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Michaans Auctions: Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs

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Auction Name Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs Total Sales (USD) 28,920.00
Auction Date November 11, 2017 - November 11, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 21,000.00
Sale Number #111117 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 30,500.00
Total Lots 30
Sold Lots 21 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 27,150.00
% of Lots Sold 70.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 39,050.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 74.06%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
348 EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (American 1868 - 1952)

"Portrait of a Native American Man"

1905 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,000.00
427 RICHARD DIEBENKORN (American 1922-1993)

"#38 from 41 Etchings Drypoints 1965"

1965 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,100.00
364 ANSEL ADAMS (Californian 1902-1984)

"Factory Building, San Francisco c. 1930"

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,600.00
405 RICHARD DIEBENKORN (Californian 1922 - 1993)

"Seated Woman"

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,700.00
293 Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979):

Red Branches

1975 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,400.00
428 RICHARD DIEBENKORN (American 1922-1993)

"Tulips"

1989 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,680.00
695

Two Pinocchio Cels: one of Jiminy Cricket, the other Cleo,

circa 1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,440.00
363 ELLIOTT ERWITT (American b. 1928)

"Dog in Booth"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 840.00
378 KRISHNA REDDY (Born in India 1925, lives in the USA)

"Blossom Print"

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 720.00
292 Koitsu Tsuchiya (1870-1949):

Three Woodblocks Oban, entitled 'Snow at Nezu Shrine', 'Zojoji Temple in Snow', and 'Akashi Beach'

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 660.00
376 JOHN LENNON (English 1940-1980)

"Friends"

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 540.00
294 Tadashi Nakayama (1927-2014):

Three Butterflies

1976 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 480.00
356 EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (American 1868-1952)

"Nespilim Girl"

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 480.00
355 JOE DE YONG (American 1894-1975)

"Summer Camp", "On the Job", "Sun and Sand" and "Going On"

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 420.00
413 EARL BISS (American 1947 - 1998)

"Victory Dance"

1979 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
323 DAVID ALLEN & SONS (publishers) (Late 19th / early 20th century)

"Circus Performers"

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
444

"Clothed Woman Standing in Desert"

1990 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 270.00
435 RC GORMAN (American 1932-2005)

"Seated woman with Desert Flower"

1992 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
440 RC GORMAN (American 1932-2005)

"Catalina de Mora"

1985 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
165

Japanese Album of Photos, Postcards, Ephemera

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
372 ADJA YUNKERS (American / Swedish 1900 - 1983)

"Chalice. D.E." together with "Immobile Sun D.E."

1981 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
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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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