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Auction Name Fine Books and Autographs Total Sales (USD) 550,728.00
Auction Date June 16, 2022 - June 16, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 391,250.00
Sale Number #2609 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 577,250.00
Total Lots 460
Sold Lots 382 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 446,050.00
% of Lots Sold 83.04% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 657,300.00
Unsold Lots 78 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 83.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
289 [BRONTË, CHARLOTTE].

[BRONTË, CHARLOTTE]. Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell.

 1847 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 23,750.00
127 EINSTEIN, ALBERT; AND RABINDRANATH TAGORE.

(SCIENTISTS.) EINSTEIN, ALBERT; AND RABINDRANATH TAGORE. Photograph Signed, by both, additionally dated by Einstein, half-length portra

 1931 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 20,000.00
192 WILSON, WOODROW.

WILSON, WOODROW. Extraordinary archive of over 60 letters Signed, nearly all as President, to the Chairman of both the Federal Trade Co

 1916-23 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,000.00
129 EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

(SCIENTISTS.) EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Two Typed Letters Signed, "A. Einstein," to aphorist Hans Margolius, in German.

 1943; 1950 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
60 KING JR., MARTIN LUTHER.

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) KING JR., MARTIN LUTHER. Typed Letter Signed, to William A. Bennett, Jr.,

 1966 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
191 WASHINGTON, GEORGE.

WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Clipped Signature, "G:Washington,"

 nd USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
259 THOREAU, HENDRY DAVID.

THOREAU, HENDRY DAVID. Autograph Letter Signed, "Henry D. Thoreau," to the publishers of Putnam's Monthly Dix & Edwards,

 1855 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 10,000.00
317 Graham, Benjamin, and Dodd, David L.

(ECONOMICS.) Graham, Benjamin, and Dodd, David L. Security Analysis.

 1934 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,000.00
412 (KENT, ROCKWELL.) Melville, Herman.

(KENT, ROCKWELL.) Melville, Herman. Moby Dick, or, The Whale.

 1930 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,000.00
59 KING JR., MARTIN LUTHER.

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) KING JR., MARTIN LUTHER. Typed Letter Signed, to Naomi Marshall,

 1961 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,100.00
103 MONROE, MARILYN.

MONROE, MARILYN. Poster with calendar featuring reproduction of Tom Kelley's "A New Wrinkle" photograph Signed and Inscribed, "To Carl

 circa 1953 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 7,500.00
262 WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE.

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Streetcar Named Desire. Signed and Inscribed, "To Marlon / Tennessee / December, 1947,"

 1947 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,500.00
359

(SCIENCE FICTION.) Group of Golden Age Sci-Fi ephemera.

 vd USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,760.00
150 ADAMS, JOHN.

ADAMS, JOHN. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President, appointing Samuel Blakeslee Captain in the infantry.

 1799 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,500.00
130 FABRE, JEAN-HENRI.

(SCIENTISTS.) FABRE, JEAN-HENRI. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, draft of a portion of his Souvenirs Entomologiques, with holograph sec

 circa 1905 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 5,500.00
380 BAUWENS, MAURICE and others.

BAUWENS, MAURICE and others. Les Affiches étrangères illustrées. Par MM.

 1897 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,500.00
356 POUND, EZRA.

POUND, EZRA. Lustra.

 1916 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,250.00
249 MANN, THOMAS.

MANN, THOMAS. Group of 6 letters, each Signed, to aphorist Hans Margolius, in German, including 3 ALsS and 3 TLsS,

 1944-53 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,200.00
315 DYLAN, BOB.

DYLAN, BOB. The Nobel Lecture.

 2017 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
402 INDIANA, ROBERT.

INDIANA, ROBERT. Numbers.

 1968 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,000.00
128 EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

(SCIENTISTS.) EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Lithographic portrait on Japan paper by Hermann Struck, Signed and dated at lower center, in pencil, sh

 1923 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,940.00
260 TWAIN, MARK.

TWAIN, MARK. Photograph postcard Signed, full-length portrait,

 circa 1910 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,750.00
16 MARSHALL, JOHN.

MARSHALL, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, "JMarshall," to attorney Archibald Stuart, with a postscript additionally Signed, "JM."

 1788 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
32 ARMSTRONG, NEIL.

(ASTRONAUTS.) ARMSTRONG, NEIL. Autograph Letter Signed, to Brenda Ellenburg,

 circa 1969 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
118 NELSON, HORATIO.

NELSON, HORATIO. Autograph Letter Signed, "Nelson & Bronte," to Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge ("My Dear Admiral"),

 1801 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,250.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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