-
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’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. -
Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€ -
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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.
Auction Reports
Sothebys
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Contemporary Day Auction
- Auction Date
- 11/21/2024 - 11/21/2024
- Sale Number
- #N11432
- Total Lots
- 21
- Sold Lots
- 16
- Lots Sold
- 76.19%
- Unsold Lots
- 5
- Total Sales (USD)
- 0.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 4,060,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 7,090,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 0.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 7,685,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- NaN%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | Andy Warhol | Endangered Species |
1983 | USD 2,000,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 | USD 4,320,000.00 |
| 125 | Roy Lichtenstein | Water Lily Pond with Reflections |
1992 | USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | USD 1,440,000.00 |
| 129 | Roy Lichtenstein | Roommates |
1994 | USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 | USD 1,200,000.00 |
| 420 | Richard Prince | Untitled (Palomino) |
1982-86 | USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 | USD 540,000.00 |
| 103 | Helen Frankenthaler | Madame Butterfly |
2000 | USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | USD 384,000.00 |
| 421 | Peter Beard | Elephants on the Tiva Lugga |
1965 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 240,000.00 |
| 182 | Andy Warhol | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom |
1985 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 204,000.00 |
| 449 | Ana Mendieta | Untitled (from Mujer de arena) |
1983 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 192,000.00 |
| 453 | Nicholas Nixon | The Brown Sisters |
1975-2017 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 150,000.00 |
| 163 | Barnett Newman | Untitled Etching 1 |
1969 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 54,000.00 |
| 537 | Vik Muniz | Woman and Bicycle, after Willem de Kooning (Pictures of Magazine 2) |
2012 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 33,600.00 |
| 227 | Helen Frankenthaler | Painted Book Cover #22 |
1971 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 454 | Nan Goldin | Kim in rhinestones, Paris |
1991 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,000.00 |
| 208 | Terry Winters | Field Notes |
1992 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,600.00 |
| 452 | Carrie Mae Weems | Woman in White |
1992 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 450 | Marina AbramoviA++ | Portrait with Firewood |
2009 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 508 | Alfredo Jaar | A Hundred Times Nguyen |
1994 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 490 | Thomas Ruff | Nude KP10 |
2011 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 455 | Cindy Sherman | Untitled #418 |
2004 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 451 | Richard Prince | Untitled (Self-Portrait) |
1980 | USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 | Not Sold |
Back
![<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b719f220-50aa-4855-9a72-293cad312283.jpg "<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.")
