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    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
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    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.

Sothebys: AnimAID | The Art of Animation - online 4/23, N11645, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 06, 2025 - May 06, 2025
Page Size: 159 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Here's To You, Mickey Mouse!

Original hand-painted animation cel from 1988 television special, Here's To You, Mickey Mouse!, ca. 1988

ca.1988 USD 3,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 2,032.00
2 20th Television Animation

An original production-used animation cel from Season 10 of The Simpsons, 1998

1998 USD 2,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,064.00
4 Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Original Production Used Animation Cel with photocopied background from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, ca. 1988

ca.1988 USD 2,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD 2,794.00
5 Tex Avery

Original production-used Animation Cel from Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood, ca. 1943

ca.1943 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,064.00
6 Aaron Blaise

Original thumbnail drawings from Beauty and the Beast, ca. 1991

ca.1991 USD 1,500.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,778.00
7 Aaron Blaise

A set of 2 original production-used "Young Nala" model illustrations, ca. 1993

ca.1993 USD 1,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,064.00
8 Lorna Cook

"Elephant Graveyard"---Original storyboard from The Lion King, ca. 1994

ca.1994 USD 2,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD 2,794.00
12 Laika | Kent Melton

An original production-used maquette of Paranorman's Norman, together with a set of Norman rapid production faces presented as crew gifts, ca. 2012

ca.2012 USD 2,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,826.00
16 Lucasfilm

A sketch of Jedi Ahsoka Tano and Grogu, a.k.a. Baby Yoda, from The Mandalorian by Dave Filoni, ca. 2025

ca.2025 USD 2,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,350.00
17 Lucasfilm

A hand-drawn key frame from "The Ninth Jedi," Volume 1 Episode 5 of Star Wars: Visions, ca. 2025

ca.2025 USD 2,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 889.00
21 The Cat in the Hat

Original production-used Animation Cel from The Cat in the Hat musical television special, ca. 1971

ca.1971 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,524.00
23 Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Original production-used single-cel composite and background from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, ca. 1988

ca.1988 USD 2,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD 10,160.00
24 Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Original production-used single-cel composite and background from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, ca. 1988

ca.1988 USD 3,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,525.00
25 Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Original production-used 2-cel composite and background from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, ca. 1988

ca.1988 USD 3,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,064.00
26 Pink Panther

A set of 3 unframed animation cels from Pink Panther animated series, ca. [1960s/70s]

ca. [1960s/70s] USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,794.00
27 Bakshi Productions

Original complete animation scene including cels, backgrounds, cleanup drawings, and the original exposure sheet from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, ca. 1987

ca.1987 USD 2,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 889.00
28 Bakshi Productions

A set of production-used animation cels from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, ca. 1987

ca.1987 USD 1,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 1,143.00
32 Warner Bros.

A paired set of "Betty Rubble" Hanna-Barbera business cards signed by William Hanna and Joe Barbera

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 381.00
33 Don Hall

A contemporary character illustration of Big Hero 6's Baymax and Winnie and the Pooh by Don Hall, ca. 2025

ca.2025 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,651.00
34 Walt Disney Animation Studios

A limited edition hand-painted animation cel from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, ca. 2024

ca.2024 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,540.00
35 Chris Gifford

A set 2 illustrations from Dora the Explorer and Go Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!, ca. 2008

ca.2008 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 63.00
37 Roald Dahl

A set of 3 limited edition books by Roald Dahl from various printers, ca.

ca. USD 1,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 508.00
38 Disney Television Animation

A set of 3 original production storyboards for three Season 4 episodes of Sofia the First, ca. 2018

ca.2018 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 1,016.00
39 Kroyer Films

A set of original storyboard sketches and concept paintings from FernGully: The Last Rainforest, ca. [1992]

ca. [1992] USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 762.00
40 Kroyer Films

A set of 3 original production used animation cels from FernGully: The Last Rainforest, ca. 1992

ca.1992 USD 3,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 1,778.00
  • 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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