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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000 -
Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
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Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books: Signed & 1st Editions, Rocket Mail + Historical Items
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books: Signed & 1st Editions, Rocket Mail + Historical Items | Total Sales (USD) | 77,139.80 |
| Auction Date | March 19, 2025 - March 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 70,060.00 |
| Sale Number | #364201 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 118,775.00 |
| Total Lots | 855 | ||
| Sold Lots | 788 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 75,260.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.16% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 127,725.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 67 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 60.39% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Castaneda | Teachings of Don Juan |
1968 | USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
| 66 | Frank Herbert | God Emperor of Dune |
1981 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
| 158 | Katherine Dunn | Geek Love |
1989 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
| 518A | Eric Porter (8) | The Beatles Early Photos |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 62 | Terry Brooks | Sword of Shannara |
1977 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
| 17 | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | Slaughter House-Five |
1969 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 129 | Katherine Dunn | Geek Love |
1989 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 36 | Michael Shaara | The Killer Angels |
1974 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,206.50 |
| 204 | Charles Dana Gibson | Eighty Drawings Including The Weaker Sex. The Story of a Susceptible Bachelor |
1903 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 342 | Rudyard Kipling | Just So Stories |
1902 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 698.50 |
| 30 | Valentine Davies | Miracle on 34th Street |
1947 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 61 | Terry Brooks | Elfstones of Shannara |
1982 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 571.50 |
| 177 | Katherine Dunn | Geek Love |
1989 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 571.50 |
| 331 | Eric Carle | The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 571.50 | |
| 49 | Katherine Dunn | Geek Love |
1989 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 539.75 |
| 60A | John Fowles | The Collector |
1963 | USD 250.00 - 450.00 | USD 539.75 |
| 87 | Marilynne Robinson | Two (2) Marilynne Robinson first editions Include: 1) Housekeeping |
1980 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | USD 539.75 |
| 20 | Donna Tartt | The Secret History |
1992 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 99 | Charles Frazier | Cold Mountain |
1997 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 173 | Irvine Welsh | Trainspotting |
1996 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 344 | Winston S. Churchill | Painting as a Pastime |
1948 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 131 | Irvine Welsh | Trainspotting |
1996 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 476.25 |
| 34 | Malcolm Lowry | Under the Volcano |
1947 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 444.50 |
| 121 | Marty Reisman | The Money Player |
1974 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 444.50 |
| 398 | Rachel L. Carson | The Sea Around Us |
1951 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 444.50 |
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
