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Doyle New York: Angling & Miscellaneous Books from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

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Auction Name Angling & Miscellaneous Books from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson Total Sales (USD) 41,271.25
Auction Date August 13, 2019 - August 13, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 27,335.00
Sale Number #19JJ04 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 44,250.00
Total Lots 364
Sold Lots 313 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 30,835.00
% of Lots Sold 85.99% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 50,040.00
Unsold Lots 51 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.48%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
148 FEARING, DANIEL B.

Some Early Notes on Striped Bass.

1917 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,875.00
337 WALTON, IZAAK and COTTON, CHARLES

The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation.

1866 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,750.00
105 [BROWN, JOHN J.]=AN AMERICAN ANGLER

The American Angler's Guide. Being a compilation from works of popular English authors, from Walton to the present time...

1845 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,125.00
365 ZARPAS, J. N.

Game Fishing in Lagos.

1949 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,000.00
12 [ANGLING CLUB]

Bloominggrove Park Association. Field, Turf and Aquatic Sports.

Circa 1871 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 937.50
97 BISSELL, ALFRED E.

Tuscarora Recollections.

1965 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 875.00
274 [BAYNE, JAMES]

Ouananiche Waters [cover title].

Circa 1900 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
327 TODD, JOHN, Rev.

Long Lake.

1845 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 875.00
44 [ANGLING CLUB]

Kedgemakooge Rod and Gun Club of Nova Scotia, Ltd.

Circa 1910 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 625.00
84 BABCOCK, LOUIS L.

Supplementary Notes on the Tarpon. February, 1921.

1921 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
108 BURDICK, CHARLES BAKER

Fins and Feathers. Holidays Afield and Afloat.

Circa 1937 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
177 GRISWOLD, F. GRAY

A Salmon River.

1928 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 593.75
124 [COLLINGWOOD, MINNIE]

What Fishing is Like in Labrador.

1898 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
317 STODDARD, S. R.

Lake George.

1871 USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 531.25
52 A MEMBER OF THE ACORN CLUB

A Day's Fishing.

1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
258 NEWLAND, HENRY

The Erne, its Legends and its Fly Fishing.

1851 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
37 GREY, ZANE

Fishing in the Gulf Stream.

Circa 1920 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 437.50
55 [ANGLING CLUB]

The Oquossoc Angling Association 1870-1970.

1970 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
136 DOUGLASS, LEON F.

Angling.

Circa 1900 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
357 WILDWOOD, WILL=[POND, FREDERICK E.]

Hand-Book for Young Sportsmen. A Treatise for the Amateur Devotees of Field Sports and Angling.

1876 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 406.25
75 [ANONYMOUS]

The Gentleman Angler: Containing Short, Plain, and Easy Instructions, whereby the most ignorant Beginner may, in a short Time, become a perfect Artist in Angling...

1736 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 375.00
195 HERBERT, WILLIAM HENRY

Supplement to Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America.

1850 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
275 [PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM]

A Fishing Trip to Northern Wisconsin in the 1880's [cover title].

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
339 WALTON, ISAAC and COTTON, CHARLES

The Complete Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation.

1847 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 375.00
76 [ANTICOSTI]

The Salmon Streams of Anticosti Island.

Circa 1932 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 343.75
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    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.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    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.
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