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Auction Name Vintage Posters Total Sales (USD) 683,981.00
Auction Date March 01, 2018 - March 01, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 494,500.00
Sale Number #2467 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 718,850.00
Total Lots 552
Sold Lots 373 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 699,300.00
% of Lots Sold 67.57% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,017,800.00
Unsold Lots 179 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 67.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
197 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[THE SEASONS.] Group of 4 decorative panels

1896 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 45,000.00
431 PAUL COLIN (1892-1985)

LE TUMULTE NOIR. Portfolio complete with 22 plates, two covers and two chemises

1927 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 21,250.00
29 GEORGES DORIVAL (1879-1968)

VERS LE MONT - BLANC. Group of 3 posters

1928 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,750.00
31 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

GLENEAGLES GOLF COURSE / THE "HOWE O' HOPE" - ON THE "KING'S."

Circa 1920. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
199 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[THE TIMES OF THE DAY / RÉVERIE DU SOIR.]

1899 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,000.00
499 SHAMIR BROTHERS (GABRIEL, 1909-1992 & MAXIM, 1910-1990)

[YOU CAN SHORTEN THE ROAD TO VICTORY, JOIN THE A.T.S.]

1943 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,375.00
518 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

[THE JEWS THE WORLD OVER LOVE LIBERTY / HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT & WILL FIGHT FOR IT.]

Circa 1917. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,375.00
247 ALEX WALTER DIGGELMANN (1902-1987)

GSTAAD / BERNER OBERLAND

1937 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,750.00
248 EDOUARD ELZINGRE (1880-1966)

THE GOLDEN PASS ROUTE / SWITZERLAND

1934 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,812.00
17 ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE (1901-1968)

CHEMIN DE FER DU NORD

1929 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,250.00
384 DAVID KLEIN (1918-2005)

NEW YORK / FLY TWA

Circa 1960. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,020.00
261 KNUT YRAN (1920-1998)

VI OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES / OSLO / FLY KLM

1952 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,480.00
249 ERICH HERMÈS (1881-1971)

WINTER IN SWITZERLAND

1936 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,250.00
250 JAMES NORTHFIELD (1887-1973)

WINTER SPORT IN AUSTRALIA

1932 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,250.00
158 PRIVAT ANTOINE THEODORE LIVEMONT (1861-1936)

RAJAH

1900 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,210.00
30 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

GLENEAGLES GOLF COURSE / THE "HEICH O' FASH" - ON THE "KING'S." Circa 1920.

Circa 1920 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
117 ERIK NITSCHE (1908-1998)

GENERAL DYNAMICS / HYDRODYNAMICS

1955 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,500.00
122 ERIK NITSCHE (1908-1998)

GENERAL DYNAMICS / ATOMS FOR PEACE

1955 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,250.00
193 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

JOB. Maîtres de l'Affiche pl. 202

1900 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,250.00
294 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

SKI ALTA

Circa 1941. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,250.00
409 LEONETTO CAPPIELLO (1875-1942)

CONTRATTO

1922 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,250.00
428 ARPAD BARDOCZ (1882-1938)

ELK??N ÉS GERÖ

Circa 1910. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,250.00
40

DESIGNER UNKNOWN ARCTIC TO ANTARCTIC / AT THE ZOO EDINBURGH

Circa 1925. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
366 MAURICE LOGAN (1886-1977)

LAKE TAHOE / SOUTHERN PACIFIC

1923 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,000.00
103 JOE KAUFMAN (1911-?)

ENTERTAINMENT ON CBS. Group of 8 posters

Circa 1959. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,860.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    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
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    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
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