to the Birds of Australia.

1865 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 845.00
386

Plan of New Orleans The Capital of Louisiana and A New Map of the River Mississipi

1824 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 845.00
272 Louis Icart, French 1888-1950,

Coursing II

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 780.00
380 Tobias Conrad Lotter

Mappa Geographica Regionem Mexicanam et Floridam

1730, USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
390 Robert Rahway Zakanitch, American b. 1935,

Dragonseed

1978 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 715.00
271 Louis Icart, French 1888-1950,

Casanova

1928 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 650.00
395 Steve Miller, American/New York, b. 1951,

River Raptors

2011 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 617.50
383 Thomas Jefferys

The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana

c. 1775 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 552.50
385 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin,

Plan De La Nouvelle Orleans, and Partie de La Coste de la Louisiane et de la Floride

1764 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 552.50
260 Johann Elias Ridinger, German, 1698 - 1767,

Palottade a Droite, Pirouette fur le Petite Cercle a Droite, Le Galop a Gauche, ...

1734 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 520.00
384 Antonio Zatta

Il Canada, Le Colonie Inglesi con La Luigiana, e Florida...

1778 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 487.50
381 Tobias Conrad Lotter

America Septentrionalis Concinnata juxta Observationes...

c. 1760 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 357.50
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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