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Auction Name
Fine Art Discovery Live! Paintings, Works on Paper, Prints & More
Auction Date
01/07/2026 - 01/07/2026
Sale Number
#10726
Total Lots
89
Sold Lots
89.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (USD)
31,493.80
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
23,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
38,480.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
23,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
38,480.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
81.84%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72 Grant Wood

February, 1941

1941 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,000.00
70 Thomas Hart Benton

Cradling Wheat, 1939

1939 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
71 Grant Wood

Shrine Quartet

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,750.00
95 Alexander (1898) Calder

Santa Claus folio d'Arches, 1974

1974 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,750.00
69

Mexican Art; A Portfolio of Mexican People and Places, 20th Century, containing 10 pencil signed lithographs.

20th Century USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,375.00
134 Stevan Dohanos

State Fair, 1948

1948 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,250.00
96 George Joseph Mess

In my Studio

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 937.50
250 Michael Fatali

Back of Beyond, 2002

2002 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
24 Joseph Pennell

Under the Bridges, Chicago, 1910

1910 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
100 Werner Drewes

Calm Morning, 1959

1959 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
245 Casey Roberts

Evening Creeper

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 625.00
112 Stanley William Hayter

Night Moth

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
86 Emil Ganso

Early Snow: A View of Woodstock, NY, 1938

1938 USD 140.00 - 250.00 USD 562.50
251 Michael Fatali

Velvet Reflections, Zion Canyon, 2002

2002 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
234 Gong Gandi? (Shanghai, b. 1949),

Ancient House Series woodblock print

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 437.50
85 Emil Ganso

Spring, c. 1937

c.1937 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 406.25
97 George Joseph Mess

The Goat Farm

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 406.25
252 Michael Fatali

North Pole (Zion Canyon), 1995

1995 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
253 Michael Fatali

Autumn in Zion (Zion Canyon), 2002

2002 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
226

Unknown 1980s Underground Comic original Illustration; Memorial Service Dedicated to the Memory of Lucas Zoot, fantastical party scene

 1980s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 375.00
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    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.