Francis Scott Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Francis Scott Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 08, 2022
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Est: $80 - $300
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Carroll's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 07, 2021
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Est: $80 - $300
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Figlio Designs LLC
Jan. 11, 2021
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Est: $80 - $300
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Carroll's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 23, 2020
Francis Scott Key Autograph Letter Signed
Est: $800 - $1,200
KEY, Francis Scott (1779-1843) American lawyer and amateur poet who wrote the words to the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" Autograph Letter Signed, "F.S. Key" 3pp. quarto, Annapolis, April 3, 1798 to John L. Kerr, a friend and fellow law student who was later a U.S. Senator, commenting on their mutual friends, especially girlfriends, and telling a funny story of a trick he and the girl who turned out to be his future wife played on another young lady. "…I desire you will burn this letter the moment you have read it & never tell any person what I am now going to tell you. I ought not to tell it but it is so good a thing I can't help it. I was some time ago at Miss Lloyds, Maria & myself were standing at the door around 9 o'clock at night, Mrs. Murray's carriage came to the door. We agreed to go to Mr. Cooke's in it. Accordingly that she would call Betsy in & begin to talk to her. When we got there Maria asked for Miss Betsy, who came into the carriage & sat down, little thinking who was there. 'Betsy,' says Maria, 'have you heard that we are talked of all over town about our romping in the mud this morning.', 'No,' replies Betsy, 'who told you.' 'Why,' said Maria, 'Frank Key told me.' Betsy then began 'Well, damn Frank Key. Nobody else saw us but him, I dare say he told it, damn his little soul. I wish I had him here, I'd give it to him, God damn him I say. I'll pay him for it if I catch him. Is he at your house now?" 'Here he is,' says Maria. I then discovered myself which I was very near doing sooner for I could scarcely contain my laughter. She looked a little foolish for the first two or three times I saw her afterwards, but she appears to have got quite over it now. This is the way these pretty innocent creatures talk when by themselves…" Fine and amusing. Had anyone indeed in those days heard what Betsy said, she would have been in real trouble, as swearing was not countenanced, especially by young ladies. It is interesting to not that Key, quite the practical joker in his youth, married Maria Lloyd a few years later, and she bore him 11 children one of whom, Philip, was killed in a duel over a lady by her jealous husband, future Union general Daniel Sickles.
Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions
Jul. 06, 2020
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATEBLOCK
Est: $80 - $300
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATEBLOCK
Museum of Culture and Arts, Inc
Jun. 14, 2019
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Est: $70 - $300
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Carroll's Auctioneers & Appraisers
May. 03, 2019
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATEBLOCK
Est: $80 - $300
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATEBLOCK
Figlio Designs LLC
Nov. 08, 2018
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. Autograph Document Signed, "FSKey" twice, appealing on behalf of his father for relief from a judgmen...
