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Auction Name Historic Photography: Timed Auction - Internet bidstart 12/20 Total Sales (USD) 87,714.00
Auction Date January 07, 2019 - January 07, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 45,850.00
Sale Number #10719 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 78,950.00
Total Lots 237
Sold Lots 217 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 56,650.00
% of Lots Sold 91.56% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 96,400.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.99%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
135

Remarkable Collection of Cabinet Cards Showing Circus and Sideshow Performers

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,800.00
134

Collection of NASA-related Items, Most Matted, Including Signed Photos and Letters

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 6,600.00
90

Civil War CDVs of Soldiers from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Kentucky, Some Autographed, Lot of 13

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,480.00
17

A Fine 1857 Postmortem Daguerreotype

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,920.00
19

Postmortem Daguerreotypes of Young Women, Lot of Two

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,800.00
53

Large Collection of Daguerreotype Portraits of Women, Lot of 22

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,560.00
83

Collection of Seven CDVs with Views of South Carolina and Louisiana

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,440.00
225

Ben Wittick Stereoviews of a Mohave Shaman and His Patient, Lot of 2

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,440.00
85

Civil War CDVs of Union Generals and Officers, Incl. Ball and Thomas View of Horatio Van Cleve, Lot of 9

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,320.00
127

Bridgman, Frederick Arthur (American painter, 1857-1928), Signed Photograph

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 1,320.00
152

Very Rare Albumen Photograph of a circa 1870s Baseball Game in Progress, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,200.00
218

Julia Tuell Photographs of Cheyenne Life, Including the Animal Dance and Sun Dance

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,200.00
20

Pair of Postmortem Daguerreotypes of the Same Young Man, Including Possible Copy

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,020.00
18

Postmortem Daguerreotypes of Infants, Group of Three Including One by Anson

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 960.00
211

Six Steroviews of Crook's 1876 'Horsemeat March", by S.J. Morrow

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 960.00
23

Charming Pristine Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Girl and Her Doll

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 900.00
189

Arkansas Lynching Scene with Three Carriages

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 900.00
190

Stereoview of the Bloody Bender Murders, Kansas,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 900.00
60

Huge Collection of Tintype Portraits, Lot of 325

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
80

Mexican War Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a US Army Artilleryman

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
87

Civil War CDV Collection Incl. Generals and Identified Soldiers, Some Autographed

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
49

Daguerreotypes of Smartly Dressed Children, Lot of 14

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
54

Large Group of Daguerreotypes Featuring Women and Girls in Printed Dresses, Lot of 24

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 780.00
213

Platinum Prints by A. Rinehart

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 780.00
235

CDV of a Cree Man by G. R. Fardon, Victoria, British Columbia

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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