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Auction Name Art & Antiques Featuring The Raymond Leppard Estate Total Sales (USD) 49,693.75
Auction Date January 16, 2021 - January 16, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 32,680.00
Sale Number #11321 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 53,680.00
Total Lots 119
Sold Lots 119 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 32,680.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 53,680.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 92.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45

Dardanus. Prologue. Le Theatre represente les Jardins de l'Amour a Cytherea, on y voit ce Dieu sur un Threne de fleurs, Venus esl a ses cotez, Les Graces

1744 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 3,500.00
27 Charles Villiers Stanford

Charles Villiers Stanford hand-written & scored Irish Rhapsody No 4, The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and What He Saw

1913 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,250.00
28 Charles Villiers Stanford

Charles Villiers Stanford hand-written & scored Cushendall, An Irish Song Cycles, The poems by John Stevenson, OP 118

1910 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,000.00
36

The Confessions of St. Augustine of Hippo, in latin, pocket sized book, last page dated August 8

1607 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,750.00
10 Charles Burney

Four Volumes: General History of Music from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period by Charles Burney,

1732 & 1739 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,625.00
29 Charles Burney

An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, and the Pantheon, May 26th, 27th, 29th and June 3rd, and 5th 1784

1784 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
33 Mr. Handel

Six Concertos for the Harpsicord or Organ compos'd by Mr. Handel,

Ca.1738 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
75 Maestro Raymond Leppard, Claudio Monteverdi

Maestro Raymond Leppard's personal score of Claudio Monteverdi Il Ritorno D'Ulisse in Patrinia in two volumes & two acts, with Leppard's personal notes, Faber Music Ltd,

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,625.00
39

Harmonia Sacra: or, Divine Hymns and Dialogs; with a Through-Bass for the Theorbo-Lute, Bass-Viol, Harpsichord, or Organ,

1703 USD 140.00 - 300.00 USD 1,500.00
73 Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten signed musical score for "Overture The Building of the House," with composer's hand-written notes

1967 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,375.00
37 John Blow

Amphion Anglicus A Work of Many Compositions, For One, Two Three and Four Voices: Instrumental Music, Organ, Harpsichord or Theorboe-Lute by Dr. John Blow,

1700 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
19

Renatus Des-Cartes Excellent Compendium of Musick with Necessary and Judicious Animadversions Thereupon. By a Person of Honour.

1653 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,187.50
47 G. F. Handel

L'Allegro il Pensieroso , ed il Moderato, The Words taken from Milton; The Musick Composed in the Year 1739 by G. F. Handel.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.50
101 Francis Sandford

Original illustration plate of the formal procession for the coronation of James II from Francis Sandford, History of the Coronation of James II and of Queen Mary

1687 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,000.00
302 Irene Zevon

Irene Zevon, (American 1918-2006), "Composition" and "Structure"

1959 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 937.50
55 Edward Elgar

Two Edward Elgar books: Signed book; Elgar: His Life and Works. Basil Maine, Published by

1933 USD 140.00 - 250.00 USD 875.00
57 William Davanent K

The Works of Sr William Davanent K, Now Published out of the Author's Originall Copies,

1673 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 812.50
77 Michael Christian Festing.

Eight Concerto's in Seven Parts, Compos'd By Michael Christian Festing. Opera Quinta,

1739 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
82 Allemand de G. Fr. Reiss, Musique de Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Signed by author: Beatitudes (Die Seligkeiten) Poem de Madame COLOMB, Traduction Allemand de G. Fr. Reiss, Musique de Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Partition Chant et Piano,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
212 Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky, (Russian Federation / France 1866-1944), Untitled

1942 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
4

Dialogue sur la musique des anciens. A Monsieur de ***, Francois de Castagnerede, abbé de Chateuneuf, Published by Noël Pissot, A

1725 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
42

Bound 5 compositions: Ten Voluntarys for the Organ or Harpsicord, M. John Stanley, Opera Quinta and Opera Settima

1742 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
14 Pier. Francesco Tosi

Observations on the Florid Song; or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers. Written in Italian By Pier. Francesco Tosi, for J. Wilcox,

1743 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 625.00
74 Charles Villiers Stanford

Charles Villiers Stanford's full musical score for Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Merlin in the Gleam" Copyright, Stainer & Bell. Ltd.,

1919 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 625.00
59 C. Von Gluck

Novello's Original Octavio Edition, Orpheus, C. Von Gluck, pianoforte by Berthold Tours, Signed by Sir John Barbirolli, with conductor notes, given to Raymond Leppard by a friend in 1971

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    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.
    Jeschke Jadi
    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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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