Duke's: Asian Art, 52126, Dorchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2026 - May 22, 2026
Page Size: 56 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
354

A SET OF FIVE ETHNOGRAPHIC ENGRAVINGS

18th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
396 Utagawa Yoshitora (active circa 1836-1887)

A WOMAN PLAYING THE SHAMISEN

c.1847 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
397 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806); Ishikawa Toyomasa (active c.1770–1780)

A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

late 18th-early 19th century; late 18th/early 19th century; late 18th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
398 Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)

Courtesan Shohi

N/A GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
400 Utagawa Toyohiro

ACT VII

late 18th/early 19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
401

Portrait of a kabuki actor

19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 58.50
402 Yoshitora Utagawa (c.1830-c.1880); Kunisada

Scene from The Great Battle at Kawanakajima

N/A GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 104.00
403 Hishikawa Sori (active circa 1789-1818)

GRASSHOPPER AND PERSIMMON

c.1890s GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
404 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

A SURIMONO

19th century GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
405 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

A SURIMONO

19th century GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
406 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

TWO BOOK PLATES

19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 143.00
407 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

TWO BOOK PLATES

19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
408 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

TWO BOOK PLATES

19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
409 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

TWO BOOK PLATES

19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
410 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

YOUNG MAN WITH A FALCON AND TWO WOMEN

19th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
411 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

NUMAZU: TWILIGHT

c.1833-34 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 45.50
412 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

THE WILLOW TREE AT THE GATE OF THE SHIMABARA PLEASURE QUARTER

c.1834 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
413 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

KUWANA: SHICHIRI CROSSING (KUWANA, SHICHIRI WATASHIGUCHI)

c.1833-34 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
414 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

MUSASHI PROVINCE: SUMIDARIVER, SNOWY MORNING

1853 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 117.00
415 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

SHINAGAWA: SUNRISE (SHINAGAWA, HINODE)

c.1833-34 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 156.00
416 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

A HARIMAZE

1852 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 104.00
417 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

ARAI

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 364.00
418 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

MIKAWA, OWARI, AND TOTOMI

1852 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 78.00
419 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

YOSHIDA: THE TOYOKAWA RIVER BRIDGE

c.1833-34 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 91.00
420 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

EJIRI: DISTANT VIEW OF MIHO

c.1833-34 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 260.00
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.