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Rachel Davis Fine Arts: Prints and Drawings and Decorative Arts Sale

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Auction Name Prints and Drawings and Decorative Arts Sale Total Sales (USD) 85,862.40
Auction Date December 07, 2024 - December 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 53,490.00
Sale Number #266 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 95,730.00
Total Lots 240
Sold Lots 220 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 65,950.00
% of Lots Sold 91.67% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 114,730.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 74.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
94 Jolan Gross-Bettelheim

Jolan Gross-Bettelheim (American, 1900-1972) lithograph

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,400.00
93 Jolan Gross-Bettelheim

Jolan Gross-Bettelheim (American, 1900-1972) etching

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,160.00
169 Irving Amen

6 Irving Amen (American, 1918-2011) woodcuts

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 3,200.00
66

6 American lithographs- The Contemporary Print Group- The American Scene No. 1

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,072.00
226 Walter H. Williams

Walter H. Williams (American, 1920-1998) linocut

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,048.00
130 Jackson Lee Nesbitt

Jackson Lee Nesbitt (American, 1913-2008) lithograph

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,536.00
198 Jacques Hnizdovsky

Jacques Hnizdovsky (American, 1915-1985) woodblock

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,408.00
11

7 Mc Kenney and Hall lithographs from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,280.00
149 James A. M. Whistler

James A. M. Whistler (American, 1834-1903) transfer lithograph

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,216.00
1

A fragment of the Block Book Biblia Pauperum

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,024.00
8B

13 Manuscript pages

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,024.00
12

Carlo Biscaretti DiRuffia (Italian, 1879-1959) poster

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,024.00
223 George Tooker

George Tooker (American, 1920-2011) lithograph

USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 1,024.00
180 Will Barnet

Will Barnet (American, 1911-2012) silkscreen

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 960.00
181 Will Barnet

Will Barnet (American, 1911-2012) silkscreen

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 960.00
8C

Lot of Miscellaneous works on paper

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 832.00
46 Kathe Kollwitz

Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1865-1945) etching

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 832.00
167 Irving Amen

7 Irving Amen (American, 1918-2011) woodcuts

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 768.00
249 Kiyoshi Saito

Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997) woodblock

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 768.00
250 Kiyoshi Saito

Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997) woodblock

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 768.00
48 Kathe Kollwitz

Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1865-1945) etching

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 704.00
184 Leonard Baskin

Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000) etching

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 704.00
221 Julian Stanczak

Julian Stanczak (Polish/ American, 1928-2017) silkscreen

USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 704.00
4

Medieval document

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 640.00
44 Frederick L. Griggs

Frederick L. Griggs (British, 1876-1932) etching

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 640.00
  • 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