Michaans Auctions: April Gallery Auction, 41924, Alameda, CA

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 19, 2024 - April 19, 2024
Page Size: 46 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3061 Arthur Rackham

The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Richard Wagner's Original The Ring of the Niblung, Volume One of Two. Translated into English by Margaret Armour.

London, 1910 USD 400.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
3062 Charles Dickens,

Works of Charles Dickens: Library Edition in 29 Volumes,

Boston, 1870s. USD 500.00 - 900.00 USD 617.50
3063 Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832-1898);

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

New York, 1932, 1935 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,950.00
3222 After SIR JOHN HILL (British, 1716-1775)

The Vegetable System, including Plate no. 26, 34, 51, and 62

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
3223 FOUGASSE (CYRIL KENNETH BIRD) (British, 1887-1965)

Careless Talk Costs Lives Series,

USD 40.00 - 70.00 USD 260.00
3224 MAX BECKMANN (German, 1884-1950)

Liebespaar" (Lovers)

1922 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
3225 MAXIMINO JAVIER (Mexican, born 1948)

La Casa Movil

1994 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
3226 NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (French/American, 1930-2002)

My Love, My Love

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 715.00
3227 After ALEXANDER CALDER (American, 1898-1976)

Birds in Flight

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
3228 RICHARD SMITH (British, 1931-2016)

Untitled, Abstract Composition

1977 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
3229 LOUISE NEVELSON (American, 1899-1988)

Sky Shadow

1973 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,080.00
3230 After REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Bust of an Old Man with a Flowing Beard: The Head Inclined Three Quarter's Right

1630 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
3231 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903)

Lagoon Noon

1879-80 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,690.00
3232 MAX BECKMANN (German, 1884-1950)

Portrait of Dostoevsky (Bildnis Dostojewskis)

1921 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 455.00
3233 WILL BARNET (American, 1911-2012)

Images of Children

New York, 1982 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
3234 WILL BARNET (American, 1911-2012)

The Bath

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
3235 PIERRE BONNARD (French 1867-1947)

Le Bain

Paris. USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
3236 GENE KLOSS (American, 1903-1996)

Tranquility of Winter

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,040.00
3237 GENE KLOSS (American, 1903-1996)

Road to Ranchos de Taos

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,105.00
3238 GENE KLOSS (American, 1903-1996)

Winter Pastoral

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 845.00
3239 ALFREDO ZALCE (Mexican, 1908-2003)

En El Muelle

1967 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
3240 YAACOV (GIBSTEIN) AGAM (Israeli, born 1928)

Midnigh

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
3241 SISTER MARY CORITA KENT (American, 1918-1986)

The Eye in the Sun

1972 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 455.00
3242 SISTER MARY CORITA KENT (American, 1918-1986)

Lucky Earth

1963 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
3243 THOMAS PRADZYNSKI (Polish, 1951-2007)

Cafe Latini, San Francisco and Prince Street, New York from the American Suite series

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 422.50
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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