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<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>December Sale<br>December 5, 2020</b><b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> SHERBURNE, BRANTZ, and WIRGMAN. The Original Drawings of the First Modern Scientific Survey of the Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay. $350,000 to $500,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> LAFON, Barthelemy. The Earliest Comprehensive Survey of Louisiana and its Adjacent Regions. $350,000 to $450,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> Giacomo GASTALDI. The Most Important Renaissance Wall Map of Asia Published in the 16th Century – with all four sheets having full margins. $300,000 to $400,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>December Sale<br>December 5, 2020</b><b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> CAO, Junyi. The Most Important Map of China to Come to Market in 50 Years. One of only three known copies of the last Ming Dynasty world map. $325,000 to $375,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> ORTELIUS, Abraham. Ortelius Atlas Spanish 1588 Magnificently Rich Original Hand Color in Full. $225,000 to $350,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> An Exceptionally Fine and Historically Important Manuscript Map Showing the Origins of Texas in the 19th Century. $250,000 to $350,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>December Sale<br>December 5, 2020</b><b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> PRICE, William and BONNER, John. Map of Boston 1769. $225,000 to $325,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> John James AUDUBON. Audubon’s Brilliant Icon, That Has Never Been Equaled for Drama. $150,000 to $250,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> Pierre-Joseph REDOUTE. Original Watercolor, Red Lily. $175,000 to $250,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>December Sale<br>December 5, 2020</b><b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> John James AUDUBON. The Most Famous Image of a Bird in All of History. $150,000 to $200,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> Martin WALDSEEMULLER. The Finest Example in Existence of Martin Waldseemuller’s Map of the New World, with Spectacular Full Original Color. $150,000 to $200,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Dec. 5:</b> GORDON, Peter. The First State of the First View of Savannah: The Template for American Urban Planning. $100,000 to $150,000. -
<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Oscar Wilde, <i>“The secret of life is in Art,”</i> autograph quotation dated and signed, 1882. Sold for $15,600.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> <i>Manhattan Gay Scene Guide 1969, Summer Edition,</i> Mattachine Book Service. Sold for $3,250.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Toyen, pen & ink illustration from <i>Marquis de Sade: Justina cili prokletí ctnosti,</i> 1932. Sold for $26,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Antonio Lopez, 9 men’s fashion studies, graphite, 1974. Sold for $6,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Harvey Milk, 2 autograph letters signed, to Pat Mormon, during US Navy service, 1954. Sold for $2,210.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Daniel Abraham, original art for <i>Stonewall Romances,</i> pen, ink & gouache, 1979. Sold for $3,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> David Wojnarowicz, <i>Untitled (Genet with Dog),</i> mixed media collage. Sold for $27,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Susie Gaynes & Amy E. Bartell, <i>March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights,</i> 1987. Sold for $1,188.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> <i>Paris is Burning,</i> photo offset poster by Anne Dutlinger, signed by film director Jennie Livingston, 1991. Sold for $1,500. -
<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Christmas Rare Books<br>& Collectors’ Sale<br>9 December 2020</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> Joyce (James), <i>Ulysses,</i> 4to, Paris: (Shakespeare & Co.) 1922, First Edn. €7,000 to €9,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> Of the Utmost Rarity with Swift Association. Harward (Michael). <i>Philomath. A New Almanack for the Year of Our Lord,</i> 1666. €6,000 to €9,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> With Full Complement of Hand Coloured & Other Plates. Rosellini (Ippolito). <i>Monumenti dell Egitto e della Nubia,</i> Vols. I, II, & III Plate Volumes only. €5,000 to €7,000.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Christmas Rare Books<br>& Collectors’ Sale<br>9 December 2020</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> With Magnificent Hand Coloured Plates. [Bivort, Debabay, & others] <i>Annales de Pomologie,</i> 8 vols., folio, Brussels, 1853-1861. €4,000 to €6,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> With Very Fine Coloured Plates & Illustrations. Barbier (George) Vogel (Lucien) & others, <i>Gazette du Bon Ton - Arts-modes et frivolities, </i> 1914 to 1922. €4,000 to €6,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> “I have seen War... I hate War," Signed Presentation Copy to William C. Bullitt, Roosevelt (Franklin D.) August 14, 1936. €3,000 to €4,000.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Christmas Rare Books<br>& Collectors’ Sale<br>9 December 2020</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> Victorian Hostess & Horticulturist. An Important Collection Relating to Lady Dorothy Nevill (1826-1913). €2,500 to €3,200.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> Fine Original Portrait Photos of The O'Brien Ladies by Margaret Cameron. Two black and white Photos, each 8" x 10". €1,200 to €1,800.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> James Hume Nesbitt Illustrations: A collection of twelve pen and ink Drawings and Etchings intended for publication as book of illustrations for his thriller novels. €800 to €1,200.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Christmas Rare Books<br>& Collectors’ Sale<br>9 December 2020</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> Attributed to Kitagawa Utamavo (1753-1806). A pair of attractive colourful woodblock prints, of Court Ladies in decorative robes with numerous stamps and script. €800 to €1,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> Contemporaneous Notes from Captain Cook's Voyage Travel: [Anon] <i>Voyage to the South Sea by Mr. Banks, Mr. Parkinson and Dr. Solender, with Capt. Cooke,</i> a 7 page m/ss document. €700 to €1,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9:</b> Very Rare First U.K. Edition with Yellow Paper Band. Herbert (Frank). <i>Dune,</i> 8vo London (Victor Gollancz Ltd.) 1966. €500 to €700. -
