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Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500. -
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection
- Auction Date
- 11/20/2024 - 11/20/2024
- Sale Number
- #112024
- Total Lots
- 73
- Sold Lots
- 64
- Lots Sold
- 87.67%
- Unsold Lots
- 9
- Total Sales (USD)
- 78,406.90
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 69,700.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 110,100.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 77,400.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 122,400.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 64.06%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 341 | Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011) | Group of Eleven Lithographs |
1958 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 7,950.00 |
| 372 | Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) | Albert Einstein |
1947 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,293.75 |
| 383 | Gordon Parks (1912-2006) | Big Mama and Boy |
1961 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,968.75 |
| 374 | Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) | Louis Armstrong |
1966 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,975.00 |
| 427 | Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997) | Infinity Field |
1977 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,915.00 |
| 381 | Gordon Parks (1912-2006) | Place de la Concorde |
1951 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,915.00 |
| 405 | Joel Sternfeld (b. 1944) | McLean, Virginia |
1978 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,650.00 |
| 313 | Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011) | Female Head; and Face in Profile with Cartouche |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,517.50 | |
| 315 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Louis Aragon, Shakespeare |
1965 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,517.50 |
| 425 | Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997) | Spartan Sunbox |
1977 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,385.00 |
| 325 | Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997) | Infinity Field Delphi I |
1972 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,987.50 |
| 424 | Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997) | Infinity Field-Delphi II |
1972 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,855.00 |
| 456 | Walt Disney Studios | Baloo and Monkey; and Mowgli up a Tree while Shere Kahn Tries to Attack, from |
1967 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,590.00 |
| 412 | Various Artists | The New Color Photography 10 American Photographers |
USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,457.50 | |
| 373 | Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) | J. Robert Oppenheimer |
1958 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,325.00 |
| 407 | Jim McHugh (b. 1940) | Bruce Nauman, Galesteo, New Mexico; Doug Wheeler; Hap Tivey; De Wain Valentine |
1991-1993 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,325.00 |
| 306 | Various Artists | The New Color Photography 10 American Photographers |
USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,325.00 | |
| 429 | Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) | Shiny Nude, from Rubber Stamp Portfolio |
1977 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,325.00 |
| 378 | Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) | Los Angeles |
1949 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,325.00 |
| 326 | Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997) | Infinity Field |
1977 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,325.00 |
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![<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b719f220-50aa-4855-9a72-293cad312283.jpg "<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.")