Est: $400 - $600
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. Autograph Document Signed, "FSKey" twice, appealing on behalf of his father for relief from a judgment against him. Additionally with an autograph endorsement signed on verso: "File this & fill up blanks by the Jud't." 1/2 page, 8vo; minor scattered staining, folds, docketing on verso. Np, 15 August 1805 [from docketing]
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 24, 2018
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Est: $70 - $300
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Carroll's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 20, 2017
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Est: $250 - $350
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (1779 - 1843) American lawyer and poet who , inspired by Americans'' tenacity during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, wrote they lyrics to what was to become our nation anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner". Manuscript D.S. "F. S. Key", 3pp. legal folio, [Frederick Co., Md], 1823, his signature on the verso of a legal brief concerning a dispute over a horse. Very good.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Sep. 16, 2017
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Est: $60 - $170
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Carroll's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Apr. 30, 2017
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Est: $15 - $140
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PLATE BLOCK
Carroll's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 16, 2015
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. Typed Letter Signed (F. Sc
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FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. Typed Letter Signed (F. Scott Fitzgerald), 1 p, 4to,
Bonhams
Jun. 16, 2015
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. 1896-1940. The Great Gatsby. New
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FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. 1896-1940. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
Bonhams
Apr. 13, 2015
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. All the Sad Young Men. New
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FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. All the Sad Young Men. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
Bonhams
Apr. 13, 2015
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. The Great Gatsby. New York
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FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
Bonhams
Sep. 22, 2014
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. Taps at Reve
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. Taps at Reveille. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Bonhams
Sep. 22, 2014
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. All the Sad
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. All the Sad Young Men. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
Bonhams
Sep. 22, 2014
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. The Beautifu
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FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. The Beautiful and Damned. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
Bonhams
Mar. 25, 2014
Walter Francis Scott Hetherington (1867-1943) A
Est: £500 - £800
Walter Francis Scott Hetherington (1867-1943) A YORKSHIRE FISHING VILLAGE signed oil on board 24 x 34.5cms; 9 1/2 x 13 1/2in. See illustration
Anderson-Garland
Feb. 12, 2012
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. 1896-1940. Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi! * The Evil Eye. * Safety First! Cincinnati, New York, London: The John Church Company, 1914-1916.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi! * The Evil Eye. * Safety First! Cincinnati, New York, London: The John Church Company, 1914-1916. 3 volumes. 4to. Quarter cloth over printed boards. pages with mild age-toning, shelfwear, thumbing and creases to boards, 1915 volume with separation to half of upper board, but detached section present. FIRST EDITIONS OF THE THREE SHOWS FITZGERALD WROTE FOR THE PRINCETON TRIANGLE CLUB. Volume I with the incorrect copyright date on p 5 not corrected.
Bonhams
Jun. 22, 2011
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. Tales of the Jazz Age. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Tales of the Jazz Age. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Original green cloth, spine gilt-lettered; dust jacket. Upper hinge cracked, front free endpaper with a few edge-tears, erased ownership inscription to inside cover; jacket spine panel browned and with old repair to verso, large chip to lower panel affecting header and first 2 lines of blurb, front flap fold separated, small chips at corners. First edition, first state, very rare in jacket. The jacket design is by John Held Jr [1889-1958], probably the foremost illustrator of the 'Roaring Twenties.' See illustration.
Bonhams
Apr. 20, 2011
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. 1896-1940.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
INVITING INA CLAIRE TO DINNER, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE. Autograph Letter Signed ("F. Scott Fitzgerald"), 1 p, 8vo, Wilmington, DE, n.d., to actress Ina Claire, on Du Pont Biltmore letterhead, some offset from ink, stain to upper right corner, mild toning. Scholars have long known that Fitzgerald was fascinated with actress Ina Claire from the moment as a teenager he first saw her on the stage. What has not been revealed before now is that Claire attended one of the Fitzgeralds' notorious parties at the Ellerslie estate in Delaware, where the Fitzgeralds resided from 1927 to 1929. From the lobby of the Biltmore Hotel in Wilmington, Fitzgerald sends this note to the actress: "Fabulously beautiful Creature / Faultlessly groomed I shall be on hand a little after five and in one of my fleet of swift Rolls-Royces whisk you in 3 ½ minutes to our palace of delights upon the limpid Delaware. A thousand Cercassian girls and eunuchs will perform a march while we dine (at 6) upon bats wings and Chateau Yquem 1909." See illustration.
