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Auction Name September Fine and Decorative Arts Total Sales (USD) 31,553.15
Auction Date September 20, 2024 - September 20, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 25,650.00
Sale Number #92024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 38,300.00
Total Lots 70
Sold Lots 52.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 49,250.00
% of Lots Sold 74.29% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 71,200.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 44.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
189 Picasso, Pablo (Spain, 1881-1973)

Marie-Therese Kneeling, Studying a Sculpted Group

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,032.50
195 Bhatt, Jyoti. [Jyotindra Manshankar] (Indian, b.1934)

Two artist proof etchings.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,540.00
200 Baumann, Gustave (German/American, 1881-1971)

Woodcut block for his print "Monterey Cyprus".

C.1934. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,651.00
66 Theodore Seuss Geisel (American, 1904-1991)

Pair of colored drawings - Cat in The Hat & The Grinch. Ink and crayon, both signed Dr. Seuss. Cat in the Hat inscribed "Best wishes

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,270.00
400 Watanabe, Sadao (Japanese, 1913-1996)

Nativity

 1981 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,143.00
403 Saito, Kiyoshi (Japanese, 1907-1997)

Winter In Aizu (1)

 1970 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,143.00
67 Charles Schulz (American, 1922-2000)

Original marker on paper drawing depicting Snoopy. With "Schulz

 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,079.50
192 Herbin, Auguste (French, 1882-1960)

Fou

 1953 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 952.50
191 Dali, Salvador (Spanish, 1904-1989)

Le Paradis Perdu

 1973 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 889.00
202 Calder, Alexander (American, 1898-1976)

La Petit Pyramids

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 889.00
399 Watanabe, Sadao (Japanese, 1913-1996)

Noah's Ark

 1979 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 889.00
196 Dow, Arthur Wesley (American, 1857-1922)

Ipswich Prints(from the first & second set.

C.1901-1902. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 698.50
55 Beard, Mark (American, b. 1956)

Polaroid transfer of man getting dressed. Editioned 5/6.

 1991 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 603.25
198A Mabel Alington Royds (British, 1874-1941)

Color woodblock print of men steering a boat.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 603.25
397 Watanabe, Sadao (Japanese, 1913-1996)

Four woodblocks depicting different Biblical scenes.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 603.25
211 Steffen, Bernard Joseph ( American, 1907-1980)

Plowing Fields

 Circa 1930. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 571.50
410 Yoshida, Toshi (Japanese, 1911-1995)

Scared Grove

 1941 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 508.00
209 McCrady, John (American, 1911-1968)

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

 1941 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 476.25
401 Saito, Kiyoshi (Japanese, 1907-1997)

Three sosaku-hanga style woodblocks.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 444.50
391 Koitsu, Tsuchiya (Japanese, 1870-1949)

Snow At Miyajima

 1937 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 412.75
407 Yoshida, Toshi (Japanese, 1911-1995)

Mt. Fuji From Ohito

 1962 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 412.75
388 Hiroshige, Utagawa (Japanese, 1797-1857)

No. 26 - Nissaka: Sayo-no-Nakayama, the Night-crying Stone, and Mount Mugen

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 381.00
392 Tanaka, Ryohei (Japanese, 1933-2019)

Boats/Waterway

 1986 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 381.00
398 Watanabe, Sadao (Japanese, 1913-1996)

Three Fishermen

 1984 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 381.00
402 Saito, Kiyoshi (Japanese, 1907-1997)

Two woodblock prints. ++ "Dachshund

 Circa 1955. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 381.00
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