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Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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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Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h. -
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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.
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Bertolami Fine Art : Old and Modern Prints, Drawings and Maps
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old and Modern Prints, Drawings and Maps | Total Sales (EUR) | 100,745.00 |
| Auction Date | November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 94,530.00 |
| Sale Number | #316 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 151,570.00 |
| Total Lots | 466 | ||
| Sold Lots | 226 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 173,280.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 48.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 276,280.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 240 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 36.46% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Nicolas Beatrizet | Massacre of the Innocents |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 7,500.00 | |
| 89 | Diana Scultori (Diana Mantovana) | Holy Family with St. John the Baptist |
EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,750.00 | |
| 373 | LUIGI BARTOLINI | The fragile shell |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,250.00 | |
| 133 | Basilius Besler | Piper Indicum minimum erectum | Piper Indicum medium | Piper Indicum maximum rotundum erectum |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,000.00 | |
| 60 | Marcantonio Raimondi | Cleopatra |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,750.00 | |
| 351 | MARIANO FORTUNY Y MADRAZO | Villa Borghese |
EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,625.00 | |
| 429 | Ottavio Ballada | Map of the city of Pavia |
EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,500.00 | |
| 518 | Mount & Page (Richard Mount (1654--1722) & Thomas Page (active 1700-1733)) | The Coast of the Mediterranea Sea from Cape Ricuto and Island St. Maura to Venice in the Adriatick Se [..] |
EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,500.00 | |
| 67 | Albrecht Altdorfer | Salvador Mundi |
EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,250.00 | |
| 82 | Jacopo Caraglio | Hercules and Cacus |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,250.00 | |
| 219 | Bartheleny Fenis (Bartolomeo Fenice) | L'idea di un prencipe et eroe christiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena.... |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,250.00 | |
| 517 | Joseph Roux | Carte de la Mer Mediterranee en douze feuilles |
EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 1,250.00 | |
| 117 | Agostino Carracci | Satyr whipping a Nymph |
EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,187.50 | |
| 103 | Enea Vico | Punishment of the Courtesan Who Had Mocked Virgil |
EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,125.00 | |
| 145 | Francesco Brizio | Madonna with Child |
EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,125.00 | |
| 444 | Giovanni Antonio Magini | Liguria overo Riviera di Genova di Levante |
EUR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,062.50 | |
| 327 | Salvatore Busuttil | Corpus Domini. Diretta da uno de' Cerimonieri di Sua Santita Gregorio XVI. Roma, Deodato Minelli |
EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,000.00 | |
| 119 | Agostino Carracci | Orpheus and Eurydice |
EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 937.50 | |
| 76 | Marco Dente detto Marco da Ravenna | Galatea flees from Polyphemus |
EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 875.00 | |
| 93 | Battista Franco | Allegory of Wisdom |
EUR 800.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 875.00 | |
| 118 | Agostino Carracci | Satyr and a sleeping Nymph |
EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 875.00 | |
| 157 | Filippo Teodoro Di Liagno Filippo Napoletano | Preaching of St. John the Baptist |
EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 875.00 | |
| 372 | Norbertine Bresslern-Roth | Sturzender Steinbock (Falling Roe Deer) |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 875.00 | |
| 171 | Rembrandt van Rijn | The artist's mother |
EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 812.50 | |
| 422 | Antonio Barbey | Nuova Pianta della Citta di Roma coll'Indice de Tempij Palazzi et Altre Fabriche Antiche e Moderne... [..] |
EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 812.50 |
![<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.")
![<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.")