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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 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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Michaans Auctions: September Gallery Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | September Gallery Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 23,744.50 |
| Auction Date | September 20, 2024 - September 20, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 19,850.00 |
| Sale Number | #92024 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 29,150.00 |
| Total Lots | 37 | ||
| Sold Lots | 27 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 33,650.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 72.97% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 54,450.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 43.61% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3252 | Signed Dali, After Lewis Carrol (British, 1832-1898) | Alices Adventures in Wonderland |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,850.00 | |
| 3259 | Walt Disney Studios, | Ariel and Sebastian, cel. Ariel and Sebastian from the 1989 film The Little Mermaid, |
c.1989 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,340.00 |
| 3260 | Walt Disney Studios, | Ariel from the 1989 film The Little Mermaid, |
c.1989 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,080.00 |
| 3235 | Jules Cheret, | Palais de Glace Champs Elysees, |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,690.00 | |
| 3257 | Walt Disney Studios, | Who Framed Roger Rabbit, cel. Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit, from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, |
1988 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 3246 | Henry Firks, | San Francisco, 1849, |
1849 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,235.00 |
| 3081 | BIBO and LANG, | Disney The Mickey Mouse Book, 1930 |
1930 | USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 3255 | Leroy Neiman, | two signed books and a serigraph |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 3263 | Bob Zoell, | Untitled (four street signs from the Cat Food series), 1989 |
1989 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 3404 | Japanese Fairy Tales Woodblock Prints |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 585.00 | ||
| 3262 | KEITH HARING (American/NY, 1958-1990), | A Signed Keith Haring in Pop Shop Poster |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 552.50 | |
| 3247 | Gregory Kondos, | Yosemite Falls, 1990, |
1990 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 3258 | Walt Disney Studios, | Winne and Tigger, two cels. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, from the 1988 film The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, |
1988 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 3261 | After Andy Warhol: | Promotional Announcement: Andy Warhol: Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, October 7, 1980 to January 5, 1981, Jewish Museum, New York, |
c.1980 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 3200 | Arthur G. Dove, | two illustrations on paper: Two Seated Boys with Their Arms Up and Artist Painting a Zebra |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 422.50 | |
| 3050 | Coronelli | Antique Italian Coronelli Hand Colored Map of NW France |
Circa 1689. | USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 3077 | Coll of Vintage Tin Advertising Signs Incl All Jacks |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 390.00 | ||
| 3242 | Philippe Mohlitz, | Le Sommeil des Carriers, 1973, |
1973 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 3253 | Max Yavno, | San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge at Night, and SF Beach View, |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 3256 | Walt Disney Studios, | The Great Mouse Detective, cel. Olivia Flaversham, Dr. David Q. Dawson, and Basil of Baker Street left to right from the 1986 film The Great Mouse Detective, |
1986 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 3241 | Cecil Beaton, | Centenaire de Monte-Carlo, 1866, 1966, |
1866, 1966, | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 3249 | Ester Hernandez, | If this is Death - I Like it, 1991, |
1991 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 3236 | Marc Chagall, | Derriere Le Mirror, cover only, No. 235, 1979 |
1979 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 3251 | Kiyoshi Saito, | Winter in Aizu, circa 1960, |
circa 1960, | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 3244 | Harold Von Schmidt, | Our Navys Aviation Corps NeedsThe Above Involves no Flying, Age 21 to 35, 1917 |
1917 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 221.00 |
![<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.")
