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Auction Name Editions and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 949,622.50
Auction Date January 21, 2020 - January 21, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 625,100.00
Sale Number #1052 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 874,800.00
Total Lots 252
Sold Lots 193 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 889,450.00
% of Lots Sold 76.59% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,248,800.00
Unsold Lots 59 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
266 Banksy (b.1974) Rude Copper

Rude Copper

2002 GBP 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 GBP 100,500.00
267 Banksy (b.1974) Wrong War

Wrong War

2004 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 37,520.00
265 Banksy (b.1974) Morons (Sepia)

Morons (Sepia)

2007 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 34,840.00
272 Banksy (b.1974) Trolleys (colour)

Trolleys (colour)

2007 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 33,500.00
111 David Hockney (b.1937) Untitled No.12

Untitled No.12

2010 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 26,800.00
178 Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Santa Claus (Feldman & Schellmann II.266)

Santa Claus (Feldman & Schellmann II.266)

1981 GBP 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 GBP 22,100.00
110 David Hockney (b.1937) Michelle and John Spike

Michelle and John Spike

2009 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 20,100.00
215 Yayoi Kusama (b.1929) Pumpkin 2000 (Green) (Kusama 300)

Pumpkin 2000 (Green) (Kusama 300)

2000 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 19,500.00
19 Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate

The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate

1633 GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 16,900.00
264 Banksy (b.1974) Napalm

Napalm

2004 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 16,080.00
262 KAWS (b.1974) BLAME GAME

BLAME GAME

2014 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 15,600.00
269 Banksy (b.1974) Monkey Queen

Monkey Queen

2004 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 15,410.00
83 Claude Monet (1840-1926) & George-William Thornley (1875-1935) Vue depuis le Cap d'Antibes (Lugt …

Vue depuis le Cap d'Antibes (Lugt 225d)

circa 1892 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 14,300.00
93 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Neuf Têtes (Bloch 285)

Neuf Têtes (Bloch 285)

1934 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 13,400.00
18 Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Abraham and Isaac

Abraham and Isaac

1645 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 13,000.00
190 Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) Haystack #3 (Corlett 67)

Haystack #3 (Corlett 67)

1969 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 11,700.00
191 Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) Haystack #4 (Corlett 68)

Haystack #4 (Corlett 68)

1969 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 11,700.00
112 David Hockney (b.1937) Rain on the Studio Window

Rain on the Studio Window

2009 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 11,390.00
261 KAWS (b.1974) BLAME GAME

BLAME GAME

2014 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 11,050.00
38 Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Le Juif Priant, Juif à la Thora, La Maison, L'Homme au Sac, Chèvre et …

Le Juif Priant, Juif à la Thora, La Maison, L'Homme au Sac, Chèvre et Violin, L'Ecuyère et le Coq, (Kornfeld 31 III, 32 IV b, 33II b, 34 II b, 35 c and 84)

1922- 1923 GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,965.00
96 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (after) Grande Maternité

Grande Maternité

1963 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,720.00
109 David Hockney (b.1937) Untitled No. 516, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition D

Untitled No. 516, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition D

2010/2016 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 10,720.00
17 Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

1634 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,400.00
66 Wassily Kandinksy (1866-1944) Holzchnitt für Den Sturm (Roethel 80)

Holzchnitt für Den Sturm (Roethel 80)

1910 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,400.00
113 Damien Hirst (b.1965) PSALM PRINT: USQUE QUO, DOMINE?

PSALM PRINT: USQUE QUO, DOMINE?

2009 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 10,050.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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
  • 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.
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