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Witherell's: Part II-Luxury Asset Auction: Featuring Property from the Estate of C. K. McClatchy, Sacramento, CA (Online) - bidstart 9/3

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Auction Name Part II-Luxury Asset Auction: Featuring Property from the Estate of C. K. McClatchy, Sacramento, CA (Online) - bidstart 9/3 Total Sales (USD) 101,346.00
Auction Date September 17, 2020 - September 17, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 23,000.00
Sale Number #12734 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 48,550.00
Total Lots 103
Sold Lots 103 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 23,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 48,550.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 208.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
165

The Settlers and Land Speculators of Sacramento to James G. Bennett

1851 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 13,613.00
236

The Pioneer: or California Monthly Magazine, Vol I-IV

1854 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 12,403.00
201

Report of the Chief Engineer upon the Preliminary Survey, Revenue, and Cost of Construction, of the San Francisco and Sacramento Rail Road

1856 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 9,983.00
257

William Gerard Barry (1864-1941) Diary and Monterey Paintings

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,655.00
203

California Register and Statistical Reporter (and map)

1856 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,050.00
164

Translation of the Papers Respecting the Grant made by Governor Alvarado to Mr. Augustus Sutter

1850 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 4,961.00
227

Life and Adventures of James Williams, A Fugitive Slave

1873 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 3,630.00
200 Wm. Frank Stewart

Last of the Filibusters; or, Recollections of the Siege of Rivas

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 3,509.00
221 Report of the Chief Engineer

1st Div of 50 Miles of the CPRR of CA

1863, 1863; 1862 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,146.00
219

The California Mountaineer

1861 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 2,420.00
192 Wm Bausman

Early California, A Drama

1872 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 1,573.00
183

The Miner’s Progress; or, Scenes in the Life of a California Miner

1853 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,452.00
196 The Protégé

A Poem

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,331.00
263

Maynard Dixon Poster "1902 Sunset Magazine"

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,210.00
273

Two Hiroshige Woodblock Prints

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,150.00
230

Life and Career of the Most Skillful and Noted Criminal of His Day

1873 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 998.00
177 Philip T. Tyson

Geology and Industrial Resources of California by Philip T. Tyson

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 938.00
170 Joseph Warren Rever

A Tour of Duty in California

1849 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 877.00
184 T. Butler King

Report of Hon. T. Butler King, on California

1850 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 877.00
248 Gen'l John A. Sutter.

Memorial of his Life and Public Services

1880 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 877.00
290

Photo Mechanical Bird's Eye View of Aspen

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 877.00
262

Kathan Brown (b. 1935) Album

1972 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 787.00
186 C.F. Winslow, M.D.

Preparation of the Earth for the Intellectual Races

1854 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 726.00
166 Hypolite Ferry

Description de la Nouvelle Californie

1850 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 635.00
189 John M. Letts

California Illustrated by John M. Letts

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 605.00
  • 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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