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<center><b>Swann Auction Galleries View Our Record Breaking Results</b><b>Swann:</b> Charles Monroe Schulz, <i>The Peanuts gang,</i> complete set of 13 drawings, ink, 1971. Sold June 15 — $50,000.<b>Swann:</b> Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Family Archive of Photographs & Letters. Sold June 1 — $60,000.<b>Swann:</b> Victor H. Green, <i>The Negro Motorist Green Book,</i> New York, 1949. Sold March 30 — $50,000.<b>Swann:</b> William Shakespeare, <i>King Lear; Othello;</i> [and] <i>Anthony & Cleopatra;</i> Extracted from the First Folio, London, 1623. Sold May 4— $185,000.<center><b>Swann Auction Galleries View Our Record Breaking Results</b><b>Swann:</b> William Samuel Schwartz, <i>A Bridge in Baraboo, Wisconsin,</i> oil on canvas, circa 1938. Sold February 16 — $32,500.<b>Swann:</b> Lena Scott Harris, <i>Group of approximately 65 hand-colored botanical studies, all apparently California native plants,</i> hand-colored silver prints, circa 1930s. Sold February 23 — $37,500.<b>Swann:</b> Suzanne Jackson, <i>Always Something To Look For,</i> acrylic & pencil on linen canvas, circa 1974. Sold April 6 — $87,500.<b>Swann:</b> Gustav Klimt, <i>Das Werk von Gustav Klimt,</i> complete with 50 printed collotype plates, Vienna & Leipzig, 1918. Sold June 15 — $68,750. -
<b><center>Case Auctions<br>Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction<br>October 6-7, 2023</b><b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> John Speed 1676 Map of Virginia, Maryland, and Chesapeake Bay. $1,000 to $1,200.<b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Andrew Jackson Coffin Handbill and Political Cartoon. $800 to $900.<b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Three Andrew Jackson Bank War Cartoons, incl. Way to Arabay. $800 to $900.<b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Three Andrew Jackson period Political Cartoons inc. Petticoat Affair. $500 to $600.<b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Cdre. Jesse D. Elliott ALS and Sarcophagus Print, Andrew Jackson & USS Constitution elated. $500 to $600.<b><center>Case Auctions<br>Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction<br>October 6-7, 2023</b><b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Presidential Autographs & Portrait Prints incl. Eisenhower Photo, 18 items. $400 to $500.<b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Group of three Robert E. Lee Cabinet Card Photographs, Miley Studio. $400 to $500.<b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Eight Fugitive Writer related books incl. Andrew Lytle, R.P. Warren, J.C. Ransom, Allen Tate. $400 to $500.<b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Group Early Southern and Civil War Era Sheet Music. $300 to $350.<b>Case Auctions, Oct. 7:</b> Henry Miller, <i>Insomnia or the Devil at Large;</i> Signed; Loujon Press 1970. $500 to $600. -
<b><center>Australian Book Auctions<br>Voyages, Natural History &c.<br>October 4, 2023<br>9:00 AM Australian Western Time</b><b>Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4:</b> PURCHAS, Samuel (circa 1577-1626). <i>HAKLUYTUS POSTHUMUS OR PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES…,</i> London, 1625-1626. First edition. $40,000 to $60,000 AUD<b>Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4:</b> GOULD, John. <i>THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA,</i> Volume IV. Folio, 104 fine handcoloured lithographed plates. London, 1848. $20,000 to $30,000 AUD<b>Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4:</b> REICHENOW, Dr. Ant. <i>VOGELBILDER AUS FERNER ZONEN, abbildungen und beschreibungen der Papageien.</i> Kassel, 1878-1883. Folio, 33 hand-finished chromolithograph plates. $3,000 to $5,000 AUD<b>Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4:</b> WALLIS, <i>E. WALLIS’S ELEGANT AND INSTRUCTIVE GAME exhibiting the Wonders of Nature, in Each Quarter of the World.</i> Handcoloured view, 26 numbered scenes. $400 to $600 AUD.<b>Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4:</b> GREENAWAY, Kate. <i>ALMANACK FOR 1883</i> [and following years]. Twenty-two volumes, including six duplicates in variant bindings. $1,400 to $1,800 AUD. -
