Sothebys: Important Americana - Prints, Books, Manuscripts
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Important Americana - Prints, Books, Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 312,875.00 |
Auction Date | January 18, 2018 - January 21, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 150,000.00 |
Sale Number | #n09805 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 217,000.00 |
Total Lots | 47 | ||
Sold Lots | 41 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 182,000.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 87.23% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 262,500.00 |
Unsold Lots | 6 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 119.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
246 | After Solomon Nunes Carvalho 1815 - 1894 | INTERIOR OF THE HEBREW SYNAGOGUE OF CHARLESTON S.C. |
Circa 1838 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 43,750.00 |
1157 | Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (After) | PEINTURES DES VASES ANTIQUES DE LA COLLECTION DE SON EXCELLENCE M. LE CHEVALIER HAMILTON: SIX PRINTS |
circa 1803 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
490 | John James Audubon (After) | MEADOW LARK (PLATE CXXXVI) |
1832 | USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
1156 | Pierre-François Hugues, called D'Hancarville (After) | COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FROM THE CABINET OF THE HON. WILLIAM HAMILTON: SIX PRINTS |
1766-67 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
1029 | PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS | Album of Original Plains Indian Warrior-Artist Pencil Sketches, ca. 1880 |
ca. 1880 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
493 | John James Audubon (After) | PURPLE HERON (PLATE CCLVI) |
1835 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
498 | John James Audubon (After) | AMERICAN BISON OR BUFFALO (PLATE LVI) |
1845 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
231 | Very Rare Group of Four Watercolor Frakturs, James Anson, New Jersey, 1804-1809 |
USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 | ||
489 | John James Audubon (After) | WINTER HAWK (PLATE 71) |
1829 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
491 | John James Audubon (After) | BRASILIAN CARACARA EAGLE (PLATE CLXI) |
1833 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
205 | Rare Watercolor Fraktur: Baptismal Record of Anna Neff, Henry Young, Potter Township, Center City, Pennsylvania, 1849 |
1849 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 | |
492 | John James Audubon (After) | SPOTTED GROUSE (PLATE CLXXVI) |
1833 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
1186 | Jacques Barraband (After) | HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES PERROQUETS: THREE PRINTS |
1801-05 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
500 | John James Audubon (After) | GREAT-FOOTED HAWK (PLATE 20) |
1860 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
1149 | Georg Dionysius Ehret (After) | PLANTAE SELECTAE: FOURTEEN PRINTS |
1750-73 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
494 | John James Audubon (After) | RED-HEADED DUCK (PLATE CCCXXII) |
1836 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
541 | A Group of Chinese Export and Chinese Art Reference Books |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 | ||
1212 | Mark Catesby | THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CAROLINA, FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMA ISLANDS: FOUR PRINTS |
1731-43 | USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
620 | After Alexander Campbell (1735 - 1835) | GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQR., GENERAL AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN AMERICA. |
1775 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
289 | Letter to a Miss Amiableness, David Augur, Newfane and Williamsville, New York, April 15, 1854 |
1854 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 | |
290 | Fictitious Letter to Samuel I. Seculator From James H. Informant, David Augur, April 9, 1855 |
1855 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 | |
1211 | Georg Dionysius Ehret (After) | PLANTAE SELECTAE: FOURTEEN PRINTS |
1750-73 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
496 | John James Audubon (After) | GADWALL DUCK (PLATE CCCXLVIII) |
1836 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
623 | John Hall (1739 - 1797) | WILLIAM PENN'S TREATY WITH THE INDIANS AFTER BENJAMIN WEST |
Circa 1775 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
497 | John James Audubon (After) | GOOSANDER (PLATE CCCXXXI) |
1836 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |