Swann Galleries: Fine Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books | Total Sales (USD) | 1,070,692.00 |
| Auction Date | October 24, 2024 - October 24, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 671,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #2683 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 978,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 339 | ||
| Sold Lots | 298 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 781,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.91% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,141,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 41 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 93.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The Second Impression. |
1632 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 137,000.00 |
| 32 | Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | Poems: Written by Wil. Shake-Speare. Gent. |
1640 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 45,000.00 |
| 43 | Amadis de Gaule Story Cycle, Various Authors. | El Octavo Libro |
1526. [and] 1542. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 42,500.00 |
| 242 | Lee, Harper (1926-2016) | To Kill a Mockingbird, |
1960 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 42,500.00 |
| 42 | Amadis de Gaule & Feliciano de Silva (1491-1554) | Don Florisel de Niquea. La Tercera Parte de la Coronica. |
[no date circa 1583?], 1568 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 232 | Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) | SS Chicago |
1918-1919 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 121 | Rodriguez de Montalvo, Garci (c. 1450-1505) | Aqui Comiencan los Quatro Libros Primeros del Invencible Cavallero Amadis de Gaula. |
1575 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 259 | Wilson, William Griffith [aka Bill W.] (1895-1971) | Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More than One Hundred Men Have Recovered. |
1939 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
| 230 | Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) | in our time |
1924 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 235 | Joyce, James (1882-1941) | Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, |
1917 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 101 | Jaume, King of Aragon (1208-1276) | Chronica, o Commentari del Gloriosissim, e Invictissim Rey En Iacme. |
1557 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 175 | Nifo, Agostino (c. 1473-1538 or 1545) | Libellus de Rege Tyranno, |
1526, 1523 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 163 | Hevelius, Johannes (1611-1687) | Selenographia: Sive, Lunae Descriptio; atque Accurata, tam Macularum eius, quam Mottum Diversorum, aliarumque Omnium Vicissitudinum, Phasiumque, Telescopii ope Deprehensarum, Delineatio. |
1647 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 243 | Lee, Harper (1926-2016) | To Kill a Mockingbird, |
1960 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 25 | Milton, John (1608-1674) | Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, Compos'd at several times. |
1645 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 103 | Lopez de Ubeda, Francisco (1560-1606) | Libro de Entrentenimiento de la Picara Justina. |
1605 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 76 | Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) | Exemplarie Novells; in Sixe Books. |
1640 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 112 | Ortunez de Calahorra, Diego (fl. mid-16th century) | Espejo de Principes y Cavalleros, |
1617 & 1623. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 69 | Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) | Don Quixote |
1780 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 91 | Espinel, Vicente (1550-1624) | Relaciones de la Vida del Escudero Marcos de Obregon. |
1618 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 102 | Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637) | The Workes. |
1640 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 20 | Jonson, Ben (1572-1637) | The Workes. |
1616 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 207 | Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) | Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. |
1854 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
| 182 | Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1578) | De la Institutione di Tutta la Vita de l'Huomo Nato Nobile, e in Citta Libera Libri I.X. in Lingua Toscana. |
1543 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 333 | Forrest, Charles Ramus (1786-1827) | A Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India. |
1824 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
