"'How's that for high, Penrod?' he said," — BREHM, WORTH (JAMES ELLSWORTH). 1883-1928.

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Estimate: $2,000–$3,000 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books & Manuscripts, New York · 11 December 2013
Record ID: TB-2026-2094091
Record: first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 25 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Worth Brehm, "'How's that for high, Penrod?' he said,". Bonhams, 11 Dec 2013, lot 1140. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2094091.

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From the same sale Fine Books & Manuscripts · Dec 2013

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Priklyucheniya Krokodil Krokodilovicha [Adventures of the Crocodile …	Chukovsky, Kornei. 1882-1969.	$800–$1,200
1. Ezhiki smeiutsya [The Hedgehogs Are Laughing]. [Leningrad and Mos…	Chukovsky, Kornei. 1882-1969.	$1,500–$2,500
VENGROV, NATAN. Segodnya [Today]. Petrograd: Segodnya, 1918.	Ermolaeva,vera, Illustrator.	$2,000–$3,000
MIKHALKOV, SERGEI, translator. Tri porocenka [The Three Little Pigs]…	[disney, Walt. 1901-1966.]	$1,500–$2,500
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. Svinopas [The Swineherd]. Petersburg and B…	Dobuzhinsky, Mstislav Valeryanovich, Illustrator.	$2,500–$3,500
WHITMAN, WALT. Pionery [Oh Pioneers!]. Petrograd: Segodnya, 1918.	Ermolaeva, Vera Mikhailovna, Illustrator.	$3,000–$5,000

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