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Auction Name Old Master Prints Total Sales (GBP) 2,041,615.00
Auction Date December 10, 2019 - December 10, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,181,400.00
Sale Number #17352 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,801,800.00
Total Lots 297
Sold Lots 232 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,892,200.00
% of Lots Sold 78.11% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,862,200.00
Unsold Lots 65 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 71.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
200 ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

Melencolia I

1514 GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 187,500.00
261 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Three Trees

1643 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 112,500.00
178 ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from: The Apocalypse

circa 1497-98 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 93,750.00
277 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Saint Jerome reading in an Italian Landscape

circa 1653 GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 87,500.00
55 HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617) AFTER CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM (1562-1638)

The Dragon devouring the Companions of Cadmus

1588 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 75,000.00
35 ANTONIO FANTUZZI (ACTIVE 1537-1550) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)

Caesar ordering the Burning of Pompey's Letters

circa 1542-43 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 47,500.00
192 ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

Nemesis

circa 1501 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 40,000.00
240 FRANS HUYS (CIRCA 1522-1562) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)

Naval Battle in the Straits of Messina

1561 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 40,000.00
92 DOMENICO BECCAFUMI (1486-1551)

Four Doctors (Four Evangelists)

circa 1540s GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
257 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669)

Self-Portrait leaning on a Stone Sill

1639 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
89 UGO DA CARPI (ACTIVE 1502-1532) AFTER PARMIGIANINO (1503-1540)

Diogenes

circa 1527-30 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
262 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Windmill

1641 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
278 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Woman sitting half dressed beside a Stove

1658 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 31,250.00
242 GIOVANNI BATTISTA SCULTORI (1503-1575) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1546)

David cutting off the Head of Goliath

1540 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
36 LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540-1556) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)

Christ in Glory

circa 1540 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 23,750.00
39 JEAN MIGNON (ACTIVE 1535-1555) AFTER LUCA PENNI (CIRCA 1500-1577)

Cassandra stopping Deiphobus from killing Paris

circa 1544-45 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 23,750.00
21 UGO DA CARPI (ACTIVE 1502-32) AFTER MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (1480-1534) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

David and Goliath

circa 1520-27 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 22,500.00
186 ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

The Captivity of Christ, from: The Large Passion

1510 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 22,500.00
10 MARCO DENTE, CALLED MARCO DA RAVENNA (CIRCA 1486-1527) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

Battle Scene

circa 1520-1525 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
254 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face dark: Bust

1633 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
6 MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (1480-1534) AFTER BACCIO BANDINELLI (1488-1560)

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

circa 1525 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 20,000.00
59 LUCAS VORSTERMAN (1595-1675) AFTER PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)

Saint Michael fighting the Rebel Angels

1621 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 20,000.00
93 ANDREA ANDREANI (CIRCA 1558-1629) AFTER DOMENICO BECCAFUMI (1486-1551)

Moses breaking the Tablets of the Law: Lower Half

1590 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 20,000.00
120 HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617)

The Farnese Hercules

1592 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 20,000.00
266 REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Abraham’s Sacrifice

1655 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 18,750.00
  • 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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