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Du Mouchelles: February 2025: Day 2

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Auction Name February 2025: Day 2 Total Sales (USD) 225,005.90
Auction Date February 14, 2025 - February 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 125,190.00
Sale Number #17830 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 201,545.00
Total Lots 203
Sold Lots 195 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 127,690.00
% of Lots Sold 96.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 205,745.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 109.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1209

Herman Melville And Barry Moser 100 Wood Engravings And 13 Original Drawings 1979

1979 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 34,925.00
1016 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Linoleum Cut on Arches Wove Paper

1965 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,510.00
1213

Le Morte D'Arthur English Translation by Thomas Mallory, Ashendene Press, 1913

1913 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,065.00
1210

The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ Woodcut Engravings by Eric Gill, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931

1931 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,430.00
1214

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

1930 USD 3,500.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,620.00
1211

Utopia by Sir Thomas More, Kelmscott Press

1893 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,985.00
1212

The Tale of Beowulf, Translated by William Morris And A.J. Wyatt, Kelmscott Press

1895 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,985.00
1218

Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1896 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,715.00
1216

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley with Illustrations by Barry Moser

1983 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,762.50
1219

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, Illustrations by David Jones

1925 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,762.50
1220

Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War, Translated by Benjamin Jowett

1930 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,445.00
1018 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Etching on Wove Paper, 1968, 'Grosse Courtisane Saluee Par Trois Gentilshommes Lineaires (from La Serie 347)'

1969 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,127.50
1019 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Etching on Wove Paper 1968

1969 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,810.00
1030 Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-1528)

Woodcut on Paper, Ca. Late 17th C.

Ca. Late 17th C. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,810.00
1017 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Lithograph on Wove Paper 1950

1950 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,492.50
1215

The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, Commonly Called Ecclesiasticus

1932 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,492.50
1217

Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae

1934 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,857.50
1229

The Book of the Golden Asse by Lucius Apuleius

1924 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,857.50
1031 Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-1528)

Woodcut on Paper, 'Christ on the Mount of Olives'

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,540.00
1225

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

1930 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,286.00
1227

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

1985 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,032.00
1020 Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985)

Lithograph in Colors on Wove Paper 1962

1962 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,905.00
1223

Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained by John Milton

1931 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,905.00
1021 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

Woodcut on Paper 1959-63

1959 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,778.00
1222

Laurence Housman with Drawing by Edmund Dulac #260/350 1907

1907 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,778.00
  • 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
  • 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.
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