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Auction Name Prints and Photographs Total Sales (USD) 250,862.25
Auction Date September 15, 2019 - September 15, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 218,700.00
Sale Number #91519 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 331,800.00
Total Lots 68
Sold Lots 54 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 246,400.00
% of Lots Sold 79.41% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 379,000.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.19%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7475 M.C. Escher

"Metamorphosis II"

1939/40 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 98,400.00
7433 Roy Lichtenstein

"Two paintings: Green Lamp, from Paintings Series"

1984 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 27,500.00
7442 Keith Haring

"Pop Shop III (c)"

1987 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
7476 M.C. Escher

"Castel Mola"

1932 USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 11,685.00
7477 M.C. Escher

"De Vreeselijke Avonturen Van Scholastica" (The Terrifying Adventures of Scholastica)

1933 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,680.00
7469 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

"La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine"

1896 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,150.00
7341 Howard Chandler Christy

Portrait of a Woman Dressed in Naval Uniform

1904 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,440.00
7463 Pablo Picasso

"Minotaure Caressant une Femme", from Vollard suite

1933 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,920.00
7464 Pablo Picasso

"Le Repos du Sculpteur devant le jeune cavalier" from Vollard Suite, plate 55

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,920.00
7461 Print Suite, Salvador Dali

Lyle Stuart Tarot Cards, complete suite

1978 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,305.00
7465 Pablo Picasso

"Deux Modeles Vetus", from Vollard suite

1933 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,840.00
7478 M.C. Escher

Sketch for Elements

graphite on paper USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,690.00
7494 Richard Prince

"Untitled" from "Cowboy & Girlfriends Series"

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,520.00
7438 Robert Rauschenberg

"Venice Print Project"

1984 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,437.50
7435 Book, Ed Ruscha

"Every Building on the Sunset Strip"

1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,200.00
7484 Yozo Hamaguchi

"Green Grapes"

1958 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,125.00
7440 Robert Bechtle

"68 Nova"

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,812.50
7455 George Rodrigue

Blue Dog and Red Dog

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,767.50
7448 Beth Van Hoesen

"Selections from the Nude Man"

1965 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,432.00
7466 Pablo Picasso

Untitled (Artist & Model/Bloch 1899) etching

1899 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,432.00
7454 George Rodrigue

Blue Dog in Chair

USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,337.00
7434 Ed Ruscha

"Sunliner"

1996 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
7436 Sol Lewitt

"Color & Black, 12 x 12/3"

1991 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,920.00
7437 Sol LeWitt

"#5", "#10", "#22" and "#24", from the Suite, Brushstrokes: Horizontal and Vertical

1996 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,920.00
7450 Frank Lobdell

"Seven Etchings"

1988 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,664.00
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    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
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    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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