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Auction Name Holiday Native American, Silver Jewelry and Collector's Items ONLINE ONLY Total Sales (USD) 9,900.75
Auction Date December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,550.00
Sale Number #120424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 6,450.00
Total Lots 35
Sold Lots 31 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,200.00
% of Lots Sold 88.57% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 7,700.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 128.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
167

Collection of approximately 161 early American envelopes, many with patriotic themes. Presented and sold in a binder.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,935.00
166

Signed 'Botero Marlborough New York, February 1972'. Original poster, framed.

1972 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,548.00
93

Town and City Atlas of the State of New Hampshire 1892.

1892 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 967.50
165

DeKooning Guild Hall - East Hampton with artist signed in pencil. In lucite frame.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 903.00
235 Helen Frankenthaler (1928 - 2011).

Pencil signed and inscribed poster. Retains hand-written note by artist dated 1979.

1979 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 774.00
97

14 books and magazines printed in Russia or printed elsewhere about Russia. Subjects include the Ballets Russes, early Russian limited editions, etc.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 516.00
220 Roy Lichtenstein (1923--1997).

Abstract pop art portrait of a face.

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 322.50
231 Leonard Robert Brightwell (1889--1962).

Gentlemen of the Jury. Print. Pencil signed LR.

Early 20th century. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 322.50
319 Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) -

Two female profiles. Woodblock print on paper.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 322.50
54 Currier & Ives after Louis Maurer.

A Disputed Heat, Claiming a Foul. Lithograph.

1878 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 258.00
92

Extensive collection (over 60 pieces) of Antique Valentines Day ephemera to include post cards, greeting cards, die-cuts, stand-up display cards, fold-out crepe paper decorations, etc.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 225.75
51 Henry D. Williams.

Folk art portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated LR.

1929 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 193.50
88 Audubon

Audubon print -- Carolina Parrakeet.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 193.50
91

Post card album with over 140 cards. Includes many Holidays, presidents, forget-me-not, Halloween, etc.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 193.50
94 Charles Dickens

Works of Charles Dickens. The Globe Edition. Illustrated from Designs by Darley and Gilbert.

1867-70. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 161.25
234

Signed Richard Diebenkorn Ojai Festival 1980, poster.

1980 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 129.00
95

Two cloth bound albums of post cards from much of Europe, with a concentration in Italy and England. 281 cards

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 96.75
96

Four Bibles with connections to Manchester/Stoddard New Hampshire. 1848-1880.

1848-1880. USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 96.75
153 Aesop

Aesop's Fables.

1933 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 96.75
250 Aida Muccino (1919 - 2012) -

Four female fashion drawings. Signed by artist LR and dated 1932.

1932 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 96.75
389

Four boxes of books which contents include mostly references on early American furniture and homes.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 96.75
48

Three copies of 'L'Art Arabe d'apres les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siecle jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe'. Prisse d'Avennes, Achille Constant Theodore Emile.

1877 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 64.50
154 La Fontaine, Illustrated by Gustave Dore.

Two different copies of The Fables of La Fontaine, Illustrated by Gustave Dore. The Fables of La Fontaine. Translated into English by Walter Thornbury. With Illustrations by Gustave Dore. Cassell, Peter, and Gilpin.

No date (late 19th c). USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 64.50
155

25 volumes of similarly cloth bound in blue and gold. referred to as The Blue and Gold Series from Ticknor and Fields (Fields and Osgood) of Boston, other companies published books in very similar bindings.

circa 1860-1869. USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 64.50
227 after Joan Miro (1893--1983).

Posthumous print after Joan Miro (1893--1983). Hommage to Joan Pratt. Photomechanical graphic. COA on reverse. 2003.

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 64.50
  • 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
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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