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Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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
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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
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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.
Rago Arts and Auctions: Prints and Multiples , 101624, Lambertville
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 16, 2024 - October 16, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | James Rosenquist 1933--2017 | Paper Clip |
1974 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 | |
| 227 | Claes Oldenburg 1929--2022 | Geometric Mouse, Scale D |
1971 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 252.00 | |
| 228 | Robert Rauschenberg 1925--2008 | Plot, from Reality and Paradoxes |
1973 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,260.00 | |
| 229 | Pat Steir b.1938 | Roll Me a Rainbow |
1974 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,512.00 | |
| 230 | James Rosenquist 1933--2017 | Music School (for Peter Schjeldahl) (from the Cold Light series) |
1971 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,071.00 | |
| 231 | Paul Jenkins 1923--2012 | Seeing Voice Welsh Heart |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,834.00 | ||
| 232 | Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) 1918--1986 | yes to you; promise (two works) |
1971, 1978 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 693.00 | |
| 233 | Paul Jenkins 1923--2012 | Untitled (Mourlot, Paris) |
1976 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 655.00 | |
| 234 | Jasper Johns b.1930 | Untitled |
1977 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,024.00 | |
| 235 | Herbert Bayer 1900--1985 | Spiral and Free Curve |
1979 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 504.00 | |
| 236 | Gunther Uecker b.1930 | Farbige Destruktion |
1983 | USD 2,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 693.00 | |
| 237 | Jasper Johns b.1930 | Untitled |
1981 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,528.00 | |
| 238 | Robert Moskowitz 1935--2024 | Eddystone |
1983 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,197.00 | |
| 239 | Ed Ruscha b.1937 | Stranger |
1983 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 12,600.00 | |
| 240 | Christopher Wool b.1955 | Black Book |
1989 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 15,120.00 | |
| 241 | Francesco Clemente b.1952 | Peso |
1983 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 721.00 | |
| 242 | Andy Warhol 1928--1987 | Fish |
1983 | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 | |
| 243 | Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997 | Illustration for De Denver au Montana, depart 27 Mai 1972 (I) (from La nouvelle chute de l'Amerique portfolio) |
1992 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,080.00 | |
| 244 | George Condo b.1957 | Untitled (seven works) |
1989 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,170.00 | |
| 245 | Roy Lichtenstein 1923--1997 | Illustration for Passage du Nord-Quest (from La nouvelle chute de l'Amerique portfolio) |
1992 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,410.00 | |
| 246 | Steven Campbell 1953--2007 | Natural Follies at Bee Junction |
1985 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 328.00 | |
| 247 | Richard Diebenkorn 1922--1993 | Spade Drypoint (from the Five Spades portfolio) |
1982 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,620.00 | |
| 248 | Wolf Kahn 1927--2020 | Farm on the Flood Plain |
1988 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,882.00 | |
| 249 | Alice Neel 1900--1984 | The Accountant |
1981 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,580.00 | |
| 250 | Peter Saul b.1934 | Politics |
1985 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 1,134.00 |
