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Clars Auction Gallery: Books and Prints

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Auction Name Books and Prints Total Sales (USD) 28,131.60
Auction Date July 12, 2014 - July 12, 2014 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,700.00
Sale Number #71214 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 36,100.00
Total Lots 152
Sold Lots 131 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 26,850.00
% of Lots Sold 86.18% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 46,850.00
Unsold Lots 21 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4136

Chinese furniture art books

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,130.50
4747 Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985)

Elsa Triolet

1972 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 952.00
4798 Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906-1997)

Compositions from Viva 1978

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 952.00
4797 Erte (Romain de Tirtoff, Russian, 1892-1990)

The Tragic Muse

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 833.00
4131

Selections of Artibus Asiae

from 1956 to 1989 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 714.00
4134

Asian art books on Buddhism

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 714.00
4775 Moïse Kisling (French/Polish, 1891-1953)

''Sonia,'' color aquatint

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 714.00
4891 American School (20th century)

Homage to Giorgio Morandi

1993 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 714.00
4790 Erte (Romain de Tirtoff, Russian, 1892-1990)

Love'' and ''Indifference'' from the ''Emotion'' series

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 654.50
4802 Jock Sturges (American, b. 1947)

Marie

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 654.50
4133

Asian art books on textile

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 595.00
4135

Miscellaneous Chinese art books

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 565.25
4764 Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005)

Les Ruines Circulaires VII and Muc on the Wind

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 535.50
4818 Johnny Friedhender, (German, 1912-1992)

Abstraction

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 535.50
4879 Beatrice Levy (American, 1892-1974)

The Tide Comes In

1925 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 535.50
4794 Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff (French/Russian 1892-1990)

Gala Performance,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 476.00
4883 Sheldon C. Schoneberg (American, 1926-2012)

various etchings and drawings

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 446.25
4762 John Van Hamersveld (American, b.1947)

Jimi Hendrix

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 416.50
4765 American School (20th century)

Perspective Image Primary Entry

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 416.50
4789 Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff (French/Russian 1892-1990)

Art Deco Femme

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 416.50
4792 Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff (French/Russian 1892-1990)

"The Flowered Cape,"

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 416.50
4800 Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906-1997)

Untitled

1970 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 416.50
4872 Edouard Boubat (French, 1923-1999)

''Champ de lin, Normandie,'' 1948

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 416.50
4309

Art Reference Books: Art Through The Ages

USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 386.75
4791 Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff (French/Russian 1892-1990)

Autumn Song,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 386.75
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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