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| Auction Name | Great Estates Live! Fine Art, Antiques, Rugs, & Sterling Silver. | Total Sales (USD) | 51,206.25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 21, 2026 - February 21, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 25,680.00 |
| Sale Number | #22126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 38,750.00 |
| Total Lots | 13 | ||
| Sold Lots | 12.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 26,880.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.31% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 40,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 126.28% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | Joan Mitchell | Flower I, |
1981 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 127 | John Adams historical document written by Adams in Greek on the Ionian Confederacy. |
circa 2006 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 | |
| 94 | Marc Chagall | The Tribe of Issachar, from the Jerusalem Window, 1964 |
1964 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 163 | Nam June Paik | Etching on Etching, 1984 |
1984 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 162 | Nam June Paik | Rosetta Stone, 1984 |
1984 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 126 | produced by J.H. Millar, illustrated by G.H. Yewel, | Two antique Framed maps of Iowa: 1854 promotional wall map of Iowa City and its Environs; and 1846 Iowa atlas map |
1854 and 1846 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 93 | Hiroshige (1797) | Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and Azuma Bridge |
N/A | USD 140.00 - 200.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 25 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | View of The Pantheon of Agrippa |
mid 19th-early 20th Century edition. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 90 | Kuniyoshi | Octopus from Takasago in Banshu, from the series Celebrated Treasures of Mountains and Seas |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 125 | George Joseph Mess | Tangled Branches, etching, |
N/A | USD 140.00 - 250.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 91 | Japanese Ukiyo-e kabuki actor color woodblock print |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 43.75 | |
| 92 | Japanese Ukiyo-e kabuki actor color woodblock print, |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 12.50 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.