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Auction Name Emporium Auction - Prints, Books Total Sales (USD) 13,047.00
Auction Date September 13, 2019 - September 13, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,600.00
Sale Number #12295 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 18,225.00
Total Lots 55
Sold Lots 48 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 11,350.00
% of Lots Sold 87.27% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 21,275.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
283 PENTTI SAMMALLAHTI (Finnish, b. 1950)

Cilento, Italy, 1999

1999 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,000.00
291 Oliver Goldsmith

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

1914 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 960.00
295 ROBERTO MATTA (Chilean, 1911-2002)

Untitled

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 813.00
70 LE CORBUSIER (Swiss/French, 1887-1965)

Untitled, from Suite de Dessins

1968 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
229

TWO FORE-EDGE PAINTING BOOKS

1861, 1865 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 660.00
215 AFTER HENRI MATISSE (French, 1869–1954)

Femme a  la robe blanche, 1950

1950 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
235 ELEAZAR AND ELIZABETH ALBIN (British, 18th century)

Fifteen ornithological plates, from A Natural History of Birds,

1731-1737 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 492.00
251 BORIS O'KLEIN (French, 1893-1985)

Five plates from The Dirty Dogs of Paris

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
274

EIGHT REFERENCES ON JAPANESE SWORDS

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 438.00
175

33 WOODBLOCK PRINTS, GEISHA AND DOMESTIC SCENES

19th/20th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
186 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

21 JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS, UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

19th/20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
325 GIOVANNI FALDA AND GIOVANNI VENTURINI (Italian, 17th/early 18th century)

Ten etchings from Le Fontane di Roma..,

ca. 1670-1694 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 313.00
195

GROUP OF ORNITHOLOGICAL PRINTS

18th/19th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 308.00
337

LARGE GROUP OF WW I PHOTOGRAPHS

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 308.00
190

MAP OF LONG ISLAND

18th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
191 PAUL HARMON (Tennessee, born 1939)

Two monoprints: Elephant; Eagle

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
276

SEVEN SPORTING PRINTS (British and American, 19th/20th century)

19th/20th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
269 FRED HARMAN, JR. (American, 1902-1982)

Red Ryder and Little Beaver

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 246.00
83

GROUP OF LEPIDOPTERA PRINTS

probably 18th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
339 HIROSHI YOSHIDA (Massachusetts/Japan,1876-1950)

Bamboo Wood, 1939

1939 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
93 WILLIAM LEWIN (British, 1747–1795)

Four original gouaches and seventeen engravings from The Birds of Great Britain with Their Eggs,

1789-1794 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 188.00
187 YOSHU CHIKANOBU (Japanese, 1838-1912)

three triptychs, one depicting New Year party scene, one depicting cherry blossom viewing scene, one depicting poetry competition and chrysanthemum viewing scene

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 188.00
234

GROUP OF HERALDIC CREST PRINTS

probably 1900s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 185.00
19 ARTHUR W. HEINTZELMAN (American, 1890–1965)

Two etchings: The Pilgrim, Le Chole

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
24

FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS (20th/21st century)

20th/21st century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
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