<b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library<br>Magnificent Books and Bindings<br>11 October 2023</b><b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. $300,000 to $400,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Leonardo da Vinci, Trattato della pittura, manuscript on paper, [Rome, ca. 1638–1641], a very fine pre-publication manuscript. $250,000 to $300,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Paradis, Ung petit traicte de Alkimie, [Paris, before 1540], contemporary morocco by the Pecking Crow binder for Anne de Montmorency. $300,000 to $350,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Capocaccia, Giovanni Battista, A wax relief portrait of Pius V, in a red morocco book-form box by the Vatican bindery, Rome, 1566–1568. $250,000 to $300,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Serlio, Il terzo libro; Regole generali, Venice, 1540, both printed on blue paper and bound together by the Cupid's Bow Binder. $400,000 to $500,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Tiraboschi, Carmina, manuscript on vellum, [Padua, c. 1471], the earliest surviving plaquette binding. $280,000 to $350,000.<b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library<br>The Aldine Collection A–C<br>12 October 2023</b><b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Anthologia graeca, Venice, Aldus, 1503, printed on vellum, Masterman Sykes-Syston Park copy. $150,000 to $200,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Castiglione, Il libro del cortegiano, Venice, Aldus, 1528, contemporary Italian morocco gilt, Accolti-Landau copy. $200,000 to $300,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Castiglione, Il libro del cortegiano, Venice, Aldus, 1545, contemporary morocco for Thomas Mahieu, Chatsworth copy. $200,000 to $300,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Cicero, Epistolae familiares, Venice, Aldus, 1502, printed on vellum, illuminated, Renouard-Vernon-Uzielli copy. $200,000 to $300,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Venice, Aldus, 1499, Gomar Estienne binding for Jean Grolier, Spencer copy. $400,000 to $600,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Crinito, Libri de poetis Latinis, Florence, Giunta, 1505, Cupid's Bow Binder for Grolier, Paris d'Illins-Wodhull copy. $250,000 to $300,000.
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Books
- Auction Date
- 10/24/2014 - 10/24/2014
- Sale Number
- #21356
- Total Lots
- 81
- Sold Lots
- 0
- Lots Sold
- 0.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 81
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 0.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 0.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 0.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 15,750.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 22,240.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- -0.36%
Top twenty by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36.B | CERF Léon | Les regrets de Joachim du Bellay, Angevin. Rene KIEFFER editeur. |
1926 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 39.B | De MONTHERLANT H | Les olympiques. GRASSET. |
1938 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 40.B | DIDEROT | Le neveu de Rameau. A. BLAIZOT, editeur. |
1924 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 57.B | LACORDAIRE HD | La vie de Saint Dominique. BELTRAND editeur. |
1919 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 1 | ALMANACH DES GENS DE BIEN, contenant des anecdotes sur des personnages qui se sont rendus fameux dans notre revolution... |
1797 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 2 | BUFFON Histoire Naturelle1774-1789 |
1774/1789 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 3 | MACHIAVEL | MACHIAVEL Le prince |
1686 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 4 | TURNER, Samuel | TURNER, Samuel Ambassade au Thibet et au Boutan. |
1800 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 8 | GRANDVILLE, | GRANDVILLE, "Les fleurs animees", volume de planches seul |
EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 9 | TOUDOUZE (Gustave) | Le Roy Soleil, ill Maurice LELOIR 1 vol. |
1904 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 10 | VERNE (Jules) | Ensemble de cartonnages HETZEL principalement aux feuilles d'acanthe et au macaron rouge |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 11 | VERNE (Jules) | CINQ SEMAINES EN BALLON. Voyage au centre de la terre. |
1905 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 12 | VERNE (Jules) | UNE VILLE FLOTTANTE. Les forceurs de blocus. |
EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 13 | VERNE (Jules) | Une famille sans nom 82 dessins de G. Tiret-Bognet et une carte en couleurs. |
EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 20 | AELBERTS (Alain-Valéry) et Jean-Jacques AUQUIER | A€ Raoul Ubac & Olivier Membrini. |
1973 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 21 | AELBERTS (Alain-Valéry) | Shaman, precede de Trantris. Poemes. |
1973 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 22 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles) | Causeries. |
1920 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 23 | BAZIN (Hervé) | Vipere au poing. |
1948 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 24 | BEARDSLEY (Aubrey) | Arotiques. |
1970 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 25 | BECKFORD (William) | Vathek. |
1962 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
