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Auction Update Review

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2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

0 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

0 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

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Bruce Mckinney


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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Galerie Bassenge Campbell's Soup I on May 30th Actual price: USD $582,565.
  2. University Archives Picasso, Dali, Chagall, Calder, Braque, Miro, Giacometti, Moore, Lautrec & Many Others - Sensational & Gigantic Collection of Master Heirloom Prints, Nearly 50K Pcs! An Almost $20 Million Retail Value! on June 4th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  3. University Archives Jefferson's Owned & Signed 6 Vol. Set of Cicero's Orations, Used to Write Declaration Of Independence, With 1829 Auction Catalog & Bill Where It Last Sold!! on June 4th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  4. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Limited Edition (Alpha) Sealed Starter Deck (Wizards of the Coast, 1993). on May 31st Actual price: USD $93,750.
  5. Rago Arts and Auctions The Witch (Trial Proof) on June 5th Actual price: USD $82,550.
  6. Christies Concetto Spaziale (Teatrini) on June 5th Actual price: USD $82,101.
  7. Heritage Auctions 1994 Fleer Marvel Masterpieces #115 Spider-Man -- Original Trading Card Artwork, Preliminary Sketch & PSA 10 Card by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt on May 31st Actual price: USD $81,250.
  8. Bonhams Seven large "draft" photograph albums from Sir Basil Gould's 1936-1937 British Mission to Lhasa. Containing approximately 1515 photographs. on June 5th Actual price: USD $78,124.
  9. Bonhams Six photo albums, numerous unmounted photographs, some colour transparencies depicting Tibet. on June 5th Actual price: USD $72,952.
  10. Brunk Auctions Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas, 1771, Volume I on May 30th Actual price: USD $57,960.
  11. Rago Arts and Auctions Kiku (three works) on June 5th Actual price: USD $57,150.
  12. Rago Arts and Auctions The Marx Brothers (from the Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century portfolio) on June 5th Actual price: USD $50,800.
  13. Christies Anne on June 5th Actual price: USD $47,892.
  14. Ader The Temptation of Saint Anthony. on May 28th Actual price: USD $47,333.
  15. Rago Arts and Auctions Oyster Stew (from the Campbell's Soup II portfolio) on June 5th Actual price: USD $46,200.
  16. Sothebys Sunflowers on May 30th Actual price: USD $45,323.
  17. Sothebys Red Coloured Pumpkin on May 30th Actual price: USD $42,086.
  18. Sothebys Yellow Coloured Pumpkin on May 30th Actual price: USD $42,086.
  19. Heritage Auctions Masters of the Universe He-Man Original Concept Artwork by Mark Taylor (Mattel, 1981). on June 5th Actual price: USD $38,750.
  20. Christies Cigar on June 5th Actual price: USD $37,630.
  21. University Archives G. Washington Twice Signed 4pp Raising Thousands of Troops, "supposing all the men alive, 142 engaged for the War", Evokes Henry "Lighthorse" Lee, Hazen, Webb, Lamb, 1780, Superb! on June 4th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  22. Heritage Auctions 2022 Original Art - Batman #125 - Variant Cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams on May 31st Actual price: USD $37,500.
  23. Rago Arts and Auctions Interior with Chair (from the Leo Castelli 90th Birthday portfolio) on June 5th Actual price: USD $34,320.
  24. Heritage Auctions Masters of the Universe Skeletor (De-Man) Original Concept Artwork by Mark Taylor (Mattel, 1981). on June 5th Actual price: USD $33,750.
  25. Galerie Bassenge Sema. 15 Originalsteinzeichnungen on May 30th Actual price: USD $33,497.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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