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Auction Name Books & Prints: A Lifetime Collection Total Sales (USD) 18,168.00
Auction Date November 06, 2022 - November 06, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 14,730.00
Sale Number #110622 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 28,740.00
Total Lots 142
Sold Lots 139 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 15,010.00
% of Lots Sold 97.89% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 29,260.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 62.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
42 Pollock, Miro, Lipchitz, Crawford, Moore, Giacometti, Courtin, Kohlmeyer, Soulages

Pollock, Miro, Lipchitz, Crawford, Moore, Giacometti, Courtin, Kohlmeyer, Soulages:

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 2,160.00
103 Mark Tobey

Mark Tobey, American (1890-1976), abstract, 1975, serigraph,

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 660.00
48 Helen Frankenthaler

Four Helen Frankenthaler prints artist books / Catalogue Raisonne: Abstract Expressionist

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 480.00
86 Toshiko Takaezu

Toshiko Takaezu: eight monograph books and exhibition catalogs, studio pottery

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 450.00
49 Josef Albers

Josef Albers: five artist monograph books, catalogue raisonne & exhibition catalogs

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 420.00
41 Joan Miro and Paul Eluard

Joan Miro and poet Paul Eluard brochure with 20 color woodcut prints, Paris 1958.

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
51 Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell six artist monograph books, catalogue raisonne, exhibition catalogs

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
70 Antonio Frasconi

Antonio Frasconi, New York, Connecticut / Uruguay (1919 - 2013), Frasconi Kaleidoscope in Woodcuts and seven exhibit catalogs, accordion book with wood cuts, first edition,

 USD 140.00 - 250.00 USD 390.00
57 Roy Lichtenstein

The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1948-1993, First Edition

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
106 Lynn Shaler

Lynn Shaler, American (born 1955), Le Reveil and Le Ballon Rouge, Two aquatint etchings,

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 360.00
53 Edward Ruscha

Edward Ruscha, American (born 1937), Edward Ruscha: Ed-Werd Rew-Shay; Young Artist., pocket exhibition book, 1972,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
58 Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns, Technics And Creativity, "Target" signed lithograph & Exhibition Catalog, 1970

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
18 Landeck, Lewis, Lozowick, Dasburg

Landeck, Lewis, Lozowick, Dasburg: four catalogue raisonnes and exhibition catalog

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
27

Eight Navajo, Native American, Southwestern Jewelry, silver hallmarks books

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
29

Seven Native American and Southwestern jewelry and belt buckle books:

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
61 Kelly, Stella, Serra, Hard Edge/Post Modern Artists

Kelly, Stella, Serra, Hard Edge/Post Modern Artists, 6pc catalogues raisonnes, exhibition catalog & books

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
85 Lucie Rie & Hans Coper

Lucie Rie & Hans Coper British Potters: five artist monograph books, studio pottery

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
132 Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch: Five artist monograph books, catalogue raisonne & exhibition catalogs

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
8

Tamarind Institute Lithography Art & Catalog Raisonne and Texas Quarterly Journal ten books:

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
129 German artists, Kollowitz, Kirchner, Weber, Nolde

German artists, Kollowitz, Kirchner, Weber, Nolde: 11 monograph books & exhibition catalogs

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
5 Mabel Dwight, Howard Cook & Jean Charlot

Mabel Dwight, Howard Cook & Jean Charlot catalogues raisonne books.

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 216.00
36

Twelve Woodturning books: Stocksdale, Lindquist, Sekimachi, Hunter, del Mano Gallery

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 216.00
50 Alex Katz

Alex Katz: six artist monograph print retrospective books and exhibition catalogs:

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 216.00
10 Thomas Hart Benton & Grant Wood

Thomas Hart Benton & Grant Wood: ten monograph books, exhibition catalogs, catalogue raisonne 9 1/4"H x

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 192.00
15 Gustave Baumann

Gustave Baumann, signed Mess, Cheffetz & more:

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 192.00
  • 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.
  • 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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