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Auction Name Premier Catalogue Auction - Prints, Books Total Sales (USD) 143,932.00
Auction Date January 26, 2018 - January 27, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 82,100.00
Sale Number #10875 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 128,950.00
Total Lots 108
Sold Lots 99 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 88,600.00
% of Lots Sold 91.67% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 139,850.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 102.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
837

Audubon, Birds of America, Six Volumes by John James Audubon,

1840-1843 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 32,500.00
812 Mary Cassatt (Pennsylvania/ France, 1844-1926)

The Crocheting Lesson, circa 1902

 circa 1902 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,200.00
817 Winslow Homer (Massachusetts/Maine,1836-1910)

Mending the Tears (Goodrich 97),

1888 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,600.00
848 George Catlin (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 1796-1872)

12 impressions from Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America...: Geo. Catlin, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly,

 1844 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,600.00
875

Spanish American War Bond 1898

1989 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,500.00
447 Tristram Shandy

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, Nine Volumes,

1760-1767 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,500.00
1025 Witold Gordon (New York/Poland, 1898-1968)

III Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver Lake Placid, USA..,

 1932 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,900.00
455

Regency Style Terrestrial Library Globe rotating globe with brass band and pedestal base

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,600.00
244 Pierre Joseph Buchoz (French, 1731-1807)

Twelve botanical engravings from Le grand jardin de l'univers, ou se trouvent coloriées les plantes les plus belles, les plus curieuses et les plus rares des quatre parties de la terre...,

1795 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,500.00
838

The Quadrupeds of North America, Two Volumes by John James Audubon and The Rev. John Bachman,

 1854 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,500.00
973 George Rodrigue (Louisiana/California, 1944-2013)

Land That I Love,

2001 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,500.00
483

The Annals of Sporting, and Fancy Gazette

1822-1828 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,400.00
845 William Faden

The United States of North America: with the British territories and those of Spain, according to the Treaty of 1784.

1796 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,280.00
974 George Rodrigue (Louisiana/California, 1944-2013)

Four serigraphs: What color do I paint Blue Dog..., Mustard, Cherry, Green, and Tan,

2002 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,040.00
847

An Oration On The Discovery Of America Delivered in London, October the 12th, 1792; with A Description of the City of Washington by Elhanan Winchester, London: Printed for the Author, 1792, bound in three-quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt-lettere

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,800.00
451 Henry Alken

National Sports of Great Britain

 1825 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,560.00
487

Two Leather Shakespeare Book Sets including The Works of Shakespeare,

1929 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,560.00
846

A Map of New England and New York by John Speed

circa 1676 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,440.00
1007 Jamie Wyeth (Pennsylvania/Maine, born 1946)

S.O.S.,

1981 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,320.00
486

30 Leather Bound Books Including The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott, 12 volumes (complete),

circa 1875 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,063.00
976 Claude Howell (North Carolina, 1915-1997)

Loading Nets, Ocracoke

 1986 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 960.00
86 Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957)

Senjo Plain, Nikko

 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 938.00
453

Group of Military History Books including King's Mountain and Its Heroes by Lyman C. Draper,

1881 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 923.00
279

Reis En Hand Atlas, 1703 van Vlaanderen, Braband en Aanleggende Landschappen,

 1703 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
469 Hardy and Thackeray

Complete Works by William Makepeace Thackeray,

1881 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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
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