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Swann Galleries

Auction Info

Sale Name
Swann Galleries : 1992
Auction Date
01/01/2004 - 01/01/2004
Year of Sale
2004
Sale Number
#1992
Total Lots
390
Sold Lots
337
Lots Sold
86.4%
Unsold Lots
53
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
171,086.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
107,060.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
161,040.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
120,760.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
181,840.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
94.09%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
177,479.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3 ALBO, ROBERT; and others. Classic Magic Series [series title].

(1983)-2001

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 6,325.00
314 (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of approximately 115 volumes, including reference works and fiction involving magician sleuths by Rawson and others.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 4,140.00
278 KELLAR, HARRY. Kellar's Aids in Arithmetical Calculations [cover title].

(1885)

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 4,140.00
313 (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 45 volumes.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,680.00
171 TREVOR H. Old Conjuring Books: a Bibliographical and Historical Study with a Supplementary Check-List.

1972)

 USD 600.00 - 900.00 3,220.00
297 (MAGICAL BIOGRAPHIES.) Group of 25 volumes dealing with the lives of magicians or explaining their particular kind of magic.

USD 500.00 - 750.00 2,990.00
295 [LUPTON, THOMAS.] A Thousand Notable Things, Containing Modern Curiosities.

1700?

 USD 600.00 - 900.00 2,990.00
252 HOOPER, WILLIAM. Rational Recreations . . . Fourth Edition,

1794

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 2,760.00
320 OEHLER, ANDREW. The Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings.

1811

 USD 500.00 - 750.00 2,760.00
165 GRANGER, WILLIAM. The New, Original and Complete Wonderful Museum and Magazine Extraordinary.

1802-08

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 2,530.00
284 (L & L PUBLISHING.) Group of 19 titles in 26 volumes from the "Deluxe Collector's Editions" series.

(1986-2002)

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 2,530.00
212 HOFFMANN, Professor. Modern Magic: a Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring.

[1876]

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 2,300.00
7 Bailly, Christian. Automata: The Golden Age 1848-1914.

1987)

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 2,300.00
13 Kempelen, Baron Wolfgang von. An Atttempt to Analyze the Automaton Chess Player, of Mr. De Kempelen. [By Robert Willis].

1821

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,300.00
274 JAY, RICKY. The Magic Magic Book.

1994

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 2,300.00
57 Schreiber, Lady Charlotte. Playing Cards of Various Ages and Countries.

1892-95

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,955.00
310 (MISCELLANEOUS) Group of 35 volumes.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,955.00
175 HERO of Alexandria. Di Herone Alessandrino de gli Automati, overo Machine se Moventi.

1601

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,840.00
321 OEHLER, ANDREW. The Life, Adventures, and Unparalled Sufferings.

1811

 USD 350.00 - 500.00 1,840.00
272 JARRETT, GUY. Jarrett Magic and Stagecraft, Technical.

(1936)

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 1,610.00
312 (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 1,610.00
307 (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,495.00
116 [FALCONER, JOHN.] Cryptomenysis Patefacta: Or the Art of Secret Information.

1685

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 1,495.00
306 (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,495.00
381 [WILKINS, JOHN.] Mathematicall Magick, or, The Wonders That may be performed by Mechanicall Geometry.

1648

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 1,495.00
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    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.
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