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Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. $30,000 - $50,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: ADAMS ON HIS PEAR TREES AND A LOST PORTRAIT BY SALEM ARTIST HANNAH CROWNINSHIELD. ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: EARLIEST MAP DEVOTED TO NORTH AMERICA. FORLANI, PAULO. fl.1560-1571. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: HAMILTON DEFENDS THE CONSTITUTION. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BROADSIDE. Boston, September 14, 1768. $5,000 - $8,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: ONE OF THE EARLIEST ILLUSTRATIONS OF A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: RICHARD FEYNMAN'S ANNOTATED COPY, WITH TWO EARLY FEYNMAN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN COMPUTING. TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. $30,000 - $50,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: FINE OIL PORTRAIT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN BY EUGEN SPIRO. $40,000 - $60,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: PENICILLIN MOLD MEDALLION INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER FLEMING. FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955. $30,000 - $50,000Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: APPLE "TWIGGY" MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE. $80,000 - $120,000 -
Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 31: William Shakespeare, Second Folio, 1632. $120,000 to $180,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 175: Agostino Nifo’s De Regnandi Peritia ad Carolum VI, 1523. $25,000 to $35,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 263: Johannes Hevelius, Selenographia: Sive, 1647. $15,000 to $20,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 32: William Shakespeare, Poems, 1640. $15,000 to $20,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 230: Ernest Hemingway, in our time, Limited First Edition; One of 170 Copies Printed, Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1924. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 43: Amadis de Gaule Story Cycle, Various Authors, El Octavo Libro and El Noveno Libro, 1526 and 1542. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 25: John Milton, Poems of Mr. John Milton, 1645. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 259: William Griffith Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More than One Hundred Men Have Recovered, 1939. $15,000 to $20,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 242: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960. $10,000 to $15,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 69: Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote in Spanish, Ibarra's Academy Edition, 1780. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lot 9: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, The Historie of Guicciardin, 1599. $6,000 to $9,000.Swann, Oct. 24: Lor 103: Francisco Lopez de Ubeda, Libro de Entrentenimiento de la Picara Justina, 1605. $6,000 to $8,000. -
Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 24:
A Superb Extra-illustrated Copy of Nicolay and Hay’s Work About Lincoln. $50,000 – 70,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 24:
The First Volume of De Bry's Great Voyages, Thomas Hariot's Description of Virginia. $50,000 – 70,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 24:
An autographed cabinet card of Custer as lieutenant colonel. From his last sitting. $800 – 1,200.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 24:
The Congressional Committee, Lincoln's Funeral Springfield Illinois, 3 May 1865. $4,000 – 6,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 25:
A remarkable ninth plate daguerreotype of an interracial couple. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 25:
What may be the earliest known images of an identified plantation and enslaved African Americans posed with their owner. $20,000 – 30,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 25:
Through Tickets to All Principal Points West Via Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad For Sale at This Office. $500 – 700.Freeman’s | Hindman, Oct. 25:
15th New York Infantry / Regiment of Engineers GAR regimental colors. Ca 1880. $1,500 – 2,500. -
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Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1556. Senghor, Les Élégies Majeures. Geneve 1978.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1572. Lew Tolstoy. Anna Karenina. First Edition, Moscow, 1878.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg, 1536.Jeschke Jádi
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Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1060. Immanuel Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft. First Edition, Riga, 1781.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 585. Bonaparte, Iconografia della fauna Italica. Rome, 1832f.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 548. Robert Fludd. Utriusque cosmi maioris, Frankfurt, 1617f.Jeschke Jádi
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Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 571. Christian von Wolff. Works, Halle 1741f.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 969. Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Dekorationen innerer Raeume. Berlin 1874.Jeschke Jádi
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Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1457. Goethe. Das Tagebuch. Print on Vellum. Berlin, Officina Serpentis. 1934.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.Jeschke Jádi, Oct. 25-26: Lot 30. Michael de Hungaria. Sermones praedicabiles, Strasbourg, 1494.
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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Part 3
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Part 3 | Total Sales (AUD) | 109,423.20 |
| Auction Date | October 13, 2024 - October 13, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 119,770.00 |
| Sale Number | #101324 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 161,340.00 |
| Total Lots | 500 | ||
| Sold Lots | 340 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 170,830.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 68.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 227,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 160 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 48.04% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344 | Geoffrey Household | Rogue Male |
1939 | AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 11,430.00 |
| 454 | Damon Runyon | Guys and Dolls |
1931 | AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | AUD 6,985.00 |
| 361 | Dorothy B Hughes | The So Blue Marble |
1940 | AUD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | AUD 6,096.00 |
| 265 | Stuart Palmer. | The Penguin Pool Murder |
1931 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 3,175.00 |
| 381 | James Hadley Chase | Twelve James Hadley Chase books all |
1950 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 2,286.00 |
| 155 | Newton Gayle. | The Sentry-Box Murder |
1935 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,651.00 |
| 184 | Wallace Irwin | The Julius Caesar Murder Case |
1935 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 476 | William Irish (Pseudonym for Cornel Woolrich) | I Wouldn't be in Your Shoes |
1943 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 398 | Arthur Upfield | The House of Cain |
1928 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 374 | Gaston Leroux. | The Man of a Hundred Masks |
1930 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 42 | Harold McGrath | The Lure of the Mask |
1908 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 91 | John Hawk | The Mid-Ocean Tragedy |
No date but 1927 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 175 | Anthony Webb | Mr Pendlebury Makes A Catch |
1939 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 235 | Frances and Richard Lockridge | The Norths Meet Murder |
1940 | AUD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 185 | Arthur Somers Roche . | The Woman Hunters |
1929 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 358 | Patricia Wentworth | Beggar's Choice |
1931 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 250 | M P Shiel | The Black Box |
1930 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 278 | William Fryer Harvey. | The Beast With Five Fingers and Other Tales |
1928 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 311 | Michael Venning. | The Man Who Slept All Day |
1942 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 171 | Edgar Wallace. | The Lone House Mystery |
1929 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 197 | Milton Propper. | The Divorce Court Murder |
1934 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 86 | Charles G. Booth | Gold Bullets |
1929 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 154 | Howard Kennedy | Lady Killer |
1935 | AUD 400.00 - 450.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 346 | Geoffrey Household | The Salvation Of Pisco Gabar And Other Stories. |
1938 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 394 | T Arthur Plummer. | Death Takes A Hand |
No date but 1934 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 539.75 |
