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Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers: Mid-week at STAIR / Day One

Auction Reports

Auction Name Mid-week at STAIR / Day One Total Sales (USD) 66,720.00
Auction Date July 09, 2025 - July 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,850.00
Sale Number #19209 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 32,825.00
Total Lots 57
Sold Lots 50.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 23,050.00
% of Lots Sold 87.72% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 36,325.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 183.68%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
88 Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)

William Burroughs, Time of Queer Manuscript Preparation

1953 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,040.00
230 After Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804)

Punchinello, Group of Six

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 7,040.00
194 English School

The Everyday Life of Dogs, Group of Seven

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,584.00
87 Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)

The Problem We All Live With

1974 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,456.00
137

Yves Tanguy par Andre Breton, Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1946, Two Copies

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,944.00
2 After Rory McEwen (1932-1982)

Tulips & Tulipmania, Group of Fourx

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,816.00
107 Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)

Untitled (Landscape with Figure)

1972 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 2,816.00
154 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Guerite au Camp des Prisonniers

1932 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,560.00
145 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Papiers Sur une Table; and Dans une Cave a Hebuterne

1931 and 1932 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,176.00
134

Box of Joan Miro Exhibition Catalogues, Pierre Matisse Gallery

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,048.00
144 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Le Tank Abandonne

1942 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,048.00
142 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Caprice Normand

1930 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,792.00
130

Yves Tanguy par Andre Breton, Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1946, Two Copies

1946 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,536.00
151 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Construction, Two Impressions

1932 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,536.00
17 Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930-2020)

Untitled

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,408.00
63 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

La Poupee

1951 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,408.00
21 After Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Douze Aquarelles Inedites de Rodin

1949 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,280.00
119 Peter Garfield (b. 1961)

Mobile Home (North Star)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,280.00
146 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Le Peintre

1931 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,280.00
138

Box of Marc Chagall Exhibition Catalogues, Pierre Matisse Gallery

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,024.00
143 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

L'Appel de la vie (Les Garcons)

1938 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,024.00
157 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

L'Equilibriste; and Sans Titre

1956 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,024.00
200 European School

Entomological Prints, Seven Plates

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,024.00
95 Ronald Wendell Davis (b. 1938)

Single Divider; and Two Circle Rectangle

1971 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
141 Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Madame J.M.; and Femme Assise dans un Fauteuil

1931 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 896.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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