Records & Results: Focus on Women — June 1, 2023 The house’s third iteration of Focus on Women on June 1, 2023, an auction dedicated to the contributions of women to art, life, and society, brought $361,090, a total more than the presale estimate for the auction, with archives and literature among the leading items of the sale. Charlotte Perkins Gilman Family archive of photographs and letters of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Sold for $60,000. The sale was led by a family archive of photographs and letters of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which included 45 photos of Gilman and a typed draft of the comedic play, A Pretty Idiot written by Gilman and Grace Ellery Channing among other items. The lot brought $60,000. Also related to Gilman was a family association set of The Forerunner, a complete run of seven volumes published from 1909 to 1916, which earned $22,500. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Forerunner, complete rune of seven volumes, signed and inscribed by Gilman, New York, 1909-16. Sold for $22.500. Archives Archive of photographs and letters of Fanny Stevenson. Sold for $25,000. Further archives of note included those once belonging to Fanny Stevenson, which documented her travels in the American West and Vailima in Samoa ($25,000); artist Mary Beth Edelson with an archive of working files and correspondence ($7,000); and travel diaries and photo albums from Loretta Belle Tulian Eaton ($5,250). Literature Sojourner Truth, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, first edition, Boston, 1850. Sold for $20,000. Top-selling literature included a first edition of Sojourner Truth’s Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Boston, 1850 ($20,000); Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, London, 1817 ($13,750); a first edition of Compendio de la Vida, y virtudes de la venerable Catharina de San Juan, Puebla, Mexico, 1692, which tells the story of Catarina de San Juan ($11,250); and a first trade edition of Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová’s Z Mého Detství Drevoryt, Prague, 1929, the first graphic novel ever published by a woman ($7,500). Religious text was on offer with Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s The Woman’s Bible, New York, 1898, signed and inscribed by Stanton ($13,750), and the Bible translated by Julia Evelina Smith into English, Smith was the first woman to accomplish this feat ($4,750). Also of note was Louisa May Alcott’s autograph script for a performance of Mrs. Jarleys Waxworks, dated circa 1867 to 1879 ($4,750). From left to right: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, London, 1817. Sold for $13,750; Catarina de San Juan, Compendio de la Vida, y virtudes de la venerable Catharina de San Juan, Puebla, Mexico, 1692. Sold for $11,250; Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, first trade edition, Prague, 1929. Sold for $7,500. Additional Highlights From left to right: Cindy Sherman, Secretary, silver print, 1978, printed 1993. Sold for $10,000; Amelia Earhart, The Fun of It, first edition, signed and inscribed, New York, 1932. Sold for $4,500; and Seneca Falls & Ohio Women’s Rights Conventions, three contemporary newspaper reports, 1848-50. Sold for $5,000. Additional highlights included works by Cindy Sherman and Flor Garduño, a signed biography of Amelia Earheart, ephemera related to Seneca Falls, Ohio Womens Rights Conventions, and the women’s suffrage movement, and a hotel register related to Female Base Ball players. Browse the Complete Auction Results Share Facebook Twitter June 6, 2023Author: Kelsie JankowskiCategory: Focus On Women Tags: Focus on Women Records & Results Previous Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books: June 22, 2023 Auction Highlights Next Illustration Art from the June 15, 2023 Auction Recommended Posts Records & Results: African American Art — October 3, 2024 African American Art October 8, 2024 Records & Results: Vintage Posters Featuring Highlights from the Gail Chisholm Collection Vintage Posters March 9, 2018 Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints Prints & Drawings May 4, 2017