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Auction Name Books and Prints Total Sales (USD) 45,547.25
Auction Date July 13, 2014 - July 13, 2014 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 42,650.00
Sale Number #71314 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,650.00
Total Lots 77
Sold Lots 66 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 48,350.00
% of Lots Sold 85.71% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 72,950.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 62.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6286 Joan Miro

L'oiseau Mongol

1969 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,735.00
6313 David Moss

The Song of David

1987 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,975.00
6298 Alfred Eisenstaedt

Marilyn Monroe

1953 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,904.00
6285 Jim Dine

The Heart of BAM

1996 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,666.00
6252 After Andy Warhol

The American Indian Series - Ace Gallery

1977 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,547.00
6303 Neal Slavin

Groups in America

1979 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,547.00
6299 Jim Marshall

Jimi Backstage at Winterland),

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,190.00
6273 Paul Jacoulet

'Dans La Nature Angur,''

1949 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,011.50
6255 Alexander Calder

Onions and Spheres

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 952.00
6300 Jim Marshall

Jerry Garcia at Woodstock

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 952.00
6246 Yaocov Agam

Optical Illusions in Colors,

1976 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 892.50
6256 George Elbert Burr

Black Pool, "Sketch on Apache Trail," "Ragged Pines," and "Winter Pines,"

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 892.50
8116 Kawase Hasui

Zenshuji temple in Rain' and ' Rain Season at Ryoshimachi, Shinagawa',

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 833.00
6281 Bernar Venet

Position of Two Acute Angles of 42.5 Degrees Each and "Position of an Undetermined Line

1981 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 773.50
8115 Ohara Koson/Shoson

depicting a monkey with a persimmon and smaller monkeys

USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 714.00
6283 Roberto Matta

Untitled #1 and Untilted #2,

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 654.50
6295 Don Worth

Moon and Lake, near Revelstoke, British Columbia

1962 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 654.50
6294 Don Worth

Aspens, Colorado

1957 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 595.00
6311 Russian School

Portraits of Man with a Beard,

1986 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 595.00
6316 Art Books including Lee Friedlander

Flowers and Trees

1981 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 595.00
6272 Paul Jacoulet

'Le Geisha Kiyoka, Tokyo,''

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 565.25
6264 Fernand Léger

Figures

1950-51 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 535.50
6277 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

La Bouche,

1893 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 535.50
6286A Joan Miro

Untitled,

1974 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 535.50
6291 Ruth Bernhard

French Bulldog,

1974 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 505.75
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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