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Los Angeles Estate Auction: Santa Barbara Vintage Estate Auction

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Auction Name	Santa Barbara Vintage Estate Auction	Total Sales (USD)	27,984.45
Auction Date	July 10, 2025 - July 10, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	25,800.00
Sale Number	#380693	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	39,300.00
Total Lots	131
Sold Lots	22.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	215,000.00
% of Lots Sold	16.79%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	316,200.00
Unsold Lots	109	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	8.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
323	Helmut Newton	Helmut Newton (German, 1920-2004) Original Photograph of Anthony Hopkins Inscribed, Signed on Verso		USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,510.00
283	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,397.00
279	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite Moonrise from Glacier Point Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,143.00
281	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite Unicorn Peak and Thunderclouds, Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,016.00
321	George Hurrell	George Hurrell - Original Silver Gelatin Photograph of Hedy Lamarr Signed Edition 238/250		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,016.00
246	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan Hand Written 1982 British Parliament Speech with Signature	1982	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 952.50
282	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite El Capitan, Winter, Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 889.00
292	Andre Kertesz	Andre Kertesz (1894-1985) - Original Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 889.00
280	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 825.50
127	Joan Miro	Joan Miro (1893-1983) - Pencil Signed and Dated Lithograph		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 762.00
226	Pablo Picasso	Pablo Picasso Cubist Etching, 1945, Signed and Numbered 8/8	1945	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 508.00
291	John Lennon	John Lennon Signed Black and White Photograph		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 317.50
348	George Harrison	The Beatles - George Harrison Signed B&W 8x10 Photograph		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 317.50
343		Antique Civil War Hawkins Zouaves 9th New York Infantry Signed Lithograph		USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 285.75
247		Antique Civil War Tin Type Photographs		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 254.00
253		Antique Civil War Tin Ambrotype Type Photographs		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 190.50
99		Antique Hand Painted Film Lantern Slide Theatrical Lot of 8		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 158.75
329	Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton	Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Signed Black and White Photograph		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 158.75
136		Original August, 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair Three-Day Ticket wth COA	1969	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 127.00
144	Bryan Mon	Bryan Mon Original Disney Donald Duck Hand Signed and Drawn Illustration 2009	2009	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 127.00
310		Antique Woodcut - Neapolis - The Nuremberg Chronicle - View of Naples - Schedel		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 76.20
48		Antique Could Hummingbirds Pl.158 Birds Asia Etching Lot of 2		USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 63.50

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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