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Rachel Davis Fine Arts: Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints

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Auction Name Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints Total Sales (USD) 107,932.00
Auction Date December 09, 2017 - December 09, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 91,530.00
Sale Number #120917 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 154,710.00
Total Lots 381
Sold Lots 323 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 126,730.00
% of Lots Sold 84.78% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 210,760.00
Unsold Lots 58 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 51.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
91 Alan Reynolds (British 1926-2014)

''After Sunset''

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,509.00
6A Marius Bauer (Dutch 1867-1932)

''Indonesian Flower Seller''

ca. 1925 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,420.00
348

Early 19th c. American 'Mourning' textile, by Phebe Swan

1801 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,420.00
364 Win Ten Broek (Dutch 1905-1993)

''Holland

ca. 1936 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,936.00
152 Glenn O. Coleman (American 1887-1932)

''Fulton Market''

1931 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,452.00
156 Adolf Dehn (American 1895-1968)

''Loge'' (Lumsdaine and O'Sullivan 249)

1932 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,452.00
78 Yong Mun Sen (Chinese 1896-1962)

Indonesian Fisherman

1946 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,331.00
109 Emile A. Verpilleux (British 1888-1964)

''Towering Newcomer''

1929 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,331.00
193 Ellison Hoover (American 1888-1955)

''Mc Sorley's''

ca. 1930 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,331.00
129 James E. Allen (American 1894-1964)

''The Aquaduct'' (Ryan 1)

1937 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,210.00
81 Max Oppenheimer (Austrian/American 1885-1954)

''Symphony''

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,089.00
342 Neil Welliver (American 1929-2005)

''Briggs Meadow''

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,089.00
179 Gerald Geerlings (American 1897-1998)

''Grand Central America'' (Czestochowski 31)

1933 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,028.50
343 Neil Welliver (American 1929-2005)

Landscape

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 968.00
30 Paul Gauguin (French 1848-1903)

''La Femme aux Figues'' (Kornfeld 25)

1894 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 907.50
85 Samuel Palmer (British 1805-1881)

''The Herdsman's Cottage'' (Lister 3 ii/II); ''The Early Plowman'' (L. 9 v/IX)

1850 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 907.50
207 Clara Leighton (American 1898-1989)

''Maple Sugar'' (Boston Public Library 612)

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 907.50
245 Benton Spruance (American 1904-1967)

''Vagrant'' (Fine and Looney 158)

1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 907.50
186 Arthur W. Heintzelman (American 1891-1965)

''L'Artiste Italien''; ''L'Ascension''; ''La Fille du Marbrier''; ''Study of an Old Man #1''; ''Young Clown''; ''The Rabbi'';…

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 847.00
279 Alexander Calder (American 1898-1976)

''Le Chevalier''

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 847.00
285 Jim Dine (American 1935- )

Eight Hearts

1970 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 847.00
111 Jacques Villon (French 1875-1964)

''L'Aide Gracieuse'' (Ginestet and Pouillon E-202 i/IV)

1907-08 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 786.50
130 James E. Allen (American 1894-1964)

''The Trench'' (Ryan 43)

1937 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 786.50
200 Yasuo Kuniyoshi (American 1893-1953)

''The Cyclist'' (Davis L-77)

1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 786.50
9 Edmund Blampied (British 1886-1966)

''Vin Rouge'' (Appleby 167b)

1932 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 726.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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