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Michaans Auctions: April Gallery Auction

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Auction Name April Gallery Auction Total Sales (USD) 21,840.00
Auction Date April 19, 2024 - April 19, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 22,440.00
Sale Number #41924 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 32,770.00
Total Lots 46
Sold Lots 31 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 33,940.00
% of Lots Sold 67.39% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 50,020.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 43.66%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3229 LOUISE NEVELSON (American, 1899-1988)

Sky Shadow

1973 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,080.00
3063 Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832-1898);

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

1932, 1935 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,950.00
3231 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903)

Lagoon Noon

1879-80 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,690.00
3237 GENE KLOSS (American, 1903-1996)

Road to Ranchos de Taos

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,105.00
3236 GENE KLOSS (American, 1903-1996)

Tranquility of Winter

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,040.00
3252 TOM KELLEY SR. (American, 1914-1984)

"Marilyn," Marilyn Monroe #1 (from Red Velvet Calendar Sessions)

1990 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 975.00
3253 TOM KELLEY SR. (American, 1914-1984)

"Marilyn," Marilyn Monroe #2 (from Red Velvet Calendar Sessions)

1991 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 975.00
3238 GENE KLOSS (American, 1903-1996)

Winter Pastoral

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 845.00
3226 NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (French/American, 1930-2002)

My Love, My Love

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 715.00
3245 JOHN LENNON (English, 1940-1980)

Why Not? , from the series "This is My Story Both Humble and True

1991 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
3395

Extremely Rare 1771 Pennsylvania Colonial Twenty Shilling Note Signed By Thomas Mifflin Certificated by PMG 55.

1771 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
3414 TOSHI YOSHIDA (Japanese, 1911-1995)

"Hiejinja" Shrine, Tokyo, 1940; "Nikko," 1940; and "Stone Lanterns," 1941

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 650.00
3062 Charles Dickens,

Works of Charles Dickens: Library Edition in 29 Volumes,

1870s. USD 500.00 - 900.00 USD 617.50
3249 CHARLES FAZZINO (American, born 1955)

I Left My Heart," 3D mixed media screenprint, (approximate dimensions - image (sight): 29 1/2 x sheet (sight): 32 1/4 x 26 inches); numbered 229/400, titled, and signed at lower margin in pencil. Condition: Slight toning and handling wear at sight. Not ex

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 617.50
3246 JOHN LENNON (English, 1940-1980)

Why Me?, from the series "This is My Story Both Humble and True,"

1996 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 585.00
3483

Large Group of Chinese Antique Reference Books.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 552.50
3244 JOHN LENNON (English, 1940-1980)

Free as A Bird

1995 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 520.00
3482

Group of Seven Chinese Art Reference Books for 'Chang Dai-chien' Paintings.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
3486

Group of Eleven Asian Art Reference Books.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
3250 YOUSUF KARSH (Armenian/Canadian, 1908-2002)

Roppeita Kita" with Grandson Nagayo Kita

1969 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 487.50
3481 Oswald Siren:

Complete Set of Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles.

1973 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 487.50
3232 MAX BECKMANN (German, 1884-1950)

Portrait of Dostoevsky (Bildnis Dostojewskis)

1921 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 455.00
3241 SISTER MARY CORITA KENT (American, 1918-1986)

The Eye in the Sun

1972 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 455.00
3243 THOMAS PRADZYNSKI (Polish, 1951-2007)

Cafe Latini, San Francisco and Prince Street, New York from the American Suite series

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 422.50
3480

Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1800-1950 by Robert H. Ellsworth (Hardcover).

1987 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 422.50
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.
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