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Sothebys: The Fantasy World of Arthur Rackham: Rare Original Illustrations from the Collection of Shirley Carter Burden - bidstart 11/19

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Auction Name The Fantasy World of Arthur Rackham: Rare Original Illustrations from the Collection of Shirley Carter Burden - bidstart 11/19 Total Sales (GBP) 433,440.00
Auction Date December 01, 2021 - December 01, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 250,000.00
Sale Number #L21414 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 359,000.00
Total Lots 34
Sold Lots 21 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 337,000.00
% of Lots Sold 61.76% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 471,000.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 92.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ("Off with his head!"), 1907

 1907 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 69,300.00
5 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for A Midsummer Night's Dream (She never had so sweet a changeling), 1908

 1908 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 50,400.00
4 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania lying asleep), 1908

 1908 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 47,880.00
13 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Kensington Gardens), 1912

 1912 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 30,240.00
21 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (The nightmare, with her whole ninefold)

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 27,720.00
16 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Allies' Fairy Book (The dragon flew out and caught the queen)

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 25,200.00
6 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Up and down, up and down, Goblin), 1908

 1908 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 22,680.00
11 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Aesop's Fables ("Medicine Show"), 1912

 1912 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 21,420.00
10 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods (There I learned what love is like)

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
15 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures (Frog Prince), 1913

 1913 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 13,860.00
31 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Vicar of Wakefield (That little melancholy air your papa was so fond of)

 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 13,860.00
19 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Comus (The brothers rush in with swords drawn)

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 11,970.00
18 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Comus (No goblin or swart faery of the mine), 1914

 1914 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 11,340.00
9 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Rhinegold and the Valkirie (The likeness between Siegmund and Sieglinde)

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
14 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Illustration for Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures (Puss in Boots)

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
24 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Vicar of Wakefield (A favourite song of Dryden's)

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
23 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Vicar of Wakefield (Sunday waistcoats for Dick and Bill)

 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
17 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Comus (And they, so perfect is their misery...), 1914

 1914 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 8,820.00
34 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for unidentified title (Two men fighting on a river bank)

 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,820.00
29 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Vicar of Wakefield (Bill sings the "Elegy on the death of a mad dog")

 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 7,560.00
1 Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Rip Van Winkle (Sure Enough! It is Rip Van Winkle), 1904

 1904 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 6,300.00
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