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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
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. -
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. -
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.
Swann Galleries: The New York Sale - Vintage Posters , 2679, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 26, 2024 - September 26, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACQUES-NICOLAS BELLIN (1703-1772) | Ville de Manathe ou Nouvelle-Yorc. |
1764 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 2 | VARIOUS CARTOGRAPHERS | Group of 5 nineteenth-to-twentieth-century maps. |
1835-1939. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 3 | DESIGNER UNKNOWN | South Interior View of the New York Post Office . . . Martin E. Thompson, Architect. |
. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 313.00 | |
| 4 | JOHN BACHMANN (1817-1899) | Birds Eye View of New-York & Brooklyn. |
1850 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 | |
| 5 | SOLYMAN BROWN, editor. | The Citizen and Strangers' Pictorial and Business Directory, for the City of New-York and its Vicinity. |
1853 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 469.00 | |
| 6 | SIGISMUND HIMELY; after JOHN W. HILL (1812-1879) | New York. |
1855 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | CHARLES MOTTRAM; after JOHN W. HILL (1812-1879) | New York. |
1855 [but 20th century]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 281.00 | |
| 8 | WILLIAM WELLSTOOD; after BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SMITH, JR. | New York, 1855. From the Latting Observatory. |
1855 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 9 | VARIOUS CARTOGRAPHERS | Group of 10 lithographed folding maps and plans taken from various editions of Valentine's Manual. |
1860s. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 813.00 | |
| 10 | OTTO EBBINGHAUS & SWIFT, photographers | Photograph of Hudson River Rail Road station in Manhattan. |
1864 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 11 | HENRY F. WALLING (1825-1889) | Map of the City of New York and Its Vicinity. |
1866 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 | |
| 12 | EGBERT L. VIELE; and G.W. & C.B. COLTON | Map of the City of New York Showing the Proposed Route of the "Arcade" Underground Railway. |
Circa 1868. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 13 | AUGUST WILL (1834-1910) | Proposed Arcade Railway Under Broadway, View Near Wall Street. |
1870 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 14 | VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS | A vast photographic archive of circa 142 photographs documenting activity at Ellis Island by Augustus F. Sherman (1866-1925), The Brown Bros. (active 1900s-1940s), and others. |
1890-1940s. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 | |
| 15 | PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN | Croton Reservoir. |
1875; printed circa 1930s. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.00 | |
| 16 | DESIGNER UNKNOWN | New York in 1876. |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,750.00 | ||
| 17 | DESIGNER UNKNOWN | Bird's-Eye View of the Great Suspension Bridge, Connecting the Cities of New York and Brooklyn - From New York Looking South-East. |
1883 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,375.00 | |
| 18 | ARCHITECT UNKNOWN | Sketches of Roof Trusses, Buildings & Piers for Pennsylvania Railroad facilities in New York City. |
1883-1893 and undated. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 688.00 | |
| 19 | BENJAMIN CHAMBERLAIN (1833-?) | Produce Exchange from Broad Street. |
Circa 1884. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 20 | PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN | Herald Square. |
1890 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | JOHN S. JOHNSTON (1839-1899) | On the Brooklyn Bridge. |
1894 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 938.00 | |
| 22 | [F.E. WACHSMUTH, publisher] | New-York. |
Circa late 1890s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,375.00 | |
| 23 | JOSEF KLEMM (1868-1916) | New York. |
circa 1908. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 24 | JOSEPH PENNELL (1857-1926) | Forty-Second Street |
1904 & 1915. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 25 | JOSEPH PENNELL (1857-1926) | Hail America. |
1908 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
