Neal Auction Company: Books, Prints
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Prints | Total Sales (USD) | 106,511.50 |
| Auction Date | April 25, 2014 - April 27, 2014 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 55,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #42514 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 82,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 82 | ||
| Sold Lots | 57 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 69,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.51% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 103,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 25 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 102.91% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 434 | John L. Boqueta de Woiseri (active America, 1797-1815) | A View of New Orleans taken from the Plantation of Marigny, 1803 |
1803 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 14,340.00 |
| 599 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) | Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite National Park, CA, 1948 |
1948, printed c. 1975 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,871.25 |
| 425 | Document Signed by Abraham Lincoln, as President, |
1864 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,150.00 | |
| 431 | John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) | Wild Turkey, chromolithograph, from The Birds of America, Bien edition, NY, 1860 |
1860 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,975.00 |
| 597 | Eudora Welty (American/Mississippi, 1909-2001) | The Mattress Factory, Jackson, MS, c. 1930s, printed 1992 |
c. 1930s, printed 1992 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,078.75 |
| 598 | Eudora Welty (American/Mississippi, 1909-2001) | Madam Palmer, c. 1930-39 |
c. 1930-39, printed 1992 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,078.75 |
| 424 | A Rare War of 1812 Commemorative Kerchief, c. 1815 | copper-engraved cotton, memorializing the naval victories of the War of 1812 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 4,575.00 | |
| 1013 | [Rare Norman's New Orleans Map], "Norman's Plan of New Orleans & Environs", 1854 |
1854 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,182.50 | |
| 433 | John William Hill (American, 1812-1879) and Benjamin Franklin Smith (American, 1830-1927) | New Orleans from St. Patrick's Church, 1852 |
1852 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 3,660.00 |
| 281 | Autograph Letter Signed by Maxim Gorky (aka Gorki) | in Cyrillic, to writer Franz Hellens and his Russian wife Maria Marcova, dated November 22 |
1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,286.25 |
| 426 | [Kelmscott Press], William Morris, Story of the Glittering Plain or the Land of Living Men, 1894 |
1894 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,928.00 | |
| 594 | Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (American/South Carolina, 1883-1979) | Saturday Morning, Charleston |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,509.50 | |
| 606 | Theodore "Fonville" Winans (American/Louisiana, 1911-1992) | Grand Isle Bus, 1934 |
1934 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,509.50 |
| 272 | Alphonse Bacheret, | Une Centaine de Peintres; (The Works of One Hundred Great Masters) |
1900 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,390.00 |
| 1124 | Ida Kohlmeyer (American/Louisiana, 1922-1997) | Monostitch, from the "Diminutive" series, 1979 |
1979 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,151.00 |
| 1027 | Jerry Uelsmann (American, b. 1934) | Animal Dream, 1978 |
1978 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,074.00 |
| 279 | Gorki (aka Gorky)Maxime | Les Vagabonds, Paris, 1921 |
1921 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,031.50 |
| 1126 | Ida Kohlmeyer (American/Louisiana, 1922-1997) | Cupid's Work, from the "Diminutive" series, 1979 |
1979 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,673.00 |
| 580 | Jerry Uelsmann (American, b. 1934) | Untitled: Eye in Garden, 1975 |
1975 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,586.00 |
| 1028 | Jerry Uelsmann (American, b. 1934) | Untitiled: Surreal Sky over Study, 1976 |
1976 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,464.00 |
| 273 | Charles Dicken | Works of Charles Dickens, Riverside Edition, 28 vols., 1867-1872 |
1867-1872 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,464.00 |
| 432 | John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) | Red-eyed Vireo, Plate 150 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,230.00 | |
| 581 | Edward Steichen (American, 1879-1973) | Mask of Goethe with Spiral, 1932 |
1932 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,195.00 |
| 274 | R.H. Gabriel, ed., | The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, 28 vols., 1853; The Pageant of America: A Pictorial History of the United States, 15 vols., 1925 |
1853 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,098.00 |
| 275 | [Decorative Leather Bindings], a group of 27 books including: The Library of Entertainment: A Thousand Hours of Enjoyment with the World's Greatest Writers, 13 vols., 1920; Plutarch's Lives and Writings, The Book Lover's Addition, 5 vols., 1/2 red leather |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 976.00 |
