RESULTS OF SOTHEBY'S SALE OF OLD MASTER DRAWINGS HELD ON JANUARY 25th 2006 IN NEW YORK Sale N08161
Sale Total: 4,835,340 USD
List of best results:
LOT 8
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND
* WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON
THE SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS,Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash, silhouetted and laid down on two joined sheets, the composition completed on the backing sheet
measurements:460 by 1132mm
Estimate 30,000—40,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 108,000 USD
LOT 9
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND
* WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON
THE VISIT OF CHARLES II TO THE TIGER: PASSING WOOLWICH AND SEVERAL OF THE KING'S SHIPS
Estimate 50,000—70,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 216,000 USD
measurements :304 by 1260mm; numbered in graphite upper edge left of center: no 7 and just to the right an indistinct inscription; further numbering in the right corner: 9; and above the latter in a later hand on an added sheet of paper: 9
Inscribed in ink upper center: het paseren van wollits ende eenige konings schepen die daer inde/ reviere laegen
[the passing of Woolwich and several of the king's ships which lie there in the river]
and underneath this, in graphite: ...W de groote
inscribed below left: [cut off] baersie [barge] and konigs baersie [the king's barge] and further to the right in graphite: de groote...
graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on four sheets of paper, a ruled framing line along the lower edge
LOT 13
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND
* WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON
THE BATTLE OF SOLEBAY
Estimate: 200,000—300,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 262,400 USD
measurements:343 by 2642mm, Inscribed in graphite in upper left corner: het zee gevecht tusschen de zee macht van zijne Konninglicke/ maeijesteit van engelant ende de hollantse pote nederlantse provincijen/ geschiet op pijnx ter dijnndach den 11 Junij 1672 nieuwen stijll
[the sea battle between the navy of his royal majesty of England and the Holland leader [of the] dutch provinces that occurred on Pentecost Tuesday, 11 June 1672 in the new style] and with numerous inscriptions throughout identifying the ships and combatants
inscribed on the verso in graphite: gevecht van anno 1672 In Sollynysbaey and below sege 11 [erased 12] papieren ren? melcanderen van 5 vellen
[fought in the year 1672 in Sole Bay][that is to say 11 [erased 12] papers attached to one another from 5 sheets]
and in a later hand in ink: 1672 -- korsines? op een hooge orisont/ vou [1672 --? with a high horizon/ vou? (a name?)
numbered in a later hand in graphite, upper right corner, recto: 7 graphite and gray wash on seven joined sheets of paper
LOT 29
* HANS SPECKAERT 1530 - CIRCA 1577 ROME
THE MARRIAGE OF TOBIAS AND SARAH, THEIR WEDDING NIGHT TO THE RIGHT
Estimate 25,000—35,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 90,000 USD
measurements note: 149 by 292mm
pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper
LOT 40
* BARTOLOMEO MONTAGNA ORZINUOVI CIRCA 1450 - 1523 VENICE
THE BEHEADING OF ST. BLAISE
Estimate: 100,000—150,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 120,000 USD
measurements note 304 by 193mm; point of the brush and colored washes and pen and brown ink
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Estimate: 120,000—160,000 USD 
