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Auction Name Emporium Auction - Books, Prints Total Sales (USD) 12,922.00
Auction Date July 19, 2019 - July 19, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 6,400.00
Sale Number #71919 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 11,650.00
Total Lots 33
Sold Lots 28 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 7,400.00
% of Lots Sold 84.85% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 13,750.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.98%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
329 American, 20th century

12 PCS. TYNIETOY DOLLHOUSE FRAMED ART , four circa 1920s portraits and one sailing, oil, five silhouettes, printed

circa 1920s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,680.00
406 TOM LEA, THE KING RANCH, 1957 LIMITED EDITION

Tom Lea, The King Ranch, Two Volume Limited Edition Set,

1957 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,625.00
7 BROR THURE DE THULSTRUP (Swedish/New York/New Orleans, 1848-1930)

Brandy and Cigars, signed lower left "Thulstrup"

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,500.00
119 AFTER EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS (American, 1868-1952)

Group of 15 contemporary pigment prints from vintage photogravures

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,080.00
256 ALEXANDER CALDER (New York, 1898-1976)

Taking Off for the Sun-With Flying Colors, 1976

1976 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
124 AFTER EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS (American, 1868-1952)

five contemporary pigment prints from vintage photographs

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
120 AFTER EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS (American, 1868-1952)

two contemporary pigment prints from vintage photographs

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 660.00
123 AFTER EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS (American, 1868-1952)

six contemporary pigment prints from vintage photographs

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 600.00
122 AFTER EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS (American, 1868-1952)

Group of 15 contemporary pigment prints from vintage photogravures

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
512 William Carlos Williams

PATERSON, FIVE VOLUMES by William Carlos Williams, A New Directions Book: New York, 1951

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 420.00
121 AFTER EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS (American, 1868-1952)

five contemporary pigment prints from vintage photographs

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
373 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785–1851)- top

Black-tailed Hare, Plate LXIII from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,

1839-1844 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
500 PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (French, 1841–1919)

Baigneuse debout, à mi-jambes,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
157 EARL STROH (New Mexico/New York, 1924–2005)

Thracian Mode, signed lower left "Earl W. Stroh"

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 313.00
292 CURRIER & IVES, PUBLISHER (American 19th century)

Cutter Genesta, R. Y. S., 1885

1885 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
99 GABOR PETERDI (Connecticut/New York, 1915-2001)

Blooming Ice, 1965

1965 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
304 JOAN MIRÓ (Spanish, 1893–1983)

Derrier le Miroir-Artigas, front and back cover, 1963

1963 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
479 AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (New York, 1785-1851)

Great Blue Heron, Pl. CCXI

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
167 TOYOHIKO BOOK (Japanese, 1773-1845)

Album of Four Seasons, 18th century

18th century USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 180.00
389 EIGHT 18TH CENTURY BRITISH FORTIFICATION MAPS

Engraving on paper depicting eight European scenes from "Mr. Tindal's Confirmation of Mr. Rapin's History of England"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
28 AFTER PABLO PICASSO (Spanish, 1881–1973)

Pour Roby from L'Age de Soleil, 1950

1950 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
44 Swiss, 19th century

21 SWISS FOLDING MAPS , black and white topographical maps,

1889 - 1896 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
85 BOX MESDA PUBLICATIONS

60 issues of Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts published by MESDA, earliest 1978, latest 2002

1978-2002 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
497 SARAH ROGERS (American, 20th/21st century)

Two works: Equus #4, 1992; Equus #3, 1992

1992 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 90.00
153 ROBERT BERO (New York, 1941–2007)

Untitled, abstract trees in a landscape, artist's proof, signed lower right "Robert Bero"

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 62.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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