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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 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. -
Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€ -
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1158, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Andrews (H.C.) | The Heathery; or a Monograph of the Genus Erica |
1804-06. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 302 | Agricola (Christoph Ludwig), Manner of. | Eight finches and small birds on a branch |
probably 18th century. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,008.00 | |
| 303 | Beechey (Capt. Frederick William) and others. | The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage...to the |
1839 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 | |
| 304 | Hooker (Sir William Jackson) | Exotic Flora |
1823-27. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 305 | Ruel (Jean) | De natura stirpium libri tres |
Basel | 1537 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 306 | Darwin (Charles, editor) | The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle |
1839-42. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 | |
| 307 | Darwin (Charles) | On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection |
1860 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 308 | Morris (Rev. F.O.) | A History of British Birds |
1851-57 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 309 | Micheli (Pietro Antonio) | Nova Plantarum Genera iuxta Tournefortii Methodum Diposita, |
Florence | 1729 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,197.00 |
| 310 | Seebohm (Henry) | A History of British Birds |
1895-96. | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 311 | Sowerby (James) | English Botany |
1790-1814 and 1831-63. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 | |
| 312 | Sowerby (James de Carle) and Edward Lear. | Tortoises, Terrapins, and Turtles |
London Paris and Frankfurt | 1872 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 313 | Goldfinger (Erno) | Planning Your Homes |
1945.?? | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 314 | Italian School (18th century) | Collection of ten original elevations |
18th century | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 504.00 | |
| 315 | Palladio (Andrea) | Architecture |
1736 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,197.00 | |
| 316 | Suter (Richard) | Ten archival albums comprising over 2,000 original drawings and |
circa 1820s-1870s | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,071.00 | |
| 317 | Tipping (H. Avray) | English Homes |
1921-37 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 318 | Fortification.- Bisset (Charles) | The Theory and Construction of Fortification |
1751 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,071.00 | |
| 319 | Charles III (King) as HRH The Prince ofWales | Watercolours, signed by the Prince and Princess |
1991 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 945.00 | |
| 320 | Chippendale (Thomas) | The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director |
1755 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 | |
| 321 | Vanvitelli (Luigi) | Dichiarazione dei Disegni del Reale Palazzo di Caserta |
Naples | 1756 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 322 | Blake (Quentin) | 18 Autograph and 14 Typed Letters signed from the artist to his long-time publisher |
1981 - 2016. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 | |
| 323 | Cole (Babette) | Author/illustrator's original mockup for Mummy Laid an Egg |
1992-3. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 324 | Grahame (Kenneth) | The Wind in the Willows |
1908 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,268.00 | |
| 325 | Greenaway (Kate) | Flower girl |
c.1890. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b719f220-50aa-4855-9a72-293cad312283.jpg "<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.")
