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Auction Name: Illustration Art
Auction Date: 04/23/2019 - 04/23/2019
Sale Number: #5390
Total Lots: 559
Sold Lots: 520
Lots Sold: 93.02%
Unsold Lots: 39

Total Sales (USD): 2,461,572.25
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 1,398,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 2,129,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 1,534,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 2,331,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 105.59%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
71240	Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)	Untitled Acrylic on canvas 39 x 29 in. Not signed	USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 137,500.00
71241	Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)	Untitled Acrylic on canvas 38 x 27 in. Not signed	USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 125,000.00
71213	Rolf Armstrong (American, 1889-1960)	Carmen, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1929 Oil on canvas 60 x 80 in. Signed lower right	USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	USD 93,750.00
71055	Walter Martin Baumhofer (American, 1904-1987)	Red Snow, Doc Savage magazine cover, February 1935 Oil on canvas 29.75 x 20.25 in. Signed lower left The IRI Collection	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 84,375.00
71162	James Allen St. John (American, 1872-1957)	Tarzan and the Golden Lion, book frontispiece, 1922 Oil on board 35 x 22 in. (sight)	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 68,750.00
71007	George Brehm (American, 1878-1966)	Boy Trudging to School, The Saturday Evening Post cover, September 5, 1925 Oil on canvas 28 x 23 in. Signature added later by another hand The IRI Collection	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 62,500.00
71092	Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)	Smoke Screen, 1958 Oil on canvas 30 x 24 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 55,000.00
71117	John Held Jr. (American, 1889-1958)	The Gamble, Life Magazine cover, August 11, 1927 Ink and watercolor on board 14 x 10.75 in. (sight)	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 55,000.00
71181	Hannes Bok (American, 1914-1964)	Dark of the Moon, Fantasy Magazine cover, 1953 Mixed media on board 11.75 x 9.75 in. (sight)	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 50,000.00
71008	Walter Beach Humphrey (American, 1892-1966)	Reflection, Collier's magazine cover, June 15, 1929 Oil on canvas 36 x 24 in. Signed center right The IRI Collection	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 46,250.00
71060	Harry Lemon Parkhurst (American, 1876-1962)	The Monster Fringe, Spicy Mystery magazine cover, May 1941 Oil on canvas 29 x 21 in. Signed lower left The IRI Collection	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 37,500.00
71224	Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)	Some Help! (Down, Boy), Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1952 Oil on canvas 30 x 24 in. Signed lower left	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 35,000.00
71090	Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)	Miss Sylvania's Mishap, circa 1955 Oil on canvas 30 x 24 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 32,500.00
71050	Robert Peak (American, 1927-1992)	Apocalypse Now, 1979 Mixed media on canvas 40 x 30 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 30,000.00
71142	Al Moore (American, 20th Century)	Wallpaper Blouse, Saturday Evening Post magazine cover, October 25, 1941 Gouache on board 22 x 30 in. Signed lower right	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 27,500.00
71164	Hugh Joseph Ward (American, 1909-1945)	The Man Who Carried Death, Spicy Detective Stories magazine cover, August 1940 Oil on canvas 27 x 19 in. Signed lower left	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 27,500.00
71067	Ken Kelly (American, b. 1946)	The Mighty King, 1991 Oil on canvas 53.5 x 41 in. Signed and dated lower right The IRI Collection	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 25,000.00
71242	Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)	Untitled (Woman in Purple Pantsuit)	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 23,750.00
71009	Charles Edward Chambers (American, 1883-1941)	If We Had the Dole, American Magazine cover, 1931 Oil on canvas 27 x 19.5 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 23,750.00
71093	Alberto Vargas (American, 1896-1982)	I don't smoke or drink, Mr. Walker, and two out of three isn't bad. Playboy interior illustration Watercolor on board 29.75 x 20 in. Signed lower right The IRI Collection	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 22,500.00

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<center>Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts New York | June 11, 2019

Bonhams, Jun 11: Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury. New York: Jonathan Cape, [1929]. First edition in dust jacket. $4,000 to $6,000

Bonhams, Jun 11: Trautz-Bauzonnet bindery. Shakespeare, William. Sonnets. 1901. 2 volumes. Printed on vellum and illuminated by Ross Turner. $8,000 to $12,000

Bonhams, Jun 11: Thompson, Kay. Eloise at Christmastime. New York: Random House, [1958]. First edition. In custom binding by Asprey. $800 to $1,200

