Willow Auction House's Fall Great Estates Curated Auction features nearly 200 lots of first edition books, furniture, artwork and ethnographic items.
The sale features a large selection of books from a private New York City collector, including first editions and publications in their original serialized parts by George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte, H.G. Wells, William Makepeace Thackeray and Charles Dickens.
Also up for auction is a variety of mid-century modern, oak and English furniture, including pieces by Tommi Parzinger, Paul Evans, Eames and Harvey Probber.
The sale also includes a large selection of artwork, including paintings by William Merritt Chase, Hermann Herzog, David Burliuk and Alfred Kowalski, as well as an Andy Warhol Cow Screenprint on wallpaper, and a large Franz Bergman cold painted bronze.
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LOT 186:
Bill Mauldin Weeping Lincoln & Signed RFK Letter
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Sold for: $1,000
Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax:
$
1,298.55
Start price:
$
150
Estimate :
$300 - $500
Buyer's Premium: 28%
More details
sales tax: 6.625%
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Bill Mauldin Weeping Lincoln & Signed RFK Letter
William Henry Mauldin (American, 1921-2003). Print of Mauldin's cartoon for the Chicago Sun-Times, Lincoln grieving following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Signed and dated 1963 in the plate lower right.
Framed with a signed letter from Senator Robert F. Kennedy on United States Senate letterhead, dated January 19, 1966.
"Dear Bill, I have just learned from Mr. Leonard Kenworthy of your generous decision to donate the fee for the use of your cartoon to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library. Our family is most appreciative -- we are most grateful to you for your friendship. With many warm regards, Sincerely, Robert F. Kennedy". Hand signed Bob and inscribed "my best to you, Bob."
Frame 16 3/8" x 20 1/4".
Condition: Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Photos are considered part of the condition report. Complete condition information is available by request, no later than 24 hours prior to the auction. All lots are offered and sold "as is", and Willow Auctions will not provide refunds based on condition. Timepiece movements, lighting and electrics have not been tested, and art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated.
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