Auction Reports

Leland Little Auctions

Auction Info

Sale Name
The Important Spring Auction
Auction Date
03/13/2021 - 03/13/2021
Year of Sale
2021
Sale Number
#31321
Total Lots
26
Sold Lots
26
Lots Sold
100.0%
Unsold Lots
0
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
155,160.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
43,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
75,300.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
43,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
75,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
206.06%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
144,611.00

Top twenty five by sale price

View All Auction Lots.
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
179 Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) After the Party

1979

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 24,000.00
180 Sally Mann (American, born 1951) Preparatory Photograph for Candy Cigarette, With Hand-Written Inscription

circa 1989

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 16,800.00
232 Ambrotype of Identified Confederate Surgeon with Very Rare NC Belt Plate

USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 15,600.00
227 Zuber et Cie Scenic Wallpaper, La guerre de l'indépendance américaine

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 11,400.00
229 The Rare 1794 Edition of Mouzon's Celebrated Map of the Carolinas

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 9,600.00
228 Zuber et Cie Scenic Wallpaper, La guerre de l'indépendance américaine

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 9,000.00
231 Four Civil War Images from the John Favor Family, Fayetteville, Georgia

1862

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 8,400.00
178 Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Quilt

1966

 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 7,800.00
226 Zuber et Cie Scenic Wallpaper, La guerre de l'indépendance américaine

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 7,200.00
171 after Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) Le Chien Bleu

1959

 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 6,600.00
225 Zuber et Cie Scenic Wallpaper, La guerre de l'indépendance américaine

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 6,600.00
173 Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) Après L'Orage

1957

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 5,520.00
182 Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002) Winston Churchill

1941

 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,520.00
172 Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) Naissance du Jour

1957

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 4,320.00
250 Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528) The Holy Kinship with the Lute-Playing Angels

1511

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 3,360.00
174 Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953) Balcon Sur la Mer (Baigneuse aux Papillon)

circa 1925

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,400.00
181 Eliot Porter (American, 1901-1990) Portfolio II: Iceland (Complete Set of Twelve Photographs)

1975

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 2,160.00
233 Complete Limited Edition Hunting Anthology Series

1991-2000

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,560.00
170 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Picasso Lithographe I, II, III, and IV, Fernand Mourlot (Four Volumes)

1949, 1950, 1956

 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 1,440.00
183 Bruce Davidson (American, born 1933) Welsh Coal Miner Holding an Infant

1965

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 1,320.00
185 George Tice (American, born 1938) Tree and Meeting House, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1965, printed 1981

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 900.00
176 Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985) L'Avare qui a perdu son Trésor (The Miser who Lost his Treasure)

1952

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 900.00
169 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Le Vieux Roi (The Old King)

1959

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 900.00
177 Salvador Dalí­ (Spanish, 1904-1989) Le Viol d'Europe (The Rape of Europa)

1970-72

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 780.00
175 Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985) La Souris Metamorphosée en Fille (The Mouse Changed into a Girl)

1952

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 660.00
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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