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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: 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 2025Gonnelli 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 2025Gonnelli: 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 2025Gonnelli: 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 & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic 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.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [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](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 6 , 31625, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 16, 2025 - March 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | 1) Unidentified Woman 1943 2)Deadly Is The Diamond 1958 3) Message From Hong Kong 1969 4) Wings Of Fear 1945. |
New York | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 252 | Dominic Devine and | 1) The Sleeping Tiger 1968 2) Death Is My Bridegroom 1969 (Bookplate partially removed) 3) Illegal Tender 1970 4) Dead Trouble 1971 5) Three Green Bottles 1971 6) This Is Your Death 1972. All First editions and very good copies in very good entire dustwra |
London | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 253 | 1) Holiday With A Vengeance 1974 2) Grand Slam 1980 3) Dead End 1977 4) Bishop's Pawn 1979 5) Ticket To Ride 1973. |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 254 | Eileen Dewhurst . | 1) Playing Safe 1985 2) A Private Prosecution 1986 3) The House That Jack Built 1983 4) The Sleeper 1988 All |
London | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 255 | T E B Clarke 1968. | 1) The Trail Of The Serpents |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 256 | Lawrence Saunders | Smoke Screen |
AUD 175.00 - 250.00 | AUD 101.60 | ||
| 257 | Timothy Brace [pseud. of Theodore Pratt]. | Murder Goes Fishing |
New York | 1938 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 258 | Valentine Williams. | The Knife behind the Curtain: Tales of Crime and the Secret Service |
1930 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 259 | Frank Paley. | Rumble on the Docks |
New York | 1953 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 260 | John Benton | Duane and the Art Murders |
iny London | 1939 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 261 | Nicholas Ashe | Preface to a Killing |
New York | 1937 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 262 | Elizabeth Jordan | The Trap |
New York | 1937 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 263 | Elizabeth Jordan | Page Mr. Pomeroy |
New York | 1934 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 264 | Lee Thayer. | Lightning Strikes Twice |
New York | 1939 | AUD 150.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 265 | George Harmon Coxe | The Barotique Mystery |
USA | 1936 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 266 | Virginia Perdue | The Singing Clock |
New York | 1941 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 267 | Rufus King | Profile of a Murder |
New York | 1935 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 268 | Thomas Griffiths and Armstrong Livingston. | The Juju Man |
New York | 1926 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 269 | 1) Some Predators Are Male 1985 2) A Woman In Bed 1976 3) Obsession 1973 4) The Frightened Wife 1987 5) The Cords Of Vanity 1989. |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |||
| 270 | 1) Woman At Risk 1974 2) Malice and The Maternal Instinct 1969 3) The Old Gold Road Robert Hale1977 A little foxed. 4) Death Of A Man-Tamer 1987 5) Going Solo 1981. |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 | |||
| 271 | John Midgley 1978 | 1) The Chill Wind Of Freedom |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | ||
| 272 | Miles Tripp. | 1) A Man Without Friends 1970 2) A Woman In Bed 1976 3) Obsession 1973 4) Some Predators Are Male 1985 5) A Charmed Death. 1984. All |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 273 | James Hadley Chase | 1) So What Happens To Me 1974 2) Have a Nice Night 1982 3) Cade 1966 4) You Have Yourself A Deal 1966 5) Well Now My Pretty 1967. All |
London | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 274 | Charles Francis Coe | The Other Half |
New York | 1930 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 275 | Frank King and | 1) The Case Of The Frightened Brother 2) Hospitality For Murder. Both |
London | 1959s | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
