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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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<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>January Auction<br>January 23, 2021</b><b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> AUDUBON, John James. <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26.</i> London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $125,000 to $175,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> AUDUBON, John James. <i>Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81.</i> London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $145,000 to $175,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> AUDUBON, John James. <i>Brown Pelican, Plate 421.</i> London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $75,000 to $100,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>January Auction<br>January 23, 2021</b><b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> DE BRY, Johann Theodore, attributed to. Pair of Watercolor studies of Tulips. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> FUERTES, Louis Agassiz. <i>Alaskan Brown Bear.</i> Watercolor and gouache on board. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> HILL, Thomas. <i>Big Trees.</i> Oil on canvas. c. 1903. $40,000 to $60,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>January Auction<br>January 23, 2021</b><b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of Kangaroos.</i> London: by the author, August 1st 1841-May 1st 1842. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America.</i> London: Richard and John E. Taylor for the Author, [1844]-1850. $15,000 to $20,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> JANSSONIUS, Joannes. <i>Atlantis majoris quinta pars, orbem maritimum seu omnium marium…</i> Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1652. $50,000 to $80,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>January Auction<br>January 23, 2021</b><b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> DONCKER, Hendrik. <i>De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Waereld, vertoonende alle de Zee-Kusten van het bekende deel des Aerd-Bodems.</i> Amsterdam: Henrick Doncker, [1658-1665]. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> BURR, David. <i>Map of the City and County of New York with the Adjacent Country.</i> Engraved map with original hand color. Ithaca, NY: Stone & Clark, 1839. $9,000 to $12,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> CURRIER, Nathaniel and IVES, James Merritt. <i>The City of New York.</i> Lithograph with original hand color. New York: Currier & Ives, 1884. $15,000 to $20,000.
Auction Reports
Bonhams
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Gift of Photographs - bidstart 12/4
- Auction Date
- 12/14/2020 - 12/14/2020
- Sale Number
- #26096
- Total Lots
- 152
- Sold Lots
- 81
- Lots Sold
- 53.29%
- Unsold Lots
- 71
- Total Sales (USD)
- 211,091.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 184,500.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 266,400.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 384,100.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 558,800.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 37.78%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
67 | Ansel Adams | Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California |
1944, printed 1970s | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 25,312.00 |
49 | Herb Ritts | Male Nude, Front View, Hollywood |
1989 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,837.00 |
128 | Ansel Adams | Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite |
1960, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,562.00 |
146 | Richard Avedon | Igor Stavinsky, Composer, New York City |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,287.00 | |
65 | Hiroshi Sugimoto | Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland; and Atlantic Ocean, Martha's Vineyard, from "Time Exposed" 2 |
1982 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,650.00 |
21 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Interlude at the Glyndebourne Opera, East Sussex |
1953, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,375.00 |
45 | Horst P. Horst | Male Nude, New York |
1952, printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,375.00 |
47 | Herb Ritts | Duo VII, Los Angeles |
1990 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,375.00 |
46 | Herb Ritts | Splash, Hollywood |
1989 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,355.00 |
148 | Ara Guler | Aerial studies, Noah's Ark, Mount Ararat and Mount Tunduruk |
1960 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,355.00 |
37 | Cindy Sherman | Untitled (Homage to Claude Cahun) |
1979, printed 2004 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,100.00 |
3 | Ruth Orkin | White Stoops, West 88th Street, New York City, |
1952, printed later | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,462.00 |
66 | Alec Soth | Falls #34 |
2005 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,825.00 |
108 | Helmut Newton | Rome |
1977 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,825.00 |
138 | Hans Finsler and Sergio Libis | Untitled (Color studies) |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,825.00 | |
117 | Loomis Dean | Newspaper boy in the middle of Los Angeles traffic, looking south on Olive Street |
1949, printed 2004 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,570.00 |
18 | Roy Schatt | James Dean |
1954, printed later | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,187.00 |
88 | Ernst Haas | Times Square Reflection, New York City |
1962, printed later | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,187.00 |
39 | Horst P. Horst | Male Nude II, New York |
1952, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 2,805.00 |
12 | Bill Brandt | Aldeburgh Beach |
1940, printed later | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,550.00 |