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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Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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.
Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2687, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City Fat Stock Show. |
Kansas City, MO | 1 November 1883 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 2 | Group of attractive photo albums showing life and scenery in and around Cordova. |
Cordova, AK and elsewhere | 1903-1928 and undated | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 3 | Biggest Deposit of Gold Ever Found in Alaska, Struck by the Corson Company. |
[Manchester, NH?] | 1902-08-13 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | Group of 8 views of the Klondike boomtown of Skagway. |
Skagway, AK | circa 1900 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5 | Collection of Nome ephemera, including a Cape Nome Freight receipt, photographs, and more. |
Nome and elsewhere | 1902-1913 and undated | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | Group of early photographs of Alaska and Yukon Territory, mostly of mining scenes. |
Various places | circa 1904-1915 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | Collage of 5 early Alaska photographs. |
Sitka and Skagway, AK | 1900 and undated. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness. |
Alaska | 1917-1922, 1929-1930, 1963-1964 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 9 | Report on Devault Group on Seventy Mile River. |
Fairbanks, AK, | 2 September 1947 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 585.00 | |
| 10 | Long descriptive letters by a civilian employee of the Cheyenne Agency. |
Cheyenne River Indian Agency, SD | 1871 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 688.00 | |
| 11 | Scrapbook from the Presbyterian mission on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. |
Wolf Point, MT | 1928-1940 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 12 | Collection of postcards depicting the Seminole Indians of Florida. |
Various places | circa 1900 to 1950s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Cabinet card portraits of the Ute chief Ouray and his wife Chepeta. |
Washington | [January 1880] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 813.00 | |
| 14 | Portrait of the Cheyenne scout Red Sleeves or Red Armed Panther. |
Miles, MT | circa 1879 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 15 | Cabinet card of Geronimo as a prisoner of war, holding a pistol in his lap. |
Chickasha, Indian Territory | circa late 1890s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 16 | Cabinet card of Geronimo as a prisoner of war, with pistol tucked into his belt. |
Chickasha, Indian Territory | circa late 1890s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.00 | |
| 17 | Black Man (Arapahoes). |
Omaha, NE | 1898 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 531.00 | |
| 18 | Group of 3 portraits of Apache and Sioux. |
Omaha, NE | 1898-1899 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 438.00 | |
| 19 | The Representations of Governor Hutchinson . . . Laid Before the General-Assembly |
Boston | 1773 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 20 | Issue of the Massachusetts Spy from the date of the Boston Tea Party. |
Boston | 16 December 1773 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 21 | Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress. |
Newport, RI | 1774 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 22 | The Militia Act; together with the Rules and Regulations for the Militia. |
Boston | 1776 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 23 | Journals of Congress Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1777, to January 1, 1778. |
Philadelphia | [1778] | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | Order by the Massachusetts Council to fund James Warren and his secret committee for sniffing out Tories. |
No place, | 7 February 1777 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 563.00 | |
| 25 | 19 issues of the Claypoole serial printing of the Journals of Congress from 1779. |
Philadelphia | March to August 1779 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
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