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Auction Name London, Online Only: Printed, Painted and Sculpted (II), Japanese Art Total Sales (GBP) 58,380.80
Auction Date December 09, 2024 - December 09, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 38,200.00
Sale Number #30050 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 51,700.00
Total Lots 94
Sold Lots 34 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 121,700.00
% of Lots Sold 36.17% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 170,600.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 34.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1075 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

33 oban prints and one oban tate-e triptych print of various subjects,

Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 10,880.00
1004 ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)

An oban tate-e print of Mahiru (In Broad Daylight),

Taisho era (1912-1926), dated 1917 GBP 8,500.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 10,240.00
1025 KOMURA SETTAI (1887-1940)

A dai-oban tate-e print of Yuki no asa (A Snowy Morning),

Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1940 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,864.00
1016 TAKAHASHI SHOTEI/HIROAKI (1871-1945)

An oban yoko-e print of Okitsu (Mount Fuji from Okitsu) from the series Shiki no Fuji (Four Seasons of Mount Fuji),

Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1930 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,304.00
1013 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

An oban tate-e print, titled along the left margin Shiobara Hataori (Hataori in Shiobara)

Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1946 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,048.00
1026 KOMURA SETTAI (1887-1940)

A dai-oban tate-e print of Aoyagi (Green Willow),

Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1940 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,920.00
1014 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

An oban tate-e print titled along the left margin Tagonoura no yu (Evening at Tagonoura Bay),

Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1940 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,792.00
1039 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915), KASAMATSU SHIRO (1898-1992), HASHIMOTO OKIIE (1899-1993), TOKURI TOMIKICHIRO (1902-1999), AND OTHERS

28 prints and one album of 12 prints,

Meiji (1868-1912) to Showa (1926-1989) era, late 19th to late 20th century GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,664.00
1027 KOMURA SETTAI (1887-1940)

A dai-oban tate-e print of Ochiba (Fallen Leaves),

Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1940 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,536.00
1021 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950) AND YOSHIDA TOSHI (1911-1995)

Three oban prints: the first,

Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1940, 1935, and 1941 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,408.00
1074 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1992)

Five oban tate-e prints from the series Tsuki hyakushi (100 Aspects of the Moon),

Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,408.00
1006 OHARA SHOSON/KOSON (1877-1945)

An oban tate-e print,

Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1931 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,280.00
1061 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Six oban tate-e prints: five from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo),

Edo period (1615-1868), 1855 and 1857 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,216.00
1071 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861), YOSHU CHIKANOBU (1838-1912), KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915), AND OTHERS

Five oban tate-e triptych prints,

Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-19th and early 20th century GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,152.00
1022 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

An oban yoko-e print titled Omuro (Omuro),

Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1940 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,088.00
1020 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

An oban yoko-e print titled along the left margin Shizuka naru hi (A Calm Day) from the series Seto naikai (Inland Sea),

Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1930 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,024.00
1060 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Three oban tate-e prints from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo): the first of Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki (Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River) with date seal Dragon 8 (1856),

Edo period (1615-1868), one dated 1856, one circa 1857, and one dated 1857 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,024.00
1069 TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835-1900) AND OTHERS

Yakusha-e prints,

Edo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,024.00
1091 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

Two oban yoko-e prints from the Tokyo Landscape series; the first titled Kyu Honmaru yukibare (Clear Sky after Snow at the Old Inner Keep of Edo Castle),

Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1877 and 1881 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,024.00
1092 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

Two oban yoko-e prints from the Tokyo Landscape series; the first titled Meiji juyonen ichigatsu nijurokunichi shukka,

Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1881 and 1886 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,024.00
1062 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Two oban yoko-e prints from the Hoeido Tokaido gojusantsugi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road) series: the first of Hodogaya,

Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1833-1834 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 896.00
1076 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

18 koban yoko-e prints from the series Tokyo kaika kyoga meisho (Funny Pictures of the Famous Places of Enlightened Tokyo),

Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1881 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 896.00
1010 OHARA KOSON/SHOSON (1877-1945), KITANI CHIGUSA (1895-1947), AND TSUCHIYA RAKUSAN (1896-1976)

Three prints of various sizes and formats: the first,

Taisho (1912-1926) to Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 768.00
1053 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print of Bakuro-cho Hatsune no Baba (Hatsune Riding Grounds, Bakuro-cho)

Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1857 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 768.00
1078 EISHOSAI CHOKI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1772-EARLY 1800s) AND UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Three prints: two oban tate-e by Kuniyoshi,

Edo period (1615-1868), first half of 19th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 768.00
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
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    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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