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Potomack Company: Diana Edwards Murnaghan Ceramics & Design Reference Library

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Auction Name Diana Edwards Murnaghan Ceramics & Design Reference Library Total Sales (USD) 9,782.50
Auction Date October 28, 2024 - October 28, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,190.00
Sale Number #102824 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 11,810.00
Total Lots 68
Sold Lots 61 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 7,900.00
% of Lots Sold 89.71% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 12,850.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6000

CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 552.50
6002

CHINESE PORCELAIN REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 552.50
6006

WEDGWOOD REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 455.00
6013

CHINESE CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 422.50
6001

SEVRES AND FRENCH PORCELAIN REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
6021

JAPANESE ART & CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 357.50
6005

ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
6025

WORCESTER PORCELAIN REFERENCE BOOKS, SOME SIGNED AND INSCRIBED

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 325.00
6015

PERSIAN AND ISLAMIC CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 292.50
6023

WALTERS ART GALLERY, BALTIMORE, CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 260.00
6024

CLASSICAL AND NEO-CLASSICAL ART, DESIGN AND HISTORY REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 260.00
6027

WEDGWOOD REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 260.00
6010

ENGLISH POTTERY AND PORCELAIN COLLECTIONS BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 227.50
6016

DELFTWARE CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 227.50
6056

SOUTHEAST ASIAN AND CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 227.50
6062

INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS FAIR & SEMINAR, WITH OTHER ENGLISH CERAMICS CATALOGS

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 227.50
6004

ENGLISH DELFTWARE REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
6017

MARYLAND ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 195.00
6046

GERMAN STONEWARE, POTTERY AND MEDIEVAL POTTERY REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 195.00
6054

ENGLISH LEEDS AND DON POTTERY REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 195.00
6067

LIVERPOOL POTTERY AND PORCELAIN REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 195.00
6007

CERAMICS IN AMERICA JOURNALS, 11 VOLUMES

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
6032

SPANISH, PORTUGUESE AND MIDDLE EASTERN CERAMICS REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 162.50
6003

EUROPEAN FINE ART AND SCULPTURE REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 130.00
6008

AMERICAN CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 130.00
  • 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