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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. -
![<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.")
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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. -
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.
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Bonhams: Elegance of the Eternal The Anne Rice Collection - online 10/21
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Elegance of the Eternal The Anne Rice Collection - online 10/21 | Total Sales (USD) | 111,667.20 |
| Auction Date | October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 24,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #30365 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 36,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 87 | ||
| Sold Lots | 87 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 24,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 36,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 303.44% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | RICE, ANNE. 1941-2021. | Interview with the Vampire. |
1996 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 165 | WOOLF, VIRGINIA. 1882-1941. | Mrs. Dalloway. |
1925 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 227 | 18 titles from Anne Rice's library: WITCHCRAFT. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 5,120.00 | ||
| 158 | MITCHELL, MARGARET. 1900-1949. | Gone With the Wind. |
2011 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 151 | FRAZER, JAMES G. 1854-1941. | The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged edition). |
1963 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 196 | 39 titles from Anne Rice's library, annotated: HUMAN SEXUALITY. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,816.00 | ||
| 197 | 30 titles from Anne Rice's library, annotated by her: ITALIAN HISTORY. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,560.00 | ||
| 150 | 15 titles from Anne Rice's personal library: A GROUP OF LATER PRINTINGS OF ANNE RICE TITLES. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,432.00 | ||
| 157 | MILTON, JOHN. 1608-1674. 1. | Paradise Lost. Edited by Matthew Stallard. |
2011 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 188 | 56 titles in 58 volumes from Anne Rice's Library. FOLKLORE, MYTHS AND LEGENDS. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,048.00 | ||
| 142 | RICE, ANNE. 1941-2021. | The Witching Hour. |
1990 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 201 | 45 tiles from Anne Rice's library, annotated: MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,920.00 | ||
| 204 | Group of titles from Anne Rice's library: RELIGIOUS HISTORY. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,920.00 | ||
| 146 | RICE, ANNE. 1941-2021. | Of Love and Evil. |
2010 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 161 | PUZO, MARIO. 1920-1999. | The Godfather. |
1969 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 195 | 30 titles in 33 volumes from Anne Rice's library. HORROR. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,664.00 | ||
| 222 | 44 titles in 45 volumes from Rice's library: ANCIENT ROME. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,664.00 | ||
| 143 | RICE, ANNE. 1941-2021. | Memnoch the Devil. |
1995 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 163 | TOLSTOY, LEO. 1828-1910. 1. | War and Peace. |
2007 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 180 | A Group of titles from Anne Rice's library: CHRISTIANITY AND THEOLOGY. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,536.00 | ||
| 184 | A group of titles from Anne Rice's library: DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,536.00 | ||
| 177 | BELLAMANN, HENRY. 1882-1945. | Kings Row. |
1943 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 189 | 10 titles from Anne Rice's Library: GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICS. |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,408.00 | ||
| 181 | Group of titles from Anne Rice's library: CONSPIRACY THEORIES. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,280.00 | ||
| 145 | RICE, ANNE. 1941-2021. | Blood Canticle. |
2003 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
