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Los Angeles Estate Auction: Antique Art and Rare Estate Finds

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Auction Name Antique Art and Rare Estate Finds Total Sales (USD) 13,613.13
Auction Date August 27, 2025 - August 27, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 32,400.00
Sale Number #385931 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 65,700.00
Total Lots 169
Sold Lots 81 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 115,700.00
% of Lots Sold 47.93% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 196,600.00
Unsold Lots 88 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 6.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Edo Period Triptych Woodblock Prints - Full Moon at Kanazawa, Province

 USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 2,286.00
147 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson Original Signed B&W Photograph

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,778.00
146 ROBERT HENRI

ROBERT HENRI HAND DRAWING SKETCH SIGNED

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 825.50
180 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Koi (Carp) Woodblock Print, From An Untitled Ser. Known As Large Fish

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 698.50
159 Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix Signed Illustration Art Drawing Rare

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 539.75
65 David Hamilton

Souvenirs by David Hamilton Limited Edition Portfolio 115/2500

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 412.75
239

Vintage 1939 Pinocchio Animation Storyboard Drawing

 1939 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 349.25
149

US President Lincoln Tintype Photo with Signatures Set

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 317.50
176 Ollie Johnston

Walt Disney Original Limited Edition Sericel Snow White Animation Cel by Ollie Johnston Signed

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 285.75
49 D.G. Farragut

Civil War Era US Navy Vice Admiral D.G. Farragut 1865 Signed Autograph

 1865 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 254.00
85 Miro

Vintage Miro Lithograph

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 254.00
255

Vintage Magic the Gathering Trading Card Collection Lot

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 254.00
189 Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Italian Composer Signed Postcard Letter Milan 1893 Framed Signature

 1893 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 222.25
48

Edo Period Japanese Nagasawa Rosetsu Woodblock

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 190.50
80 Carleton E. Watkins (American 1829-1918)

Yosemite Falls, Albumen 1865

 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 190.50
129

Photograph Of Wyatt Earp Outlaw Wife Josephine Earp

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 190.50
37

Vintage Lithograph Erte "Printemps" Hand Signed Number 14/260 Stamped

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 158.75
66 David D. Porter

David D. Porter Navy Vice Admiral 1970 Signed Letter Introducing Ambrose Thompson

 1970 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 158.75
82 Walt Disney

Walt Disney Animation Cel 19" x 13"

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 158.75
142 Ruth Clampett Large

Warner bros. Animation Cel Hand Painted Art Looney Tunes by Ruth Clampett Large

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 158.75
179 Man Ray

Man Ray - Nude Photogravure on Wove Paper w/ KCM Galleries COA

 1937-1940. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 158.75
256

Huge Magic the Gathering Trading Card Collection Lot

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 158.75
260 John A. Ruthven

John A. Ruthven (American, 1924-2020) Limited Edition Bengal Tiger Print /5000

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 158.75
76

AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 127.00
79 Carleton E. Watkins (American 1829-1918)

The Sentinel, Yosemite Albumen Print 1865

 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 127.00
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  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> NEWTON, ISAAC. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum.</i> 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BECKMANN, MAX. <i>Apokalypse.</i> Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. <i>Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln.</i> AND: <i>Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln…</i> CHF 30,000 to 50,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten.</i> Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.