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Auction Name Graphic Design Total Sales (USD) 404,390.00
Auction Date May 13, 2021 - May 13, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 284,800.00
Sale Number #2568 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 415,550.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 150 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 402,400.00
% of Lots Sold 75.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 587,200.00
Unsold Lots 50 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 68.87%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
244 EL LISSITZKY (1890-1941)

PRO DVA KVADRATA. Book, inscribed by Tschichold. 1922.

1922 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 40,000.00
242 ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891-1956)

[DOBROLET.] 1923.

13¾x17¾ inches, 35x45 cm. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,000.00
238 WALTER DEXEL (1890-1973)

VERWENDE STETS NUR GAS. 1924.

1924 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,500.00
236 KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948) & THEO VAN DOESBURG (1883-1931)

KLEINE DADA SOIRÉE. 1922.

1922 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 18,750.00
247 HERBERT BAYER (1900-1985)

UNIVERSAL TYPE / BREIT HALBFETT. Ink and gouache maquette. Circa 1925.

Circa 1925. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
377 TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

[THE CITY AND DESIGN / THE WONDERS OF LIFE ON EARTH]. 1966.

1966 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,625.00
264 LADISLAV SUTNAR (1897-1976)

ZIJEME / [WE LIVE.] Group of 20 issues. 1931-1932.

1931-1932. USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 10,000.00
338 JAN TSCHICHOLD (1903-1974)

DER BERUFSPHOTOGRAPH. 1938.

1938 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,125.00
312 EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954)

SOARING TO SUCCESS! DAILY HERALD - THE EARLY BIRD. Circa 1963.

Circa 1963. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 7,500.00
366 JACQUELINE S. CASEY (1927-1992)

THE MIT BLACK STUDENT UNION. Circa 1968.

Circa 1968. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,500.00
221 NIKLAUS STOECKLIN (1896-1982)

DER BUCHDRUCK. 1922.

1922 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,500.00
249 HERBERT BAYER (1900-1985)

EINLADUNG ZUM BART NASEN HERZENS FEST, DER BAUHAUSKAPELLE. Invitation. 1928.

1928 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,250.00
344 JOSEF MÜLLER-BROCKMANN (1914-1996)

DER FILM / KUNSTGEWERBEMUSEUM ZÜRICH. 1960.

1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,250.00
331 ERIK NITSCHE (1908-1998)

USS NAUTILUS / GENERAL DYNAMICS. 1955.

1955 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
245 EL LISSITZKY (1890-1941)

[FOR THE VOICE]. Book. 1923.

1923 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,500.00
376 TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

YUKIO MISHIMA / [THE AESTHETICS OF END]. 1966.

1966 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,460.00
237 KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948) & THEO VAN DOESBURG (1883-1931)

KLEINE DADA SOIRÉE. Proof. 1922.

1922 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,000.00
349 GEROLD HUNZIKER (1894-1980)

BUGATTI. 1932.

1932 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
239 FRITZ KAHN (1888-1968)

DER MENSCH ALS INDUSTRIEPALAST. Poster with 5 bound volumes. 1926.

1926 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
341 ARMIN HOFMANN (1920-2020)

GISELLE. 1959.

1959 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,000.00
248 HERBERT BAYER (1900-1985)

DAS WEISSE FEST. Invitation. 1926.

1926 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,750.00
271 FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI (1876-1944)

LES MOTS EN LIBERTÉ FUTURISTES. Book with 4 foldout, typographic plates. 1919.

1919 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,750.00
246 HERBERT BAYER (1900-1985) & LASZLO MOHOLY-NAGY (1895-1946)

STAATLICHES BAUHAUS IN WEIMAR 1915-1923. Bound volume. 1923.

1923 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 3,640.00
327 VARIOUS ARTISTS

[WPA ARTISTS & EXHIBITIONS.] Group of 12 booklets and catalogues. 1930s.

1930s. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,500.00
213 ERWIN PUCHINGER (1875-1944)

WIENER KUNSTGEWERBE - VEREIN. 1912.

1912 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,250.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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