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Auction Name PBA Platinum: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Art Total Sales (USD) 273,300.00
Auction Date September 02, 2021 - September 02, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 359,500.00
Sale Number #739 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 556,500.00
Total Lots 71
Sold Lots 57 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 433,000.00
% of Lots Sold 80.28% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 667,000.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.98%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
21 Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Brat?ia Karamazovy: roman v chetyrekh chastiakh s e?pilogom [The Brothers Karamazov - ?????? ??????????: ????? ? ??????? ?????? ? ????????]

 1881 [but Dec. 1880] USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 20,400.00
19 Darwin, Charles & Alfred Russel Wallace

On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection

 1859 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 18,000.00
35 Mohl, Julius, editor

Y-King: Antiquissimus Sinarum Liber Quem Ex Latina Interpretatione P. Regis Alorumque ex Soc. Jesu P.P. Edidit Julius Mohl

 1834 & 1839 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 16,800.00
53 Russell, Bertrand & Alfred North Whitehead

Principia Mathematica

 1910, 1912, 1913 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 14,400.00
56 Steinbeck, John

Grapes of Wrath

 [1939] USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 12,000.00
59 Steinbeck, John

The Pastures of Heaven

 1932 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,400.00
62 Steinbeck, John

To A God Unknown

 [1933] USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,600.00
68 Webster, Noah

An American Dictionary of the English Language... To Which are Prefixed, an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and of Europe, and a Concise Grammar of the English Language

 1828 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,600.00
17 Cook, James and James King

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Year

 1785 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,800.00
22 Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment. A Russian Realistic Novel

 1886 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,200.00
52 Redpath, James

Hand-Book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountains' Gold Region; Accompanied by Reliable Maps and a Preliminary Treatise on the Pre-Emption Laws of the United States

 1859 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,200.00
58 Steinbeck, John

Nothing So Monstrous

 1936 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,200.00
15 Charlot, Jean

[Picture Book: Progressive Artists's Proofs]

 1933 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,600.00
9 Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy

 2003-05 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,000.00
11

Book of Hours (Horae B.V.M.) printed on vellum, with "Dance of Death" illustrations by Philippe Pigouchet

 c.1500 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,000.00
26 Gall, Franz Joseph and Johann Gaspar Spurzheim

Anatomie et Physiologie du Système Nerveux en Général, et du Cerveau en Particulier...

 1810-19 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,000.00
2 Anson, George

A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq.; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas

 1748 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,700.00
3 Audubon, John James

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume I

 1840 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,700.00
40 Johnson, Samuel

A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar

 1755 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,400.00
6 Audubon, John James

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume IV

 1842 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 4,800.00
55 Shakespeare, William

The Winters Tale

 [1632] USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,500.00
61 Steinbeck, John

A Russian Journal

 1948 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,500.00
4 Audubon, John James

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume II

 1841 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,200.00
5 Audubon, John James

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume III

 1841 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,200.00
66 Vancouver, George

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of

 1798 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,200.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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