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![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 10:</b> [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b074d0c9-0c77-4e80-a457-f59c4262ea72.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 10:</b> [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD")
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Discover Upcoming AuctionsSotheby’s, Dec. 9: Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. "Epitome Cosmografica." With the 6 circular celestial and terrestrial charts. 7,000 – 10,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 9: Hurley, Frank. Collection of 69 photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. 80,000 – 120,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 10: Sendak, Maurice. Original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" poster, 1979. 300,000 – 600,00 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 10: [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD -
Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000. -
ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
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PBA Galleries: Fine Literature - Beats, and the Counterculture
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Literature - Beats, and the Counterculture | Total Sales (USD) | 182,875.00 |
| Auction Date | September 05, 2024 - September 05, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 150,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #821 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 232,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 412 | ||
| Sold Lots | 315 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 204,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 76.46% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 318,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 97 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 57.38% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Whitman, Walt | Leaves of Grass |
2014 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 134 | Campbell, Joseph | Autograph letter addressed to Professor Robert DeMott signed by Joseph Campbell |
1972 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 73 | Hemingway, Ernest | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 53 | Frost, Robert | New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes |
1923 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
| 5 | Cervantes, Miguel de | Don Quixote |
2009; 2010 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 95 | Lewis, C.S. | The Screwtape Letters |
[1942] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 163 | Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. | Cat's Cradle |
[1963] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 245 | King, Stephen | The Dark Tower series |
1982-2004 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 72 | Hemingway, Ernest | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 171 | Whitman, Walt | Specimen Days & Collect |
1882-83 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 176 | Yeats, William Butler | The Wind Among the Reeds |
1899 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,812.50 |
| 168 | Whitman, Walt | Drum-Taps [bound with] Sequel to Drum-Taps |
1865-1866 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 197 | Card, Orson Scott | Ender's Game |
1992 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 261 | McCaffrey, Anne | Dragonflight |
[1969] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 330 | Wells, Martha | Three First Editions from Martha Wells |
2021-2023 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 345 | Bukowski, Charles | One More Farewell |
[c.1970s] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 149 | Eighteen volumes from Thornwillow Press |
2019-2021 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,750.00 | |
| 227 | Gibson, William | Neuromancer |
[1984] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 128 | Rand, Ayn | Anthem |
1953 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 362 | Goldman, Emma | Anarchism and Other Essays |
1911 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 18 | Bowles, Paul and Ira Yeager | 2137 Tanger Socco |
2011 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 111 | O'Connor, Flannery | Wise Blood |
[1952] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 359 | Ginsberg, Allen | Allen Ginsberg: Collected Poems, 1947-1980 [and] a handwritten letter |
[1984]. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 75 | Hemingway, Ernest | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
1940 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 301 | Jemisin, N.K. | The Fifth Season [with] The Obelisk Gate [and] The Stone Sky |
2017-2018 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
