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Leland Little Auctions: The Winter Quarterly Auction

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Auction Name The Winter Quarterly Auction Total Sales (USD) 52,156.00
Auction Date December 02, 2017 - December 02, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 24,000.00
Sale Number #433 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 41,400.00
Total Lots 29
Sold Lots 29 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 24,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 41,400.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 125.98%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
171 Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)

Modern Print

1971 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,490.00
175 Alex Katz (NY/ME, b. 1927)

Luna Park

1965 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,490.00
436 Abraham Lincoln

Two Military Certificates From a New York Family, One Signed by Abraham Lincoln

1836 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,192.00
437

Cased Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Young New York Militia Drummer

1850s USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 4,012.00
173 Kenneth Noland (American, 1924-2010)

Palimpsest

1987 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,068.00
438

Sixth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of an Armed Confederate Enlisted Man

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,068.00
391

19th Century Photograph Album Features Harvard's First Chinese Professor

19th Century USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,714.00
339 Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Adoration of the Shephards: A Night Piece

circa 1652 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,242.00
169 Leonetto Cappiello (French, 1875-1942)

Maurin Quina

1906, USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,888.00
176 Alex Katz (NY/ME, b. 1927)

Late July II

1971 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,888.00
170 Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943)

Grapes

1923 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,770.00
382

Late 18th Century Book Set on Palladian Architecture

Late 18th Century USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,534.00
439

Naval Artifact Grouping From Dr. Joseph Janvier Woodward's Descendants

1878 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,180.00
341 Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903)

Vue de Pontoise

1885 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.00
421 Ryohei Tanaka (Japanese, b. 1963)

Three Etchings

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 944.00
420 Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957)

Spring Evening at Kintai Bridge

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 885.00
164

Monumental Vintage Photograph of the Gardens at Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California

circa 1970s USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 767.00
165 Sheila Metzner (American, b. 1939)

Two Floral Fresson Prints

1981, print 1982 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 767.00
166 Sheila Metzner (American, b. 1939)

Two Floral Fresson Prints

1981, print 1982 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 767.00
172 George Tooker (American, 1920-2011)

Original Self-Portrait Lithograph and Signed Book

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 649.00
340 Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Agony in the Garden

1657 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 649.00
163

Three Film Posters Featuring Actress Daliah Lavi from her Estate

1961, 1963, 1967 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 590.00
167 Sheila Metzner (American, b. 1939)

Two Floral Fresson Prints

1981 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 590.00
174 Rupert Jasen Smith (American, 1953-1988)

Lures (Five Works)

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 590.00
419 Koitsu Tsuchiya (Japanese, 1870-1949)

Sunset Glow at Seta Bridge

1940 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 590.00
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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