Auction Reports
Auction Info
- Sale Name
- MODERN LITERATURE
- Auction Date
- 04/17/2001 - 04/17/2001
- Year of Sale
- 2001
- Sale Number
- #8553
- Total Lots
- 195
- Sold Lots
- 195
- Lots Sold
- 100.0%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Price Unknown
- 0
- Total Sales (USD)
- 1,217,180.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 540,200.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 773,300.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 540,200.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 773,300.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 157.40%
- Currency
- USD
- Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
- 1,413,610.00
Top twenty five by sale price
View All Auction Lots.| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | BAUM, L. Frank. | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. | 1900 |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 64,625.00 |
| 58 | FAULKNER, William. | The Sound and the Fury | 1929 |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 58,750.00 |
| 215 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings. | 1954-55 |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 56,400.00 |
| 54 | FAULKNER, William. | A Soldier's Pay. | 1926 |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 41,125.00 |
| 42 | DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. | 1866 |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 35,250.00 |
| 79 | FLEMING, Ian. | Casino Royale. | 1953 |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 35,250.00 |
| 103 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. | In Our Time. | 1924 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 35,250.00 |
| 128 | LEE, Harper. | To Kill a Mockingbird. | 1960. |
USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 32,900.00 |
| 176 | SALINGER, J.D. | The Catcher in the Rye | 1951 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 32,900.00 |
| 202 | STEINBECK, John. | The Grapes of Wrath. | 1939 |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 30,550.00 |
| 188 | STEINBECK, John. | Cup of Gold. | 1929 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 29,375.00 |
| 32 | CONRAD, Joseph. | Chance: A Tale in Two Parts. | 1913. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 25,850.00 |
| 78 | FLAUBERT, Gustave. | Madame Bovary. | 1857 |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 25,850.00 |
| 156 | MONTGOMERY, L.M. | Anne of Green Gables. | [April, 1908] |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 23,500.00 |
| 92 | GREENE, Graham. | The Power and the Glory. | 1940 |
USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | 21,150.00 |
| 129 | LEWIS, Clive Staples. | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. | 1950 |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 19,975.00 |
| 177 | SENDAK, Maurice. | Where the Wild Things Are. | 1963 |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 19,975.00 |
| 159 | NABOKOFF-SIRIN, Vladimir. | Despair. | 1937 |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 18,800.00 |
| 26 | CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. | 1885. |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 18,800.00 |
| 119 | KAFKA, Franz. | Die Verwandlung. | 1915 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 17,625.00 |
| 104 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest. | A Farewell to Arms. , | 1929 |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 17,625.00 |
| 47 | DOYLE, Arthur Conan. | A Study in Scarlet. [Beeton's Christmas Annual. Twenty-Eighth Season. | [1887]. |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 17,625.00 |
| 121 | KENT, ROCKWELL. | Christmas 1947 | (1947) |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 15,275.00 |
| 61 | FAULKNER, William. | Sanctuary | 1931 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 14,100.00 |
| 88 | A selection of approximately 20,000 loose dust jackets, | ca. 1925-50 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 12,925.00 |
