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| Auction Name | Fine Literature | Total Sales (USD) | 217,962.00 |
| Auction Date | October 06, 2016 - October 06, 2016 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 219,930.00 |
| Sale Number | #598 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 336,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 453 | ||
| Sold Lots | 336 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 308,280.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 74.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 467,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 117 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 46.58% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 224 | Lee, Harper | To Kill a Mockingbird |
[1960] | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,000.00 |
| 178 | Hilton, James | Lost Horizon |
1933 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
| 59 | Brautigan, Richard | The Return of the Rivers |
[1957] | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 172 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Torrents of Spring - inscribed |
1926 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 144 | Gibran, Kahlil | The Prophet |
1923 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 356 | Twain, Mark | The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches |
1867 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 103 | Cain, James M. | The Postman Always Rings Twice |
1934 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
| 15 | Semina VI - The Clown by David Meltzer |
1960 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 | |
| 374 | Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. | Slaughterhouse-Five; or, the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death |
[1969] | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 2 | Austen, Jane | The Novels of Jane Austen |
1911-1912 | USD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 145 | Gibran, Kahlil | Sand and Foam: A Book of Aphorisms |
1926 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 211 | Kerouac, Jack | On the Road |
1957 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 305 | Patchen, Kenneth | A Surprise for the Bagpipe Player |
1955 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 16 | Semina Two |
1957 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,700.00 | |
| 167 | Hemingway, Ernest | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 284 | O'Brian, Patrick | Complete set of First Editions of the Aubrey / Maturin series |
1970-1999 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 175 | Herbert, Frank | Dune |
[1965] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 177 | Hilton, James | Good-Bye Mr. Chips |
1934 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 265 | McCarthy, Cormac | No Country for Old Men |
2005 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 173 | Hemingway, Ernest | Winner Take Nothing |
1933 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 360 | Twain, Mark | The Writings of Mark Twain - Autograph Edition |
1899-1907 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 47 | Brautigan, Richard | In Watermelon Sugar |
[1968] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 171 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Torrents of Spring |
1926 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 389 | Wilde, Oscar | A House of Pomegranates |
[1915] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 168 | Hemingway, Ernest | In Our Time |
1930 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
