Auction Reports

William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals

Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine and Decorative Arts Quarterly
Auction Date
12/16/2025 - 12/16/2025
Sale Number
#121625
Total Lots
22
Sold Lots
22.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (USD)
25,012.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
12,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
23,200.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
12,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
23,200.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
107.81%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
60567

Vintage 1935 Normadie Travel Poster

1935 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,200.00
60563 Marc Chagall

The Tribe of Dan

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,380.00
60568 Hiroshi Yoshida

Miyajima Aki

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 3,250.00
60572 Leroy Neiman

Michael Jordan

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 2,080.00
60570 Leroy Neiman

Buena Vista Bar

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,950.00
60541 Roy de Forest

Untitled (Blue Dog)

USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,690.00
60529 Manly P. Hall

An Encyclopedic Outline

1928 USD 600.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,105.00
60578 Angel Botello

Nino con una Taza

USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 845.00
60575 Leroy Neiman

Classic Marathon Finish

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 715.00
60530

Whitman's Song of the Broad-Axe illust. by Esherick

MCMXXIV 1924 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 650.00
60830

Watermans Ideal Fountain Pen Framed Lithograph

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 617.50
60576 Leroy Neiman

New York Marathon

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
60571 Leroy Neiman

Tavern on the Green

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 455.00
60566 Marc Chagall

L'Auge II

USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 390.00
60564 Salvador Dali

The Rendezvous of the Smugglers

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
60577 Leroy Neiman

Portrait of a Tiger

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
60565 Salvador Dali

Cervantes

c. 1965 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 292.50
60544 R C Gorman

Esta

1981 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
60574 Leroy Neiman

Regent's Park

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 292.50
60573 Leroy Neiman

Self Portrait

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 208.00

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  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000