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Auction Name Japanese Woodblock Prints Total Sales (USD) 31,426.00
Auction Date July 14, 2014 - July 14, 2014 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 16,450.00
Sale Number #345 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 29,890.00
Total Lots 100
Sold Lots 86 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 19,190.00
% of Lots Sold 86.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 34,750.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
65 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Poem by Ariwara no Narihira Ason: (Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as) Seigen from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems, 1852

 1852 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 6,250.00
64 Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Sangi Takamura, Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, Poem by Kiyowara no Fukayabu, Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki and Poem by Tenchi Tenno from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse and Sazai Hall of the Temple of the Five Hundred Arha

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,000.00
66 Katsushika Hokusai

Warai Hannya or Laughing Demoness from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,750.00
63 Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Shin-Yoshiwara from the series Famous Places of the Eastern Capital and Suketoki of Yamato Province from the series Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety (two works)

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,000.00
27 Toyohara Chikanobu

Cherry Blossom Viewing from the series Chiyoda Inner Palace, 1894

 1894 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 938.00
76 Utagawa Hiroshige

Oumayagashi from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857 and The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1858 (two works)

 1857 and 1858 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 875.00
21 Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Revenge of Ghosts from the play The Story of Sakura of Higashima

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
25 Tsukioka Kogyo

Earth Spider or Tsuchi-gumo from the series One Hundred Noh Dramas

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 688.00
29 Toyohara Chikanobu

A Mirror of Japanese Nobility: The Emperor Meiji, His Wife and Prince Haru, 1887

 1887 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 563.00
53 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

A Courtly Mirror of Ashiya Doman, 1891

 1891 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 563.00
92 Kiyoshi Saito

Winter in Saga Kyoto

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.00
74 Utagawa Kokunimasa

Incident in Korea, Fierce Battle During the Sino-Japanese War, 1894

 1894 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
90 Tsuchiya Koitsu

Yotsuya Arakicho and Benkei Bridge (two works)

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 500.00
95 Paul Jacoulet

La Peche Miraculeuse. Izu, Japon, 1939

 1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
93 Ohara Koson (Shoson)

Flycatchers in Snow and Egrets in Rain (two works)

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 469.00
46 Various Artists

Picture Album of One Hundred Birds, volume 1 of 2, 1884

 1884 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 438.00
59 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Illustration of Fundraising, depicting three kabuki actors

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 438.00
36 Utagawa Yoshitora

depicting a samurai in armor and on horseback

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 406.00
100

A Collection of Reference Books Pertaining to Japanese Prints and Decorative Arts,

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 406.00
40 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Kuni (Snow) from the series Setsugekka no uchi (Snow, Moon and Flowers)

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
42 Paul Jacoulet

La Tabouret de Porcelaine. Mandchoukuo

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
48 Ohara Koson (Shoson)

Snow on Willow Bridge

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 375.00
70 Hiroshi Yoshida

Kameido Bridge from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
73 Utagawa Kokunimasa

Incident in Korea, Fierce Battle During the Sino-Japanese War, 1894

 1894 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
5 Kitagawa Utamaro I

Tanabata from the series Five Festivals in the Mirror of the Floating World

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 344.00
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    Auction 151
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
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    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.
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