? (1895) Browning Paintings & Artwork for Sale | ? (1895) Browning Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 06, 2022
Uranian poetry.- Wratislaw (Theodore) Caprices, one of 100 copies, Gay & Bird, 1893.
Est: £400 - £600
Uranian poetry.- Wratislaw (Theodore) Caprices, one of 100 copies, browning to endpapers and two leaves from a (now removed) smaller inserted page, original boards with ochre tulip design by Gleeson White to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, [Nelson 1896.6], 8vo, Gay & Bird, 1893. ⁂ Scarce collection of poems with the Uranian poems "To a Sicilian Boy" and "L'Eternel Feminin" on pp.31/32 replaced by "Paradox" and "At Midnight". There was another edition of 25 signed copies on Japanese vellum.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 16, 2022
Kipling (Rudyard) Kipling Handbook, San Francisco, 1899; and 2 others (3)
Est: £100 - £150
NO RESERVE Kipling (Rudyard) Kipling Handbook, 32pp., illustrations, browning, some trimming and chipping, early ff. detached, title with some marking, San Francisco, The Examiner, March 5 , 1899; and 2 editions of Departmental Ditties, 16mo & 8vo (3) ⁂ Something of a curiosity, indicative of Kipling's increasing popularity in America at the time, this was issued as a single sheet in the San Francisco Examiner to be folded into 32 pages; the contents were all previously published, but it is a rare survivor.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jan. 29, 2022
JH SHERBURNE INDIAN TRADER CHECKS BROWNING MONTANA
Est: $25 - $50
Nice pair of checks. 1899, and 1900 dated.
Davis Brothers Auction
Jan. 20, 2022
Kipling (Rudyard) Kipling Handbook, San Francisco, 1899; and 2 others (3)
Est: £100 - £150
Kipling (Rudyard) Kipling Handbook, 32pp., illustrations, browning, some trimming and chipping, early ff. detached, title with some marking, San Francisco, The Examiner, March 5 , 1899; and 2 editions of Departmental Ditties, 16mo & 8vo (3) ⁂ Something of a curiosity, indicative of Kipling's increasing popularity in America at the time, this was issued as a single sheet in the San Francisco Examiner to be folded into 32 pages; the contents were all previously published, but it is a rare survivor.
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 16, 2021
Vale Press.- Browning (Robert) Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, one of 210 copies, presentation copy from Charles Home McCall, 1899.
Est: £150 - £200
Vale Press.- Browning (Robert) Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, one of 210 copies on paper, wood-engraved border and ornamental initials by Charles Ricketts, endpapers lightly browned, presentation copy from Charles Home McCall and his wife to their daughter Janey with accompanying loosely-inserted note "...Two of my Vale Press books...which in my early years - the 'nineties' I helped Chas Ricketts, Chas Holmes and Chas McCall my father to make", original white buckram, uncut, spine soiled, [Watry B26], 8vo, printed at the Ballantyne Press [for the Vale Press], 1899. ⁂ Charles Home McCall was the son of Charles McCall, the manager and printer of the Ballantyne Press and an important influence and guide to Charles Ricketts. Charles Home McCall joined his father at the press in 1893.
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 20, 2020
Miró, Joan
Est: -
Miró, Joan 1893 Barcelona - 1983 Palma de Mallorca. «Cap I Cua». 1979. Lithograph in colours on Arches wove paper (watermark). Signed lower right and numbered 60/75 lower left. Stains and slight browning outside the depiction. Margins professionally restored. H 83,5, W 60 cm (image), H 99,5, W 72,5 cm (sheet). Work from an edition of 75 signed and numbered copies. Published by Galería Maeght, Barcelona. Printed by Litografías artísticas Damià Caus, Barcelona. Provenance: private collection Denzlingen. Catalogue raisonné: Cramer 1182. Deutsche Version: Miró, Joan 1893 Barcelona - 1983 Palma de Mallorca. «Cap I Cua». 1979. Farblithographie auf Velin von Arches (Wasserzeichen). U.r. sign. und u.l. 60/75 num. Flecken und leicht gebräunt außerhalb der Darstellung. Blattkanten fachmännisch altrest. H. 83,5, B. 60 cm (Darstellungsgröße), H. 99,5, B. 72,5 cm (Blattgröße). Werk aus einer Auflage von 75 signierten und nummerierten Exemplaren. Herausgegeben von Galería Maeght, Barcelona. Gedruckt bei Litografías artísticas Damià Caus, Barcelona. Provenienz: Privatsammlung Denzlingen. Werkverzeichnis: Cramer 1182.
