Saturday, May 26, 2012

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

Auction end date: 11/19/2011
Sale price: $35
Details: pewter pendant/medallion with original bezel, pouch, and paperwork.


Dali Original Intaglio Restrike Etching: "Don Quixote."

Auction end date: 11/19/2011
Sale price: $52
Details: 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.


Benvenuto Cellini Autobiography Book Lot, Signed & Illustrated by Dali.

Auction end date: 11/19/2011
Sale price: $380
Details: NOTE: presumably the Dali book alone would sell for fewer than $350.  From the auction details:
...lot of three vintage Benvenuto Cellini books.  There is a two volume set illustrated and written by Cellini himself..dated 1906 and published by Brentano's New York..Books are in excellent as published condition with no defects damage or lightening to spine....Next book is the 1946 Doubleday edition of The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini.  This book is the signed edition by Salvador Dali and is number 282 of 1000 copies..It is in excellent condition with no damage defects dog ears or writting...except autograph...excellent condition book...


"Fantastic Memories" Illustrated by Salvador Dali (1944).

Auction end date: 11/18/2011
Sale price: $18
Details: no dust jacket.

Dali Original Intaglio Restrike: "Velazquez" (1968).

Auction end date: 11/17/2011
Sale price: $75
Details: Collector's Guild unlimited edition re-strike of original intaglio (Field catalog #65-7(C)); Re-strike information found in Field catalog on p.236.


Monday, May 14, 2012

Unicorn Dyonisiaque Medal / Medallion.

Auction end date: 11/17/2011
Sale price: $262
Details: stamped "1974-1 Argent" and appears to have the Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris) marking for 95% silver content; 11.2 oz; appears to be an unlimited restrike/reissue of an earlier limited edition.
NOTE: sold for about 30% less than the actual silver value on this date.


Essays of Michel de Montaigne Illustrated by Salvador Dali.

Auction end date: 11/17/2011
Sale price: $15
Details: pub. in 1947.

Original Dali Engraving: "Narcissus" (1968).

Auction end date: 11/16/2011
Sale price: $305
Details: Appears to be an original engraving on Rives in sanguine of #68-4 (p. 46); No. 17 of 150.