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Heritage Auctions: Illustration Art

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Auction Name Illustration Art Total Sales (USD) 1,787,996.25
Auction Date October 12, 2016 - October 12, 2016 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #5269 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 313
Sold Lots 290 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 92.65% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 23 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
71001 John Alvin (American, 1948-2008)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, original promotional movie illustration, 1982

1982 Not Available USD 394,000.00
71083 Frank Frazetta (American, 1928-2010)

Red Planet, 1974

1974 Not Available USD 346,000.00
71181 Alberto Vargas (American, 1896-1982)

Vargas Girl, Esquire calendar illustration, February 1946

1946 Not Available USD 57,500.00
71072 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

A Lot at Steak, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1955

1955 Not Available USD 40,000.00
71073 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Hold Everything (Making Friends; Puppy Love), Brown and Bigelow calendar illustration, 1962

1962 Not Available USD 40,000.00
71121 LeRoy Neiman (American, 1921-2012)

Haute Cuisine, 1964

1964 Not Available USD 40,000.00
71071 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Worth a Gander, Brown and Bigelow calendar illustration, 1951

1951 Not Available USD 37,500.00
71051 Robert Crumb (American, b. 1943)

Elvis Tilley, The New Yorker magazine cover, February 21, 1994

1994 Not Available USD 32,500.00
71074 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Tasteful Design, circa 1960s

1960s Not Available USD 32,500.00
71070 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

The Ace of Hearts

Not Available USD 30,000.00
71139 George Petty (American, 1894-1975)

Flirtatious on the Phone, Petty Girl Pin-Up calendar illustration, December 1947

1947 Not Available USD 30,000.00
71033 Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986)

Formation of the Earth, interior book illustration, 1978

1978 Not Available USD 23,750.00
71122 LeRoy Neiman (American, 1921-2012)

Candlelight Dinner with Redhead, 1965

1965 Not Available USD 22,500.00
71112 David Low (New Zealander, 1892-1963)

I've settled the fate of Jews --"and of Germans," The Evening Standard political cartoon, December 14, 1942

1942 Not Available USD 16,250.00
71170 Arthur Szyk (American, 1894-1951)

The Axis Gives Medals, political cartoon, 1940s Ink and pencil on board 9

1940s Not Available USD 13,750.00
71171 Arthur Szyk (American, 1894-1951)

New Canaan, political cartoon, 1948

1948 Not Available USD 13,750.00
71104 Tom Lovell (American, 1909-1997)

The Occupation of Paris, Cosmopolitan magazine interior illustration, 1943

1943 Not Available USD 12,500.00
71078 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Everything Seems Awfully High Around Here!, preliminary, 1946

1946 Not Available USD 11,250.00
71022 Joyce Ballantyne (American, 1918-2006)

Thanks for the Orchid, 1955

1955 Not Available USD 10,625.00
71031 Earle K. Bergey (American, 1901-1952)

Pretty as a Peacock, La Paree Stories magazine cover, April 1935

1935 Not Available USD 10,625.00
71146 Arthur Rackham (British, 1867-1939)

A Terrible Fellow, Little Brother and Little Sister interior illustration, 1917

1917 Not Available USD 10,625.00
71157 Harold von Schmidt (American, 1893-1982)

Pony Express, postage stamp illustration, 1960

1960 Not Available USD 10,625.00
71153 Norman Saunders (American, 1907-1989)

Murder's Madcap Mermaid, 15-Story Detective magazine cover, June 1950

1950 Not Available USD 10,000.00
71075 Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)

Net Results, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, July 1946

1946 Not Available USD 9,375.00
71035 Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986)

1976.0

1976 Not Available USD 8,125.00
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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