Auktionshaus Kaupp GmbH
Jul. 11, 2020
Fabrique 1900's Nationale Automatic handgun
Est: $350 - $700
32 caliber #2889 Browning Patent
Heritage Antiques & Auction
Oct. 17, 2019
Munster (Wilhemina FitzClarence) Ghostly Tales, first edition, 1896.
Est: £150 - £200
Munster (Wilhemina FitzClarence, Countess of) Ghostly Tales, first edition, plates, light browning to endpapers, inner gutter weak with some shaking, hinges starting, original decorated green and red cloth, spine rubbed and creased, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, [not in Tymn], 8vo, 1896. ⁂ A rare collection of ghost stories, deliberately written to resemble accounts of 'true hauntings'. Indeed the author was so successful that at least one reviewer assumed that these were all true accounts. The collection was largely forgotten until the 1970s when some of the stories began to appear in anthologies.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 26, 2019
Baring-Gould (Sabine) Margery of Quether and Other Stories, first edition, 1891.
Est: £350 - £450
Baring-Gould (Sabine) Margery of Quether and Other Stories, first edition, browning and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, light rubbing and bumping to spine and and corners, light rubbing to joints, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1891. ⁂ A rare short story collection including the early vampire story Margery of Quether. Published six years before Dracula, Baring-Gould's story tells of a vampiric witch that sucks the blood and drains the vitality of the narrator.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 10, 2019
(C) BELGIAN BROWNING CENTENNIAL 1878-1978 HI-POWER SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Cased. Serial No. 1878D-1896, 9mm, 4 - 3/4" barrel with standard fixed sights. Nickel plated finish. Right side of slide marked: BROWNING CENTENNIAL - 1878-1978. Gold-plated trigger. Checkered walnut grip panels with Browning medallions. A very limited production of 3500 of these pistols were offered in 1978 to the Browning Collectors Association. Comes with French fitted case with read lining and plaque on top reading "1878 - BROWNING / CENTENNIAL - 1978". CONDITION: Excellent. Light handling wear otherwise as new. Action crisp. Strong bore. Case is very good, intact. Accessories: Case Barrel Length: 4 - 3/4" Caliber/Bore: 9mm FFL Status: Curio & Relic Manufacturer: Browning Model: Hi Power Serial Number: 1878D1529
Morphy Auctions
Jun. 07, 2018
Peepshow Pictures: A Novel Picture Book for Children, Ernest Nister, [1894].
Est: £200 - £300
Peepshow Pictures: A Novel Picture Book for Children, 4 chromolithographed pop-ups, illustrations, some browning, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, 4to, Ernest Nister, [1894].
Forum Auctions - UK
Apr. 24, 2018
13 Hardback Books 1898-1913 Poetical Works!
Est: -
This lot includes Tennysons Poetical Works, The Works of Browning, Poems of B Browning and Matthew Arnold, Rossetti's Poetical Works, The Poetical Works of Scott, Keats, Shelley, Byron, and Southey, William Morris's Poems, The Poems of Coleridge, and Sophocles in English Verse, etc. Some light fading at the spines and all 13 are in nice condition.
