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Potomack Company: May Art Cornucopia
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| Auction Name | May Art Cornucopia | Total Sales (USD) | 33,546.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 28, 2026 - May 28, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 17,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #52826 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 28,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 109 | ||
| Sold Lots | 86.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 20,525.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.90% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 33,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 98.81% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7043 | Willard Franklin Clark (1910-1992) | MT. ADOBE |
ca. 1938; 1996 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,210.00 |
| 7143 | Francois Edmund Paris (1806-1893) | 5 Chromolithographs, including: SOUVERNIR DE JERUSALEM, ALBUM DESSINE PAR LE CONTRE-AMIRAL PARIS |
1862 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 7253 | Richard Earlom (1743-1822) | COLONEL MORDAUNT'S COCK MATCH |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 7267 | Framed View of U.S. Capitol |
circa 1870 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 7272 | Marc Chagall (1887-1985) | Le Cantique des Cantiques Plate 37 |
1980 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,430.00 |
| 7129 | Richard Joseph Anuszkiewicz (1930-2020) | TAMPA WINTER |
1973 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,300.00 |
| 7213 | Armando Villegas (1926-2013) | GUERRERO MAGICO (MAGICAL WARRIOR) |
1978 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 7245 | George Naylor | HRH PRINCE LEOPOLD IN THE FULL HABIT OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER, 19TH JULY 1821 |
1821 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 7271 | Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) | Untitled |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 910.00 |
| 7236 | Salvador Dali (1904-1989) | TAURUS FROM THE ZODIAC SUITE |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 7261 | Thomas Frederick McKnight (1941) | BLUE COUCH, 1985; INTERIOR WITH FOUNTAIN |
1985 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 7263 | Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) | Amaryllis reticulata Amaryllis en reseau; Amaryllis Belladonna |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 7252 | James Baillie Fraser | A VIEW OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE, FROM THE EASTWARD |
1824 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 7152 | David Klein (1918-2005) | 4 Posters, including: WASHINGTON |
N/A | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 7259 | Bernard Picard (1673-1733) | L' ITALIEN PLATES XV; LE DISPOS XL; LE PEGASE XLIX |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 7270 | Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) | Untitled |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 7258 | W. Tayler | THE BREAKFAST; THE YOUNG CIVILIANS TOILET; THE YOUNG LADY'S TOILET |
1842 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 552.50 |
| 7188 | Raquel Forner (1899-1968) | LABERINTO ASTRAL from AGPA (ARTES GRAFICAS PANAMERIANS) 73 |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 7149 | Albrecht Schmidt (1667-1744); Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) | Carolus VII; Herr von Geschrei oder Geschwind |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 487.50 |
| 7257 | BRITISH | THE HEAD OF THE ADVANCED GUARD OF THE MAHARATTA ARMY COMING TO JOIN EARL CORNWALLIS NEAR SERINGAPATAM |
1792 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 487.50 |
| 7127 | Frederick Machetanz (1908-2002) | MIGHTY HUNTER; THE INVADERS |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 7128 | Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) | CHRISTMAS IN OLD VIRGINIA; CHRISTMAS 1776 |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 7155 | Bernard Joseph Steffen (1907-1980) | PULLING CORN; CANTANKEROUS COLT |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 7235 | Val Proudkii (b. 1969) | THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY DC |
2008 | USD 25.00 - 50.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 7280 | Yaacov Agam (1928-) | Untitled |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 455.00 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.