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Rachel Davis Fine Arts: Discovery Auction - Fine and Decorative Arts

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Auction Name Discovery Auction - Fine and Decorative Arts Total Sales (USD) 3,714.60
Auction Date May 08, 2021 - May 08, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,020.00
Sale Number #230 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 5,340.00
Total Lots 28
Sold Lots 25 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,900.00
% of Lots Sold 89.29% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,690.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
239 Miller, Miller and Bezalel Schatz

"Into the Night Life''

1947 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 615.00
38 Will Barnet (American 1911-2012)

''Peter'' (Szoke 78)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 522.75
76 Erte (Russian 1892-1990)

Adam & Eve-

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 461.25
77 Erte (Russian 1892-1990)

''Rose Dancer"

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 246.00
169 Shuzo Ikeda (Japanese 1922-2004)

''No. 401'' (girl with a bird on her shoulder)

USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 233.70
132A

Vintage folk art advertising sign-''Standard Sewing Machines"

USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 209.10
1 after Giovanni Piranesi (Itallian 1720-1778)

''Vedutta del Arco di Titl"

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 184.50
178

The Weber Costello Co. terrestrial table glove,

ca. 1900, USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 159.90
130A Warner Bros. & Chuck Jones cel

"Ice Teased"

1998 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 147.60
66 Kurt Kranz (American 1910-1997)

Untitled-

ca. 1973-76 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 123.00
65A Phyllis L. Sloane (American 1921-2009)

''Rose Room"

USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 98.40
170

4 Japanese woodblock prints- Muso Kokushi (Muso Soseki); Sugita Genpaku; Kuroda Yoshitaka; Goto Yujo-

ca. 1918-1919 USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 98.40
4

Vintage cat prints.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 73.80
97 Phyllis Seltzer (American 1928- )

''Industry 2"

1996 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 73.80
102 Clarence Van Duzer- (American 1920-2009)

''Narcissis"

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 61.50
276

Collection of approximately 400 First Day issues, 1945-1977, mostly from the 60's

1945-1977 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 61.50
2 after Frederic Remington (American 1861-1909)

''Benighted for A Dry Camp"

1912 USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 49.20
65 Peter Ellenshaw (American 1913-2007)

''Riverlet"

USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 49.20
75 Reginald Smythe (British 1917-1998)

Andy Capp, Prove to me that you love me"

USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 49.20
79 Robin Morris (American 1953- )

''Paris Rage"

1990 USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 49.20
3 Ruth Haviland Sutton (American 1898-1960)

''John M. Greene Hall, Smith College''; ''Kitchen William Pyncheon Memorial''; ''Blacksmith Shop, Storrowton'' & ''Henry Logan Hall, Mount Holyoke"

USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 36.90
78 Robin Morris (American 1953- )

''Commodore"

1987 USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 36.90
123 Carson Gladson (American 20th/ 21st c.)

''Sunlit Path"

USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 36.90
119 20th c. American School

"Tauomquria'' (?)

USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 24.60
5 Ronald S. Parker (Canadian 1942- )

Female Cardinal in Winter

USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 12.30
  • 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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