Smith Auction Company
Dec. 12, 2017
RACKHAM, ARTHUR. FANTASY SCENE, UNFINISHED PENCIL AND INK DRAWING, [C.1900]
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
365 by 535mm., unfinished pencil and ink drawing, unsigned, some browning, minor loss to upper left corner not affecting image, some corrections in gouache
Sotheby's
Feb. 11, 2017
FN Model 1900 32 ACP
Est: -
Browning design semi-auto pistol, Marked WAUSER and WAFFENFABRIK with FN stamped correctly on left frame," Browning Patent" Stamped Upside Down, Right side has serial number correctly located on frame, barrel and rear sight (matching) worm damage grips with FN logo, brown patina and rust specks overall, neat old gun SN 358091
Langham Auctioneers
Sep. 16, 2016
Whitman Leaves of GrassGreen cloth with gilded spine title (minimally rubbed). - Uncut copy of this important work by Whitman, the so called "Death bed edition". - At the margin with some browning due to paper.
Est: €250 - €300
Whitman, Walt Leaves of Grass. With Autobiography. Philadelphia, David McKay, (1892). 438 S., 1 Bl. Grüner Lwd. mit goldgeprägtem RTitel (minimal berieben). Green cloth with gilded spine title (minimally rubbed). - Uncut copy of this important work by Whitman, the so called "Death bed edition". - At the margin with some browning due to paper. Unbeschnittenes Exemplar des beudeutenden Werkes von Whitman, welches alle auf dem Totenbett gemachten Änderungen und Ergänzungen enthält. - Am Rand papierbedingt minimal gebräunt.
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin GmbH
Jun. 28, 2015
Browning 12 gauge auto shotgun - serial 33145
Est: $400 - $600
A5 model 1900
California Auctioneers
Sep. 14, 2013
Winchester Model 1890 First Model .22 short
Est: -
Designed By John & Matthew Browning, This Is A Slide Action, Top Eject Repeater With Tube Feed. Well Worn, No Case Colors. Stock And Forearm Are Good, Seems To Function Well, Bore Is Rough. C&R SN: 388472
Langham Auctioneers
Nov. 30, 2012
Collector's Lot of Two Belgian Browning BAR Semi-Automatic Rifles with Leupold Scopes
Est: $1,100 - $1,900
Estimate: $1100 - 1900 A) Manufactured in 1970 with a hooded ramp front sight and a flip up rear sight. The lightly engraved receiver has a one-piece scope mount, scope rings and a Leupold 3.5-10x scope with flip up Butler Creek lens covers. Mounted on a multi-point checkered walnut forearm and pistol grip stock with sling studs, sling swivels, a camo adjustable sling and a plastic buttplate. With factory letter confirming configuration and that it was sold on August 29th, 1973. BBL: 22 inch round Stock: walnut Gauge: 308 Finish: blue Grips: Serial Number: 52950M70 Condition: Excellent, 99% original blue finish with a few light scratches and some light freckling on the barrel. The wood is also excellent with some dings and light scratches. The scope is excellent as well with clear optics. - B) Manufactured in Belgium in 1970 with a ramp front sight and a flip up rear sight. The hood for the front sight is absent. The lightly scroll engraved receiver has a 1-piece Redfield scope mount, scope rings and a Leupold Vari-X-III 3.5-10x40mm scope with screw on aluminum objective lens cover, flip up Butler Creek rear lens cover and a scope cover. Mounted on a multi-point checkered walnut forearm and pistol grip stock with sling studs, sling swivels and a plastic buttplate. BBL: 22 inch round Stock: walnut Gauge: 243 Win Finish: blue Grips: Serial Number: 44107M70 Condition: Excellent, 95% original blue finish with scattered light scratches and light spotting/freckling. The wood is very good with a number of scattered light scratches and dings. There is a moderate ding on the comb. The scope is excellent with clear optics.
