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<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Rare 1778 Engraved map of Colonial Philadelphia after George Heap (1714-1752) and Nicholas Scull (1687-1761). $10,000 to $12,000.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Author signed and inscribed <i>THE FOUNTAINHEAD,</i> stated First Edition, by Ayn Rand, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, New York, 1943. $2,000 to $2,400.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) hand-colored aquatint engraving, "Yellow-billed Magpie, Stellers Jay, Ultramarine Jay and Clark's Crow," Plate Number CCCLXII. $1,800 to $2,200.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) autograph letter, signed, as President, to Nathan Reid detailing Jackson’s intervention on behalf of Reid's grandson. $1,800 to $2,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Edward Steichen (Luxembourg/American, 1879-1973) portfolio of photographs, "The Early Years 1900-1927, 12 Hand-Gravure Prints" #41/1000, printed in 1981. $1,400 to $1,600.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, TLS, one-page typed letter on The White House, Washington, D.C., stationary to John Marshall Butler. $1,400 to $1,600.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Two Pre-Civil War slave related letters, including one written by Mariah, a female domestic slave of James Vincent Musgrove (1814-1890) to her daughter. $1,000 to $1,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Two author signed and inscribed Ayn Rand related books, including one Rand signed <i>WE THE LIVING,</i> London 1940 edition. $1,000 to $1,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> PLAN DE LA VILLE DE MEMPHIS (ETATS-UNIS) 40,000 HABITANTS pen and ink with watercolor hand drawn drainage system map, circa 1870. $700 to $900.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Scarce Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, Colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1757-1760) and South Carolina (1760). $600 to $700.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> VIEW OF NORFOLK FROM COSPORT, VIRGINIA, John Hill, engraver, after John Shaw (U.K., 1776-1832). $600 to $700.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> THE BURNING OF THE MERCHANT'S EXCHANGE, NEW YORK CITY -THE GREAT FIRE OF DECEMBER, 1835. Scarce color lithograph, a 1909 reissue of the original 1836 print. $500 to $700. -
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<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Schedel (Hartmann). <i>Liber Chronicarum,</i> first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> [Greek Orthodox Church].- <i>Menaion,</i> manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> 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><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Illuminated prayer book.- <i>Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones,</i> illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Hardy (Thomas). <i>The Mayor of Casterbridge,</i> 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> [Austen (Jane)]. <i>Emma: A Novel,</i> first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Brontë (Charlotte). <i>Jane Eyre. An Autobiography,</i> 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Cruikshank (George). <i>The Road to the Derby,</i> one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). <i>Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures,</i> 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). <i>The Work of Edward Burne-Jones,</i> edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Nazraeli Press.- <i>Six by Six,</i> 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. <i>Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes,</i> 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000. -
Auction Reports
Morton Subastas
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC WORK AUCTION. INCLUDES AVANT-GARDE SECTION AND DOCUMENTAL
- Auction Date
- 10/29/2020 - 10/29/2020
- Sale Number
- #995
- Total Lots
- 117
- Sold Lots
- 29
- Lots Sold
- 24.79%
- Unsold Lots
- 88
- Total Sales (MXN)
- 378,720.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN)
- 324,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN)
- 452,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN)
- 1,663,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (MXN)
- 2,399,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 15.79%
Top twenty by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | ANTONIO CABALLERO | Marilyn Monroe Hotel Hilton, CDMX, 1962 |
1962 | MXN 62,000.00 - 80,000.00 | MXN 72,000.00 |
| 87 | JAN HENDRIX | Exposición fotográfica "Reconstrucciones" |
MXN 34,000.00 - 40,000.00 | MXN 38,400.00 | |
| 51 | LOLA ÁLVAREZ BRAVO | Untitled |
MXN 24,000.00 - 30,000.00 | MXN 31,200.00 | |
| 69 | ARMANDO CRISTETO PATIÑO | El espíritu desnudo de un Apolo urbano (casi) desnudo |
81 | MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 | MXN 19,200.00 |
| 71 | YOLANDA ANDRADE | a) Una rosa para para la Ciudad de México |
MXN 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 | MXN 19,200.00 | |
| 24 | HUGO BREHME | Plaza de la Constitución |
MXN 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | MXN 18,000.00 | |
| 59 | HUMBERTO ZENDEJAS | Tin Tan y Blue Demon |
MXN 18,000.00 - 26,000.00 | MXN 18,000.00 | |
| 66 | JUAN PONCE GUADIAN | Laura León |
MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | MXN 18,000.00 | |
| 29 | JULIO BERESTEIN | Cabeza del Maestro Diego Rivera |
MXN 14,000.00 - 20,000.00 | MXN 14,400.00 | |
| 22 | HUGO BREHME | Álbum de postales de México: México, Cuernavaca, Mazatlán, Morelia, Tampico y Veracruz, Cuba y España |
MXN 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | MXN 12,000.00 | |
| 17 | CHARLES B. WAITE | Tipos, Ruinas Arqueológicas, Edificios de Mitla |
MXN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | MXN 11,400.00 | |
| 9 | CRUCES Y CAMPA, PEDRO GONZÁLEZ y MARTIN DUHALDE | Álbum fotográfico |
MXN 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | MXN 10,200.00 | |
| 4 | LUDWIG ANGERER | Maximiliano de Habsburgo y sus hermanos |
MXN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | MXN 9,600.00 | |
| 11 | VISOR ESTEREOSCÓPICO Y VISTAS ESTEREOSCÓPICAS | Vistas de México |
MXN 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | MXN 9,600.00 | |
| 100 | CLAUDIA J. CATALAR | From the seriesConsonancia desnuda, 2013 |
2013 | MXN 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | MXN 8,400.00 |
| 16 | HUGO BREHME | Cosecha de trigo, Sinaloa |
MXN 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | MXN 7,800.00 | |
| 57 | GABRIEL FIGUEROA | Enemigos, 1933 |
1933 | MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | MXN 7,800.00 |
| 58 | GABRIEL FIGUEROA | Río Escondido, 1947 |
1947 | MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | MXN 7,200.00 |
| 8 | NEURDEIN Y P. KAESER'S | Maximiliano de Habsburgo y Carlota de Bélgica |
MXN 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | MXN 6,000.00 | |
| 25 | GUILLERMO KAHLO | Recuerdo de México |
MXN 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | MXN 6,000.00 |
