Original watercolor and ink on paper, "Two rabbit aeronauts, swinging along in a balloon, were electrified from ears to scuts at the sight of a young frog floating by, upside down," — STEIG, WILLIAM. 1907-2003.

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Estimate: $3,000–$5,000 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts, New York · 8 June 2016
Record ID: TB-2026-1713227
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Steig, William. 1907-2003., Original watercolor and ink on paper, "Two rabbit aeronauts, swinging along in a balloon, were electrified from ears to scuts at the sight of a young frog floating by, upside down,". Bonhams, 8 Jun 2016, lot 109. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1713227.

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Steig, William. 1907-2003., Original watercolor and ink on paper, "Two rabbit aeronauts, swinging along in a balloon, were electrified from ears to scuts at the sight of a young frog floating by, upside down,". Bonhams, 8 Jun 2016, lot 109. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1713227.

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From the same sale Fine Books and Manuscripts · Jun 2016

Lot	Artist	Estimate
De animalibus [De historia animalium. De partibus animalium. De gener…	Aristotle. 384-322 B.c.e.	$300,000–$500,000
Cosmographia, sive descriptio universi orbis. Antwerp: Jean Bellère, 1584.	Apian, Peter. 1495-1552, And Frisius Gemma. 1508-1555.	$5,000–$7,000
Archimedis opera quae extant. Novis demonstrationibus, commentariisqu…	Archimedes. C.287-212 B.c.e.	$2,000–$3,000
Epistolae, patrim ab auctore Latino sermone conscriptae, partim ex Ga…	Descartes, René. 1596-1650.	$1,000–$1,500
Elementorum geometricorum, Lib. XV. Basel: Johannes Hervagius, August 1537.	Euclid. FL. 300 B.c.	$2,000–$3,000
Heronis mechanici Liber de machinis bellicis. Venice: Francesco Franc…	Hero Of Alexandria. C.10–c.70.	$1,000–$1,500

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