PBA Galleries: Antiquarian Books & More, with Fine Bindings & Sets
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antiquarian Books & More, with Fine Bindings & Sets | Total Sales (USD) | 130,681.25 |
| Auction Date | June 16, 2022 - June 16, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 140,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #764 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 217,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 454 | ||
| Sold Lots | 272 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 238,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 59.91% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 367,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 182 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 35.56% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 416 | Webster, John | The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft: wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors, and divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy but that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, |
1677 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 173 | Dickens, Charles | A Christmas Carol |
[1843] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 288 | Dickens, Charles | A Christmas Carol |
[1915] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 65 | Dante Alighieri | [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson |
1929-1932 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 216 | Bakst, Léon | Feya Kukol / La Fée des Poupées [The Doll Fairy]. Complete set of 12 postcards [with] Bakst [Inedited Works of Bakst] |
1904; 1927 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 221 | Hermanovits, Jean, editor | La Guirlande - vols. 1-11 |
1919-[1921] | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 293 | Irving, Washington | Rip Van Winkle |
1905 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 310 | Grasset, Eugène, director | La Plante et ses Applications ornementales. Series I and II. |
[c.1896-98] | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 283 | Andersen, Hans Christian | Fairy Tales [with two pieces of signed Rackham ephemera] |
[1932] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 284 | Barrie, J.M. | Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens |
[1912] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 2 | Calvino, Italo | Invisible Cities |
1999 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 281 | Wagner, Richard, and T.W. Rolleston | The Tale of Lohengrin Knight of the Swan [and] Parsival or the Legend of the Holy Grail [and] Tannhäuser A Dramatic Poem |
[c.1911] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 389 | Glenn, John, Buzz Aldrin, et al. | The Astronauts Library |
1997 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 40 | Memory and Her Nine Daughters/The Muses: A Pretext for Printing Cast into the Mould of a Dialogue in Four Chapters |
[1956] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 41 | Milton, John | Samson Agonistes: A Dramatic Poem |
[1930-31] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 88 | Dickens, Charles | Three Charles Dickens novels with fore-edge paintings |
[ca. 1860s] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 351 | Schulz, Charles M. | Here's to You, Charlie Brown |
1962 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 159 | Devauchelle, Roger | La Reliure en France: de ses origines à no jours |
1959-61 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 215 | Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice |
1833 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 279 | Saunders, Louise | The Knave of Hearts - with Maxfield Parrish autograph card |
1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 119 | Pardoe, Julia | The Romance of the Harem. |
1839 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 329 | Ga'g, Wanda | Millions of Cats |
1928 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 42 | The Newe Testamente: The Gospells of S. Mathew, S. Marke, S. Luke, and S. John |
[1954-55] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 143 | Burton, Sir Richard F., translator | The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night |
1894 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 11 | Peters, Robert | Original manuscript by Robert Peters, with original artwork and publishing archive for Ikagnak: The North Wind, and a copy of the book |
1978 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 937.50 |
