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Auction Info

Sale Name
Illustration Art
Auction Date
10/17/2014 - 10/18/2014
Year of Sale
2014
Sale Number
#5185
Total Lots
755
Sold Lots
674
Lots Sold
89.3%
Unsold Lots
81
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
2,730,850.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
Inf%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
2,758,750.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72019 ROBERT THEODORE MCCALL (American, 1919-2010) Earth Orbit 98, 1977

1977

 USD - 245,000.00
72004 CHESLEY BONESTELL (American, 1888-1986) Beginning of the World (The Earth is Born), LIFE magazine cover, December 8, 1952

1952

 USD - 197,000.00
72229 PATRICK NAGEL (American, 1945-1984) Untitled

USD - 137,000.00
72228 PATRICK NAGEL (American, 1945-1984) Posing with Panther, 1983

1983

 USD - 137,000.00
72227 PATRICK NAGEL (American, 1945-1984) Untitled, 1983

1983

 USD - 137,000.00
72230 PATRICK NAGEL (American, 1945-1984) Geometric Plaid

USD - 93,750.00
72113 GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980) What a View!, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1957

1957

 USD - 68,750.00
72111 GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980) Doggone Good (Puppy Love), Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1959

1959

 USD - 59,375.00
72226 PATRICK NAGEL (American, 1945-1984) The Tigress

USD - 56,250.00
72006 CHESLEY BONESTELL (American, 1888-1986) Separation Over the Pacific

USD - 53,125.00
72114 GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980) Hi-Ho, Silver!, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1969

1969

 USD - 53,125.00
72112 GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980) Swingin' Sweetie, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1968

1968

 USD - 50,000.00
72322 HUGH JOSEPH WARD (American, 1909-1945) Desert Madness, Spicy Adventure Stories magazine cover, May 1935

USD - 43,750.00
72066 MARGARET BRUNDAGE (American, 1900-1976) The Slithering Shadow, Weird Tales pulp magazine cover, September 1933

1933

 USD - 42,187.50
72042 ROLF ARMSTRONG (American, 1889-1960) Let's Be Friends

USD - 40,625.00
72214 EARL MORAN (American, 1893-1984) Marilyn Monroe--"Now This Is Just Between You and Me", 1946

1946

 USD - 25,000.00
72215 EARL MORAN (American, 1893-1984) The Grass is Always Greener (Blonde Nude)

USD - 21,250.00
72324 HUGH JOSEPH WARD (American, 1909-1945) Irresistible, Bedtime Stories magazine cover, April 1936

USD - 21,250.00
72116 GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980) This Is the Skin I Love to Touch, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1947

1947

 USD - 20,625.00
72313 ALBERTO VARGAS (American, 1896-1982) Vargas Girl in Wedding Veil

USD - 20,625.00
72005 CHESLEY BONESTELL (American, 1888-1986) Rings of Saturn

USD - 20,000.00
72010 CHESLEY BONESTELL (American, 1888-1986) Rocket Ferry Leaving Mars, interior book illustration, circa 1964

circa 1964

 USD - 18,750.00
72312 ALBERTO VARGAS (American, 1896-1982) Nude with Lily Flower

USD - 18,750.00
72231 PATRICK NAGEL (American, 1945-1984) Posing in Thigh High Boots, probable Playboy illustration

USD - 18,125.00
72008 CHESLEY BONESTELL (American, 1888-1986) 50 Miles Above the Moon (Conquest of Space)

USD - 17,500.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.