Bonhams
Dec. 09, 2010
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. 1896-1940.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
FITZGERALD EXPLAINS HIS DAUGHTER'S "DISORDERED SITUATION." Autograph Letter Signed ("F. Scott Fitzgerald"), 3 pp recto and verso, 8vo (conjoining leaves), Asheville, NC, n.d. [but c.1935], to Miss White on Grove Park Inn stationery, light creasing and toning, otherwise fine. In 1935-1936 Fitzgerald stayed at Asheville, NC's Grove Park Inn while his wife Zelda sought treatment at a local sanatorium. In this letter, he writes Miss White, his 15 year-old daughter's chaperon, giving instructions for his daughter's schedule, but also offering an explanation for her recent behavior. In part: "I know how kind you have been to Scotty and I am grateful for your patience in helping out the disordered situation in which she is in, perforce. Some of the hardness in her which you may find unsympathetic comes from this never knowing where her home is, being, in effect, what we call a 'hotel child.' Except for her white persian in the country I don't think she has been able to fix her affections solidly on anything for four years. All the rest has been flux and make-the-best-of-it. The best of it has been the childish dazzle of being popular! I've made the usual masculine mistake of either bullying her or spoiling her." See illustration.
Bonhams
Oct. 04, 2010
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940. The Beautiful and Damned. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
The Beautiful and Damned. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 8vo. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Jacket lightly dust-soiled and with restoration at head and tail of spine touching "The," at corners, and to 7 letters of blurb. Signed "Sincerely, F. Scott Fitzgerald" on the front free endpaper. The first edition, first printing of his second novel, in first state dust-jacket. Bruccoli A8.I.a. See illustration.
Bonhams
Feb. 14, 2010
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. 1896-1940.
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Original dark green cloth stamped in blind and gilt, dust jacket. Light spots to half-title and first text leaf, slight lean, couple of dings to front cover and light shelfwear; jacket with upper panel chipped touching "The" in title and with loss to 2 letters in author's name, small other chips and closed tears, few rubs, slight adhesion marks near eye, toned, front flap fold starting, still a very good jacket. First edition, first printing with all textual points and with overstamped "J" to rear panel of jacket. Bruccoli A11.1.a. See illustration.
Bonhams
Oct. 19, 2009
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
This Side of Paradise. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. 8vo. Original cloth. Morocco-backed solander box. Endpapers toned, a few leaves with very light marginal dampstain, upper hinge strengthened, upper cover very slightly bubbled, head of spine touched up. First edition, inscribed by Fitzgerald: "To Pete Compton, a wild man if ever there was one - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Princeton NJ, March 27th 1920" - the day after publication of this, his debut novel. The first edition sold out two days later, and within a week Fitzgerald married Zelda. The protagonist is, as his creator had been, a Princeton undergraduate; it is probable that the recipient of this copy was a fellow alumnus. Bruccoli A5.1.a. See illustration.
Bonhams
Jun. 10, 2009
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS SCOTT. 1896-1940.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
The Beautiful and Damned. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Original blue-green cloth stamped in blind and gilt, dust jacket. Light dampstain affecting lower margin of a portion of the leaves, not apparent on the cloth, which is bright, jacket with some soiling, dampstain not immediately apparent on recto, light edgewear. First edition, first printing without Scribner's seal on copyright page, title on jacket front panel outlined in black. Bruccoli A8.1.a. See illustration.
Bonhams
Dec. 10, 2008
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Autograph
Est: €2,800 - €5,600
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Autograph letter written by the great American writer in the year preceding his death (the second year of war in Europe), while he was working at his last, unfinished novel: The Last Tycoon, edited by Edmund Wilson and published in 1941. One-page typed letter, 4to, dated 26 June 1940 and signed 'Scott Fitzg' in pencil. Also enclosed is the original envelope, addressed to Fitzgerald's secretary: 'Isabel Owens 1403 N. Laurel Ave. Hollywood': 'I'm terribly sorry that my letter about Zelda's Scondalabro crossed you, because she does want it. It is a pure concession to an invalid because it will never to be produced again but if you are downtown and within range of the piece I wish you would get it [...] The days at La POIX in 1933 seem comparatively tranquil now. You remember how we used to take time out in the middle of the summer mornings to go swimming in the quarry. The people out here don 't realize yet that there's a war on' . Extraordinary document shedding light on the life of a great contemporary writer and recounting a page of history through his words.
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