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Auction Name Old Master Prints - bidstart 12/3 Total Sales (GBP) 1,423,170.00
Auction Date December 10, 2021 - December 10, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,137,800.00
Sale Number #L21170 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,799,300.00
Total Lots 93
Sold Lots 75 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,232,900.00
% of Lots Sold 80.65% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,946,100.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 73.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3 Albrecht Dürer

St Jerome in His Study (B. 60; M., Holl. 59)

1514 GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 GBP 327,600.00
2 Albrecht Dürer

Adam and Eve (B., M., Holl. 1)

1504 GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 226,800.00
1 Albrecht Dürer

Coat of Arms with a Skull (Bartsch 101; Meder, Hollstein 98)

1503 GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 189,000.00
63 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Omval (B., Holl. 209; New Holl. 221; H. 210)

1645 GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 189,000.00
4 Albrecht Dürer

The Desperate Man (B. 70; M., Holl. 95)

 circa 1515 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
99 Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Los Proverbios (Delteil 202-219; Harris 248-265)

1816-24 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
57 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Great Jewish Bride (B., Holl. 340; New Holl. 154; H. 127)

1635 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 32,760.00
58 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants (B., Holl. 279; New Holl. 153; H. 128)

1635 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,200.00
36 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Self-Portrait with Long Bushy Hair: Head Only (Bartsch, Hollstein 8; New Hollstein 81; Hind 55)

circa 1631 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 23,940.00
61 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael (B., Holl. 30; New Holl. 166; H. 149)

1637 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 22,680.00
82 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A Collection of Prints by Rembrandt

1632-59 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 21,420.00
9 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants (B., Holl. 279; New Holl. 153; H. 128)

1635 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 18,900.00
73 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Nude Man Seated on the Ground with one Leg Extended (B., Holl. 196; New Holl. 234; H. 221)

1646 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 17,640.00
41 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face Dark: Bust (B., Holl. 17; New Holl. 120; H. 108)

1633 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
40 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap: Bust (B., Holl. 24; New Holl. 72; H. 29)

1630 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 13,860.00
60 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Christ Seated Disputing with the Doctors (B., Holl. 64; New Holl. 281; H. 277)

1654 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
64 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple (B., Holl. 69; New Holl. 139; H. 126)

1635 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
72 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

An Old Man with a Divided Fur Cap (B., Holl. 265; New Holl. 182; H. 170)

1640 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
42 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Self-Portrait with Raised Sabre (B., Holl. 18; New Holl. 134; H. 109)

1634 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 11,970.00
45 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, a Beggar Couple, Heads of an Old Man and Old Woman (B. Holl. 363; New Holl. 115; H. 90)

1632 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
49 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Woman Bathing her Feet at a Brook (B., Holl. 200; New Holl. 309; H. 298)

1658 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
46 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Three Heads of Women, One Lightly Etched (B., Holl. 367; New Holl. 162; H. 153)

1637 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
66 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Raising of Lazarus: small plate (B., Holl. 72; New Holl. 206; H. 198)

1642 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
69 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Flight into Egypt (A Night Piece) (B., Holl. 53; New Holl. 262; H. 253)

1651 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 8,820.00
5 Albrecht Dürer

The Visitation (B. 84; M., Holl. 196.)

circa 1503-04 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,300.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • 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.
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    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.
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