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Potomack Company: December Art Cornucopia

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Auction Name December Art Cornucopia Total Sales (USD) 4,608.50
Auction Date December 03, 2024 - December 03, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,500.00
Sale Number #120324 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,700.00
Total Lots 34
Sold Lots 28 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,100.00
% of Lots Sold 82.35% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 10,400.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 44.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4014 AFTER AUGUSTA WITHERS J. WATTS

EIGHT FRUIT BOTANICALS along WITH FOUR UNFRAMED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 357.50
4026 Paul Emile Berton

LES BOULES DE NEIGE, 1900

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 357.50
4024 Paul Emile Berton

SARAH BERNHARDT, 1901

1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 325.00
4000 Paul Emile Berton

LES PIPEAUX, 1899

1899 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 292.50
4015 Sydenham Edwards

BOTANICAL from THE BOTANICAL REGISTER

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 292.50
4023 Paul Emile Berton

ROSES DE NOEL, 1899

1899 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 260.00
4027 Charles (1821) Parsons

TWO PRINTS: VIEW OF THE U.S. MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S PREMISES, ASPINWALL N.G. and VIEW OF CULEBRA OR THE SUMMIT, THE TERMINUS OF THE PANAMA RAILROAD IN DEC. 1854

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
4081A Georganne Deen

AMERICAN HERITAGE

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 260.00
4017 EDWARD STEP

A GROUP OF SIX BOTANICALS from FAVOURITE FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 227.50
4052 Frederick Albert Slocombe

A GROUP OF FIVE LITHOGRAPHS after ENGRAVINGS BY THE ARTIST

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 227.50
4055 After LEONARD KNUFF and JOHANNES KIP

CASHIONBURY THE SEAT OF THE RT. HOBBLE THE EARLE OF ESSEX IN HARTFORDSHIRE

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 227.50
4018 John James Audubon

COOPER'S HAWK from BIRDS OF AMERICA

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 195.00
4025 Paul Emile Berton

UNTITLED - WOMAN WITH HYDRANGEA

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 195.00
4028 after MAXFIELD PARRISH

OLD KING COLE

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 130.00
4073 After SYDENHAM EDWARDS Eng. by F. SANSOM

19TH CENTURY HAND-COLORED BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS BY F. SANSOM - PAIR (2)

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 130.00
4081

SPANIEL

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 117.00
4007 Edgar Chahine

PONTE DE BARETERI

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 104.00
4020

FOUR VINTAGE PRINTS OF ENGLAND: "APSLEY HOUSE," "THE NEW ATHENEUM," "KEW PALACE," and "CLARE HALL, WITH KINGS COLLEGE CHAPEL"

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 104.00
4021

THREE VINTAGE PRINTS OF LONDON LANDMARKS: "BANQUETING HOUSE, WHITEHALL," "RICHMOND HILL" and "SOMERSET HOUSE"

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 104.00
4006 Joseph Pennell

REBUILDING THE CAMPANILE, #2

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 65.00
4009 FRENCH

CHATEAU DE S. GERMAIN DE LIVET

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 65.00
4010

A GROUP OF FOUR ORIENTALIST PRINTS

USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 65.00
4019 AFTER HENRY ALKEN

FULL CRY and THE DEATH

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 65.00
4054 Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines

SAINT MARY LE STRAND

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 52.00
4022

VARIOUS SMALL AMERICAN ENGRAVINGS OF FLOWERS AND SCENES OF VIRGINIA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 39.00
  • 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