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Litchfield County Auctions: Fine Arts, Antiques & Design
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Arts, Antiques & Design | Total Sales (USD) | 39,318.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 19,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #51326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 28,750.00 |
| Total Lots | 50 | ||
| Sold Lots | 40.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 22,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 34,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.97% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) | La Familia Jugando |
N/A | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 26,000.00 |
| 266 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | The Blew-Bird (Blue Bird) |
1771-1810 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,430.00 |
| 230 | Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) | Balcon Sur La Mer (Baigneuse au papillons) |
circa 1925 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 267 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | Palumbus Migratorius |
1771-1810 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 273 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | Viper Caudisona Minor |
1771-1810 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 274 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | Suillus (The Great Hog Fish) |
1771-1810 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 265 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | The Red Belly'd Woodpecker, The Hairy Woodpecker and the Black Oak |
1771-1810 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 280 | John Hill (1741-1775) | Eden: or, a Compleat body of Gardening |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 206 | Massimo Vitali (b 1944) | Cagliari Blue Rectangle |
2006 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 276 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | Testudo |
1771-1810 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 268 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | The Turtle of Carolina |
1771-1810 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 487.50 |
| 275 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | Guaperva (The Old Wife Fish) |
1771-1810 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 277 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | Pagurus Maculatus and Cancer Chelis Crassissimus |
1771-1810 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 213 | William de Kooning (1904-1997) | William de Koning - Gothem News |
1955 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 269 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | The Great Booby |
1771-1810 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 272 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | Anseri Bassano (The Booby) |
1771-1810 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 278 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | Cancer Chelis Rubris (The Red Claw Crab) |
1771-1810 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 279 | Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) | Phytanthoza Iconographia |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 270 | Mark Catesby (1683-1749) | The Laughing Gull |
1771-1810 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 283 | Ten framed color lithographs of early Washington, Territory of Columbia (DC) scenes |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 360 | Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management |
1912 | USD 50.00 - 150.00 | USD 260.00 | |
| 282 | John W Hill | Boston Harbor |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 195.00 |
| 292 | Kitagawa Fujimaro; Hosoda Eishi | Outing in the Snow; Hosoda Eishi |
19th c. | USD 100.00 - 300.00 | USD 195.00 |
| 295 | Utagawa Kunisada; Utagawa Hiroshige | Figure in a blue and white kimono; Sumidagawa, Mimeguri |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 195.00 |
| 264 | John James Audubon (1785-1851) | Mallard Duck and Ruffed Grouse |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 162.50 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000