Rock Island Auction Company
Nov. 30, 2012
Collector's Lot of Two Browning Shotguns
Est: $1,900 - $3,000
Estimate: $1900 - 3000 A) Manufactured in 1955 with a red bead front and white mid bead sights on a matte solid rib. Choked modified/full with 3 inch chambers, ejectors and single selectable trigger. Mounted on a multi-point checkered walnut forearm and round knob pistol grip stock with a custom made raised comb and White Line recoil pad with spacers. Length of pull is 15 inches. BBL: 30 inch solid rib Stock: walnut Gauge: 12 Finish: blue Grips: Serial Number: 43665 Condition: Professionally refinished, 97% blue finish with some scattered light marks and high edge wear. The refinished wood is very good with the comb having been raised with a walnut spacer and a recoil pad added. - B) Limited edition of 100 manufactured with this being number 24 of 100. Single steel bead sight, threaded for Invector choke tubes with modified/full installed and 3 inch chambers with ejectors. The left side of the receiver has floral scroll engraving with an oval in the center with two gold accented quail heads. The right side has floral scroll with the Quail Unlimited logo with a gold accented quail in flight and two banners marked "Upland Game Series" and "24 of 100". Mounted on a nicely figured, multi-point checkered walnut Schnabel forearm and straight grip stock with plastic buttplate. Length of pull is 14 1/4 inches. With an SKB plastic hardcase, an extra improved cylinder choke, choke wrench and gun lock. BBL: 24 inch vent rib Stock: walnut Gauge: 410 Finish: blue Grips: Serial Number: 20024QU131 Condition: Near new with only a few light handling/storage marks. The wood is also excellent with a few light handling marks. Case is excellent.
Rock Island Auction Company
Sep. 07, 2012
Two Browning High Power Bolt Action Rifles with Leupold Scopes
Est: $1,300 - $1,900
Estimate: $1300 - 1900 A) Manufactured circa 1959 with a hooded ramp front sight and adjustable rear sight. The receiver has a two-piece scope base, quick detachable scope rings and a Leupold LPS 1.5-6x42mm scope with scope cover. Mounted on a nicely figured multi-point checkered walnut pistol grip stock with sling studs, raised cheekpiece and a Pachmayr White Line recoil pad. BBL: 22 inch round Stock: walnut Gauge: 30-06 Finish: blue Grips: Serial Number: L10037 Condition: Excellent, 99% original blue finish with a few light handling marks. The wood is also excellent with some scattered light scratches and dings. The scope is excellent as well with clear optics. - B) Manufactured in Finland in 1968 without sights and the barrel is drilled and tapped with filler screws near the breech end. The receiver has a one-piece Redfield scope base, scope rings and a Leupold Vari-X III 3.5-10x50mm E.F.R. scope with aluminum screw on objective lens cover, a Butler Creek flip up rear lens cover and a Leupold scope cover. Mounted on a multi-point checkered walnut pistol grip stock with raised cheekpiece, sling studs and a plastic buttplate. BBL: 22 inch round Stock: walnut Gauge: 22-250 Finish: blue Grips: Serial Number: 10022Z8 Condition: Excellent, 98% plus original blue finish with a couple small spots of pitting on the barrel. The wood is very fine with extensive crazing of the finish and a ding on the edge of the cheekpiece. The scope is excellent as well with clear optics. More Information
Rock Island Auction Company
Jun. 11, 2012
A scarce cased and factory engraved FN Model 1900 semi-automatic pistolcirca 1905-07
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Serial no. 239465, 7.65mm. Slide with pre-1907 markings: Fabrique-Nationale-Herstal-Liege (Browning's Patent). Blued finish. Factory engraved with panels of strapwork and leafage. Blued finish. Checkered hard rubber post-1905 FN grips. Complete with original green velour and green satin-lined black fabric-covered case. Interior of lid gilt-stamped Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre/Societe Anonyme/Herstal-Liege (Belgique). Fitted interior retaining the cleaning rod, combination tool and magazine. Condition: Excellent. Retaining 98% rust blued finish showing some light muzzle and edge wear. Clean bore. Excellent grips. Case exterior showing some wear and a few small areas of missing fabric. Lining showing light staining and wear. See Illustration
Bonhams
Apr. 25, 2012
BATEMAN, James (1811-1897). A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants . London: L. Reeve & Co., 1867. 4° (304 x 235mm). Half-title. 100 hand-coloured lithographic plates by and after Walter Hood Fitch. (Occasional very faint soiling and browning,
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
BATEMAN, James (1811-1897). A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1867. 4° (304 x 235mm). Half-title. 100 hand-coloured lithographic plates by and after Walter Hood Fitch. (Occasional very faint soiling and browning, textblock splitting at preface and index with worming at gutter, tiny wormhole to last 10 plates expanding to margins of index.) Contemporary maroon morocco, covers with gilt frames, gilt spine (extremities rubbed and covers scuffed, joints more heavily). FIRST EDITION of Bateman's continuation of Sir William Jackson Hooker's A Century of Orchidaceous Plants, published by Reeve in 1846. Many of the species described are cool-climate orchids, and the present work covers the period when the group was embraced with renewed enthusiasm. BM(NH) I, p.109; Great Flower Books (1990), p.73; Nissen BBI 87; Stafleu & Cowan 344.