<center>Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts New York | June 11, 2019

Bonhams, Jun 11: Beardsley, Aubrey. The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur. 1893-94. 2 volumes. Contemporary painted vellum gilt by Chivers. $2,000 to $3,000

Bonhams, Jun 11: Assisi, St. Francis. The Canticle of Brother Sun. Illuminated on vellum, for the Grolier Society. $6,000 to $9,000

Bonhams, Jun 11: Taylor, Deems. Walt Disney’s Fantasia. New York: 1940. In custom binding by Asprey. $2,000 to $3,000
Swann Auction Galleries May 14: William Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, In Two Parts, limited Saint Dunstan edition, Oxford University Press, 1901. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: Benjamin Graham & David L. Dodd, Security Analysis, first edition, inscribed by Graham to a Wall Street trader, NY, 1934. $18,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, first edition, inscribed to Sir Henry Cotton, MBE, London, 1959. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, first state with the dust jacket, London, 1965. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, first American edition of the author’s first book, in rare dust jacket, NY, 1920. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: Gabriel García Márquez, Cien años de soledad, Buenos Aires, 1967. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: Mary Mapes Dodge, Along the Way, first edition, author’s copy, annotated in her hand, NY, 1879. $1,800 to $2,500.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: The Dial: A Monthly Magazine for Literature, Philosophy and Religion, first edition, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s copy, Cincinnati, 1860. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera, first American edition, first printing, New York, 1911. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 14: Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, signed, Camden, 1876. $4,000 to $6,000.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: Fine Books and Manuscripts. May 1, 2019

Leslie Hindman, May 1: WRIGHT, Wilbur -- WRIGHT, Orville. Photograph signed. 128 x 177 mm, black and white. Taken for Collier's Weekly by James H. ("Jimmy") Hare. $8,000 to $12,000

Leslie Hindman, May 1: WRIGHT, Wilbur -- WRIGHT, Orville. Typed document signed, New York, NY, 18 November 1909. A founding document in the history of aviation: the certificate of incorporation for the Wright Company. $20,000 to $30,000

Leslie Hindman, May 1: LINCOLN, Mary Todd. Personal monogrammed handkerchief. Square linen handkerchief, silk border, "ML" monogram to one corner, 11 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. $1,000 to $1,500

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: Fine Books and Manuscripts. May 1, 2019

Leslie Hindman, May 1: TRUMAN, Harry S. Broadside signed, as President, 8 May 1945. Truman's V-E Day proclamation. $4,000 to $6,000

Leslie Hindman, May 1: WASHINGTON, Martha Dandridge Custis, First Lady. Autograph free frank signed on integral cover sheet. One of four surviving free franks by Martha Washington. $30,000 to $40,000

Leslie Hindman, May 1: DALI, Salvador, illustrator. -- DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge. Alice in Wonderland. New York: W.U.C.U.A. and Maecenas Press - Random House, 1969. Limited edition, signed by Dali. $3,000 to $4,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: Fine Books and Manuscripts. May 1, 2019

Leslie Hindman, May 1: CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer. Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. First edition, presentation copy to his valet, inscribed. $5,000 to $7,000

Leslie Hindman, May 1: DICKENS, Charles. Great Expectations. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. First edition, 3 vols. Vol. I second issue, vol. II first issue, vol. III third issue. $4,000 to $6,000

Leslie Hindman, May 1: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll"). Sylvie and Bruno. -Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. London: Macmillan, 1889, 1893. First editions, inscribed presentation copies. 2 works in 2 vols. $1,000 to $1,500

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: Fine Books and Manuscripts. May 1, 2019

Leslie Hindman, May 1: KEULEN, Gerard van. Nieuwe Wassende Graaden Paskaart Vertoonende alle de Bekende Zeekusten en… [Amsterdam, ca 1720]. Important 18th century world map depicting California as an island. $6,000 to $8,000

Leslie Hindman, May 1: ALHAZEN [Abu 'Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham]. Opticae thesaurus. Translated from Arabic into Latin. First edition of Alhazen’s classic work on optics and vision. $18,000 to $25,000

Leslie Hindman, May 1: GALILEI, Galileo. Systema cosmicum... in quo quatuor dialogis… Translated from Italian by Matthias Bernegger. Strasbourg: D. Hauttius for the Elzevirs [at Leiden], 1635. First Latin edition. $6,000 to $8,000

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