Arader Galleries Charity Auction at Neal Auction in New Orleans!
June 25th and 26th 2011
For the third year running Arader Galleries will hold its increasingly successful Charity Auction on June 25 and 26th. As in the past 20% OF THE HAMMER PRICE WILL BE DONATED TO THE CHARITY OF THE BUYER’S CHOICE.
Over the last three years Arader Galleries has raised over $2,000,000 for over 25 deserving schools, hospitals, settlement houses, libraries and academic institutions. Some of the benefiting charities with the amount given are listed at the end of this notice.
Over the last three years Arader Galleries has raised over $2,000,000 for over 25 deserving schools, hospitals, settlement houses, libraries and academic institutions. Some of the benefiting charities with the amount given are listed at the end of this notice.
This experience has been deeply meaningful to me in so many ways:
- my clients get great deals
- I have the chance to learn about and contribute to the institutions that they care about most
- worthy causes get the funds they so desperately need
As in my previous auctions, the Arader Galleries Charity Auction at Neal in New Orleans (http://www.nealauction.com/) will include OVER 65 OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON’S ICONIC AQUATINTS FROM THE ELEPHANT FOLIO “BIRDS OF AMERICA”. Published in London by Robert Havell between 1826 and 1838.
As in my previous auctions, the Arader Galleries Charity Auction at Neal in New Orleans (http://www.nealauction.com/) will include OVER 65 OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON’S ICONIC AQUATINTS FROM THE ELEPHANT FOLIO “BIRDS OF AMERICA”. Published in London by Robert Havell between 1826 and 1838.
A large proportion of the plates will be framed to full museum specifications.
ALL WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
With the magnificent Hesketh complete copy selling in London for $11,400,000 or an average of $26,200 each, collectors will have a chance to pay less than 10% of this for some of his Audubon’s most well-known and accomplished works!
The Arader Galleries Charity Auction will also include the FIRST IMPERIAL FOLIO EDITION Audubon's famous later work “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America”. Complete in three volumes, and with 150 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, this is the largest color plate book published in America in the 19th century, and is the best summary ever of the animals that Audubon saw on his famous journey up the Missouri River in 1843. In addition more than 20 individual hand-coloured lithographs will also be available in separate lots.
The Arader Galleries Charity Auction will also include the FIRST IMPERIAL FOLIO EDITION Audubon's famous later work “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America”. Complete in three volumes, and with 150 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, this is the largest color plate book published in America in the 19th century, and is the best summary ever of the animals that Audubon saw on his famous journey up the Missouri River in 1843. In addition more than 20 individual hand-coloured lithographs will also be available in separate lots.
Other giants of 19th-century natural history illustration will be represented by 20 framed HUMMINGBIRDS BY JOHN GOULD, 16 FRAMED CATS BY DANIEL G. ELLIOT, AND BEAUTIFUL BOTANICAL IMAGES BY JOHN ROBERT THORNTON FROM HIS “TEMPLE OF FLORA”.
Other highlights include:
Other highlights include:
- the first map to show the names Texas and New Orleans, by Delisle printed in 1718.
- the best civil war map of the Mississippi River published during the Civil War by J. T. Lloyd.
- complete sets of John Gould’s “...Hummingbirds”, the “Birds of Great Britain” and “Birds of Europe”.- the best civil war map of the Mississippi River published during the Civil War by J. T. Lloyd.
If you would like a catalogue of the sale please contact Jessica Wager at jrwager@gmail.com. It would be my very great pleasure to donate 20% of the hammer price of anything you buy in this sale to the charity of your choice.
Here is a list of the charities that have benefited so far:
University of Tennessee $640,000
UGA $283,000
LACMA $2,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History $189,000
Irish Society $2,000
University of Florida $700,000
Bruce Museum $2,000
Franklin College $87,000
Boston Library $1,400
The Hawks Foundation $70,000
Santa Fe Opera $1,300
Marymount College $34,000
William Clements Library $1,200
Rigosin Institute $31,900
Fatherhood Education $1,100
United Way of Miami $20,000
The Parsons School $1,000
The Wilderness Society $15,000
The Library Company $1,000
Roundabout Theatre Company $15,000
The Galmann Foundation $1,000
Moore Charitable Foundation $15,000
Redwood Library $1,000
United Way of Miami $14,000
NY Aquarium $1,000
MMOA $12,000
Nietsche Music Project $1,000
Robin Hood $11,000
National Fish and Wildlife $1,000
American Antiquarian Society $11,000
Mann Music Center $1,000
Yale University $10,000
Library of Congress $1,000
SF Zoo S10,000
Lenox Hospital $1,000
NY School of Interior Design $10,000
Independence Seaport Museum $1,000
East Side Settlement $10,000
Franklin College $1,000
Covenent United Church $10,000
Fine Arts Museum SF $1,000
Columbia University $10,000
Dessoff Choir $1,000
Akiva Hebrew Day School $8,000
Columbia Univeristy $1,000
Harvard Univeristy $6,600
Wildlife Conservation Society $5,000
Children's Scholarship Fund $1,000
The Frick $5,000
Boys Scouts of America $1,000
Rodelph Sholom Campaign $5,000
Animal Medical Center $1,000
NYC Outward Bound $5,000
America Prairie $1,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund $4,600
Telfair Art Museum $750
Collegiate School $4,300
NY Historical Society $600
Pack 1703 (Boy Scouts) $2,650
The David Lynch Foundation $400
City Squash $2,500
United Way of Miami $2,400
Yale Class of 1973 $2,000
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