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Potomack Company: The Estate of Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Georgetown, Washington, D.C

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Auction Name The Estate of Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Georgetown, Washington, D.C Total Sales (USD) 32,942.00
Auction Date November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 12,495.00
Sale Number #112025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,720.00
Total Lots 48
Sold Lots 43.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 14,295.00
% of Lots Sold 89.58% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 23,370.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 140.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1515 Robert John Thornton

THE NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; THE SUPERB LILLY; AURICULAS and TULIPS, Mezzotint in colors,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,050.00
1529 DAVID HOCKNEY.

DAVID HOCKNEY. A BIGGER BOOK. LIMITED EDITION, 4653 OF 10,000, WITH MARC NEWSON STAND AND ORIGINAL SHIPPING BOX.

2016 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
1521 Andreas Matthaus Wolfgang

A GROUP OF FOUR TURKISH COSTUMES: CHEVAL DU GRAN ECUYER; CHEVAL DE MAIN DU GRAND SEIGNEUR PORTANT SES ARMES; GRAND SULTAN and LE MOUFTI COMMANDANT DES MOSQUEES, Hand-colored engravin

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,080.00
1519 Charles Lemaire

GROUP OF FIVE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING EXOTIC BIRDS AND FLORA FROM CHARLES LEMAIRE AND FLORENT PREVOST'S HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX EXOTIQUES (1864), Hand-colored engrav

1864 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,690.00
1718 ERNEST HEMINGWAY,

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.

1940 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,430.00
1720 WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

WASHINGTON: THE NATION'S CAPITAL. SIGNED BY 15+ WASHINGTON POST EDITORS.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,430.00
1512 George (1694) Edwards

A GROUP OF FOUR PARROT ENGRAVINGS, 1758, Hand-colored engraving

1758 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,300.00
1517 Jean Charles Baquoy

A GROUP OF SIX AFRICAN MAMALS, Hand-colored engravings,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,105.00
1726 WINSTON CHURCHILL.

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES. 1956-1958. FIRST EDITIONS

1956-1958. USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 1,105.00
1725 ENRICO BERNARDO.

THE IMPOSSIBLE COLLECTION OF WINE BOOK.

2013 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
1520 CAMILLE ROGIER

FEMME TURQUE along with PAYSANNE CAUCHOISE, Color lithograph

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 715.00
1742

COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON HISTORICAL HOMES AND GARDENS

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 650.00
1513 George (1694) Edwards

SCARLET SPARROW AND BUTTERFLY and LONG TAILED SCARLET LORY AND BUTTERFLY, Engraving,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 520.00
1749

ASPREY & GARRARD, LONDON, LEATHER BOUND PHOTO ALBUM TOGETHER WITH A WOODEN KEEPSAKE BOX

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 455.00
1523 William (1697) Hogarth

THE DISTRESSED POET and THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND, Etching

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
1734

GROUP OF 15 BOOKS INSCRIBED TO NOVELIST JANE STANTON HITCHCOCK

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
1736

COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT DOGS AND ANIMALS

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 390.00
1743

GROUP OF BOOKS ON IMPRESSIONISM AND EUROPEAN PAINTING

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 357.50
1729

LE TEMPLE D'ANGKOR VAT. THREE VOLUMES. DELUXE LIMITED EDITION OF 999 COPIES.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 292.50
1730

GROUP OF FOUR BOOKS RELATING TO BUNNY MELLON AND THE OAK SPRING GARDEN LIBRARY

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 292.50
1516 Elizabeth Blackwell

FRAGARIA VESCA (STRAWBERRY), FROM A CURIOUS HERBAL (LONDON, 1737-1739), Hand-colored copperplate engraving,

1737-1739 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 260.00
1518 FRENCH SCHOOL

MEUBLES ET OBJETS DE GOUT; PLATES NOS. 3, 4 and 77, Hand-colored etching

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 260.00
1738

GROUP OF BOOKS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, D.C.

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 227.50
1740

GROUP OF OVERSIZED BOOKS ON ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 227.50
1719 Richard Avedon

RICHARD AVEDON. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 195.00
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