Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers: The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty: A Confluence of 19th and 20th Century Design, 22924, Hudson

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 29, 2024 - February 29, 2024
Page Size: 23 items in 1 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
56 Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

1889 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
85 After Horatio Walter Lonsdale (1844-1919)

The Procession of Empress Matilda

1885 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 256.00
86 Warwick Reynolds (1880-1926)

Dust Jacket for Habits & Characters of British Wild Animals

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,024.00
87 Amelia Bauerle (Bowerley)(1873-1916)

Children Amongst Foxgloves

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,408.00
97 Morley, Christopher

Where the Blue Begins, illustrated by Rackham, Arthur

1925 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 896.00
99 Shakespeare, William

The Tempest, illustrated by Rackham, Arthur

1926 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
102 Andersen, Hans

Fairy Tales, illustrated by Rackham, Arthur

1932 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,280.00
118 Alexander Apsitis (1880-1944)

Fairytale Illustrations: A Group of Three

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,688.00
125 Henry M. Green, Architect

Front View From Driveway, Edw. S. Crocker Residence, Pasadena; and Living Room

1913 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
143 Robinson, W. Heath

Bill the Minder

1912 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
167 Nesbit, Edith

Peeps into Fairy Land: A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories

1895 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 640.00
190 Nicholson, William

An Alphabet

1898 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,152.00
192 Knox, Archibald (1864-1933)

Manx Fairy Tales

1929 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 160.00
230 Malory, Sir Thomas

Le Morte Darthur

1909 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 640.00
249 Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)

Salammbo

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
277 Doyle, Richard

Fairyland: Pictures from the Elf World

1870 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 896.00
279 Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul; verses by Rentoul, Annie R.

Elves and Fairies

1916 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 1,024.00
299 Lord Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892)

The May Queen, illuminated by David Reid

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 640.00
311 Ashbee, C. R. (1863-1942)

Conradin: A Philosophical Ballad

1908 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 160.00
317 Stephens, James

Irish Fairy Tales, illustrated by Rackham, Arthur

1908 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
319 Ingoldsby, Thomas

The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels, illustrated by Rackham, Arthur

1907 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,664.00
329

L'Oeuvre Leon Bakst pour la Belle au Bois Dormant, M. de Brunoff, Editor, 19222

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 576.00
337

Miscellaneous Group of Arts and Craft Books, including many Roycroft Editions

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 3,584.00
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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