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Potomack Company: American Fine Art & Decorative Arts: Incl. Washington Family Lots

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Auction Name American Fine Art & Decorative Arts: Incl. Washington Family Lots Total Sales (USD) 6,922.50
Auction Date October 29, 2024 - October 29, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 5,100.00
Sale Number #102924 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 8,300.00
Total Lots 18
Sold Lots 6 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 27,500.00
% of Lots Sold 33.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 44,900.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 15.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4054

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S WATERMARKED WRITING PAPER, MANUFACTURED IN PENNSYLVANIA, 18TH CENTURY, FRAMED

18TH CENTURY USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,575.00
4048 AFTER GEORGE CATLIN, AMERICAN 1796-1872,

BUFFALO HUNT UNDER THE WHITE WOLF SKIN; BUFFALO BULL GRAZING and BUFFALO HUNT CHASE

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,560.00
4051 JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER, AMERICAN 1834-1903,

DROUET, SCULPTEUR, 1859

1859 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 650.00
4052 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER, AMERICAN 1834-1903,

GANTS DE SUEDE, 1890

1890 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
4071 AFTER WILLIAM HAMILTON ; ENGRAVED BY PETER SIMON, BRITISH, 1751-1802 BRITISH, CIRCA 1764-1813,

SHAKSPEARE (SIC) MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (ACT IV, SCENE I)

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 325.00
4072 AFTER. R. WESTALL ENGRAVED T. GAUGAIN, ENGLISH ,

SHAKESPEARE CYMBELINE - THE FOREST AND CAVE .. IMOGENE IN BOYS CLOTHES (SHAKESPEARE CYMBELINE, ACT III, SCENE VI), Stipple engraving on wove paper, Sheet: 26 x 20 in. (66

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 227.50
  • 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