Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Rare Books, Autographs & Maps | Total Sales (USD) | 1,098,350.00 |
Auction Date | November 07, 2017 - November 07, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 783,300.00 |
Sale Number | #17bp02 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,234,700.00 |
Total Lots | 233 | ||
Sold Lots | 192 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 859,900.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 82.40% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,352,900.00 |
Unsold Lots | 41 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 81.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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3 | BODMER, KARL | Group of 80 plates from the atlas of Prince Maximilian's Travels in the Interior of North America. |
1839-43 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 175,000.00 |
5 | CATLIN, GEORGE | Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of A... |
1845 | USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 100,000.00 |
33 | THREE-ROTOR SERVICE ENIGMA MACHINE (ENIGMA I). |
1940s | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 | |
94 | THORNTON, ROBERT. | New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus Comprehending ... the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. |
1799-1807 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
6 | CATLIN, GEORGE | Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of A... |
1875 | USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
193 | JOYCE, JAMES | Single typescript leaf, consisting of page 23 from the printer's typescript manuscript for Chapter Twelve of Ulysses. |
1919-1921 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
26 | WARRE, SIR HENRY JAMES | Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. |
1848 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 46,875.00 |
43 | MONTRESOR, JOHN | A Plan of the City of New-York & its Environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point,... |
1767 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 46,875.00 |
15 | LEWIS, JAMES OTTO | An assembled family copy of The Aboriginal Port-Folio. |
1835-36 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
27 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | Early autograph letter signed. |
1759 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
13 | JEFFERSON, THOMAS | Autograph letter signed. |
1826 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
97 | SANDER, HENRY FREDERICK CONRAD. | Reichenbachia, Orchids illustrated and described. |
1888-1894 1895 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
150 | SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, GAIUS | Vitae XII Caesarum. |
1471 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
215 | VOGEL, LUCIEN (directeur). | Gazette du Bon Ton. Art, Modes & Frivolités. |
1912-1922 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
34 | [AUTOGRAPHS - WASHINGTON, GEORGE AND OTHERS] | Album of late 18th and 19th century letters, notes, and signatures mostly sent to the Reverend Professor John McVickar of New York. |
Late 19th or early 20th century | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
37 | [FASHION - KENNEDY, JACQUELINE] | Archive of original fashion designs and sketches by Irwin Karabell for designer Oleg Cassini, many bearing notes and annotations by Mrs. Kennedy and including original fabric swatches. |
1960-63 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
130 | GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS | KEATS, JOHN. Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes & other poems |
1928 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
129 | [GEHENNA PRESS] | AESCHYLUS [HUGHES, TED-trans.]. Oresteia. |
2001 2002 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
169 | GIBBON, EDWARD | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. |
1776-88 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
138 | CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON | Marlborough: His Life and Times. |
1933-38 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
11 | HAMILTON, ALEXANDER | Autograph letter signed |
1796 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
122 | SZYK, ARTHUR | The Canterbury Pilgrims. |
1946 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
128 | [VELLUM PRINTING] | BROWNING, ELIZABETH. Sonnets from the Portuguese |
1901 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
10 | [FRANKLIN IMPRINT] CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS [LOGAN, JAMES-trans.]. | M. T. Cicero's Cato Major, or his discourse of Old-age: With Explanatory Notes. |
1744 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
132 | MELVILLE, HERMAN | Moby-Dick. |
1978-79 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |