Auction Reports
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine and Decorative Arts Quarterly
- Auction Date
- 12/16/2025 - 12/16/2025
- Sale Number
- #121625
- Total Lots
- 22
- Sold Lots
- 22.0
- Lots Sold
- 100.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Total Sales (USD)
- 25,012.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 12,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 23,200.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 12,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 23,200.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 107.81%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60567 | Vintage 1935 Normadie Travel Poster |
1935 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,200.00 | |
| 60563 | Marc Chagall | The Tribe of Dan |
N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,380.00 |
| 60568 | Hiroshi Yoshida | Miyajima Aki |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 60572 | Leroy Neiman | Michael Jordan |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,080.00 |
| 60570 | Leroy Neiman | Buena Vista Bar |
N/A | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,950.00 |
| 60541 | Roy de Forest | Untitled (Blue Dog) |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,690.00 |
| 60529 | Manly P. Hall | An Encyclopedic Outline |
1928 | USD 600.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 60578 | Angel Botello | Nino con una Taza |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 60575 | Leroy Neiman | Classic Marathon Finish |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 60530 | Whitman's Song of the Broad-Axe illust. by Esherick |
MCMXXIV 1924 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 60830 | Watermans Ideal Fountain Pen Framed Lithograph |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 617.50 | |
| 60576 | Leroy Neiman | New York Marathon |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 60571 | Leroy Neiman | Tavern on the Green |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 60566 | Marc Chagall | L'Auge II |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 60564 | Salvador Dali | The Rendezvous of the Smugglers |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 60577 | Leroy Neiman | Portrait of a Tiger |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 60565 | Salvador Dali | Cervantes |
c. 1965 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 60544 | R C Gorman | Esta |
1981 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 60574 | Leroy Neiman | Regent's Park |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 60573 | Leroy Neiman | Self Portrait |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 208.00 |
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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.
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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.