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Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph F. Kernan, College Football, oil on canvas, The Saturday Evening Post cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph C. Leyendecker, Golfer Lighting a Cigarette, oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Howard Chandler Christy, In the Field, charcoal & watercolor, published in Scribner’s, 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: N.C. Wyeth, Standish Reading, pen & ink, for The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Johnanna Stewart Mapes, A Fairy Book, conté crayon, for St. Nicholas Magazine, 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for The Frog & Toad Coloring Book, 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Antonio Lopez, Today’s Fashions, study for The New York Times, 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Charles Schulz, “I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…” pen & ink, original 4-panel Peanuts comic, 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Constantin Alajalov, Family Tree, watercolor and gouache, cover for The New Yorker, 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
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<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Schedel (Hartmann). Liber Chronicarum, first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Greek Orthodox Church].- Menaion, manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: American Revolution.- Loyalist's cow powder horn, engraved with the cypher "GR" for George III surmounted by a crown, an inscription, and on reverse an engraving of the "North River" [Hudson River], 1777. £5,000 to £7,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Illuminated prayer book.- Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones, illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Hardy (Thomas). The Mayor of Casterbridge, 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Austen (Jane)]. Emma: A Novel, first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Brontë (Charlotte). Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Cruikshank (George). The Road to the Derby, one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures, 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). The Work of Edward Burne-Jones, edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Nazraeli Press.- Six by Six, 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000.

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Best of British
Auction Date: 12/07/2020 - 12/07/2020
Sale Number: #1069
Total Lots: 138
Sold Lots: 85
Lots Sold: 61.59%
Unsold Lots: 53

Total Sales (GBP): 257,424.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 180,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 245,650.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 277,200.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 380,650.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 67.63%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
72	Francis Bacon (1909-1992)	Portrait of Michel Leiris (Sabatier 30)	1990	GBP 14,000.00 - 16,000.00	GBP 25,460.00
73	Francis Bacon (1909-1992)	Triptych (1986-1987) (Sabatier 6)	1987	GBP 18,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 24,120.00
47	Paul Nash (1889-1946)	German Double Pillbox (Poston L5 6)	1918	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 17,420.00
114	David Hockney (b.1937)	Celia Reclining (Tokyo 225)	1979	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 12,060.00
126	Damien Hirst (b. 1965)	H5-6. Plaza	2018	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 12,060.00
127	Damien Hirst (b.1965)	Blue Butterfly	2006	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 12,060.00
118	David Hockney (b.1937)	My Pool and Terrace	1983	GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 10,050.00
141	Bridget Riley (b.1931)	Untitled (La Lune en Rodage - Carlo Belloli) (Riley Foundation 7; Schubert 6)	1965	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 10,050.00
67	Various Artists	The Penwith Portfolio	1973	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 8,040.00
111	David Hockney (b.1937)	A Young Model	1977	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,030.00
112	David Hockney (b.1937)	Byron Upton	1977	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,030.00
113	David Hockney (b.1937)	My Little House at the sea	1989	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,030.00
31	Patrick Heron (1920-1999)	January 1973 : 1	1973	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 5,360.00
157	Mr Doodle (b.1994)	Untitled (Tenterden)	2017	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,360.00
11	Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005)	Some Poems of Jules Laforgue (Cristea 38.a-v)	1973	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,824.00
128	Chris Levine (b.1960)	She's Light (Laser 3)	2013	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,288.00
119	David Hockney (b.1937)	Mo Asleep (Tokyo 116)	1971	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,752.00
94	Antony Gormley (b.1950)	Firmament	2008	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,484.00
102	Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017)	Tropic Fruit (See Heenk p.222)	1981	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,216.00
117	David Hockney (b.1937)	Tree (Tokyo 61)	1969	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,216.00

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<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Carolina Parrot, Plate 26. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $125,000 to $175,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $145,000 to $175,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Brown Pelican, Plate 421. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $75,000 to $100,000.

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Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: DE BRY, Johann Theodore, attributed to. Pair of Watercolor studies of Tulips. $40,000 to $60,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: FUERTES, Louis Agassiz. Alaskan Brown Bear. Watercolor and gouache on board. $10,000 to $15,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: HILL, Thomas. Big Trees. Oil on canvas. c. 1903. $40,000 to $60,000.

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Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of Kangaroos. London: by the author, August 1st 1841-May 1st 1842. $40,000 to $60,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America. London: Richard and John E. Taylor for the Author, [1844]-1850. $15,000 to $20,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: JANSSONIUS, Joannes. Atlantis majoris quinta pars, orbem maritimum seu omnium marium… Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1652. $50,000 to $80,000.

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Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: DONCKER, Hendrik. De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Waereld, vertoonende alle de Zee-Kusten van het bekende deel des Aerd-Bodems. Amsterdam: Henrick Doncker, [1658-1665]. $80,000 to $120,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: BURR, David. Map of the City and County of New York with the Adjacent Country. Engraved map with original hand color. Ithaca, NY: Stone & Clark, 1839. $9,000 to $12,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: CURRIER, Nathaniel and IVES, James Merritt. The City of New York. Lithograph with original hand color. New York: Currier & Ives, 1884. $15,000 to $20,000.

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