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New England Auctions: European and South American Estate Collections

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Auction Name European and South American Estate Collections Total Sales (USD) 7,840.00
Auction Date November 13, 2024 - November 13, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 5,350.00
Sale Number #111324 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,250.00
Total Lots 15
Sold Lots 15 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 5,350.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 9,250.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
117 Jacob Binck -

Adam and Eve

circa 1525 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,048.00
131 Heinrich Aldegrever -

Hector Fighting the Greeks

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,024.00
260 J. M. Whistler

J. M. Whistler - Two Etchings

dated 1858. USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 768.00
129 Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo -

Old Man with a Beard

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 640.00
291 Ferd. Ongania.

Streets and Canals...Venice. 1895-6. Very Scarce.

MDCCCXCV-VI. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 640.00
127 Giovanni Battista Piranesi -

View of the Upper Ruins of the Diocletian Baths

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 448.00
116 Giovanni Battista Piranesi -

View of the Facade of the Basilica in Gerusalemme

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 384.00
244 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Etching

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 352.00
64

1659 Map of Peru

1659 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 320.00
132

Early Family Group Silhouette

Circa 1840 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
355 J. Whistler

The Traghetto

late 19th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 288.00
361 F. Frith

Three Silhouette Portraits

1838 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
88 Pierre Joseph Redoute -

Two Floral Prints

Circa 1820 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
302

Brig Jane and Cutter Beaufoy

1826 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 96.00
140

Four Regency Lithographs

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 64.00
  • 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