PBA Galleries: Fine Literature
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Literature | Total Sales (USD) | 153,084.00 |
| Auction Date | October 10, 2019 - October 10, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 127,570.00 |
| Sale Number | #685 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 206,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 563 | ||
| Sold Lots | 464 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 165,290.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.42% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 265,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 99 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 57.75% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Cather, Willa | Handwritten letter by Willa Cather |
1929-11-10 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
| 30 | Large archive of Ray Bradbury papers including some photographs |
Various dates | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,900.00 | |
| 55 | Nine page manuscript letter from Jane Cooney Baker, Charles Bukowski's early muse |
Jan. 30, 1961 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 | |
| 59 | Bukowski, Charles | Large double-sided original painting by Charles Bukowski |
[n.d.] | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 |
| 244 | London, Jack | The Iron Heel |
1908 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 260 | Maclean, Norman | A River Runs Through It and Other Stories - signed |
[1976] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 419 | Wells, H.G. | The World Set Free - inscribed to George Bernard Shaw |
1914 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 416 | Wells, H.G. | The War of the Worlds |
1898 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 21 | Beach, Sylvia | Shakespeare and Company - inscribed by Sylvia Beach |
[1960] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 413 | Wells, H.G. | The Time Machine: An Invention |
1895 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 412 | Wells, H.G. | The Time Machine, An Invention |
1895 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 402 | Wells, H.G. | The Invisible Man |
1897 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 337 | Smith, Thorne | Topper: an improbable adventure |
1926 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 358 | Steinbeck, John | Of Mice and Men |
1937 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 37 | Bradbury, Ray | The Illustrated Man |
1951 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 239 | London, Jack | The Call of the Wild |
1903 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 114 | Dickens, Charles | The Nonesuch Dickens |
1937-1938 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 155 | Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Great Gatsby |
1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
| 254 | London, Jack | Theft: A Play in Four Acts |
1910 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
| 403 | Wells, H.G. | The Island of Doctor Moreau |
1896 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 127 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
1902 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 319 | Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
[1998] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 331 | Smith, Thorne | Dream's End |
1927 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 407 | Wells, H.G. | Seven volumes of H.G. Wells Science Fiction |
Various dates | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 20 | Baldwin, James | Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone |
1968 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 840.00 |
