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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/3

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Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/3 Total Sales (USD) 55,803.00
Auction Date December 10, 2022 - December 10, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 114,250.00
Sale Number #121022 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 230,400.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 184 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 123,950.00
% of Lots Sold 92.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 250,300.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 22.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
47507 Jules Cheret; Artist: Alphonse Mucha

Maitres Affiches by Mucha - La Dame aux Camelias. 144

1896-1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,655.00
47506 Jules Cheret; Artist: Toulouse-Lautrec

Maitres Affiches by Toulouse-Lautrec - La Goulue

1896-1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,025.00
47587 Mark Catesby

Catesby, Folio - Pudding-Wife & Carolina Whiting. 12

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
47454 Nicolas Sanson

Sanson - Map of North America

1683 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,210.00
47453 Nicolas Sanson

Sanson - Map of the Western North America with California as an Island, named New Mexico

1683 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,100.00
47600 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 24

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,045.00
47405 David Roberts

David Roberts, RSE - Grand Entrance to the Temple of Luxor

1842-1849 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 990.00
47406 David Roberts

David Roberts, RSE - Interior of the Mosque of the Sultan Hassan

1842-1849 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 990.00
47598 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 27

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 990.00
47505 Jules Cheret; Artist: T.A. Steinlen

Maitres Affiches by Steinlen - Lait Pur Sterilise. 95

1896-1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 935.00
47538 Basilius Besler

Besler - Tulips

1713 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 880.00
47590 John Gould

Gould & Lear - Lettered Aracari or Toucan (Pteroglossus Inscriptus)

1833-1835 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 880.00
47407 David Roberts

David Roberts, RSE - Doorway, Baalbec

1842-1849 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 825.00
47469 Gerard Mercator

Mercator - Map of the Americas

1610 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 825.00
47483 George Catlin

Catlin, On Card - Ball Play

1844 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 825.00
47519 Japanese School

Japanese School - 4 Peony Illustrations

c1890 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 825.00
47589 Daniel Giraud Elliot; Artist: Joseph Wolf

Elliot, Folio - European Red Lynx

1878-1883 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 825.00
47596 John Gould

Gould - Yellow-billed Blue Pie

1850-1883 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 825.00
47451 Nicolas Sanson

Sanson - Map of Eastern North America including New England & Canada

1683 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
47534 Joseph Dalton Hooker

Hooker, Folio - 4 Botanical Lithographs

1855 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 687.50
47588 Mark Catesby

Catesby, Folio - Red Claw Crab with Gorgonian. 37

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 687.50
47489 Emile Alain Seguy

Seguy - PAIR of Insect Designs or Motifs

1928 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 660.00
47584 Mark Catesby

Catesby, Folio - Rattlesnake (Canebrake Rattlesnake). 41

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 660.00
47599 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 25

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 660.00
47585 Mark Catesby

Catesby, Folio - Barracuda & Vulpis Bahamensis. 1

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 632.50
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    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.
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    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
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