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National Book Auctions: Books, Art and Ephemera - Polar, West, Americana, Sendak etc

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Auction Name Books, Art and Ephemera - Polar, West, Americana, Sendak etc Total Sales (USD) 52,722.25
Auction Date October 08, 2016 - October 08, 2016 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 55,350.00
Sale Number #100816 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 111,700.00
Total Lots 370
Sold Lots 370 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 55,350.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 111,700.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 47.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8340 Benjamin Franklin

Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together With Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator

1793 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,818.75
8129

54Pcs Michael Hague VINTAGE CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE & CALENDARS 1970s 1980s Beauty & The Beast Dream Weaver Chronicles Of Narnia Wizards Wind In The Willows Framed Art Under Glass Signed

USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 1,410.00
8062

Scarce Signed MAURICE SENDAK Where The Wild Things Are Poster Print 1971 King of the Wild Things Children's Illustration Art Agent Provenance Fine

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,116.25
8165

Scarce Signed MAURICE SENDAK Where The Wild Things Are Poster Print 1971 Let The Wild Rumpus Start Children's Illustration Art Agent Provenance

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 998.75
8302

Scarce Signed MAURICE SENDAK Where The Wild Things Are Poster Print 1971 Howling at the Moon Children's Illustration Art Agent Provenance Fine

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 822.50
8010

Scarce Signed MAURICE SENDAK Where The Wild Things Are Poster Print 1971 The Morning After Children's Illustration Art Agent Provenance Very Fine

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 705.00
8090

Scarce Signed MAURICE SENDAK Color Poster Print 1990 In Celebration Collage Where The Wild Things Are Original Children's Art Agent Provenance

USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 705.00
8068 Harry Johnston [June 12, 1858

The Kilima-Njaro Expedition: A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa and a General Description of the Natural History, Languages and Commerce of the Kilima-Njaro District

1886 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 646.25
8208

26Pcs Original VINTAGE CARTOON DRAWINGS Pen Ink Saturday Evening Post Collier's Beaven Boltinoff Bliss Breger Carr Gerard Kaelin Kaunus Kavin Cornin Key Lichty Linn Monahan Nofziger Rea Reckas Reynolds Richter Art

USD 300.00 - 450.00 USD 646.25
8355 Lucretius

T. Lucretius Carus. The Epicurean Philosopher, His Six Books "De Natura Rerum" Done into English Verse, with Notes

1683 USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 646.25
8074

23Pcs Drawings Paintings SAVAGE CLUB MONTAGE London 1947 Dixon Ferrier Ghilchik Hassall Leech Lock Norfield Sindall Stamps Strube Weeks Art

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 528.75
8201 Francois-Henri Turpin

Histoire civile et naturelle du Royaume de Siam, et des revolutions qui ont bouleverse cet Empire jusqu'en 1770

1771 USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 499.38
8023

6Pcs Signed Ltd Ed Screenprints MOTHER GOOSE COLLECTION Sendak Moser Allsburg Chwast Pelavin Billout Paul Simon Portfolio Children's Book Illustrators Art Original Color Silkscreen Prints Where The Wild Things Are

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 470.00
8308 James Wilson

A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, Commanded by Captain James Wilson, Compiled from Journals of the Officers and the Missionaries, and Illustrated with Maps, Charts, and Views, Dra

1799 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 470.00
8089

7V Enkomi Isthmia VINTAGE GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY Palace Of Nestor Sculpture Pottery Plates Dust Jacket Antiquity Ancient Civilizations

USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 440.63
8187 Richard Blome

The Art of Heraldry. In Two Parts. The First Containing (in a Concise but Methodical Method, by Rules and Explanations of Bearings) the Body of Heraldry. The Second, Honour Civil and Military; Being a Treatise of the Nobility and Gentry of England, As to

1693 USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 440.63
8334 Anne Jane Cupples

The Story of Miss Dollikins

1870 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 440.63
8009 Nathaniel Crouch

The Strange and Prodigious Religions, Customs, and Manners of Sundry Nations. Containing, I. Their Ridiculous Rites and Ceremonies in the Worship of Their Several Deities. II. The Various Changes of the Jewish Religion, and the State It is Now In; With th

1683 USD 300.00 - 450.00 USD 411.25
8075 J. D. Beazley

Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

1931-1963 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 411.25
8219 A. A. Milne

Winnie-the-Pooh

1926 USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 411.25
8221

Scarce Signed MAURICE SENDAK Poster Print New York Is Book Country 1979 Annual Book Festival Where The Wild Things Are Bronte Empire State

USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 411.25
8227 Mario Puzo

The Godfather

1969 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 411.25
8067 Richard J. Bush

Reindeer, Dogs, and Snow-Shoes: A Journal of Siberian Travel and Exploration Made in the Years 1865, 1866, and 1867.

1871 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 381.88
8088 Charles A. Dana

Meyer's Universum or Views of the Most Remarkable Places and Objects of All Countries, in Steel Engravings by Distinguished Artists, with Descriptive and Historical Text.

1852 USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 381.88
8222

2V John Braine THE CRYING GAME 1968 Vintage Original Typescript Literature Political Satire

USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 381.88
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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