Name: Auction 29.10.1993
Start: 1993-10-29
End: 1993-10-29
Location: Christie's

Auction 29.10.1993

Christie's, New York, Park Avenue

Date of the auction: 29.10.1993

Lot number 1

ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL (nineteenth century) after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON...

ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL (nineteenth century) after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON* (1785-1851) American...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,000 - US$1,500

Price realised:

US$5,175

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Lot number 3

AMERICAN SCHOOL (nineteenth century) after HENRY INMAN* (1801-1846)

AMERICAN SCHOOL (nineteenth century) after HENRY INMAN* (1801-1846) John James Audubon oil on canvas...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$5,000 - US$7,000

Price realised:

US$13,800

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Lot number 4

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph letter signed ("John J. Audubon") to his...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph letter signed ("John J. Audubon") to his wife Lucy Audubon ("My...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,800 - US$2,500

Price realised:

US$4,830

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Lot number 5

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph letter signed ("John J. Audubon") to Dr...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph letter signed ("John J. Audubon") to Dr. Richard Harlan of...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

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US$1,000 - US$1,500

Price realised:

US$3,220

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Lot number 6

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph letter signed ("John J. Audubon") with...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph letter signed ("John J. Audubon") with initialled postscript, to John...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,500 - US$2,000

Price realised:

US$3,680

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Lot number 7

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph letter signed ("John J Audubon") to his son...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph letter signed ("John J Audubon") to his son, Victor in New York; Fort...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$800 - US$1,200

Price realised:

US$3,450

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Lot number 8

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Letter (text and signature in secretarial hand), with...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Letter (text and signature in secretarial hand), with a six-line autograph...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$700 - US$900

Price realised:

US$1,955

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Lot number 9

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph manuscript, a portion of the description of...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph manuscript, a portion of the description of "The Wild Turkey...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$7,000 - US$9,000

Price realised:

US$11,500

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Lot number 10

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph manuscript, the description of the "American...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Autograph manuscript, the description of the "American White Pelican Pelicanus...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$5,000 - US$7,000

Price realised:

US$8,625

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Lot number 11

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. [Prospectus for The Birds of America ]. Birds of...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. [Prospectus for The Birds of America ]. Birds of America, from drawings made...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$2,000 - US$3,000

Price realised:

US$6,900

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Lot number 13

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,000 - US$1,500

Price realised:

US$4,830

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Lot number 14

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$20,000 - US$25,000

Price realised:

US$25,300

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Lot number 15

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

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US$20,000 - US$25,000

Price realised:

US$25,300

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Lot number 16

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Lithographed proof plate of the "Cross Fox" from...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Lithographed proof plate of the "Cross Fox" from Audubon and Bachman's...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$3,000 - US$5,000

Price realised:

US$8,625

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Lot number 17

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES and Rev . JOHN BACHMAN. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES and Rev . JOHN BACHMAN. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$100,000 - US$120,000

Price realised:

US$222,500

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Lot number 18

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

VARIOUS PROPERTIES [AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES]. WILLIAM MacGILLIVRAY. Descriptions of the Rapacious Birds...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$3,000 - US$4,000

Price realised:

US$3,450

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Lot number 19

AUDUBON, VICTOR GIFFORD. A group of 81 autograph letters and autograph...

AUDUBON, VICTOR GIFFORD. A group of 81 autograph letters and autograph documents signed (mostly...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$3,000 - US$5,000

Price realised:

US$5,750

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Lot number 20

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY BEEBE, CHARLES WILLIAM. A Monograph of the Pheasants. London: Witherby...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,500 - US$2,000

Price realised:

US$2,760

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Lot number 21

BIGELOW, JACOB. American Medical Botany. being a Collection of the Native...

BIGELOW, JACOB. American Medical Botany. being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,800 - US$2,500

Price realised:

US$4,025

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Lot number 22

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN. American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of...

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN. American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of Birds inhabiting the...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$2,000 - US$3,000

Price realised:

US$5,750

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Lot number 23

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN. Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's...

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN. Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology, Philadelphia...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,000 - US$1,500

Price realised:

US$1,955

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Lot number 24

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN]. ALEXANDER RIDER. Seven original watercolor...

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN]. ALEXANDER RIDER. Seven original watercolor drawings, studies for...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,000 - US$1,500

Price realised:

US$34,500

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Lot number 25

DARWIN, CHARLES, editor . The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle...

DARWIN, CHARLES, editor . The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$10,000 - US$15,000

Price realised:

US$51,750

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Lot number 26

DARWIN, CHARLES, Captains ROBERT FITZROY and PHILIP PARKER KING. Narrative...

DARWIN, CHARLES, Captains ROBERT FITZROY and PHILIP PARKER KING. Narrative of the Surveying Voayges...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$6,000 - US$8,000

Price realised:

US$9,200

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Lot number 27

DARWIN, CHARLES. Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History...

DARWIN, CHARLES. Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,200 - US$1,800

Price realised:

US$1,265

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Lot number 30

DOUGHTY, J. and T.] The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural...

DOUGHTY, J. and T.] The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. Philadelphia...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$2,000 - US$3,000

Price realised:

US$5,750

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Lot number 31

DURANT, GEORGE FERSON. Algae and Corallines, of the Bay & Harbor of New...

DURANT, GEORGE FERSON. Algae and Corallines, of the Bay & Harbor of New York, Illustrated with...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,500 - US$2,000

Price realised:

US$1,610

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Lot number 32

EMMONS, EBENEZER. Catalogues of the Animals and Plants of Massachusetts...

EMMONS, EBENEZER. Catalogues of the Animals and Plants of Massachusetts. With a Copious Index...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,000 - US$1,500

Price realised:

US$1,150

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Lot number 33

FORSTER, JOHANN REINHOLD. A Catalogue of the Animals of North America...

FORSTER, JOHANN REINHOLD. A Catalogue of the Animals of North America. Containing an Enumeration of...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$1,500 - US$2,000

Price realised:

US$1,610

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Lot number 34

GOULD, JOHN. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partidges of America...

GOULD, JOHN. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partidges of America. London: published by the...

Christie's, 29 Oct 1993

Estimate

US$8,000 - US$12,000

Price realised:

US$8,625

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