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Auction Name Premium and Emporium Auction Total Sales (USD) 33,311.00
Auction Date May 19, 2022 - May 21, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 17,900.00
Sale Number #51922 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 28,900.00
Total Lots 41
Sold Lots 34 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 20,600.00
% of Lots Sold 82.93% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 33,300.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 100.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
985 ALFRED HEBER HUTTY

The Patriarch - Middleton Gardens,

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,160.00
101 JANE ATCHE

ORIGINAL ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATION - Profile of a Beauty, for the cover of Jugend magazine

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,998.00
946

The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine John Smith in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: Beginning about the Yeare 1593, and Continued to this Present 1629,

 1819, USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,690.00
929 GRANT WOOD

LITHOGRAPH, MARCH

 1941 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,072.00
930 THOMAS HART BENTON

LITHOGRAPH, INSTRUCTION

 1940 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,968.00
865 Johann Baptist Homann (German, 1664-1724),

Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae A R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss In America Septentrionali Anno 1687...,

circa 1720 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
585 by Sir Walter Raleigh,

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN FIVE BOOKS

 1736 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,599.00
1001

THREE ABOLITIONIST TITLES

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,536.00
1000 Herman Moll,

MAP OF CAROLINA

 circa 1720 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,353.00
519 Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg,

Byzantium Nunc Constantinopolis,

circa 1572 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,107.00
73

FRENCH HANDCOLORED LITHOGRAPH TAROT CARD GAME

 circa 1830 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,024.00
596 AFTER GEORGE BROOKSHAW

FOUR AQUATINTS OF FRUITS from Pomona Britannica,

 1812 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 896.00
409 HOMANN -

MAP OF MEXICO AND FLORIDA - Johann Baptiste Homann, Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Floridae, Nova Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, et Pensylvaniae,

circa 1725 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 704.00
987 ELIZABETH O'NEILL VERNER

Two etchings: St. Phillips Steeple, Charleston; St. Michael's Steeple, Charleston

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 704.00
945 GENERAL GEORGE PATTON

SIGNED GENERAL GEORGE PATTON LETTER

 1943 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 640.00
986 ALFRED HEBER HUTTY

By the River,

1934 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 640.00
236 H. GEORGE BRANDT

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION - Cottage, for House & Garden magazine cover, September 1922

 1922 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 615.00
77

PAIR OF VUE D'OPTIQUE CUT ENGRAVINGS

 (18th century) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 576.00
159

THREE ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS LITHOGRAPHS - Horse and Rider,

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 492.00
509 CORNELIS KICK

FIVE ENGRAVINGS OF CITRUS FRUITS - from Nederlantze hesperides : dat is, Oeffening en gebruik van de limoen- en oranje-boomen: gestelt na den aardt, en climaat der Nederlanden, by Johannes Commelin (1629-1692)

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 492.00
242

TWO TITLES ON FOOD AND COOKING - Kentucky Home Cook Book by the ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church; My Favorite Recipes by Ellice Handy,

 1899; 1952 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 448.00
145 ELYSE ASHE LORD

ENGRAVING - Four Figures

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 320.00
405 ALICE HUGER SMITH,

THE PRINGLE HOUSE ETCHINGS PORTFOLIO - Twenty Drawings of the Pringle House on King Street, Charleston, S.C. by Alice R. Huger Smith and D. E. Huger Smith,

circa 1914 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 246.00
100

GROUP OF FIVE ART AND ANTIQUES RELATED REFERENCE BOOKS

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 192.00
407

SIX NEW ORLEANS RELATED BOOKS, LOBBY CARD

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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