<center><b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Books & Works on Paper<br>Live Online<br>2 December 2020</b><b>Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2:</b> Rackham (Arthur). 'The Skein', original pen, ink and watercolour drawing. £4,000 to £6,000.<b>Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2:</b> Vico (Giambattista). <i>Principj di una scienza nuova,</i> FIRST EDITION, Felice Mosca, Naples,1725. £8,000 to £12,000.<b>Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2:</b> <i>Bauerkeller's New Embossed Plan of London,</i> first edition, Ackermann & Co., 1841. £1,800 to £2,200.<center><b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Books & Works on Paper<br>Live Online<br>2 December 2020</b><b>Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2:</b> Bible, English, Coverdale's Version, J. Nycolson, Southwark, [1535]. £6,000 to £8,000.<b>Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2:</b> Johnson (Samuel). <i>A Dictionary of the English Langauge,</i> 2 vol., fourth edition revised by the author, folio, 1773. £800 to £1,200.<b>Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2:</b> Orwell (George). <i>The Road to Wigan Pier,</i> first public edition, 8vo., Victor Gollancz, 1937. £1,500 to £2,000.<b>Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2:</b> Rowling (J. K.) <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> FIRST EDITION, first printing 1997. £6,000 to £8,000.
Auction Reports
Chiswick Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Photographica
- Auction Date
- 10/28/2020 - 10/28/2020
- Sale Number
- #588
- Total Lots
- 252
- Sold Lots
- 118
- Lots Sold
- 46.83%
- Unsold Lots
- 134
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 65,344.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 46,770.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 67,230.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 163,860.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 233,850.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 27.94%
Top twenty by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | Lewis Morris Rutherford (1816-1892) | THREE PHASES OF THE MOON, NEW YORK |
c.1865 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 234 | Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) | ‘ALL IN THE WILD MARCH MORNING I HEARD THE ANGELS CALL' 1874 |
1874 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,250.00 |
| 256 | Toussaint Barthelemy & Paul Oudin (XIX-XX) | EXTREMELY EARLY ALBUM OF X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHS |
c.1896 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 316 | Elliott Erwitt b.1928 | DOG SERIES WITH NELSON ROCKEFELLER, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1967 |
1967 | GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 186 | SELECTION OF HAND COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING PORTRAITS OF INDIAN ROYALTIES, LIFE SCENES AND LANDSCAPES FROM INDIA, BY BELGIAN PHOTOGRAPY STUDIO |
c.1910s. | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,500.00 | |
| 233 | Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) | Déjatch Alámayou, King Theodore's Son, July 1868. |
1868 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 317 | Ernst Haas (1921-1986) | HYDE PARK, SPEAKERS CORNER, 1949-51 |
1949-51 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 230 | THE JOHN HILL BURTON (1809-1881) FAMILY, DALMENY, SCOTLAND |
c.1850s - 1890s | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,625.00 | |
| 213 | Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden (1856-1931) | KNABE 1902 |
1902 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 321 | George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) | MALE DANCER ON BEACH, c.1940s |
c.1940s | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 252 | The Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam, Germany, blue card folio, 240mm x 220mm, original typed manuscript dissertation pp.57 |
1929 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,125.00 | |
| 365 | Edward Ruscha b. 1937 | EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP, Los Angeles, California 1966, book size |
1966 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,062.00 |
| 332 | Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) | PIERCE ARROW |
1931 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 366 | David Bailey b.1938 | SELF PORTRAIT |
1957 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 185 | COLLECTION OF GLASS NEGATIVES OF ORNITHOLOGY AND ANTROPOLOGICAL INTEREST, WEST CHAMPARAN REGION, WITH TEAWOOD BOX c. 1880s. |
c. 1880s. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 | |
| 160 | Burton Brothers (1866–1914) | NEW ZEALAND VIEWS, travel photographs makers |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 938.00 | |
| 190 | Walter B. Woodbury (1834-1885) | JAVA |
c.1870 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 938.00 |
| 229 | Thomas Annan (1829 - 1887) | SECOND EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK OF GLASGOW COUNTRY HOUSES |
1878 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 201 | P. H Emerson (1856-1936) | A WATERSIDE INN |
1890 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 812.00 |
| 255 | Unknown Photographer c.1900 | EARLY X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH |
c.1900 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 812.00 |
