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Christies: Yates, Thompson and Bright: A Family of Bibliophiles

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Auction Name Yates, Thompson and Bright: A Family of Bibliophiles Total Sales (GBP) 5,015,983.00
Auction Date July 16, 2014 - July 16, 2014 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,250,900.00
Sale Number #1584 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 3,430,400.00
Total Lots 372
Sold Lots 311 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,403,500.00
% of Lots Sold 83.60% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,640,000.00
Unsold Lots 61 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 137.80%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
11

MISSAL, use of Udine, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1430-35 GBP 500,000.00 - 800,000.00 GBP 1,082,500.00
17

LEONARDO BRUNI (c.1370-1444), in the French translation of JEAN LEBA^GUE (1368-1457), Histoire de la premiA..re guerre punique, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1450 GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 386,500.00
69 BOL, Hans (artist; 1534-1593); Adriaen COLLAERT (engraver; c.1560-1618).

Emblemata evangelica ad XII signa coelestica.

1585 GBP 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 GBP 338,500.00
19

JUVENAL (fl. late 1st - early 2nd century), Satyrae, with gloss, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1472 GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 242,500.00
20

SOLINUS, Caius Iulius (fl. 3rd century), Collectanea rerum memorabilium, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1475 GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 218,500.00
12

Anonymous (fl. 1414), The Mirror of Recluses, in Middle English with a little Latin, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER

c.1414-22 GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 182,500.00
6

BREVIARY, use of Sarum, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1310-20 GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 122,500.00
2

BIBLE, with Prologues and Interpretations of Hebrew Names, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

mid-13th century GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 110,500.00
213 COLONNA, Francesco (1433-1527).

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, in Italian.

 1499 GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 110,500.00
24 CATHERINE D'AMBOISE (1481-1550)

Les continuelles mAditations de la volubilitA et soudaine mutation des crAatures raisonnables, in French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1520s GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 86,500.00
323 PLATO (427?-347 B.C.)

Omnia opera, in Greek. Timaeus Locrus, in Greek

 1513 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 84,100.00
16

PRAYERBOOK OF HENRICUS YSENDIJC, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1460 c.1475 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 80,500.00
363 SMITH, Adam (1723-90)

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

 1776 GBP 45,000.00 - 65,000.00 GBP 68,500.00
3

ROBERT GROSSETESTE (d.1253), De Decem Preceptis, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

c.1260 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 56,250.00
22

BOOK OF HOURS, use of Avranches, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1490s GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 52,500.00
39

THE TAZKIRAT AL-'UMARA OF COLONEL JAMES SKINNER (1778-1841) copied by MUHAMMAD BAKHSH,

1836 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 50,000.00
40 ALCIATUS, Andreas (1492-1550).

Emblematum liber.

1531 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 50,000.00
9

THE MARCHE HOURS, use of Sarum, in Latin with Middle English additions, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

c.1390-1400 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 47,500.00
291 PURCHAS, Samuel (c.1575-1626)

Purchas his Pilgrimes. In five books.

1625-1626 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 47,500.00
289 PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (c.100-c.178)

Cosmographia. Translated from the Greek into Latin by Jacobus Angelus.

 1490 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 40,000.00
209 BRANT, Sebastian (1457-1521)

Stultifera navis. Translated form German into Latin by Jacobus Locher Philomusus (1471-1528), in collaboration with the author. With woodcut illustrations by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)

 1497 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
1

BIBLE, with Prologues and Interpretations of Hebrew Names, in Latin, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM,

mid-13th century GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
10

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CAMALDOLESE ORDER, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

c.1400 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
26

A COMPENDIUM OF PROTESTANT TEXTS, in Middle English with some Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER,

16th century, after 1553 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
290 PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (c.100-c.178)

Geographicae enarrationis libri octo. Retranslated by Wilibald Pirckheimer. Edited by Michael Villanovanus

1535 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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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.
    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.
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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.
    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.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
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