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PBA Galleries: Books in All Fields With Literature, Americana, Maps, Antiquarian, Photographs, Art

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Auction Name Books in All Fields With Literature, Americana, Maps, Antiquarian, Photographs, Art Total Sales (USD) 23,862.50
Auction Date June 26, 2025 - June 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,090.00
Sale Number #2063 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 35,500.00
Total Lots 336
Sold Lots 315 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 7,300.00
% of Lots Sold 93.75% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 37,600.00
Unsold Lots 21 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 63.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
242 Equiano, Olaudah

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself

1792 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 937.50
253 [Burney, Fanny]

Camilla: Or, A Picture of Youth

1796 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
255 Charlevoix, Pierre Francois Xavier

Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec Le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionnale

[1744] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 687.50
197

The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter

1966-1970 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 406.25
7 Bukowski, Charles

Barfly: The Shooting Script

1987 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 343.75
74 Spenser, Edmund

The Works of Edmund Spenser

1805 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 312.50
81 Updike, John

John Updike proofs and ephemera archive

1966-2001 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 312.50
24 Gibson, William

Mona Lisa Overdrive

1988 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 281.25
30 Harris, Joel Chandler

Uncle Remus His Songs and Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

1881 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 281.25
48 Maugham, W. Somerset

Strictly Personal

1941 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 281.25
82 van Gulik, Robert

Group of mysteries by Robert van Gulik

1960-1964 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 281.25
89 [Woolrich, Cornell] Irish, William

The Blue Ribbon

[1951] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 250.00
325

Ten Grateful Dead posters

Various dates USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 250.00
204 Woods, Daniel B.

Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings

1852 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 237.50
43 Lawrence, D.H.

Sons and Lovers

1913 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 225.00
139 Crosby, Sylvester Sage

The Early Coins of America and the Laws Governing their Issue

1875 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 212.50
227

Some Books with Illustrations by Paul Landacre [with] Paul Landacre: A Life and A Legacy

1978; 1983 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 212.50
291 Plutarch

Les Vies des Hommes Illustres Grecs et Romains

1635 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 212.50
128 Churchill, Winston S.

Into Battle: Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill P.C., M.P.

1941 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 200.00
245

The Rudiments of Architecture: Or, the Young Workman's Instructor. In Two Parts

1778 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
249 Dietenberger, Johann, translator

German Catholic Bible

1592 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 200.00
306 Laopolis [i.e. Charles Blount]

An Appeal from the Country to the City, for the Preservation of His Majesties Person, Liberty, Property, and the Protestant Religion

1689 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 200.00
148

Forty-eight star flag of the United States of America

c.1912-1959 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 187.50
285 Mentelle, Edme

Cosmographie Elementaire, Divisee en Parties Astronomique et Geographique

An VII [1798-9] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 187.50
57

Seven volumes of poetry

1919-1973 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 175.00
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