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Los Angeles Estate Auction: Antique Art and Rare Estate Finds

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Antique Art and Rare Estate Finds	Total Sales (USD)	13,613.13
Auction Date	August 27, 2025 - August 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	32,400.00
Sale Number	#385931	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	65,700.00
Total Lots	169
Sold Lots	81	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	115,700.00
% of Lots Sold	47.93%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	196,600.00
Unsold Lots	88	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	6.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
72	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)	Edo Period Triptych Woodblock Prints - Full Moon at Kanazawa, Province		USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 2,286.00
147	Henri Cartier-Bresson	Henri Cartier-Bresson Original Signed B&W Photograph		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,778.00
146	ROBERT HENRI	ROBERT HENRI HAND DRAWING SKETCH SIGNED		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 825.50
180	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)	Koi (Carp) Woodblock Print, From An Untitled Ser. Known As Large Fish		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 698.50
159	Jimi Hendrix	Jimi Hendrix Signed Illustration Art Drawing Rare		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 539.75
65	David Hamilton	Souvenirs by David Hamilton Limited Edition Portfolio 115/2500		USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 412.75
239		Vintage 1939 Pinocchio Animation Storyboard Drawing	1939	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 349.25
149		US President Lincoln Tintype Photo with Signatures Set		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 317.50
176	Ollie Johnston	Walt Disney Original Limited Edition Sericel Snow White Animation Cel by Ollie Johnston Signed		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 285.75
49	D.G. Farragut	Civil War Era US Navy Vice Admiral D.G. Farragut 1865 Signed Autograph	1865	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 254.00
85	Miro	Vintage Miro Lithograph		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 254.00
255		Vintage Magic the Gathering Trading Card Collection Lot		USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 254.00
189	Giacomo Puccini	Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Italian Composer Signed Postcard Letter Milan 1893 Framed Signature	1893	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 222.25
48		Edo Period Japanese Nagasawa Rosetsu Woodblock		USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 190.50
80	Carleton E. Watkins (American 1829-1918)	Yosemite Falls, Albumen 1865	1865	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 190.50
129		Photograph Of Wyatt Earp Outlaw Wife Josephine Earp		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 190.50
37		Vintage Lithograph Erte "Printemps" Hand Signed Number 14/260 Stamped		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 158.75
66	David D. Porter	David D. Porter Navy Vice Admiral 1970 Signed Letter Introducing Ambrose Thompson	1970	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 158.75
82	Walt Disney	Walt Disney Animation Cel 19" x 13"		USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 158.75
142	Ruth Clampett Large	Warner bros. Animation Cel Hand Painted Art Looney Tunes by Ruth Clampett Large		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 158.75
179	Man Ray	Man Ray - Nude Photogravure on Wove Paper w/ KCM Galleries COA	1937-1940.	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 158.75
256		Huge Magic the Gathering Trading Card Collection Lot		USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 158.75
260	John A. Ruthven	John A. Ruthven (American, 1924-2020) Limited Edition Bengal Tiger Print /5000		USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 158.75
76		AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 127.00
79	Carleton E. Watkins (American 1829-1918)	The Sentinel, Yosemite Albumen Print 1865	1865	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 127.00

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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.