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Auction Name Estate Treasures Auction Total Sales (USD) 48,876.00
Auction Date June 02, 2021 - June 03, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 19,630.00
Sale Number #60221 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 28,820.00
Total Lots 113
Sold Lots 81 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 20,470.00
% of Lots Sold 71.68% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 30,080.00
Unsold Lots 32 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 162.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
317 Thomas Hardy

23 Volumes of Works by Thomas Hardy

1871-1897 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,225.00
325 Edward Bulwer-Lytton

62 Volumes of Works by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1831 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,690.00
318 Multiple Authors

4 Volumes "Picturesque Tour of The River Thames"

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,432.00
319 Multiple Authors

37 Volumes of The World's Famous Places & Peoples

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,214.00
320 Edgar Allan Poe

10 Volumes of the Works by Edgar Allan Poe

1902 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
341 Audubon

2 Volumes of Ornithological Biography by Audubon

1838 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 1,792.00
232

Six Auguste Giraudon Albumen Photographs

Not Available USD 1,599.00
326 Robert Louis Stevenson

32 Volumes of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

1894 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
252

Francis Bacon, "Personnage Couche" Lithograph

Not Available USD 1,408.00
280

Two Aquatints, Bulls Fighting & Horses Fighting

Not Available USD 1,408.00
328 Dr. Doran, F.S.A.

25 Volumes of the Works of Dr. Doran, F.S.A.

1860 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,024.00
247

Fairfield Porter, Artist's Proof, Interior Scene

Not Available USD 1,024.00
236

Ke Francis, Large Scale Black and White Photo

20th C. Not Available USD 984.00
233

Six Albumen Photographs of Venetian Scene

19th/20th C. Not Available USD 923.00
241

Harry Bowers, Photograph Dye, Polka Dots

1978 Not Available USD 896.00
321 Rudyard Kipling

27 Volumes of Works by Rudyard Kipling

1913 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 640.00
322 Samuel Taylor Coleridge

25 Volumes of Works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1835-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 615.00
329 Multiple Authors

17 Volumes of Works from The Badminton Library

1894-1900 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 615.00
262

Lithograph, Two Horses, Black Hawk & Lady Suffolk

Not Available USD 576.00
248

Currier & Ives Lithograph, Four in Hand Stallions

1875 Not Available USD 544.00
261

Christo, Print, Gates Project for Central Park

Not Available USD 544.00
256

Map of the French Settlements in North America

1747 Not Available USD 523.00
324 Thomas Carlyle

30 Volumes of Works by Thomas Carlyle

1899 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
250

Mary Cassatt, Drypoint Etching, "Sara Smiling"

Not Available USD 492.00
336 Captain Frederick Marryat

25 Volumes of Works by Captain Frederick Marryat

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 431.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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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