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Auction Name Major Fall Chinese & Americana Auction Total Sales (USD) 28,704.00
Auction Date November 09, 2024 - November 09, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 12,900.00
Sale Number #110924 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 23,700.00
Total Lots 22
Sold Lots 17.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 15,400.00
% of Lots Sold 77.27% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 28,700.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 100.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
68

Pair of George III J and W Cary Celestial and Terrestrial Globes Published in 1800

1800 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,320.00
137

Persian Miniature (16th/17th Century)

17th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,560.00
230 Basilius Besler (German 1561-1629)

"Papaver Corniculatum Luteum" "Lilium Montanum...Sisyrinchium Minus"

1613 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,176.00
136

Three Safavid Persian Miniatures (17th Century)

17th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,920.00
139

Three Persian Illuminated Calligraphy Pages (17th Century)

17th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,792.00
118 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese 1839-1892)

"Lunacy: Fumihiroge" circa 1889

circa 1889 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,664.00
131 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese 1839-1892)

"Moon Above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay: Benkei" circa 1886

circa 1886 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,536.00
76 John James Audubon (America 1785-1851)

"Black Vulture or Carrion Crow"

1827-1838 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,408.00
138

Two Persian Miniatures (17/18th Century)

17/18th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,408.00
77 John James Audubon (America 1785-1851)

"Tufted Auk: Mormon Cirrhatus" (Tufted Puffin)

1835 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,280.00
135

Large Persian Illuminated Manuscript (17th Century)

17th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,280.00
73 Sebastian Munster (German 1488-1552)

"Ptolemaisch General Tafel die halbKugel der Welt begreifende" circa 1575

circa 1575 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 896.00
120 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese 1839-1892)

"Mt. Yoshino Midnight Moon: Iga-no Tsubone", circa 1886

circa 1886 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 896.00
70 Johann Baptist Homann (German 1664-1724)

"Nova Anglia" (New England) circa 1716

circa 1716 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 512.00
74

Circa 1697 Philadelphia Land Deed

Circa 1697 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 512.00
116

Six Japanese Framed Woodblocks

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 352.00
388

Four Handwritten 18th Century Music Compositions transcribed for Performance

18th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
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