Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Lincoln Mint 1971 Annual Plate: "Unicorn Dyonisiaque."

Auctin end date: 7/31/2011
Sale price: $200
Details: 221g of sterling silver.

Salvador Dali Nature Watercolor Print: "Man and Nature."

Auction end date: 7/31/2011
Sale price: $60
Details: released in 1956; from an edition of six lithographs released between 1951 and 1956; produced and copyrighted by Donald Art Co. Inc., New York, NY; made in Holland; reproduction from the original gouache, from the private collection of Mrs. Albert D. Lasker; 15" x 18" paper, 12" x 16" image.

Original Intaglio Restrike Etching: "El Cid."

Auction end date: 7/31/2011
Sale price: $149
Details: Collector's Guild unlimited edition restrike of original etching (Field catalog #65-7(A) on pp. 28-29); Restrike information in Field catalog on p. 236.
NOTE: obviously removed from original frame and reframed.


Original Intaglio Restrike: "Cervantes."

Auction end date: 7/31/2011
Sale price: $224
Details: Collector's Guild unlimited edition restrike of original etching (Field catalog #65-7(B), pp. 28-29) in original frame; Re-strike information in Field catalog on p. 236.
NOTE: sale price is suspiciously high for this print.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Dali Original Intaglio Restrike Etching: "Don Quixote."

Auction end date: 7/30/2011
Sale price: $100
Details: appears to be a Collector's Guild unlimited edition restrike of original etching (Field catalog #65-7(D) on pp. 28-29); Re-strike information in Field catalog on p. 236.
NOTE: obviously removed from original frame and reframed.


Monday, August 29, 2011

"Jerusalem Bible" Illustrated by Salvador Dali.

Auction end date: 7/29/2011
Sale price: $91
Details: comes with original coffin case.




Salvador Dali's "Aliyah" Exhibit of Originals Lithograph Poster.

Auction end date: 7/29/2011
Sale price: $23
Details: exhibit at the Gallery of Modern Art, NYC, from April 2 to April 21, 1968; 25.5" x 22.5"; limited edition of 500 (unconfirmed and unsupported by Field catalog notation).

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Dali's "Deux Fatrasies" Fraudulent Etching.

Auction end date: 7/27/2011
Sale price: $66
Details: 5.75" x 9" image on 11" x 14" paper; comes with a COA from a Collector's Guild etching of Don Quixote.  The title of this etching is actually "Diogene en Son Tonneau" from the book Deux Fatrasies (Field catalog #63-2(A), p. 23).  The plate was canceled with a single hole in the upper left, where the moon appears!  This moon identifies the print as one from a fraudulent edition made by Leon Amiel (Field catalog, pp. 238 & 240).

Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Illustrated by Salvador Dali.

Auction end date: 7/27/2011
Sale price: $99 GBP, $163 USD
Details: claims to have a Dali signed bookplate; appears to be green cover version; no slip case shown.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Thursday, August 25, 2011

"Wine, Women and Words" Illustrated by Salvador Dali.

Auction end date: 7/25/2011
Sale price: $18
Details: hardcover; no dust jacket.

Macbeth Illustrated by Salvador Dali (1946).

Auction end date: 7/25/2011
Sale price: $46
Details: original with slipcase; shows wear.




Salvador Dali Nature Watercolor Print: "Butterflies."

Auction end date: 7/25/2011
Sale price: $60
Details: released in 1956; from an edition of six lithographs released between 1951 and 1956; produced and copyrighted by Donald Art Co. Inc., New York, NY; made in Holland; reproduction from the original gouache, from the private collection of Mrs. Albert D. Lasker; 15" x 18" paper, 12" x 16" image.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Dali's Signs of the Zodiac Lithograph: "Pisces" (Penn Prints, 1969).

Auction end date: 7/24/2011
Sale price: $60
Details: From the set of 12 lithographs published by Penn Prints in 1969.

Dali's Signs of the Zodiac Lithograph: "Leo" (Penn Prints, 1969).

Auction end date: 7/24/2011
Sale price: $61
Details: From the set of 12 lithographs published by Penn Prints in 1969.

Lincoln Mint 1971 Annual Plate: "Unicorn Dyonisiaque."

Auctin end date: 7/24/2011
Sale price: $218
Details: sterling silver; No. 8355 of 10,000.


Dali Original Engraving: "La ville odorante..." (1973).

Auction end date: 7/24/2011
Sale price: $455
Details: from the limited edition print suite "Roi, je t'attends a Babylone" (Field catalog #73-8(D), pp. 88-89); 25" x 18" sheet; No. 121 of 150.
NOTE: this same print number was sold on 6/19/2011.

1972 Lincoln Mint "Easter Christ" by Salvador Dali.

Auction end date: 7/24/2011
Sale price: $332
Details: sterling vermeil (gold on sterling silver); No. 519; appears incomplete.


Monday, August 22, 2011

Salvador Dali's "Leda and the Swan" Medal/Pendant.

Auction end date: 7/22/2011
Sale price: $125
Details: sterling silver; No. 117 of 2000.
NOTE: this item sat at auction for almost a week without a $40 starting bid.  On the last day of the auction, the seller suddenly sold the item for $125 without completing the auction period.  Presumably, this item would have sold for far less had the auction gone to completion.