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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper Total Sales (USD) 39,605.50
Auction Date September 05, 2020 - September 05, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 69,300.00
Sale Number #90520 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 136,250.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 188 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 72,750.00
% of Lots Sold 94.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 143,500.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 27.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
22200 Karl Bodmer

Bodmer - Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde (Mandan Indians)

1839-1842 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,455.00
22199 Daniel Giraud Elliot

Elliot - Shaw's Pheasant

1870-1872 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,595.00
22178 Basilius Besler

Besler - Lily

1713 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,210.00
22157 John James Audubon

Audubon - Blue Heron. 372

1840-1844 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 880.00
22197 John Gould

Gould - Heliodores’s Wood Star with Cactus

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 742.50
22003 Antoine-Francois Prevost d'Exiles

Prevost - Seahorse, Sea Monsters, Fish, Ray, Mer-Turtle, Hippopotamus

1746 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 687.50
22193 John Gould

Gould - White-throated Sapphire Hummingbird with Nest & Eggs

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 660.00
22174 Basilius Besler

Besler - Star of Bethlehem; Ornithogalum, Scabiosa, Genistella

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 605.00
22191 John Gould

Gould - Godin's Puff-leg Hummingbird

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 605.00
22192 John Gould

Gould - Brazilian Violet-Ear Hummingbird with Nest & Cactus

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 605.00
22195 John Gould

Gould - Lazuline Sabre-wing Hummingbird & Orchid

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 605.00
22198 Daniel Giraud Elliot

Elliot - Sonnerat's Jungle-Fowl

1870-1872 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 605.00
22196 John Gould

Gould - Blue-necked Azure-Crown Hummingbird

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 550.00
22109 William Lewin

Lewin, Original Watercolor - Merlin. 22

1789-1794 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 467.50
22162 Ulysse Aldrovandi

Aldrovandi, pub. 1599 - Osprey with Flying Fish. 190

1599-1648 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 467.50
22177 Basilius Besler

Besler - Rose

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 467.50
22187 Saverio Manetti, Violante Vanni & Lorenzo Lorenzi

Manetti - 9 Bird Engravings

1767-1784 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 440.00
22194 John Gould

Gould - Brown Violet-Ear Hummingbird

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 440.00
22149 John James Audubon

Audubon - Ruff-necked Humming bird. 254

1840-1844 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 412.50
22152 John James Audubon

Audubon - Yellow Crowned Night Heron. 364

1840-1844 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 412.50
22185 John Gould

Gould - 3 Folio Bird Lithographs

1850-1883 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 412.50
22190 Cornelius Nozeman

Nozeman - 5 Folio Bird Engravings

1770-1789 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 412.50
22175 Basilius Besler

Besler - Pepper

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 385.00
22176 Basilius Besler

Besler - Pepper

1713 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 385.00
22166 Ulysse Aldrovandi

Aldrovandi, pub. 1599 - Frontispiece with Dragons, Cherubim, & Lion Shield

1599-1648 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 357.50
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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