Swann Galleries: Fine Illustrated Books and Graphics
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Fine Illustrated Books and Graphics | Total Sales (USD) | 472,111.00 |
Auction Date | April 26, 2018 - April 26, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 323,600.00 |
Sale Number | #2475 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 478,800.00 |
Total Lots | 279 | ||
Sold Lots | 216 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 436,550.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 77.42% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 653,400.00 |
Unsold Lots | 63 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 72.26% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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169 | (KLIMT, GUSTAV / VIENNA SECESSION.) | Das Werk von Gustav Klimt. |
1918 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 106,250.00 |
195 | LÉGER, FERNAND. | Cirque. |
1950 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
232 | (PICASSO, PABLO.) Buffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc. | Eaux-Fortes originales pour des textes de Buffon . |
1942 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
117 | GILL, ERIC. | Naked Man Dead. Original wood block carving with gesso, used as a border design for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (Waltham St. |
1929 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
168 | KLIMT, GUSTAV; and MAX EISLER. | Eine Nachlese. |
1931 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
65 | (DAL??, SALVADOR.) Carroll, Lewis. | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. |
1969 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
41 | CAULFIELD, PATRICK / PETERSBURG PRESS / CONTEMPORARY ART. | Quelques Poèmes de Jules Laforgue. |
1973 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
81 | Wolfrum, Friedrich; publisher. | Graphische Neuheiten Series II. |
ca. 1902-1907 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
66 | DAL??, SALVADOR. | The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí. |
1942 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
62 | (CURIOSA / WEGENER, GERDA.) Allatini, Eric. | Sur Talons Rouges. |
1929 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
233 | (PICASSO, PABLO.) Russoli, Franco. | Venti Pochoirs originali. |
1955 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
80 | Wolfrum, Friedrich; publisher. | Graphische Neuheiten Series I. |
ca. 1902-1907 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
95 | DINE, JIM / CONTEMPORARY ART. | Glyptotek. |
1988 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
160 | (KELMSCOTT PRESS / WALTER CRANE.) Morris, William. | The Story of the Glittering Plain which has been also called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the Undying. |
1894 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
7 | (ARCHITECTURE / MARCEL BREUER.) | Archive from a late office of the architectural team of Marcel Breuer and Hamilton Smith. |
1960s-70s | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
20 | (BARBIER, GEORGE / POCHOIR.) | La Guirlande Des Mois. |
1917-21 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
12 | ARP, JEAN (HANS) | Le soleil recerclé. |
1966 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
264 | TING, WALASSE / CONTEMPORARY ART. | 1¢ Life. |
1964 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
17 | Réau, Louis; et al. | Inedited Works of Bakst. |
1927 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
74 | (DESIGN / ART DECO / FASHION / POCHOIR.) | Styl. Blätter für Mode und die angenehmen Dinge des Lebens. |
1922 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
132 | GOREY, EDWARD. | The Doubtful Guest Doll. |
1974 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
158 | Morris, William. | The Defence of Guenevere. |
1892 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
271 | WALKER, KARA / CONTEMPORARY ART. | Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times. |
1997 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
6 | APPEL, KAREL; and BERT SCHIERBEEK / CONTEMPORARY ART. | A Beast-Drawn Man. |
1963 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
60 | (CURIOSA / ICART, LOUIS.) Crébillon (Fils) | Le Sopha. |
1935 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,500.00 |