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Santa Fe Art Auction: Art of the West - Day 1

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Auction Name Art of the West - Day 1 Total Sales (USD) 101,657.60
Auction Date May 07, 2025 - May 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 60,400.00
Sale Number #50725 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 96,900.00
Total Lots 74
Sold Lots 70.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 69,900.00
% of Lots Sold 94.59% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 111,900.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Unknown

We Buy Old Navajo Rugs Sign

 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 9,600.00
113 Ed Mell

Ed Mell, Rusted Sunset

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,680.00
142 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Iron Breast - Piegan, 1900

 1900 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,120.00
192 John Nieto

John Nieto, Suite of Two Coyote Portraits, 2001

 2001 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,160.00
137 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, The Vanishing Race, 1904

 1904 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,840.00
138 after Edward S. Curtis

after Edward S. Curtis, Canyon de Chelly - Navajo, 1904 / 1999

 1904 / 1999 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,840.00
190 John Nieto

John Nieto, Geronimo, 1997

 1997 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,880.00
161 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Group of Four Photogravures: Navajo Masks + Hand-colored Wishham Beadwork

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,432.00
121 Gene Kloss

Gene Kloss, Moonlit Kiva, 1953

 1953 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,304.00
157 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Edward S. Curtis Studio Christmas Brochure, 1906

 1906 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,176.00
139 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Acoma Water Girls, 1904

 1904 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,048.00
146 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Fish Shows - Apsaroke, 1908

 1908 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,048.00
119 Gustave Baumann

Gustave Baumann, Eagle Ceremony at Tesuque Pueblo, 1932

 1932 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,920.00
18 Barbara Latham

Barbara Latham, Bus Depot

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
200 Robert A. Daughters

Robert A. Daughters, Las Trampas

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,664.00
17 Ralph Pearson

Ralph M. Pearson, Mountains at Llano, 1922

 1922 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,536.00
131 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Walvia ("Medicine Root") - Taos, 1905

 1905 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
134 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Nespilim Girl, 1905

 1905 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,408.00
140 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, The Vanishing Race - Navajo, 1904

 1904 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,408.00
148 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Two Bear Woman - Piegan, 1911

 1911 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,408.00
156 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Homeward, 1898

 1898 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
167 Adolph Muhr

Adolph Muhr, Edward S. Curtis Portrait, 1907

 1907 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,408.00
9 Ira Diamond Gerald Cassidy

Gerald Cassidy, Untitled (Taos Pueblo)

 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,280.00
123 Gene Kloss

Gene Kloss, Chama River Cliffs, 1946

 1946 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,280.00
154 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis, Travaux - Piegan, 1900

 1900 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,280.00
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.