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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) 34,722.00
Auction Date December 09, 2017 - December 09, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 36,900.00
Sale Number #120917 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 52,400.00
Total Lots 49
Sold Lots 46 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 39,500.00
% of Lots Sold 93.88% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 56,300.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
444 WAYNE THIEBAUD (Californian b. 1920)

Bird on a Swing

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,400.00
432 After SALVADOR DALI (Spanish 1904-1989)

Studio of Dali

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
428 Attributed to JOAN MIRO (Spanish 1893-1983)

Orange and Black Abstract and "Blue and Black Abstract"

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,440.00
434 M.C. ESCHER (Dutch 1898-1972)

Two "Dandelion" (Posthumous prints)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,200.00
494 LILIANA PORTER (American b. 1941)

Drawing with Plastic Hammer

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,200.00
518 E.J. BELLOCQ (American 1873-1949)

Storyville Portrait, Nude #10, New Orleans

1970's USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,200.00
389 LOUIS ICART (French 1888-1950)

Mimi Pinson Drypoint and aquatint printed in blue, black and gold.

Copyright 1927 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,140.00
533 CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON (Canadian 1881-1942)

Agostino Canal, Venice, "Moonlight, Venice" and "Grand Canal, Venice"

USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,080.00
492 LILIANA PORTER (American b. 1941)

Disguise 2000 Two color lithograph with tiger toy.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 840.00
539 MICHAEL KENNA (American / British b. 1953)

Ratcliffe Power Station, Study 17, Nottinghamshire, England

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 840.00
407 After JAMES MALTON (British 1761-1803)

Vue de l'Arsenal et de la Fonderie dans la Litinie a St. Petersbourg and "Vue de Champ de Mars et du Jardin d'Ete de St. Petersbourg"

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
509 After GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (Italian 1720-1778)

Veduta del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli and "Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il colofseo"

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
454 NATHAN OLIVEIRA (Californian 1928 - 2010)

Flutist

1957 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 720.00
466 KEITH HARING (American 1958-1990)

Daily News Magazine 1985 Found object 11 1/2 x 10 inches.

1985 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 660.00
431 SALVADOR DALI (Spanish 1904-1989)

Hell Canto 30

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 600.00
433 After PABLO PICASSO (Spanish 1881-1973)

Fleurs (For U.C.L.A)

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 600.00
451 WILLIAM CLAXTON (American 1927-2008)

Thelonius Monk

1961/ 1993 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
491 RICHARD MISRACH (American b. 1949)

Two Scenes from the "Hawaii Portfolio"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
519 E.J. BELLOCQ (American 1873-1949)

Storyville Portrait ca. 1912

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
520 E.J. BELLOCQ (American 1873-1949)

Storyville Portrait

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
531 LILIANA PORTER (Argentinean b. 1941)

Dog 2004

2004 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 600.00
536 E.J. BELLOCQ (American 1873-1949)

Storyville Portrait

ca. 1912 USD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 USD 600.00
542 BRUCE CONNER (American 1933-2008)

Untitled

1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 600.00
502 PAUL D. MILLER AKA DJ SPOOKY (American 20th century)

American Flag over Face

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 510.00
778

Large Collection of Leather Bound Books

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
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