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Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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. -
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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
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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. -
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.
Sworders: Paint. Print. Sculpt. - online 11/22, A1177, Essex
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 01, 2024 - December 01, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) | Marianne Faithfull, 1964 |
1964 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 203 | Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) | Marianne Faithfull contact sheet, 1964 |
1964 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 204 | Gered Mankowitz (b.1946) | Marianne Faithfull at the Salisbury Pub, 1964 |
1964 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 205 | Michael Seymour (1932-2018) | Pauline Boty, 1963; |
1963 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 206 | David Bailey (b.1938) | Robert Fraser Gallery group, October 1968 |
2013 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 207 | Steve Lewis (b.1944) | David Bailey, c.1965 |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 208 | Clive Barker (b.1940) | 'Clive Barker Sculptures, Drawings and Prints' |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 214 | Clive Barker (b.1940) | 'Clive Barker Portraits' |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 215 | A collection of Battersea Power Station posters printed by the Wandsworth Community Printshop, a number signed 'Brian Barnes' in pencil |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |||
| 216 | Steven Thomas (b.1944) | 'Salt Peter Blake' |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 217 | Richard Evans (b.1945) | 'Who's Missing', The Who |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 222 | Roy Ullyett (1914-2001) | A group of three boxing and sporting cartoons |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 223 | Michael Cummings (1919-1997) | 'On the Point of My Pen, The Best of Cummings' |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 224 | Bert Hardy (1913-1995) | Beer and oats; |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 225 | David Shepherd (1931-2017) | 'Nine Elms, The Last Hours' |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Unknown | ||
| 289 | Wolfgang Harb (b.1938) | Untitled |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 301 | Bernard Cathelin (French, 1919-2004) | 'Large Tokonoma with White Roses', 1990 |
1990 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 302 | Tano Festa (Italian, 1938-1988) | 'Finestra' |
GBP 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 303 | Romain de Tirtoff ('Erte') (Russian-French, 1892-1990) | 'Spring'; |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 304 | After Pablo Picasso | 'Portrait de Deodat de Severac' |
GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 305 | Gerd Winner (German, b.1936) | Telephone Box'; 'Thames Sunday Afternoon I'; 'Isle of Dogs'; 'Free Trade Wharf'; 'Colonial Wharves' five screenprints in colours, 1971-1973 |
1971-1973 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 306 | Gerd Winner (German, b.1936) | Underground Holborn', 1972;'Thomas More Street', 1972;'Bankside', 1973; Untitled (Street); Untitled (London) five screenprints in colours, each signed in pencil l.r. and individually numbered |
1972; 1972; | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 307 | Gerd Winner (German, b.1936) | Blue Lorry';'Orange Lorry';'Yellow Lorry';'Red Lorry';'Green Lorry';'Grey Lorry'six screenprints in colours, 1969 |
1969 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 308 | Ed Reeve (contemporary) | 'Cuenca Train Station, Ecuador', 2000 |
2000 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 309 | Reid Yalom (American, contemporary) | Terminal 5, Portland, Oregon', 2000/2002; 'Bridge Detail, Portland, Oregon', 2000/2001; 'San Francisco Docks |
2000/2002; | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
![<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.")
![<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.")