• Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.

Aspire Auctions: February 2025 Auction, 411, Pittsburgh

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 15, 2025 - February 15, 2025
Page Size: 267 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
202

Father of the Bird Sylvester and Baby Bird Production Cel (Warner Brothers, 1997).

1997 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 357.00
203

Who Done It? Tweety and Sylvester Limited Edition Cel (Warner Brothers, 1990).

1990 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 264.00
204 Virgil Ross (American, 1907 - 1996)

Mexican Cat Dance Sylvester Production Cel (Warner Brothers, 1963).

1963 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 123.00
205 Virgil Walter Ross (American, 1907 - 1996)

Bugs Bunny and Sheriff of Nottingham, ca. 1990s.

ca. 1990s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 98.00
206 Virgil Ross (American, 1907 - 1996)

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Illustration, c.1990s.

c.1990s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 185.00
207 Virgil Ross (American, 1907 - 1996)

Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote "Model Sheet", ca. 1990s.

ca. 1990s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 191.00
208 Virgil Ross (American, 1907 - 1996)

Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny, ca. 1991

ca. 1991 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 185.00
209

Yosemite Sam and Road Runner Illustrations, 1980s.

1980s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 49.00
210 Virgil Ross (American, 1907 - 1996)

Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny Sequenced Pan Drawing (Warner Brothers, c.1990s).

c.1990s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 713.00
211 Virgil Ross (American, 1907 - 1996)

Warner Bros. Cartoon Stars Drawing Original Art (Warner Bros., undated).

undated. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 492.00
212

The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie Daffy Duck, Production Cel (Warner Brothers, 1981).

1981 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 55.00
213

Group of Warner Bros. Animation Art. Including: Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote Limited Edition Hand Painted Cel #198/500, (McKimson Productions/Warner Bros., 1991).

1991 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 652.00
214

The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie Foghorn Leghorn Production Cel (Warner Brothers, 1981).

1981 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 517.00
215

Road Runner and Coyote Production Cel Group of 5 (Warner Brothers, c.1980-1990s).

c.1980-1990s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 31.00
216 Chuck Jones (American, 1912 - 2002)

Daffy Duck Animation Production Cel Original Art (Warner Bros./Chuck Jones Production, undated).

undated. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 129.00
217 Chuck Jones (American, 1912 - 2002)

A Very Merry Cricket, 1972

1972 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 111.00
218 Chuck Jones (American, 1912 - 2002)

A Very Merry Cricket Alley Cat, 1973

1973 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 74.00
219

Group of three Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Professor Ludwig Von Drake, Production Cel Animation Art (Walt Disney, c.1960s).

c.1960s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 92.00
220

Mickey's Christmas Carol Scrooge McDuck Production Cel Original Art (Walt Disney, 1983).

1983 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 191.00
221 Fritz Freleng (American, 1905 - 1995)

Pink Panther, ca. 1960

ca. 1960 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 166.00
222

Five Bugs Bunny Animation Drawings, 1979

1979 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 37.00
223

Popeye Animation Drawings. Including: Dizzy Divers Popeye and Olive Oyl Animation Drawing, 1935,

1935, USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 123.00
224

Popeye and Friends Animation Art. Including: Popeye the Sailor Production Cel, 1960s,

1960s, USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 504.00
225

Popeye and Olive Oyl Production Cel Setup (King Features, c.1980s).

c.1980s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 277.00
226

Betty Boop and Popeye Animation Drawing, 1990s,

1990s, USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 148.00
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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