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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD -
Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€ -
Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500. -
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Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy
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Rago Arts and Auctions: Prints Unlimited
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Prints Unlimited | Total Sales (USD) | 154,775.00 |
| Auction Date | November 01, 2024 - November 01, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 148,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #110124 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 211,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 276 | ||
| Sold Lots | 249 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 163,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.22% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 234,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 27 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 66.12% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | Harold Cohen 1928--2016 | Untitled (from the Amsterdam suite) |
1977 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 10,710.00 |
| 188 | Valie Export b.1940 | Untitled (from the Action Pants: Genital Panic series) |
1969 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 7,560.00 |
| 346 | Yinka Shonibare MBE b.1962 | It's My Party/Fabric-ation |
2013 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,668.00 |
| 365 | Sunday B. Morning (after Andy Warhol) | Marilyn |
1972 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,150.00 |
| 282 | Chris Ofili b.1968 | Afro Lunar Lovers I; Afro Lunar Lovers II (two works) |
2003, 2005 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 3,024.00 |
| 299 | Elizabeth Peyton b.1965 | Camille Claudel Flowers and Books |
2010 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,772.00 |
| 246 | After Roy Lichtenstein | Colorado State University exhibition poster |
1982 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,620.00 |
| 321 | George Rodrigue 1944--2013 | Mardi Gras Dogs |
1993 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,394.00 |
| 220 | Jasper Johns b.1930 | Untitled |
1977 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,268.00 |
| 228 | Robert Kelly b.1956 | Untitled |
1995 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,142.00 |
| 385 | After Andy Warhol | Kimiko Powers Colorado State University exhibition poster |
1981 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,142.00 |
| 318 | George Rodrigue 1944--2013 | Space Chair |
1992 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,016.00 |
| 154 | Judy Chicago b.1939 | From Now On |
1975 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,834.00 |
| 185 | Tracey Emin b.1963 | Fighting for Love |
1998 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,834.00 |
| 249 | Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997 | Girl (from the One Cent Life portfolio) |
1964 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,764.00 |
| 163 | Salvador Dali 1904--1989 | Cycles of Life |
1979 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,572.00 |
| 227 | Ellsworth Kelly 1923--2015 | Three works from Un coup de des jamais n'abolira le hasard (by Stephane Mallarme) |
1992 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,441.00 |
| 180 | Marlene Dumas b.1953 | Untitled Europe |
2005 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,386.00 |
| 366 | Rufino Tamayo 1899--1991 | Femme en mauve (from the Las mujeres portfolio) |
1969 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,386.00 |
| 200 | Nancy Graves 1940--1995 | X Riphaeus Mountains Region of the Moon (from the Lunar Orbit series) |
1972 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,260.00 |
| 319 | George Rodrigue 1944--2013 | I See You, You See Me |
1993 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,260.00 |
| 165 | Salvador Dali 1904--1989 | Marianne and the Chevalier; Allegory: The Chevalier's Dream of Cecile (two works from the Marquis de Sade portfolio) |
1969 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,197.00 |
| 248 | After Roy Lichtenstein | Portland Center exhibition poster |
1980 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,197.00 |
| 107 | Jean (Hans) Arp 1886--1966 | Untitled (from Surrealism between Two Wars: International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving, Volume 2, from the series The Forerunners of the Avant-Garde) |
1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,134.00 |
| 285 | Claes Oldenburg 1929--2022 | Baked Potato with Butter |
1972 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,134.00 |
