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William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals: Eclectic Variety Auction

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Auction Name	Eclectic Variety Auction	Total Sales (USD)	7,625.00
Auction Date	March 12, 2024 - March 12, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	4,840.00
Sale Number	#31224	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	9,380.00
Total Lots	48
Sold Lots	47	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	4,920.00
% of Lots Sold	97.92%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	9,540.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	79.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4667		the report of the Select Committee on Assassination on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr	1979	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 875.00
4669	by William Shockley	A copy of Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors with Applications to Transistor Electronics	1950	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 625.00
4666	Mark Twain	Works of Mark Twain	various dates around 1910.	USD 60.00 - 120.00	USD 593.75
4678	by S. T. Coleridge, illus. by Harry Brockway	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Three Other Poems	2010	USD 160.00 - 240.00	USD 468.75
4672		Nine volumes of the Easton Press Library of the Civil War, c/o five volumes still in shrinkwrap: The Battle Cry of Freedom by McPherson (2 volumes), ...		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
4829	Muhammad Ali	The Greatest	1975	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 343.75
4663	including Twain, Dickens, Poe, Tolstoy	Twenty-three works of classic fiction, including Twain, Dickens, Poe, Tolstoy, et cetera		USD 60.00 - 120.00	USD 225.00
4661	President Gerald Ford.	A leatherbound copy of the Assassination Report of the Warren Commission		USD 60.00 - 120.00	USD 200.00
4679		Nine books of poetry, c/o the volumes published by The Folio Society in their Folio Poets series on the works of Wordsworth, Tennyson, Coleridge, Yeats, and Shelley,		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 187.50
4856	Pepe, Phil; signed by Mickey Mantle	1991 book My Favorite Summer-1956	1991	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 187.50
4888	Chang Dai-Chien	Chang Dai-Chien's Paintings portfolio, (24) prints,		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 187.50
4673	Beatrix Potter	The Tales of Beatrix Potter in two slipcases,		USD 60.00 - 120.00	USD 175.00
4733		Lot of historical items, consisting of (3) Brown Company stock certificates (1939 & 1959), ...		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 175.00
4662	Herbert Hoover	A first edition of American Individualism	1922	USD 60.00 - 120.00	USD 162.50
4676	by Charles E. Fager	Selma 1965: The March That Changed The South	1974	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 162.50
4777		(200)+ 19th/20th C postcards, in binders, also to include calling cards, paper ephemera	19th/20th C	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 162.50
4668	Fred Rogers	You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America's Most Beloved Neighbor	1994 signed and dated 1996	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 150.00
4671		Nineteen books from the 2000s published by the Library of America	2000s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 137.50
4845		This Chase Utley signed Red Ink Dick Perez #'d 344/750 Litho is one distributed to Early Paying season Ticket Holders and shows Utley for the 2006 Season		USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 137.50
4555	Dorothy W Hutton (American, 1889-1984)	"Cape May Point, New Jersey"		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 125.00
4664		Fifteen books on Abraham Lincoln, many by Gabor S. Boritt, c/o The Life of Abraham Lincoln by J. G. Holland (1896),...		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 125.00
4825	Yogi Berra	Yogi, It Ain't Over		USD 60.00 - 100.00	USD 125.00
4859		the 1950 New York Yankees Picture Pack; Great notables include Stengel, DiMaggio, Berra, Rizzuto, Dickey, & Mel Allen		USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
4674		Nine books on various events and times in 20th century American history, c/o Years of Renewal by Henry Kissinger (1999), ...		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 112.50
4677		Seven books about the Civil War and World War Two, c/o The Civil War by Shelby Foote (Random House, 1974) ...		USD 60.00 - 120.00	USD 112.50

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
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.

ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.

ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.

ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.

ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.

ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.

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