Auction House Details

PBA Galleries

Auction House Name PBA Galleries
Site URL https://www.pbagalleries.com
About Us PBA Galleries is the largest and most successful specialty auction house. A 30 year tradition of offering at auction the finest rare books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, prints and photographs. PBA conducts approximately twenty-five gallery auctions in a calendar year auctions of rare books, manuscripts, historic autographs and archives, maps, atlases, prints and photographs. Most clients place bids on line before the auction through their dynamic bidding platform at www.pbagalleris.com. As a service to clients unable to attend the sale, PBA Galleries accepts absentee bids by fax, phone and email without charge in advance of the sale. Telephone bidding the day of the auction can be scheduled.
Who do I contact if I have questions?
City Berkeley
State California
Country United States
Zipcode 94710
Contact Number (415)989-2665
Buyer's Fee As used herein the term "bid price" means the price at which a lot is knocked down to the purchaser and the term "purchase price" means the aggregate of (a) the bid price (b) a premium of twenty percent (20%) on the first $100,000 of the bid price and fif
Consigner's Fee PBA Galleries charges a commission rate per item of 15% for the first $10,000, and 10% for the amount above $10,000. The commission is all encompassing and includes insurance, cataloguing, storage, advertising, online services, photography and other misce

AUCTION LIST

03/09/2023 - 03/09/2023, Fine Literature - with Beats, and the Counterculture, #783
03/16/2023 - 03/16/2023, Comics, #3028
03/23/2023 - 03/23/2023, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views, #784
03/30/2023 - 03/30/2023, Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana & Maps - Timed Online Auction - bidstart 3/20, #2054
04/06/2023 - 04/06/2023, Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books & More, #785
04/20/2023 - 04/20/2023, Fine Art and Photography, #786
05/04/2023 - 05/04/2023, Fine Literature - with Beats, and the Counterculture, #787
05/18/2023 - 05/18/2023, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views, #788
06/01/2023 - 06/01/2023, Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books & More, #789
06/15/2023 - 06/15/2023, Fine Art & Photography, #790
06/22/2023 - 06/22/2023, Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana & Maps - Timed Online Auction - bidstart 6/12, #2055
06/29/2023 - 06/29/2023, Elite Americana & Rare Maps - A PBA Platinum Auction, #791
07/13/2023 - 07/13/2023, Fine Literature, Beats and Counterculture - Featuring the Janusz Zalewski Collection of Charles Buko, #792
07/20/2023 - 07/20/2023, Comic Books: The Atlas Sale, Part 1, #3030
07/27/2023 - 07/27/2023, Fine Art and Photography, #793
08/10/2023 - 08/10/2023, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views, #794
08/24/2023 - 08/24/2023, Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books & More, #795
09/07/2023 - 09/07/2023, PBA Platinum: Rare Books and Manuscripts, #796
09/21/2023 - 09/21/2023, Fine Literature with Beats, and the Counterculture, #797
10/05/2023 - 10/05/2023, Fine Art and Photography, #798
10/19/2023 - 10/19/2023, Rare and Antiquarian, #799
11/02/2023 - 11/02/2023, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views, #800

  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection<br>26 May - 12 June</b>
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> "Cool Hand Luke" | Paul Newman Academy Award® Nomination Plaque. USD$2500 - $3500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> "Hud" | Bound presentation script incorporating photographic stills. USD$1000 - $1500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> "The Long, Hot Summer" | Movie Poster. USD$1000 - $1500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> Joseph Heller | "Catch-22," inscribed to Woodward & Newman by author. USD$500 - $800
    <b><center>Sotheby's<br>The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection<br>26 May - 12 June</b>
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> George H. W. Bush | Typed Letter Signed, Issuing a "Pardon" to Paul Newman. USD$1500 - $2000
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> William Jefferson Clinton | Inscribed Color Photograph. USD$1000 - $1500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> Ken Kesey | Typed letter to “Paulnewman,” asking for further compensation for "Sometimes a Great Notion". USD$1000 - $1500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> "They Might Be Giants" | Costume sketches by Edith Head. USD$1000 - $2000
  • <b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Focus On Women:<br>At Auction June 1, 2023</b>
    <b>Swann June 1:</b> Sojourner Truth, <i>Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave,</i> first edition, Boston, 1850. $10,000 to $15,000.
    <b>Swann June 1:</b> Jane Austen, <i>Pride and Prejudice,</i> London, 1817. $6,000 to $8,000.
    <b>Swann June 1:</b> Cindy Sherman, <i>Secretary,</i> gelatin silver print, 1978; printed 1993. $6,000 to $8,000.
    <b>Swann June 1:</b> Fanny Stevenson, Archive of Photographs & Letters, 1866-1904. $4,000 to $6,000.
    <b>Swann June 1:</b> Charlotte Perkins Gilman, <i>The Forerunner,</i> Volumes I-VII; Family Association Set; Four Volumes Signed or Inscribed by the Author, New York, 1909-16. $3,000 to $5,000.