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High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h. -
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 10:</b> [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b074d0c9-0c77-4e80-a457-f59c4262ea72.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 10:</b> [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD")
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Discover Upcoming AuctionsSotheby’s, Dec. 9: Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. "Epitome Cosmografica." With the 6 circular celestial and terrestrial charts. 7,000 – 10,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 9: Hurley, Frank. Collection of 69 photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. 80,000 – 120,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 10: Sendak, Maurice. Original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" poster, 1979. 300,000 – 600,00 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 10: [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD -
Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000. -
ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
PBA Galleries: Fine Literature - Beats, and the Counterculture, 821, Berkeley
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 05, 2024 - September 05, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcott, Louisa M. | Little Women |
Boston | 1880 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 2 | Anderson, Sherwood | Dark Laughter |
New York | 1925 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 3 | Andrews, Robert | Windfall |
New York | 1931 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 4 | SIC Numero composee en memoire de Guillaume Apollinaire |
Paris | 1919 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 5 | Cervantes, Miguel de | Don Quixote |
San Francisco | 2009; 2010 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 6 | Collins, Wilkie | The Moonstone |
San Francisco | 2012 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 7 | Milton, John | Paradise Lost |
San Francisco | 2002 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 8 | Whitman, Walt | Leaves of Grass |
San Francisco | 2014 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 9 | Austen, Jane | Sense & Sensibility |
San Francisco | 2017 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 10 | Baldwin, James | The Fire Next Time |
New York | 1963 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 11 | Baum, L. Frank | Father Goose's Year Book: Quaint Quacks and Feathered Shafts for Mature Children |
Chicago | [1907] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 12 | Malory, Sir Thomas | The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All |
[London] | 1927 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 13 | Apollinaire, Guillaume | Zone |
Dublin / London | [1972] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 14 | Arikha, Avigdor | Samuel Beckett by Avigdor Arikha: A Tribute to Samuel Beckett on His 70th Birthday |
London | 1976 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 237.50 |
| 15 | Bemelmans, Ludwig | Madeline and the Bad Hat |
New York | [1956] | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 16 | Benton, Thomas Hart | An Artist in America |
New York | [1937] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 17 | Bifur - Issues 1-8, complete |
Paris | [1929-31] | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 18 | Bowles, Paul and Ira Yeager | 2137 Tanger Socco |
Berkeley | 2011 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 19 | Two books inscribed to Charles Boyer |
1923-1933 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 20 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
London & Edinburgh | [1911] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 21 | Collection of literary broadsides |
Various places | Various dates | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 22 | Brown, Christy | Background Music |
1973 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 23 | Wilbur, Richard, compiler | A Bestiary |
New York | [1955] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 24 | Capote, Truman | In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences |
New York | [1965] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 25 | Cather, Willa | Lucy Gayheart |
New York | 1935 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
