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Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876. $14,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: BATEMAN, JAMES. The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. London: J. Ridgway & Sons for the author, [1837]-1843. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: WHITMAN, WALT. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn: [For the author by Andrew and James Rome,] 1855. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: LEE, HARPER. Three “Seckatary Hawkins”-related books inscribed and signed by Harper Lee. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: POE, EDGAR ALLAN. The Raven. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. $120,000 to $180,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Currier & Ives, The Mississippi in Time of Peace, hand-colored lithograph, 1865. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Hartmann Schedel, Liber Cronicarum..., Nuremberg, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Claudius Ptolemaeus, Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, Lyons, 1535. $20,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Thomas Jefferys, The American Atlas, London, 1776-77. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: John Speed, A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, 20 miniature maps, London, 1665. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Biblia Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Durch D. Martin Luther Verteutscht, illustrated cartographic Bible, Basel, 1665. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Early Hawaiian-language school geography, Lahainaluna Seminary, 1840. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Cornelis de Jode, Africae Vera Forma, et Situs, Antwerp, 1593. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Maria Vincenzo Coronelli, America Settentrionale Colle Nuove Scoperte Sin All Anno, Venice, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nürnbergische Hesperides, Nuremberg, 1708-1714. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Johann Bayer, Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata..., 51 celestial charts, c. 1603. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: 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.
Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Churchill (Winston) & Others. 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 27 April 1944. £8,000 to £12,000.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Joyce (James). Ulysses. First English edition, 1922. £800 to £1,200.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Belzoni (Giovanni Battista). Plates Illustrated of the Researches and Operations...in Egypt and Nubia, FIRST EDITION, 1821-1822. £14,375 inc Buyers Premium.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Astor (John Jacob). A collection of rare letters, 9 January 1812- 4 September 1837. £26,000 inc Buyers Premium.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 1997. £27,500 inc Buyers Premium.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Royal Family. Photograph of Queen Elizabeth, George VI, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, signed, 1946. £3,640 inc Buyers Premium.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Collodi (Carlo). Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino, 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

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Macbeth: A Tragedy. London, 1673. FIRST SEPARATE AND FIRST QUARTO EDITION. THE CHARLTON HESTON COPY. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. In Our Time. Paris, 1924. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Fanshawe, A Tale. Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for The Agony in the Kindergarten, one of Steig's most important books. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: VERNE, JULES. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. New York & London, 1872. FIRST EDITION, RARE AMERICAN ISSUE, with Scribner & Welford cancel title. $5,000 to $8,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: KING, STEPHEN. Carrie. New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $1,200 to $1,800.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: PLATO. Timaeus [AND] Critias [from Ficini's 1484 Opera]. A LANDMARK OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. $15,000 to $20,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection. London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. $80,000 to $120,000.

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