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Auction Name Furniture, Art, Jewelry & Asian Auction Total Sales (USD) 51,581.25
Auction Date June 20, 2025 - June 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 41,600.00
Sale Number #62025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,200.00
Total Lots 67
Sold Lots 50.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 61,600.00
% of Lots Sold 74.63% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 95,800.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 53.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7454 Ansel Adams (American, 1902 - 1984)

Dunes, Oceano California (from Portfolio IV - What Majestic World),

 1963 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,205.00
7724

An album of woodblock prints of the Gengzhi Tu (Rice Cultivation and Scenes from Daily Life).

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,222.50
7445 Ryohei Tanaka (Japanese, 1933-2019)

Persimmons of Ruin

 2000 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 4,257.50
7433 Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983)

L'Aieule des 10,000 Ages,

 1976 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,602.50
7422 Henry Firks (American, 19th century)

San Francisco,

1849 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,947.50
7458 Mae Weems (American, b. 1953)

Mourning from Constructing History,

 2008 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,620.00
7415 Radcliffe Bailey (American, 1968-2023)

Until I Die/in Dat Returnal Day,

 1997 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,489.00
7431 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

Melting Space-Time, from "Imaginations and Objects of the Future,

 1975 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,227.00
7434 (lot of 3) After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Les Banderilles and "Le Picador II

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,572.00
7456 John Gutmann (American/German, 1905-1998)

Lunch Hour, San Francisco,

 1934 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,179.00
7453 Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914-1998)

Paulette Goddard 1940 GGIE San Francisco,

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,113.50
7457 John Gutmann (American/German, 1905-1998)

A Bay Bridge, Learn All About It, 15 Cents, San Francisco,

 1934 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,113.50
7442 Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000)

Meadowman (Wiesenmann),

 1974 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,048.00
7414 Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941)

Four Vertical Baskets,

 1999/2000 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 556.75
7427 Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1936)

El Camino de la Virtud,

 2017 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 556.75
7440 Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985)

Moses Sees the Suffering of His People, from "The Story of Exodus

 1996 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 556.75
7428 Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1936)

Teotihuacanizacion de Mesopotamia,

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 524.00
7430 Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1936)

El Siglo de Pericles,

 2018 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 524.00
7435 Erte (French, 1892-1990)

Samson and Delilah,

 1980 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 524.00
7439 Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985)

Testament Explique par Esope (pl. 27 from Les Fables de La Fontaine),

 1927/30 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 524.00
7446 Ryohei Tanaka (Japanese, 1933-2019)

Mountain Hamlet #1,

 1992 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 524.00
7701 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Nihon Embankment at Yoshiwara.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 524.00
7704 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)

Chionin Temple Gate.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 524.00
7444 Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007)

Katsura Imperial Villa,

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 491.25
7416 Rudolph Carl Gorman (American/Navajo, 1932-2005)

Earth Child,

 1979 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 458.50
  • <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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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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