Christie's
Oct. 12, 2011
Autograph - Frederick Browning
Est: $200 - $300
British Army officer (1896-1965) who has been called the 'father of the British airborne forces.' Fountain pen signature and sentiment, "April 21st, 1955, Yours Sincerely, Frederick Browning," on an off-white 5.5 x 7 sheet of his personal stationery. In fine condition, with central horizontal fold passing through his name.
RR Auction
Jun. 13, 2011
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)] 'Mark TWAIN'. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , London: Chatto and Windus, 1899. 8° (191 x 126mm). Wood-engraved illustrations by True Williams. (Marginal small clean tear to preface, marginal browning,
Est: £700 - £1,000
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)] 'Mark TWAIN'. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, London: Chatto and Windus, 1899. 8° (191 x 126mm). Wood-engraved illustrations by True Williams. (Marginal small clean tear to preface, marginal browning, occasional staining.) Original blue cloth gilt (spine rubbed and frayed at head and foot, corners rubbed, hinges cracked). Later edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper: 'Truly Yours, Mark Twain, May 10, 1899'.
Christie's
May. 20, 2011
Belgium Browning Superposed Shotgun
Est: $800 - $1,200
Estimate: $800 - 1200 Manufactured in 1900. Vent rib barrels with a single bright front sight bead. Chokes marked full and modified, 2 3/4" chambers, with ejectors. Engraved action with tang safety / selector single gold trigger. Round knob, long tang pistol grip stock with a vented Browning recoil pad. The forearm has been modified and detaches from the barrels. LOP 14 1/8". BBL: 30 inch vent rib Stock: walnut Gauge: 12 Finish: blue Grips: Serial Number: 83800 Condition: Excellent with 98% original blue finish. The wood is very good overall with minor dings and scratches and crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent.
Rock Island Auction Company
Apr. 20, 2011
WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Autograph Letter Signed ("Oscar Wilde"), 1 p, 8vo, [London], n.d., to Miss Browning, mild toning, tipped to mat with archival tape, matted with 4 by 8 inch albumen print portrait of Wilde in coat and fur cap, photo bearing "Sarony NY" imprint, framed. In part, regarding lecture tickets: "Dear Miss Browning, / Your letter has just reached me. Any library, and all libraries, have tickets. I will look out for you." See illustration.
Bonhams
Jul. 03, 2007
BRECHT, Berthold (1898-1956). Autograph manuscript signed ('Bert. Brecht') of his poem, 'Tod im Wald', n.p., n.d., 41 lines on 1½ pages, folio , in five- and six-line stanzas (short splits at folds, even browning).
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
BRECHT, Berthold (1898-1956). Autograph manuscript signed ('Bert. Brecht') of his poem, 'Tod im Wald', n.p., n.d., 41 lines on 1½ pages, folio , in five- and six-line stanzas (short splits at folds, even browning). 'Und ein Mann starb im ewigen Wald unten, tief, wo Sturm in Nacht verbrauste. Starb wie ein Tier im Wurzelwerk verkrallt, Starrte hoch zu den Wipfeln wo über den Wald Sturm seit Tagen über Alles sauste'. A slightly longer version of this poem appeared in Brecht's early play Baal (1918/19).
Christie's