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Auction Info

Auction Name
A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN CARRIAGES AND COACHES TO INCLUDE ASSOCIATED MEMORABILIA - Books and Prints
Auction Date
03/07/2015 - 03/07/2015
Sale Number
#22921
Total Lots
20
Sold Lots
20
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (GBP)
8,684.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
2,130.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
3,180.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
2,130.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
3,180.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
273.08%

Top twenty five by sale price

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  • <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> A Very Fine Composite Atlas Magnificently Illuminated and Heightened with Gold in a Fine Contemporary Hand Throughout. $300,000 - $500,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Saint-Exupéry's Revised Ending for Wind, Sand and Stars. $40,000 - $60,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Edith Wharton's Gold Medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1924. $20,000 - $30,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Salinger on the Glass Family and on Detachment. $10,000 - $15,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Fanny Burney's Groundbreaking First Novel. Evelina, Or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. $10,000 - $15,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Kafka's Earliest Extant Piece of Writing. Autograph Note Signed ("Franz Kafka"). $10,000 - $15,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Wagner Signed "Ride of the Valkries." $6,000 - $9,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Dickens on the Death of Little Nell. $5,000 - $8,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Sylvia Plath's Copy of Joy of Cooking. $4,000 - $6,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Walt Whitman and Friends: Whitman to James Russell Lowell. $8,000 - $12,000 <B>Bonhams, Dec. 18:</b> Walt Whitman and Friends: The Genesis of his Lincoln Lectures. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: A Very Fine Composite Atlas Magnificently Illuminated and Heightened with Gold in a Fine Contemporary Hand Throughout. $300,000 - $500,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Saint-Exupéry's Revised Ending for Wind, Sand and Stars. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Edith Wharton's Gold Medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1924. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Salinger on the Glass Family and on Detachment. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Fanny Burney's Groundbreaking First Novel. Evelina, Or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Kafka's Earliest Extant Piece of Writing. Autograph Note Signed ("Franz Kafka"). $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Wagner Signed "Ride of the Valkries." $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Dickens on the Death of Little Nell. $5,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Sylvia Plath's Copy of Joy of Cooking. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: Whitman to James Russell Lowell. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: The Genesis of his Lincoln Lectures. $6,000 - $9,000
  • <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction<br>Dec. 4 – 19, 2024</center></b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br>Lot 67. Book Press <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br>Lot 68. J. W. Daughaday Printing Press <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br>Lot 69. C. & P. Pilot Press <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction<br>Dec. 4 – 19, 2024</center></b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br>Lot 73. Vandercook Cylinder Proof Press <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br> Lot 76. Showcard Proof Press <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br> Lot 80. C. & P. Printing Press <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction<br>Dec. 4 – 19, 2024</center></b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br>Lot 81. C. & P. Printing Press <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br>Lot 82. Kelsey Star Printing Press <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br> Lot 83. Pilot Press <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction<br>Dec. 4 – 19, 2024</center></b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br> Lot 212. Kelsey Letterpress <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br> Wood & Metal Type. Many fonts and faces. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:</b><br>Print Shop Miscellany including type, tools, and equipment.
    High Bids Win
    Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction
    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 67. Book Press
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 68. J. W. Daughaday Printing Press
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 69. C. & P. Pilot Press
    High Bids Win
    Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction
    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 73. Vandercook Cylinder Proof Press
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 76. Showcard Proof Press
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 80. C. & P. Printing Press
    High Bids Win
    Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction
    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 81. C. & P. Printing Press
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 82. Kelsey Star Printing Press
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 83. Pilot Press
    High Bids Win
    Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction
    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 212. Kelsey Letterpress
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Wood & Metal Type. Many fonts and faces.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Print Shop Miscellany including type, tools, and equipment.
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Kelmscott Chaucer: The Finest Book Since the Gutenberg Bible. $60,000 - $90,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Poems Chosen out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Morris's Original Manuscript Title-Page Design for Rosetti. Ballads and Narrative Poems. $8,000 - $12,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Printed on Vellum: The Founding of the Kelmscott Press. $30,000 - $50,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Voragine, Jacobus De. The Golden Legend. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Lull, Ramon. The Order of Chivalry. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Swinburne. Morris, William, translator. Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. $4,000 - $6,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Printed on Vellum: One of Only 15 Copies. Morris, William, translator. Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile. $15,000 - $25,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> William Morris Association Copy in Fine Binding. Morris, William. Child Christopher and Goldilind at the Fair. $8,000 - $12,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Morris, William. 1834-1896. The Earthly Paradise. $6,000 - $9,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Nuremberg Chronicle. Schedel, Hartmann. 1440-1514. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Kelmscott Chaucer: The Finest Book Since the Gutenberg Bible. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Poems Chosen out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Morris's Original Manuscript Title-Page Design for Rosetti. Ballads and Narrative Poems. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Printed on Vellum: The Founding of the Kelmscott Press. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Voragine, Jacobus De. The Golden Legend. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Lull, Ramon. The Order of Chivalry. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Swinburne. Morris, William, translator. Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Printed on Vellum: One of Only 15 Copies. Morris, William, translator. Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: William Morris Association Copy in Fine Binding. Morris, William. Child Christopher and Goldilind at the Fair. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Morris, William. 1834-1896. The Earthly Paradise. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Nuremberg Chronicle. Schedel, Hartmann. 1440-1514. $30,000 - $50,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Livres et Manuscrits, de Galilée à Warhol<br>6-18 December 2024</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Proust, Marcel. <i>À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs,</i> [1920]. 150,000 - 200,000 EUR <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Warhol, Andy ─ Sam Francis ─ Walasse Ting ─ Roy Lichtenstein ─ Robert Rauschenberg ─ Jean-Paul Riopelle ─ Pierre Alechinsky ─ etc. [1964]. 120,000 - 150,000 EUR <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> [Mode] - Maison Goupy. 762 dessins de mode. [1924-1931]. 90,000 - 120,000 EUR <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Galilée. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei [1632]. 60,000 - 80,000 EUR <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Mongaigne, Michel de. <i>Essais.</i> Paris. [1587]. 32,000 - 45,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s
    Livres et Manuscrits, de Galilée à Warhol
    6-18 December 2024
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: Proust, Marcel. À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, [1920]. 150,000 - 200,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: Warhol, Andy ─ Sam Francis ─ Walasse Ting ─ Roy Lichtenstein ─ Robert Rauschenberg ─ Jean-Paul Riopelle ─ Pierre Alechinsky ─ etc. [1964]. 120,000 - 150,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: [Mode] - Maison Goupy. 762 dessins de mode. [1924-1931]. 90,000 - 120,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: Galilée. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei [1632]. 60,000 - 80,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: Mongaigne, Michel de. Essais. Paris. [1587]. 32,000 - 45,000 EUR
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