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Clars Auction Gallery: Books and Prints

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Auction Name Books and Prints Total Sales (USD) 28,131.60
Auction Date July 12, 2014 - July 12, 2014 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,700.00
Sale Number #71214 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 36,100.00
Total Lots 152
Sold Lots 131 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 26,850.00
% of Lots Sold 86.18% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 46,850.00
Unsold Lots 21 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4136

Chinese furniture art books

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,130.50
4747 Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985)

Elsa Triolet

1972 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 952.00
4798 Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906-1997)

Compositions from Viva 1978

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 952.00
4797 Erte (Romain de Tirtoff, Russian, 1892-1990)

The Tragic Muse

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 833.00
4131

Selections of Artibus Asiae

from 1956 to 1989 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 714.00
4134

Asian art books on Buddhism

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 714.00
4775 Moïse Kisling (French/Polish, 1891-1953)

''Sonia,'' color aquatint

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 714.00
4891 American School (20th century)

Homage to Giorgio Morandi

1993 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 714.00
4790 Erte (Romain de Tirtoff, Russian, 1892-1990)

Love'' and ''Indifference'' from the ''Emotion'' series

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 654.50
4802 Jock Sturges (American, b. 1947)

Marie

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 654.50
4133

Asian art books on textile

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 595.00
4135

Miscellaneous Chinese art books

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 565.25
4764 Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005)

Les Ruines Circulaires VII and Muc on the Wind

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 535.50
4818 Johnny Friedhender, (German, 1912-1992)

Abstraction

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 535.50
4879 Beatrice Levy (American, 1892-1974)

The Tide Comes In

1925 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 535.50
4794 Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff (French/Russian 1892-1990)

Gala Performance,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 476.00
4883 Sheldon C. Schoneberg (American, 1926-2012)

various etchings and drawings

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 446.25
4762 John Van Hamersveld (American, b.1947)

Jimi Hendrix

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 416.50
4765 American School (20th century)

Perspective Image Primary Entry

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 416.50
4789 Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff (French/Russian 1892-1990)

Art Deco Femme

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 416.50
4792 Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff (French/Russian 1892-1990)

"The Flowered Cape,"

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 416.50
4800 Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906-1997)

Untitled

1970 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 416.50
4872 Edouard Boubat (French, 1923-1999)

''Champ de lin, Normandie,'' 1948

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 416.50
4309

Art Reference Books: Art Through The Ages

USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 386.75
4791 Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff (French/Russian 1892-1990)

Autumn Song,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 386.75
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