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PBA Galleries: Literature - Beats and Counterculture
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Literature - Beats and Counterculture | Total Sales (USD) | 168,162.50 |
| Auction Date | May 16, 2024 - May 16, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 182,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #813 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 287,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 468 | ||
| Sold Lots | 346 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 256,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 73.93% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 401,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 122 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 41.88% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Campbell, Joseph | The Hero with a Thousand Faces |
[1949] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 97 | Melville, Herman | The Works of Herman Melville: Standard Edition |
1922-24 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 200 | Jeffers, Robinson | Granite & Cypress |
1975 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,937.50 |
| 415 | Kerouac, Jack | Typescript letter from Jack Kerouac to Robert Giroux |
1963 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 42 | Eliot, T.S. | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
[1960] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 79 | Kesey, Ken | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
[1962] | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 20 | Carson, Rachel | Silent Spring |
1962 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 158 | Vonnegut, Kurt | Cat's Cradle |
[1963] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 9 | Baldwin, James | Nobody Knows My Name |
1961 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 141 | Steinbeck, John | The Red Pony |
1937 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 202 | Jeffers, Robinson | Hungerfield |
1952 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 368 | Bukowski, Charles | Dangling in the Tournefortia |
1981 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 371 | Bukowski, Charles | Hot Water Music |
1983 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 373 | Bukowski, Charles | Longshot Poems for Broke Players |
[1962] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 428 | Thompson, Hunter S. and Thomas W. Benton | The American Dream: Aspen Wall Poster 4 |
1970 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 110 | Percy, Walker | The Moviegoer |
1961 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 142 | Stoker, Bram | Under the Sunset |
1882 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 14 | Bowles, Paul | The Sheltering Sky |
1949 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 29 | Dahl, Roald | Boy: Tales of Childhood |
[1984] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 427 | Thompson, Hunter S. and Ralph Steadman | The Curse of Lono |
2004 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 4 | Appleton, Victor | Tom Swift - Nearly complete first series |
[c.1924-1941] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 100 | Montgomery, L. M. | Five volumes from the Anne of Green Gables series |
1909-1939 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 127 | Roth, Henry | Call It Sleep |
1935 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 247 | Butler, Octavia | Wild Seed |
1980 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 366 | Bukowski, Charles | All the Assholes in the World and Mine |
[1966] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
