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Auction Name | Illustrated Books - Children's Literature - Books in All Fields | Total Sales (USD) | 106,439.00 |
Auction Date | November 02, 2017 - November 02, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 122,650.00 |
Sale Number | #628 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 193,450.00 |
Total Lots | 557 | ||
Sold Lots | 350 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 238,710.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 62.84% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 364,500.00 |
Unsold Lots | 207 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.20% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 | Andersen, Hans Christian | Fairy Tales |
[1916] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
214 | Seuss, Dr. | And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street |
1937 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 |
360 | Hugo, Victor | [Works] |
1892 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
213 | Seuss, Dr. | The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins |
[1938] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
192 | Wagner, Richard | The Ring of the Nibelung. A Trilogy with a Prelude by Richard Wagner |
1910 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
49 | Carroll, Lewis | Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There |
1877 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
203 | Rowling, J.K. | Quidditch Through the Ages [and] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
2001 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
97 | Grosz, George | Ecce Homo |
[1923] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
125 | Le Coeur, Louis | Etrennes aux Enfans des Deux Sexes |
[1790?] | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
149 | Quiller-Couch, Arthur | In Powder & Crinoline |
[1913] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
189 | Shakespeare, William | The Tempest |
[1926] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
325 | Blake, William, housekeeper | The Ladies Charity School-house Roll of Highgate: or A Subscription of many Noble, well-disposed Ladies for the easie carrying of it on [fly-title]. |
[1670] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
379 | Godwin, William. | An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness |
1796 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
182 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
[1907] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,200.00 | |
196 | [Ritson, Joseph, and Francis Douce, or possibly Joseph Haslewood] | Gammer Gurton's Garland: or, the Nursery Parnassus. A Choice Collection of Pretty Songs and Verses, for the Amusement of All Little Good Children Who Can Neither Read Nor Run. |
1810 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
216 | Seuss, Dr. | The Cat in the Hat |
[1957] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
459 | Puccini, Giacomo | La Faniculla del West - Inscribed by Puccini |
1910 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
423 | Crocker, H. Radcliffe | Atlas of the Diseases of the Skin in a Series of Illustrations from Original Drawings with Descriptive Letterpress |
1903 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
271 | Moods and Movements in Art |
[1959] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,080.00 | |
243 | Seuss, Dr. | The Seven Lady Godivas |
[1939] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
328 | Catalogue of the Library of John Cruickshank. 5 Union Road, Macduff |
c.1890 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 900.00 | |
414 | Machiavel, Nicholas | The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence. |
1762 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 900.00 |
453 | Perottus, Nicolaus | Cornucopiae sive linguae latinae commentarii locupletissimi tanta ad veterum scriptorum,... |
1532 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 900.00 |
439 | [Legrand, Louis?] | Eau de Cologne Perfectionnee |
February 4, 1815 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 840.00 |
35 | Bemelmans, Ludwig | Father, Dear Father |
1953 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 |