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PBA Galleries: Fine Literature - Science Fiction and Mystery
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Auction Name | Fine Literature - Science Fiction and Mystery | Total Sales (USD) | 210,768.00 |
Auction Date | January 07, 2021 - January 07, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 165,100.00 |
Sale Number | #719 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 257,000.00 |
Total Lots | 455 | ||
Sold Lots | 405 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 189,700.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 89.01% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 294,800.00 |
Unsold Lots | 50 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 71.50% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
269 | Salinger, J.D. | The Catcher in the Rye |
1951 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
18 | Buck, Pearl S. | The Good Earth |
[1931] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 5,100.00 |
343 | Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451 |
[1953] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
283 | Steinbeck, John | The Grapes of Wrath |
1939 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
146 | Kerouac, Jack | On the Road |
1957 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
432 | Lovecraft, H.P. | The Outsider and Others |
1939 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
27 | Bukowski, Charles | Hot Water Music |
1983 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
78 | de Beauvoir, Simone | The Mandarins |
[1956] | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
126 | Hugo, Victor | Les Misérables |
1862 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
151 | Kesey, Ken | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
[1962] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
153 | Kipling, Rudyard | The Jungle Book / The Second Jungle Book |
1894, 1895 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
448 | Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
[1998] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
7 | Beckett, Samuel | En attendant Godot |
1952 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
23 | Bukowski, Charles | Burning in Water Drowning Flame |
1974 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
31 | Bukowski, Charles | War All the Time: Poems 1981-1984 |
1984 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
118 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories |
1938 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
121 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Spanish Earth |
1938 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
397 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
1930 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
32 | Bukowski, Charles | Women |
1978 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
371 | Bradbury, Ray | Thirty-three foreign language editions by Ray Bradbury - all signed |
Various dates | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
82 | Dickens, Charles | Letter from Charles Dickens to author Herbert Byng Hall |
1870 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
9 | Bellow, Saul | Dangling Man |
[1944] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
100 | Forester, C.S. | The African Queen |
1935 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
291 | Twenty-two signed books from Sylvester & Orphanos |
Various dates | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,920.00 | |
84 | Dickens, Charles | Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" |
1838 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |