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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Kurt Vonnegut, archive of 12 letters, signed to his family, 6 illustrated, 1930s-40s. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Allen Ginsberg, 11 autograph manuscripts, including 10 drafts of poems & a page of notes, circa 1948. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Joan Miró, illustrated autograph note signed to MoMA Director of Exhibitions & Publications, 1959. $6,000 to $9,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Carl Gustav Jung, typed letter signed to a colleague, 1948. $3,000 to $4,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Gustav Mahler, ALS, arranging a meeting during his historic visit to New York, circa 1908. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Mark Twain, ALS, explaining the target of his new book, 1902. $3,000 to $4,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Charles Dickens, ALS, accepting an invitation in the voice of a <i>Martin Chuzzlewit</i> character, 1843. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Jacob Lawrence, illustrated greeting card signed, 1960. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Nov 8:</b> Robert E. Lee, ALS, to the colonel of the Kanawha Valley volunteers, boosting morale, 1861. $15,000 to $25,000 -
<b>Bonhams: Sale Results from <i>Exploration and Travel, Featuring Americana, Part I.</i> September 25, 2018</b><b>Bonhams, Sep. 25 results:</b> Shackleton, Ernest. <i>Aurora Australis.</i> Printed at the sign of 'The Penguins'; East Antarctica, 1908. Sold for $97,500<b>Bonhams, Sep. 25 results:</b> Shackleton, Ernest. <i>South Polar Times.</i> 1st edition, limited issue. from the library of Michael Barne. Sold for $25,000<b>Bonhams, Sep. 25 results:</b> General Washington's <i>Proceedings of a General Court Martial... of Major General Lee.</i> Philiadelphia, 1778. 100 copies printed for Congress. BOUND WITH: ...Court Martial... of St Clair and ...Schuyler. Sold for $87,50<b>Bonhams: Sale Results from <i>Exploration and Travel, Featuring Americana, Part I.</i> September 25, 2018</b><b>Bonhams, Sep. 25 results:</b> <i>The Voice of the People.</i> Boston, 1754. Rare pamphlet on the Excise Tax. Nathaniel Sparhawk's copy. Sold for $8,750<b>Bonhams, Sep. 25 results:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("S.L. Clemens"), offering extensive hard-earned advice on writing, 5 pp, 1881. Sold for $37,500<b>Bonhams, Sep. 25 results:</b> Lewis, Meriwether. Contemporary manuscript true copy of his final power of attorney, 1809. Sold for $7,500<b>Bonhams, Sep. 25 results:</b> <i>A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practiced at Boston in North America.</i> Mezzotint. London, 1774. Sold for $6,875<b>Bonhams, Sep. 25 results:</b> <i>Scientific Base Ball Pitching: A Treatise on the Pitcher, Pitching, Origin and Philosophy of the Curve.</i> Chicago, 1897. Sold for $3,750 -
<center><b> The Library of Pierre Bergé<br>Auction Pierre Bergé & Associés<br>in association with Sotheby’s<br>Paris-Hôtel Drout<br>December 14, 2018<br><br>New York Exhibition<br>Oct. 16 to Oct. 20</b><b>The Library of Pierre Bergé, NY exhibition 10/16 to 10/20:</b> BARTHOLOMEUS ANGLICUS. <i>Le Proprietaire des choses.</i> Lyon, [circa 1484]. 150 000 / 200 000 €<b>The Library of Pierre Bergé, NY exhibition 10/16 to 10/20:</b> MONTAIGNE, Michel de. <i>Essais.</i> Bordeaux, 1580. 400 000 / 500 000 €<b>The Library of Pierre Bergé, NY exhibition 10/16 to 10/20:</b> PROUST, Marcel. <i>Du côté de chez Swann.</i> Paris, 1914 [1913]. 600 000 / 800 000 €<b>The Library of Pierre Bergé, NY exhibition 10/16 to 10/20:</b> MONSTRELET, Enguerrand de. <i>Le Premier [-Tiers] Volume des Cronicques.</i> Paris, circa 1503.<br>300 000 / 400 000 € -
<b>19th Century Shop:</b> Charles Darwin on sexuality and the transmission of hereditary characteristics: Autograph Letter Signed to Lawson Tait. Down, 17 January [1877].<b>19th Century Shop:</b> MILTON, JOHN. <i>Paradise Lost. A Poem written in ten books.</i> London: 1667. A very rare example with the contemporary binding untouched and with a 1667 title page.<b>19th Century Shop:</b> Hamilton secures the ratification of the Constitution: <i>The Debates and Proceedings of the Convention of the State of New-York, assembled at Poughkeespsie, on the 17th June, 1788.</i><b>19th Century Shop:</b> The social contract “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”: ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. <i>Principes du Droit Politique [Du Contract Social]</i>. Amsterdam: Michel Rey, 1762<b>19th Century Shop:</b> “The first English textbook on geometrical land-measurement and surveying”: BENESE, RICHARD. <i>This Boke Sheweth the Maner of Measurynge All Maner of Lande…</i>
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Bonhams: Prints and Multiples
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Prints and Multiples | Total Sales (GBP) | 474,096.00 |
| Auction Date | 11/29/2017 - 11/29/2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 280,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #24140 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 408,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 345 | ||
| Sold Lots | 258 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 381,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 74.78% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 554,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 87 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 85.45% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. | Going to the Match |
1972 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 20,000.00 |
| 288 | Harland Miller | Five Ring Circus-It's All Fun and Games Till Someone Loses an Eye |
2012 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 15,000.00 |
| 82 | Sir Howard Hodgkin | Indian Views (A-L) |
1971 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 |
| 141 | After Pablo Picasso | Maternité |
1963 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 |
| 267 | Andy Warhol | Triple Cow |
c.1966 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
| 289 | Banksy | Grannies |
2006 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 9,375.00 |
| 279 | Arman | Untitled (Violin) |
2004 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,500.00 |
| 290 | Banksy | Applause |
2006 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,000.00 |
| 60 | Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. | Berwick-on-Tweed |
1973 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
| 152 | Salvador Dali | The Four Seasons |
1972 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 266 | Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol | Poster for Warhol/Basquiat Paintings |
1985 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 292 | Banksy | Toxic Mary |
2003 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,000.00 |
| 67 | Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. | The Old Steps, Stockport |
c.1969 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,250.00 |
| 283 | David Spiller | Just You Know Why (Olive Oyl) |
2010 | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 293 | Banksy | I Fought the Law |
2004 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,000.00 |
| 44 | Henry Moore O.M., C.H. | Elephant, from 'Animals in the Zoo' series |
1981 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 64 | Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. | The Cart |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 4,375.00 | |
| 135 | Pablo Picasso | A Los Toros |
1961 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 4,375.00 |
| 284 | David Spiller | Your Time Will Come (Popeye) |
2010 | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 4,375.00 |
| 129 | Joan Miró | Pintura |
1978 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 268 | Robert Indiana | Chosen Love |
1995 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 331 | Christo | Wrapped Automobile (Project for 1950 Studebaker Champion, Series 9 G Coupe) |
2015 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 52 | Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. | Our Town |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 | |
| 140 | After Pablo Picasso | Femme Nue (Nusch Eluard) |
c. 1950 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 222 | Sir Peter Blake | Union Flag |
2008 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
