Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph F. Kernan, College Football, oil on canvas, The Saturday Evening Post cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph C. Leyendecker, Golfer Lighting a Cigarette, oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Howard Chandler Christy, In the Field, charcoal & watercolor, published in Scribner’s, 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: N.C. Wyeth, Standish Reading, pen & ink, for The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Johnanna Stewart Mapes, A Fairy Book, conté crayon, for St. Nicholas Magazine, 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for The Frog & Toad Coloring Book, 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Antonio Lopez, Today’s Fashions, study for The New York Times, 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Charles Schulz, “I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…” pen & ink, original 4-panel Peanuts comic, 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Constantin Alajalov, Family Tree, watercolor and gouache, cover for The New Yorker, 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021
<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Rare 1778 Engraved map of Colonial Philadelphia after George Heap (1714-1752) and Nicholas Scull (1687-1761). $10,000 to $12,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Author signed and inscribed THE FOUNTAINHEAD, stated First Edition, by Ayn Rand, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, New York, 1943. $2,000 to $2,400.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) hand-colored aquatint engraving, "Yellow-billed Magpie, Stellers Jay, Ultramarine Jay and Clark's Crow," Plate Number CCCLXII. $1,800 to $2,200.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) autograph letter, signed, as President, to Nathan Reid detailing Jackson’s intervention on behalf of Reid's grandson. $1,800 to $2,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Edward Steichen (Luxembourg/American, 1879-1973) portfolio of photographs, "The Early Years 1900-1927, 12 Hand-Gravure Prints" #41/1000, printed in 1981. $1,400 to $1,600.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, TLS, one-page typed letter on The White House, Washington, D.C., stationary to John Marshall Butler. $1,400 to $1,600.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Two Pre-Civil War slave related letters, including one written by Mariah, a female domestic slave of James Vincent Musgrove (1814-1890) to her daughter. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Two author signed and inscribed Ayn Rand related books, including one Rand signed WE THE LIVING, London 1940 edition. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: PLAN DE LA VILLE DE MEMPHIS (ETATS-UNIS) 40,000 HABITANTS pen and ink with watercolor hand drawn drainage system map, circa 1870. $700 to $900.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Scarce Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, Colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1757-1760) and South Carolina (1760). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: VIEW OF NORFOLK FROM COSPORT, VIRGINIA, John Hill, engraver, after John Shaw (U.K., 1776-1832). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: THE BURNING OF THE MERCHANT'S EXCHANGE, NEW YORK CITY -THE GREAT FIRE OF DECEMBER, 1835. Scarce color lithograph, a 1909 reissue of the original 1836 print. $500 to $700.

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Christies: Photographs

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Photographs	Total Sales (EUR)	2,099,750.00
Auction Date	11/10/2020 - 11/10/2020	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	1,245,300.00
Sale Number	#18915	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	1,781,200.00
Total Lots	130
Sold Lots	90	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	1,834,800.00
% of Lots Sold	69.23%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	2,632,700.00
Unsold Lots	40	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	79.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
35	HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)	"Elsa Peretti as a Bunny", Costume by Halston, New York, 1975	1975	EUR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	EUR 400,000.00
21	IRVING PENN (1917-2009)	Lorry Washers, London, 1951	1951	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 118,750.00
20	IRVING PENN (1917-2009)	News Seller, London, 1950	1950	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 112,500.00
19	IRVING PENN (1917-2009)	Workman, London, 1950	1950	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 93,750.00
22	IRVING PENN (1917-2009)	Chimney Sweep, London, 1950	1950	EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	EUR 75,000.00
57	THOMAS RUFF (NÉ EN 1958)	Substrat 2 0I, 2003	2003	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 60,000.00
48	RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)	Dovima with Elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955	1955	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 56,250.00
26	RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)	Stephanie Seymour, New York City, May 9, 1992	1992	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 52,500.00
59	HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (NÉ EN 1948)	Conceptual Forms 0003, 2004	2004	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 52,500.00
92	SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (NÉ EN 1944)	Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995	1995	EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 37,500.00
119	PETER BEARD (1938-2020)	Princess Loingalani, El Molo Bay, Lake Rudolf, Kenya, 1967	1967	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 37,500.00
31	RICHARD AVEDON (1963-2004)	Stephanie Seymour, 'La Passante du Siècle' - Les années 1950, manteau, jupe, chapeau, escarpins et gants Christian Dior, avril 1995	1995	EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 35,000.00
17	HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (NÉ EN 1948)	Sea of Japan, Oki V, 1987	1987	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 30,000.00
51	IRVING PENN (1917-2009)	Egg Yolk, New York, 2006	2006	EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	EUR 30,000.00
96	HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)	Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954	1954	EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 30,000.00
60	HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (NÉ EN 1948)	Irish Sea, Isle of Man, 1990	1990	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 27,500.00
76	MAN RAY (1890-1976)	Mathematical Object - Surface à courbure constante négative d'Enneper, dérivée de la pseudo-sphère, 1936	1936	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 27,500.00
110	ROBERT POLIDORI (NÉ EN 1951)	Galerie de Pierre, Aile de Nord 1er étage, Château de Versailles, 1985	1985	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 26,250.00
56	MATTHIAS SCHALLER (NÉ EN 1965)	Dis Set, 2008-2009	2008-2009	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 25,000.00
66	IRVING PENN (1917-2009)	The Poor Lovers, 1979	1979	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 25,000.00
69	PETER LINDBERGH (1944-2019)	Nadja Auermann, Paramount Studios, Hollywood, 1996	1996	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 24,375.00
52	JOEL BRODSKY (1939-2007)	Jim Morrison, The Doors, The American Poet, New York City, 1967	1967	EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00	EUR 22,500.00
54	JOHN STEWART (1919-2019)	Ali Fist, Chicago, 1977	1977	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 22,500.00
33	HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)	Portrait of Sigourney Weaver, Los Angeles, 1983	1983	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 21,250.00
121	SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (NÉ EN 1944)	Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan, 2006	2006	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 21,250.00

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Schedel (Hartmann). Liber Chronicarum, first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Greek Orthodox Church].- Menaion, manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: American Revolution.- Loyalist's cow powder horn, engraved with the cypher "GR" for George III surmounted by a crown, an inscription, and on reverse an engraving of the "North River" [Hudson River], 1777. £5,000 to £7,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Illuminated prayer book.- Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones, illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Hardy (Thomas). The Mayor of Casterbridge, 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Austen (Jane)]. Emma: A Novel, first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Brontë (Charlotte). Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Cruikshank (George). The Road to the Derby, one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures, 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). The Work of Edward Burne-Jones, edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Nazraeli Press.- Six by Six, 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000.

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