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<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. <i>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.</i> Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876. $14,000 to $18,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> BATEMAN, JAMES. <i>The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala.</i> London: J. Ridgway & Sons for the author, [1837]-1843. $60,000 to $80,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> WHITMAN, WALT. <i>Leaves of Grass.</i> Brooklyn: [For the author by Andrew and James Rome,] 1855. $150,000 to $200,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> LEE, HARPER. Three “Seckatary Hawkins”-related books inscribed and signed by Harper Lee. $60,000 to $80,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> POE, EDGAR ALLAN. <i>The Raven.</i> New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. $120,000 to $180,000.
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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Currier & Ives, <i>The Mississippi in Time of Peace,</i> hand-colored lithograph, 1865. $6,000 to $9,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Hartmann Schedel, <i>Liber Cronicarum...,</i> Nuremberg, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Claudius Ptolemaeus, <i>Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo,</i> Lyons, 1535. $20,000 to $25,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Thomas Jefferys, <i>The American Atlas,</i> London, 1776-77. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> John Speed, <i>A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World,</i> 20 miniature maps, London, 1665. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> <i>Biblia Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Durch D. Martin Luther Verteutscht,</i> illustrated cartographic Bible, Basel, 1665. $1,500 to $2,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Early Hawaiian-language school geography, Lahainaluna Seminary, 1840. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Cornelis de Jode, <i>Africae Vera Forma, et Situs,</i> Antwerp, 1593. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Maria Vincenzo Coronelli, <i>America Settentrionale Colle Nuove Scoperte Sin All Anno,</i> Venice, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Johann Christoph Volkamer, <i>Nürnbergische Hesperides,</i> Nuremberg, 1708-1714. $12,000 to $18,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Johann Bayer, <i>Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata...,</i> 51 celestial charts, c. 1603. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Manuscript map of Commodore Perry’s Black Ship squadron at Edo Bay, with manuscript sketchbook, ink & watercolor, Japan, c. 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
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<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Churchill (Winston) & Others. 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 27 April 1944. £8,000 to £12,000.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses.</i> First English edition, 1922. £800 to £1,200.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Belzoni (Giovanni Battista). <i>Plates Illustrated of the Researches and Operations...in Egypt and Nubia,</i> FIRST EDITION, 1821-1822. £14,375 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Astor (John Jacob). A collection of rare letters, 9 January 1812- 4 September 1837. £26,000 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Rowling (J.K.) <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> FIRST EDITION, first issue, 1997. £27,500 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Royal Family. Photograph of Queen Elizabeth, George VI, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, signed, 1946. £3,640 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Collodi (Carlo). <i>Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino,</i> FIRST EDITION, 1883. £8,401 inc Buyers Premium.
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Editions and Works on Paper
- Auction Date
- 09/25/2019 - 09/25/2019
- Sale Number
- #1048
- Total Lots
- 467
- Sold Lots
- 271
- Lots Sold
- 58.03%
- Unsold Lots
- 196
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 883,710.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 594,550.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 856,700.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 1,135,150.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 1,609,550.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 54.90%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
466 | Banksy (b.1974) | Girl With Balloon |
2004 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 52,000.00 |
307 | Andy Warhol (1928-1987) | Ingrid Bergman. The Nun (Feldman & Schellmann 314) |
1983 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 45,500.00 |
307A | Andy Warhol (1928-1987) | The Star (Feldman & Schellmann II.258) |
1981 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 32,500.00 |
465 | Banksy (b.1974) | Di-Faced Tenner (Pink) |
2004 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 28,600.00 |
17 | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) | The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate, 1633. |
1633 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 20,800.00 |
461 | Banksy (b.1974) | Napalm (Can't Beat the Feeling) |
2006 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 20,800.00 |
246 | Bridget Riley (b.1931) | Untitled (Fragment 2) |
1965 | GBP 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | GBP 20,150.00 |
180 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (after) | Grand MaternitŽ |
1963 | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 19,500.00 |
463 | Banksy (b.1974) | Rude Copper |
2002 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 19,500.00 |
91 | Marc Chagall (1887-1985) | Now the King Loved Science and Geometry (Mourlot 45) |
1948 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 16,900.00 |
137 | Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) | Portrait de StŽphane MallarmŽ (Mongan/Konrfeld/Joachim 12 II Ba) |
1891 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
312 | Francis Bacon (1909-1992) | L'Oriestie de Eschyle (Sabatier 16) |
1981 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 15,600.00 |
287 | Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) | Salute to Aviation (Cortlett 63) |
1968 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 13,000.00 |
462 | Banksy (b.1974) | CND Soldiers |
2005 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,000.00 |
460 | Banksy (b.1974) | Grannies |
2006 | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 12,350.00 |
186 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Minotaure Contemplant Amoureusement Une Dormeuse (Bloch 261) |
1933 | GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,700.00 |
458 | Banksy (b.1974) | HMV |
2004 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,400.00 |
459 | Banksy (b.1974) | Golf Sale |
2004 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,400.00 |
18 | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) | The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate |
1633 | GBP 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 | GBP 9,750.00 |
68 | Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946) | La CitŽ, Paris (Black 114) |
1926-1927 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 9,750.00 |