• 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.
  • 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.
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Heritage Auctions: Remembrance Day War & Government Posters Showcase Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name Remembrance Day War & Government Posters Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 70,903.50
Auction Date November 11, 2024 - November 11, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #42174 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 188
Sold Lots 187 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 99.47% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9137

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941). Fine/Very Fine. Recruitment Poster (9" X 12.5") James Montgomery Flagg Artwork.

1941 Not Available USD 6,875.00
9129

World War II Propaganda (Ministry of Information, 1939). Full-Bleed British Crown (15" X 20") "Keep Calm and Carry On."

1939 Not Available USD 5,750.00
9130

World War II Propaganda (National Savings Committee, ca. 1943). Folded, Very Fine. British Propaganda Poster (20" X 29.75") "Wings for Victory/ More Savings - More Wings," Frank Wootton Artwork.

ca. 1943 Not Available USD 3,250.00
9140

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942). Folded, Fine/Very Fine. OWI Poster No. 24(28.5" X 40") "A Careless Word...A Needless Sinking," Anton Otto Fischer Artwork.

1942 Not Available USD 2,500.00
9084

World War I Propaganda (U.S.M.C, ca. 1918). Fine/Very Fine. Recruiting Poster (28" X 19"). "Teufel Hunden, German Nickname for U.S. Marines," Charles Buckels Falls Artwork.

ca. 1918 Not Available USD 2,000.00
9136

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940). Very Fine on Linen. Recruitment Poster (28" X 38.5") "The U.S. Marines Want You."

1940 Not Available USD 1,875.00
9094

World War I Propaganda (W.F. Powers Co., 1919). Rolled, Fine/Very Fine. Liberty Loan Poster (29.25" X 39") "They Kept the Sea Lanes Open," Leon Alaric Shafer Artwork.

1919 Not Available USD 1,500.00
9108

World War I Propaganda (Committee on Public Information, 1917). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. Official United States War Films Poster (28" X 40"). Harry Stoner Artwork.

1917 Not Available USD 1,312.50
9169

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943). Folded, Very Fine. OWI Poster (20" X 28") "Bits of Careless Talk," Stevan Dohanos Artwork.

1943 Not Available USD 1,250.00
9076

World War I Propaganda (U.S. Navy, 1917). Rolled, Good/Very Good. Recruiting Poster (24" X 39.5") "I Want You For the Navy," Howard Chandler Christy Artwork.

1917 Not Available USD 1,062.50
9075

World War I Propaganda (U.S. Navy, 1917). Rolled, Fine-. Recruitment Poster (28.5" X 42") "Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men," Richard Fayerweather Babcock Artwork.

1917 Not Available USD 1,001.25
9127

World War II Propaganda (Hand Painted Artwork, 1940s). Very Fine on Linen. Poster (27.75" X 36.25"). Adolf Hitler and His Dogs (Mussolini and Hirohito).

1940s Not Available USD 1,000.00
9172

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943). Very Fine on Linen. OWI Poster No. 26 (22" X 28"). "Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty," Bernard Perlin Artwork.

1943 Not Available USD 937.50
9186

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945). Very Fine on Linen. Seventh War Loan Poster (20.5" X 27.75") "Jap...You're Next!" James Montgomery Flagg Artwork.

1945 Not Available USD 937.50
9131

World War II Propaganda (Seagram Distillers Corp., 1943). Very Fine on Linen. Tavern Poster (21.25" X 27.75") "Free Speech Doesn't Mean Careless Talk!" Essargee Artwork.

1943 Not Available USD 843.75
9002

World War I Propaganda (American Committee for Relief in the Near East, 1918). Folded, Fine+. Humanitarian Aid Poster (30" X 40") "They Shall Not Perish," Douglas Volk Artwork.

1918 Not Available USD 812.50
9051

World War I Propaganda (Strobridge Litho. Co., 1919). Fine/Very Fine. Liberty Loan Poster (19.5" X 29.5") "Invest."

1919 Not Available USD 812.50
9132

World War II Propaganda (Spain, ca. 1943). Fine/Very Fine. Spanish Ration Coupons (8.25" X 11.5") "Division Azul, Rusia 1943."

ca. 1943 Not Available USD 812.50
9166

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943). Folded, Fine+. OWI Poster No. 76 (28.5" X 40") "This is the Enemy," Barbara J. Marks Artwork.

1943 Not Available USD 812.50
9068

World War I Propaganda (U.S. Marine Corps, 1917). Fine+. Recruiting Poster (30" X 40") "Tell That to the Marines!" James Montgomery Flagg Artwork.

1917 Not Available USD 781.25
9145

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942). Folded, Very Fine-. OWI Poster No. 14 (22" X 28") "Remember Dec. 7th!" Allen Russell Saalburg Artwork.

1942 Not Available USD 750.00
9155

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942). Rolled, Very Fine-. OWI Poster No. 18 (14" X 21.75") "Someone Talked!" Frederick Siebel Artwork.

1942 Not Available USD 750.00
9185

World War II Propaganda (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945). Folded, Very Fine. 7th War Loan Poster (26" X 37") "Now..All Together," C.C. Beall Artwork.

1945 Not Available USD 687.50
9070

World War I Propaganda (U.S. Marines, 1915). Rolled, Fine/Very Fine. Recruiting Poster (30" X 40"). "If You Want to Fight! Join the Marines," Howard Chandler Christy Artwork.

1915 Not Available USD 600.00
9072

World War I Propaganda (U.S. Marines, 1918). Folded, Fine. Recruitment Poster (28" X 39.75"). "Be A U.S. Marine!" James Montgomery Flagg Artwork.

1918 Not Available USD 600.00
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High 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, 2024
    High 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, 2024
    High 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, 2024
    High 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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