Sunday, June 26, 2022
LOT #155

Old Master Print Assortment

(5) 16th to 18th century items including Virgil Solis (German, 1514-1562) “Busts of Three Kings and Three Queens” etching, printed monogram upper center; Georg Pencz (German, 1500-1550) “Rhetoric” engraving, printed monogram upper left; (attributed to) Pieter Bodding van Laer (Dutch, 1599-c.1641) “Woodgathering” etching, unsigned; (after) Hans Holbein the younger (c.1497-1543) woodcut illustration pulled from “In Praise of Folly”; and (attributed to) Gabriel Perelle (French, 1604-1677) etching of a port scene, unsigned; all framed under glass

Estimate: $200 - $400

Hammer Price: $225

Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000

Dimensions: Height: 4 1/4 inches, Width: 1 3/4 inches (woodcut sight)

Condition: Very Good, stain to "Rhetoric" upper left corner, loose within the frame; discoloration to woodcut especially upper quadrant; all prints trimmed

Disclaimers: not examined out of the frames; please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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