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Chorley's: Modern Art and Design, Prints and Multiples

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Auction Name Modern Art and Design, Prints and Multiples Total Sales (GBP) 21,947.84
Auction Date November 19, 2024 - November 19, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,640.00
Sale Number #111924 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 14,520.00
Total Lots 65
Sold Lots 47 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 12,450.00
% of Lots Sold 72.31% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 18,770.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 116.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
562 Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)

The Cart

GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 7,051.00
907

Tattoo ephemera, early 20th Century, collected by Robert Andrew Scott MacFie

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 5,128.00
571 Garrett (Frank, binder): Carroll (Lewis) [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,

1932 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,307.60
570 Garrett (Frank, binder): Carroll (Lewis) [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]

Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there,

1928 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,666.60
558 Pierre Alechinsky (born 1927)

Retour aux sources (1976)

1976 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 538.44
559 Pierre Alechinsky (born 1927)

Aalborg (1974)

1974 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 487.16
548 Walter Richard Sickert RA RBA (1860-1942)

You'd Be Surprised

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 448.70
888 Dickens (Charles)

Dickens (Charles) Works to include: Bleak House,

1853 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 358.96
451 Graham Sutherland (1903-1980)

Three Figures in a Garden

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 320.50
906 Pankhurst (Sylvia, 1882-1960)

Pankhurst (Sylvia, 1882-1960) Typed autograph letter signed 'E. Sylvia Pankhurst', New Times and Ethiopia News letterhead, 23 October 1936

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 282.04
560 Allen Jones (born 1937)

Realism...

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 230.76
886

A collection of trade catalogues and ephemera relating to Gothic metalwork and Church furniture

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 205.12
882 Napier (Major-General Sir W F P)

History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France,

1853 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 192.30
891

20th Century Literature to include: Maran (Rene) Batouala,

1922 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 179.48
894

Bible, Greek: Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum, juxta Exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum,

1653 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 179.48
541 John Buckland Wright (1897-1954)

Two Scenes from Keats's Endymion

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 166.66
551 After Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)

Reitermotiv in Ovaler Form

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 166.66
881 Dulac (Edmund)

Stories from Hans [Christian] Andersen, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac,

1911 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 153.84
885 Blei (Davide) & Bottoni (Luciano)

The Dunhill Petrol Lighter: A Unique Story,

2004 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 141.02
552 After Felix Topolski (1907-1989)

This England

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 128.20
832 Thomas Sutherland (c.1785-1838)

Set of Five Marine Scenes

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 128.20
880 Lee (Laurie)

As I walked out one Midsummer Morning,

1969 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 128.20
890 Coward (Sir Noel)

Post-Mortem: A Play in Eight Scenes,

1931 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 128.20
540 John Buckland Wright (1897-1954)

Scene from Keats's Endymion

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 115.38
557

A folio of modernist artworks in different media, to include a woodcut by John Farleigh, a pen and ink drawing by John Partridge, an etching of Edinburgh by Alexander Bryson Gillespie, among other artworks by a range of artists (1 folio)

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 102.56
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD