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Auction Info

Auction Name
American and Southern
Auction Date
05/30/2025 - 05/30/2025
Sale Number
#17404
Total Lots
24
Sold Lots
22
Lots Sold
91.67%
Unsold Lots
2
Total Sales (USD)
85,113.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
47,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
76,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
48,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
78,400.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
108.56%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1190 Mark Catesby,

Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas, 1771, Volume I

1771 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 57,960.00
1191 John James Audubon,

White-Headed Eagle

1834 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,300.00
1187 Alfred Heber Hutty

Charleston Spires, 1930

1930 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,772.00
1110

The Bobwhite Quail, Its Habits, Preservation, and Increase

1931 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,016.00
1066 Morden & Browne -

Map of the English Empire in America, First State

circa 1695 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,890.00
1011 Maxfield Parrish,

Whispering Gallery

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,512.00
1068 Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

1952 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,512.00
1199 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner

Ravenel Doorway

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,386.00
1055 Childe Hassam

Wayside Inn-Oaks in Spring

1926 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,260.00
1197 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner

Tradd Street, Charleston

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,260.00
1200 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner

St. Michael's Alley, 1938

1938 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 819.00
1216 Anna Heyward Taylor

Egrets

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 756.00
1206 Roberto Montenegro, Maya Women

Untitled, figures looking to Maya stela, 1935

1935 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 756.00
1201 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner

High Battery Steps

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 756.00
1195 Auguste Edouart

Auguste Edouart Silhouette, Natchez, Mississippi

1844 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 693.00
1162

American Folk Art Painted Wood Trade Sign, "The Lil' Shrimp"

20th century USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 693.00
1198 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner

Sandy of Ophir

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 630.00
1067

History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark

1814 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 630.00
1158

Vintage Southern Painted Metal Antiques Trade Sign

circa 1920's USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 441.00
1069 Herman Melville,

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent

1930 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 441.00

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