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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. -
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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Joseph F. Kernan, <i>College Football,</i> oil on canvas, <i>The Saturday Evening Post</i> cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Joseph C. Leyendecker, <i>Golfer Lighting a Cigarette,</i> oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Howard Chandler Christy, <i>In the Field,</i> charcoal & watercolor, published in <i>Scribner’s,</i> 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> N.C. Wyeth, <i>Standish Reading,</i> pen & ink, for <i>The Courtship of Miles Standish,</i> 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Johnanna Stewart Mapes, <i>A Fairy Book,</i> conté crayon, for <i>St. Nicholas Magazine,</i> 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for <i>The Frog & Toad Coloring Book,</i> 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Antonio Lopez, <i>Today’s Fashions,</i> study for <i>The New York Times,</i> 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Charles Schulz, <i>“I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…”</i> pen & ink, original 4-panel <i>Peanuts comic,</i> 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Constantin Alajalov, <i>Family Tree,</i> watercolor and gouache, cover for <i>The New Yorker,</i> 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000. -
<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.
Auction Reports
Chiswick Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Erotica: Objects of Desire - Live Online
- Auction Date
- 12/02/2020 - 12/02/2020
- Sale Number
- #530
- Total Lots
- 143
- Sold Lots
- 74
- Lots Sold
- 51.75%
- Unsold Lots
- 69
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 49,958.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 36,040.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 51,850.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 67,610.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 95,760.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 52.17%
Top twenty by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1175 | Payne (Roger) | Payne (Roger) [Roger: Men] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 5,375.00 | |
| 1069 | Moral (Jean) | Moral (Jean) Erotic Advertisements for Diana Slip, |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,750.00 | |
| 1002 | A mid - 18th century unmarked unmarked silver concealed erotic snuffbox, probably French circa 1760 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,250.00 | ||
| 1134 | D'Orazio (Sante) | D'Orazio (Sante) Cindy Crawford |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,125.00 | |
| 1032 | von Plüschow (Guglielmo) | von Plüschow (Guglielmo) Male Nude |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,500.00 | |
| 1050 | Ray (Man) | Ray (Man) Kiki De Montparnasse. Portrait Nue Dans Un Fauteui |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,500.00 | |
| 1079 | Lynes (George Platt) | Lynes (George Platt) 'Naked man holding old pair of skis', |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,375.00 | |
| 1015 | Silver Repousse Lidded Boxes with Erotic Scenes |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,250.00 | ||
| 1119 | Emin (Tracy) | Emin (Tracy) Every Bodies Been There, |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,250.00 | |
| 1020 | Collection of erotic engravings, |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,125.00 | ||
| 1065 | La Nouvelle Gamiani | La Nouvelle Gamiani Roman Vécu, |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,125.00 | |
| 1113 | Newton (Helmut) | Newton (Helmut) Hotel Room, Place de la République, Paris |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,125.00 | |
| 1153 | Rickett (Sophie) | Rickett (Sophie) Vauxhall Bridge |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,125.00 | |
| 1061 | Glover (Montague Charles) | Glover (Montague Charles) 'Rough' trade interest Studio Portrait of a Model with Tattoos on Forearm, in Sports outfit. |
GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,000.00 | |
| 1062 | Glover (Montague Charles) | Montague Charles Glover (1898 – 1983) 'Rough' trade interest c. 1930s Studio Portrait of a Male Model in Sport Shorts |
GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,000.00 | |
| 1161 | Francis (Mike) | Francis (Mike) Peeping Janet |
GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,000.00 | |
| 1115 | Ritts (Herb) | Ritts (Herb) Greg Louganis, Hollywood |
GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 875.00 | |
| 1029 | Galdi (Vincenzo) | Galdi (Vincenzo) Sicilian Couple |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 750.00 | |
| 1038 | Bayros (Franz von) | Bayros (Franz von) and Emil Sartori Die Bonbonnière, Galante und artige Sammlung erotischer Phantasien |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 750.00 | |
| 1125 | Cameron (Ronald), Scottish | Cameron (Ronald), Scottish Rosa, |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 750.00 |
