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Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Rare 1778 Engraved map of Colonial Philadelphia after George Heap (1714-1752) and Nicholas Scull (1687-1761). $10,000 to $12,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Author signed and inscribed THE FOUNTAINHEAD, stated First Edition, by Ayn Rand, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, New York, 1943. $2,000 to $2,400.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

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Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

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Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Two author signed and inscribed Ayn Rand related books, including one Rand signed WE THE LIVING, London 1940 edition. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

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Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Scarce Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, Colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1757-1760) and South Carolina (1760). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: VIEW OF NORFOLK FROM COSPORT, VIRGINIA, John Hill, engraver, after John Shaw (U.K., 1776-1832). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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: Picasso Prints and Ceramics
Auction Date: 11/23/2020 - 11/23/2020
Sale Number: #N10470
Total Lots: 25
Sold Lots: 21
Lots Sold: 84.00%
Unsold Lots: 4

Total Sales (USD): 226,548.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 150,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 223,700.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 172,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 253,700.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 89.30%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
38	After Pablo Picasso	Femme assise (Dora Maar)	1955	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 47,880.00
21	Pablo Picasso	L’Homme à la guitare (B. 30; Ba. 51)	1915	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 44,100.00
35	Pablo Picasso	Sueño y mentira de Franco (B. 297-298; Ba. 615-616; C. Bks 28)	1937	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 17,640.00
27	Pablo Picasso	Le Picador II (B. 1017; M. 350)	1961	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 16,380.00
64	Pablo Picasso	Carnaval 1967 (B. 1242; Ba. 1852)	1967	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 11,340.00
22	Pablo Picasso	L'Artiste et l'enfant (B. 590; M. 156)	1949	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 10,080.00
10	Pablo Picasso	Sculpteur au repos avec modèle démasqué et sa représentation sculptée (B. 159; Ba. 312)	1933	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 8,820.00
45	Pablo Picasso	Homme barbu songeant à une scène des mille et une nuits (B. 1497; Ba. 1513)	1968	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 8,820.00
54	Pablo Picasso	Colombe Volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (B. 712; M. 214)	1952	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 8,820.00
12	Pablo Picasso	Peintre au travail avec modèle barbu et une spectatrice assise en tailleur (B. 1130; Ba. 1127; C. bks. 122)	1963	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 6,930.00
51	Pablo Picasso	Pigeon blanc Fond noir (B. 420; M. 65)	1947	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,930.00
11	Pablo Picasso	Femme songeuse et inquiète dans l'atelier de sculpture (B. 188; Ba. 347)	1933	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 5,040.00
47	Pablo Picasso	Hibou, verre et fleur (B. 1272; M. 282)	1956	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 5,040.00
46	Pablo Picasso	Jeune couple, vieux couple, spectateur, avec un carrosse au fond (B. 1584; Ba. 1600)	1968	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,788.00
23	Pablo Picasso	Joie maternelle (B. 49; Ba. 66)	1921	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,032.00
6	Pablo Picasso	Deux Clowns (B. 766; Mourlot 264)	1954	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,780.00
13	Pablo Picasso	Les Coulisses du tableau. Odalisque et peintre (B. 1858; Ba. 1863)	1970	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,780.00
24	André Villers	Selected Images, Vallauris	1959	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 3,780.00
1	Pablo Picasso	Exposition de Céramiques Vallauris Pâques-1958 (Bloch 1279; Baer 1047)	1958	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,528.00
14	Pablo Picasso	Balzac, d'après Rodin (B. 713; Ba. 899)	1952, 1961, 1980	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 3,528.00

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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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