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William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals: Eclectic Variety Auction

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Auction Name Eclectic Variety Auction Total Sales (USD) 6,786.00
Auction Date March 04, 2025 - March 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,760.00
Sale Number #30425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,520.00
Total Lots 46
Sold Lots 44 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,160.00
% of Lots Sold 95.65% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 8,320.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3687 L. Frank Baum

(10) L. Frank Baum Oz Titles

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 910.00
3665 Thomas Jefferson

The Works of Thomas Jefferson in 12 Volumes

1904 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 520.00
3663 Benjamin Franklin

The Works of Benjamin Franklin in 12 Volumes

1904 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
3683 Henry W. Fischer

Private Lives of Kaiser William II and His Consort

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 247.00
3669

Historical Romances of Georg Ebers in 15 Volumes

1881 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 234.00
3676 A.V. Williams Jackson Ph. D., LLD.

The History of India in 9 Volumes

1906 USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 234.00
3685

(5) Paul Lacroix Titles on The Middle Ages, Etc.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 234.00
3666 Alexander Hamilton, edited by Henry Cabot Lodge

The Works of Alexander Hamilton in 12 Volumes

1904 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 221.00
3739 Alexandra Black Eckhardt

(6) Alexandra Black Eckhardt Botanical Prints

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 221.00
3664 Trollope

Domestic Manners of The Americans, Two Volumes

1832 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 208.00
3553

(49) Great Operas Prints on Satin

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 195.00
3671 Henry Smith Williams, LL.D.

Historians History of the World in 25 Volumes

1904 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 182.00
3681

1910 Atlas Delaware County and Book of Cathedrals

1910 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 182.00
3757

Tiffany & Co. Blue Book New Series 1913 Volume XX

USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 169.00
3550

WWI Poster Your Work Means Victory

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 156.00
3572

(10) Hand Colored Nautical Prints

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 156.00
3574

(9) Framed Prints

USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 143.00
3662 Sir THeodore Martin K.C.B

Life of Lord Lyndhurst, Two Volumes

1883 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 143.00
3551

1928 Red Cross Croix-Rouge Poster

1928 USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 130.00
3678

The Universal Anthology in 33 Volumes

1899 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 130.00
3686

A Collection of Books

1898 USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 130.00
3661

(2) Inscribed Edition of John Sherman "Recollections"

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 117.00
3667 Robert G. Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll in 12 Volumes

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 117.00
3677

The Worlds Famous Places and Peoples in 20 Vol.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 117.00
3679

The Americana Universal Ref. Library in 16 Volumes

1907-1908 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 104.00
  • 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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