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<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20.<br>Mrs S. C. Belnos.</b> <i>The Sundhya or the Daily Prayers of the Brahmins,</i> 1st edition, 1851. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20.<br>Sir Harry Darell.</b> <i>China, India, Cape of Good Hope and Vicinity,</i> 1st edition, 1852. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20.<br><i>Scots Magazine,</i></b> 61 volumes, 1739-1800. With important maps of North America. £1,500 to £2,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>Ian Fleming.</b> <i>Casino Royale,</i> 1st edition, 1953. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>Virginia Woolf.</b> <i>Really and Truly,</i> 1915. Autograph confessions book. £4,000 to £6,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>Evelyn Waugh.</b> <i>Vile Bodies,</i> 1st edition, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>J. R. R. Tolkien.</b> Autograph letter signed on Old English, with corrected typescript. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>Lewis Carroll.</b> <i>The Hunting of the Snark,</i> 1st edition, 1876. Presentation copy. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>Essex House Press.</b> <i>Poems of William Shakespeare,</i> 1899. One of 450 copies. £1,000 to £1,500.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>Lafcadio Hearn.</b> <i>A Japanese Miscellany,</i> 1st edition, 1901. Presentation copy. £1,000 to £1,500.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>Jules Verne.</b> <i>Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas,</i> 1st UK edition, 1873. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21.<br>Charles Dickens.</b> <i>The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit,</i> 1st edition, 1844. Original cloth binding. £800 to £1,200. -
<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
Litchfield County Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Estate of Richard I. Johnson
- Auction Date
- 12/08/2020 - 12/08/2020
- Sale Number
- #120820
- Total Lots
- 186
- Sold Lots
- 182
- Lots Sold
- 97.85%
- Unsold Lots
- 4
- Total Sales (USD)
- 255,612.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 65,210.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 100,300.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 65,790.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 101,220.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 252.53%
Top twenty by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Hasui Kawase, 1883-1957 | 2 Japanese Woodblock prints, one Ukiyo-e,"Pre-Earthquake" |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 29,900.00 | |
| 354 | John C. Jay. | Catalogue of Recent shells in the Cabinet of John C. Jay. |
1835 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 18,850.00 |
| 337 | E. Lear, J. Sowerby, and others. – F.W. Beechey. | The Zoology of Captain Beechey’s Voyage … to the Pacific and Behring’s [sic.] Straits. |
1839 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 13,650.00 |
| 408 | Isaac Lea. | Observations on the Genus Unio. |
1834-1874. | USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 11,050.00 |
| 353 | L. Kiener & P. Fischer. | Species General et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes. |
1834-1880. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,750.00 |
| 375 | Thomas Say. | [Article on “Conchology”, published in W. Nicholson’s “American Edition of the British Encyclopedia … Vol.II. B. – E.” |
1817 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,450.00 |
| 297 | J.B. Gassies. | Faune Conchyliologique … de la Nouvelle-Caledonne. |
1863-1879-1880. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,420.00 |
| 302 | G.P. Deshayes. | Traite Elementaire de Conchyliologie. |
1839-1864. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,290.00 |
| 341 | J.J. Audubon, and others (contributors). | Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. |
1824-1876. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 4,290.00 |
| 289 | Shells, and other subjects. A large collection of offprints & extracts, the majority on shells, in 12 boxes. |
18th-20th centuries but most 19th & early 20th century. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 3,510.00 | |
| 345 | Antoine Risso. | Mollusques Cephalopodes vivants observes dans la dans le parage mediterraneen du comte de Nice. Ouvrage posthume. |
1854 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 346 | A de Ferussac & A. d’Orbigny. | [Histoire Naturelle des Cephalopodes Acetabuliferes vivants et fossils. |
1835-1848 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,860.00 |
| 402 | S. Hanley & W. Theobald. | Conchology Indica: Illustrations of the land and freshwater shells of British India. |
1876 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,860.00 |
| 418 | France & Belgium, Shells. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,860.00 | ||
| 377 | J.B. Verany. | Mollusques Mediterraneens observes .. premiere partie: Cephalopodes de la Mediterranee [all published]. |
1851 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,730.00 |
| 416 | Fossil Shells. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,730.00 | ||
| 290 | T. Bell, J.G. Sowerby, and others (editors). | The Zoological Journal. |
1825-1834. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,600.00 |
| 317 | Timothy A. Conrad. | Monography of the Family Unionidae, or Naiades of Lamarck (fresh water bivalve shells) of North America. |
1836 -1838. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,600.00 |
| 436 | HMS Challenger Expedition. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,600.00 | ||
| 355 | G.B. Sowerby. | A Catalogue of the Shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville. |
1825 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,470.00 |
