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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’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.
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Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Day 2 Session II: Futurism, 20th Century editions, Anastatics, Art books; Session III: Tuscan local history, Incunabula

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Day 2 Session II: Futurism, 20th Century editions, Anastatics, Art books; Session III: Tuscan local history, Incunabula Total Sales (EUR) 275,019.00
Auction Date October 09, 2024 - October 09, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 92,140.00
Sale Number #A54b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 92,140.00
Total Lots 272
Sold Lots 264 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 115,980.00
% of Lots Sold 97.06% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 115,980.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 237.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
253 Mucha Alphonse

Mucha Alphonse, Documents decoratifs. 1901-1902. Paris: Emile Levy, s.d. [i.e. 1901-1902].

1901 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 21,420.00
379 Alberti Leon Battista

Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. (Al colophon:) Stampata in Venesia per Bernardino da Cremona, 1491, del mese de mazo.

1491 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 20,160.00
190 Svevo Italo

Svevo Italo, Senilita. Romanzo. Trieste: Libreria editrice Ettore Vram, 1898.

1898 EUR 6,500.00 - 6,500.00 EUR 12,600.00
385 Hieronymus (santo)

Hieronymus (santo), Ordo, seu Regula vivendi Deo ad Eustochium. (Al colophon:) Stampata in Vinetia, per Maestro Manfrino da Monteferrato [...] De mese de aprile 1498.

1498 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 12,600.00
386 Ioannes [papa XXI]

Ioannes [papa XXI], Textus et Copulata omnium Tractatuum Petri Hyspani etiam Parvorum logicalium et tractatus Syncathegorematum... (Al colophon della prima opera alla carta Ll5r:) [Nurnberg]: [Anton Koberger], Anno dni. 1494 quindecima Junij.

1494 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 6,300.00
198

La Bibbia di Borso d'Este. Mss. Lat. 422-423. [Tomo primo (-secondo)]. Modena: Panini, 1996.

1996 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 6,048.00
215 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, La Divina Commedia. Illustrazioni di Dali. Verona: Salani, Stamperia Valdonega, 1963-1964.

1963 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 5,796.00
380 Antonino (santo)

Antonino (santo), [Incipit prologus tertie partis summe beati Antonini archipresulis florentini ordinis predicatorum]. (Impressa Venetijs industria atque impensa Leonardi wild de Ratisbona, 1480).

1480 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 5,796.00
391 Savonarola Girolamo

Savonarola Girolamo, Libro [...]: della verita della Fede Christiana, sopra el Glorioso Triompho della Croce di Christo. [Firenze]: [Bartolomeo de' libri], [1497].

1497 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 5,796.00
384 Gregorius [papa I]

Gregorius [papa I], Incomincia el libro de le omelie di mesere sancto Gregorio papa... (Al colophon a u5r:) Impresso a Mediolano [...] per li prudenti homini Leonardo pachel e uldericho scinzcenceller de allamagna [...] 1479 adi xx del mese de augusto.

1479 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,788.00
235 Fontana Lucio

Fontana Lucio, Lucio Fontana. Milano: Achille Mauri, 1968.

1968 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 4,536.00
383 Caracciolus Robertus

Caracciolus Robertus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia. (Al colophon:) [Venezia:] Hailbrun alemannus Franciscus formis Veneta me pressit in urbe, 1472.

1472 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 4,284.00
388 Nider Johannes

Nider Johannes, Incipit tractatus de morali lepra... [Basilea: Michael Wenssler, non dopo il 1475].

1475 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,284.00
130 Bragaglia Anton Giulio

Bragaglia Anton Giulio, Fotodinamismo futurista. Sedici tavole. Terza edizione. Roma: Nalato editore, s.d. [i.e. 1914].

1914 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,780.00
195 Verga Giovanni

Verga Giovanni, I carbonari della montagna [...]. Volume I (-IV). Catania: Galatola; Tip. dell'Ospizio di Beneficenza, 1861-1862.

1861 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 3,780.00
381 Augustinus Aurelius (santo)

Augustinus Aurelius (santo), Soliloquii. (Al colophon:) Impresso in Firenze: appresso a sancta Maria Maggiore, adi XVIII di giugno 1496.

1496 EUR 550.00 - 550.00 EUR 3,780.00
220 Baldessari John

Baldessari John, Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line. Milano: Giampaolo Prearo editore, 1973.

1973 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,276.00
223 Borges Jorge Luis

Borges Jorge Luis, Siete Poemas Sajones. [Verona: the Plain Wrapper Press, 1974].

1974 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 3,276.00
228 Chagall Marc

Chagall Marc, Panorama 70. Les grandes expositions en france et a l'entranger. XXe siecle, n. 34. Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1970.

1970 EUR 50.00 - 50.00 EUR 3,276.00
284 Viani Lorenzo

Viani Lorenzo, Il martirio. Raccolta di XII Xilografie originali e dirette. Viareggio: Tipografia O. Ciani, [s.d. ma 1916 ca].

1916 EUR 480.00 - 480.00 EUR 3,276.00
389 Petrarca Francesco

Petrarca Francesco, [Canzioniere e Trionfi]. [Venetiis: per Magistrum Philippum Venetum de eo benemeritum, 1482 die XIIII Augusti].

1482 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,276.00
390 Savonarola Girolamo

Savonarola Girolamo, Comincia la expositione di frate Hieronymo da ferrara sopra el psalmo lxxviii. Qui regis Israel... (Al colophon:) Impresso in Firenze ... Adi viii di guigno 1496.

1496 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 2,772.00
209

Novissima. Rivista d'Arti e Lettere. Milano, Roma: Societa editrice di Novissima, Stabilimento tipografico E. Bonetti, 1901-1913.

1901 EUR 850.00 - 850.00 EUR 2,520.00
368 Varchi Benedetto

Varchi Benedetto, Orazione funerale [...] recitata [...] pubblicamente nell'essequie di Michelagnolo Buonarroti in Firenze, nella chiesa di San Lorenzo... In Firenze: appresso i Giunti, 1564 (Al colophon:) In Firenze: appresso i Giunti, 1564.

1564 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,520.00
378

Biblia cum tabula nuper impressa & cum summariis nouiter editis. [Impressum venetijs: per symonem dictum bevilaqua, 1498 die octavo Maij].

1498 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,520.00
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • 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.
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
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