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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Rachel Davis Fine Arts: Fine Art at Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Art at Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 94,278.40 |
| Auction Date | March 22, 2025 - March 22, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 68,380.00 |
| Sale Number | #269 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 111,750.00 |
| Total Lots | 69 | ||
| Sold Lots | 61 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 74,680.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.41% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 123,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 76.31% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275 | John Wilson (American, 1922-2015) | Richard Wright Suite |
2001 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 120 | Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1952) | Thirty Etchings and Engravings. |
1969 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 266 | 8 Sean Scully (Irish/American, 1945- ) | Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Volume with complete text and 8 color etchings with aquatint, 1992. |
1992 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 265 | Betye Saar (American, 1926- ) | Bookmarks in the Pages of Life |
2000 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 259 | Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) | Blue with Black I |
1974 | USD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 264 | Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991) | America - La France Variations VIII |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 | |
| 262 | 8 Jacob Lawrence (American, 1915-2000) | The Limited Editions Club- Jacob Lawrence- The First Book of Moses, called Genesis. The King James Version. 1989, 8 silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence, each with tissue overlay, No. 161 of 400 copies signed by Lawrence, oversize hardcover in blue cloth clamshe |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 | |
| 113 | Gene Kloss (American, 1903-1996) | Pueblo Harvest Time |
1933 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 257 | 5 John Biggers (American, 1924-2001) | Our Grandmother's |
1994 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 268 | Frank Stella (American, 1936-2024) | Chocorua |
1974 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 24 | Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004) | Untitled |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,688.00 | |
| 109 | Peter Hurd (American, 1904-1984) | The Night Watchman |
1935 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,304.00 |
| 255 | Josef Albers (American, 1888-1976) | Embossed Linear Constructions ELC2-D |
1969 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,304.00 |
| 256 | 6 Benny Andrews (American, 1930-2006) | Everything that Rises must Converge |
2005 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,304.00 |
| 261 | Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) | MALLARME, STEPHANE. Un Coup de Des n'Abolira Jamais le Hasard. [A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance.]11 lithographs |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,792.00 | |
| 260 | Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) | MALLARME, STEPHANE. Un Coup de Des n'Abolira Jamais le Hasard. [A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance.] 11 lithographs |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,408.00 | |
| 100 | George Bellows (American, 1882-1925) | In The Park, Dark |
1916 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 105 | Letterio Calapai (American, 1902-1993) | 11:45 P. M. |
1947 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 110 | Eli Jacobi (American, 1898-1984) | Salvation |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,216.00 | |
| 96 | John Taylor Arms (American, 1887-1953) | A Hong Kong Canal Boat |
1919 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 103 | George Bellows (American, 1882-1925) | Head of Gregory |
1924 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 101 | George Bellows (American, 1882-1925) | Electrocution |
1917 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 114 | Gene Kloss (American, 1903-1996) | Late Sunlight on The Cliffs |
1941 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 123 | Rudolph Ruzicka (American, 1883-1978) | The High Level Bridge, Cleveland |
1926 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 97 | George Bellows (American, 1882-1925) | Male Torso |
1916 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 960.00 |
