Litchfield County Auctions: The Winter Antiques Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Winter Antiques Sale | Total Sales (USD) | 12,421.50 |
| Auction Date | February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 7,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #20426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 12,075.00 |
| Total Lots | 40 | ||
| Sold Lots | 30.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 8,855.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 14,345.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 86.59% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Mark Catesby | The Loggerhead Turtle (Testudo), Plate T40 |
1800, | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,690.00 |
| 4 | Mark Catesby | The Parrot of Carolina, Plate T11 |
1771-1810. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,040.00 |
| 11 | Mark Catesby | Turdus Rhomboidelis and Turdus (2 Fish), Plate T10 |
1771-1810. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 12 | Mark Catesby | Cugupuguacu & Saltatrix (2 Fish), Plate T14 |
1771-1810. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 1 | Mark Catesby | Namenius (The Brown Curlew and Arrow Arum Plant), Plate T83 |
1800 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 2 | Mark Catesby | Yellow Crested Bittern or Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Ardea Lobelia), Plate T79 |
1771-1810. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 14 | Mark Catesby | Polyphemus Moth with Geiger Tree & Morning Glory , Plate 91 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 780.00 | |
| 10 | Mark Catesby | The Land Crab (Cancer Terrestris Tapia), Plate T32 |
1771-1810. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 13 | Mark Catesby | Orbis, Cornus, An Phaseolus &c (Globe Fish, Dogwood & Bean Plant), Plate T28 |
1800 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 6 | Mark Catesby | Pied Billed Grebe or Dabchick (Podicipes), Plate T91 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 585.00 | |
| 39 | Georges de Feure | Paris Almanach, Poster, signed lower margin Paris Almanach de Feure. |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 585.00 | |
| 5 | Mark Catesby | Hooded Merganser or Round Crested Duck (Mergus), Plate T94 |
1800 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 51 | Francesco Piranesi | Two uncolored copper engraving plates #58 and #72 from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 422.50 | |
| 40 | Kathe Kollwitz | At The Church Wall etching. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 292.50 | |
| 52 | Joseph Farrington R.A., | 1) HENLEY. Joseph Farrington R.A., |
June 1, 1773 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 3 | Mark Catesby | Heath Hen or Greater Prairie Chicken with Shooting Star Plant, Plate 1 |
1771-1810. | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 227.50 |
| 25 | after Alfred J. Munnings | Gypsy Life and October Meeting, |
in 1953, 1957 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 195.00 |
| 46 | Yoshitoshi Mori | Samuri and Temple Guardian Deity kappazuri stencil prints, |
1970 | USD 250.00 - 450.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 43 | Southeast Asian Temple Rubbing Print, matted and framed. |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 130.00 | ||
| 139 | Five Maps of Europe and Mongolia |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 130.00 | ||
| 60 | Woldemar Neufeld | The Boardman Bridge, Lithograph, New Milford, CT, |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 104.00 | |
| 83 | Attributed to Arnon Orbach | Brooklyn Bridge photo mounted on a board |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | USD 104.00 | |
| 9 | John Frederick Miller | "Testudes Sulcata" (African Spurred Tortoise), Plate 26 |
1816 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 91.00 |
| 55 | John Costigan | Boy with Cows and Springtime |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 91.00 | |
| 65 | Richard Hunt | Kulus (Two Loons), |
1995 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 91.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
